# Amazon Product Availability Scraper (`saswave/amazon-product-availability-scraper`) Actor

$0.03 / 1000 results. Specialized scraper, lightweight monitoring tool designed for real-time inventory tracking.  Optimized for speed and accuracy, focusing on product availability and price. Effective for high-velocity retail environments where stock status changes often.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/saswave/amazon-product-availability-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [SASWAVE](https://apify.com/saswave) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, E-commerce, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.03 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

### Amazon Product In-Stock Availability Scraper

The Amazon Product In-Stock Availability Scraper is a specialized, lightweight monitoring tool designed for real-time inventory tracking. 

Unlike heavy-duty scrapers that pull entire product pages, this actor is optimized for speed and accuracy, focusing specifically on whether a product is available for purchase and at what price.

It is particularly effective for high-velocity retail environments where stock status changes by the minute.


### ✨ Features

Buy Box vs. All Offers: Granular control to check only the "Featured Offer" (Buy Box) or broaden the search to include "All Buying Options" (third-party sellers).

Cross-Region Support: Works across all major Amazon domains (e.g., .com, .de, .co.uk, .co.jp).

Price Extraction: Captures the current active price associated with the available stock.

Buy Box Visibility Detection: Identifies if a product is technically in stock but hidden behind the "See All Buying Options" button.

Anti-Bot Resilience: Automatically handles Amazon’s anti-scraping measures to ensure high success rates for ASIN lookups.

High-Speed Batching: Designed to check hundreds of ASINs in parallel for rapid inventory snapshots.


### 🚀 Use Cases

Inventory Heartbeat: Plug this into a monitoring dashboard to get alerted the second a high-demand item (like a GPU or limited edition sneaker) returns to stock.

Scalping & Resale Defense: Brands can monitor their listings to ensure the Buy Box hasn't been lost to unauthorized resellers or gone "Out of Stock" due to supply chain issues.

Competitive Pricing Strategy: Track the price fluctuations of competitors' stock availability to trigger automatic repricing rules.

Affiliate Link Maintenance: Periodically scan your affiliate link library to disable or redirect traffic from products that are currently unavailable, maximizing your conversion rate.

"Back in Stock" Notifications: Power a customer-facing notification service that emails users exactly when an item becomes purchasable again.


### INPUT

- list of product ASIN to monitor (limited at 30 per run)

- amazon domain name (ex: www.amazon.fr) which is the source of the ASIN

- only_buybox: boolean

True, only checks for an available seller in buybox (featured offer)

False, Also checks for available seller not in buybox (All buying options)

```json
{
    "amazon_domain": "www.amazon.ae",
    "asins": [
        "B0BFN7LPMP",
        "B0B1575BFZ",
        "B094ZFWV42",
        "B09NSL63GZ",
        "B08R7MWYLG",
        "B098T5W2BK",
        "B07GQC7VYD",
        "B0BHYN9XK7",
        "B09PHLHS51",
        "B07KJR4VB8",
        "B07NCWBTL4",
        "B08V5CY7FR",
        "B08VJ4HPZ3",
        "B09T7249BX",
        "B0B14MF2NJ"
    ],
    "use_apify_dataset": true
}
````

### OUTPUT

```json
{
  "product_url": "https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0BPTKD797",
  "asin": "B0BPTKD797",
  "in_stock": true,
  "buy_box_visible": false,
  "price": "469.90"
}
```

### HOW TO RUN via API

On the actor page, go to API > API Endpoints

Copy the url under "Run Actor synchronously and get a key-value store record"

Use the copied url in a request POST and provide as json the same parameters as the apify interface

### Python code example

```python
url = "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/saswave~amazon-product-in-stock-availability-scraper/run-sync?token=apify_api_hJuwI*********"
payload = {
    "amazon_domain": "www.amazon.ae",
    "asins": [
        "B0BFN7LPMP",
        "B0B1575BFZ",
        "B094ZFWV42",
        "B09NSL63GZ",
        "B08R7MWYLG",
        "B098T5W2BK",
        "B07GQC7VYD",
        "B0BHYN9XK7",
        "B09PHLHS51",
        "B07KJR4VB8",
        "B07NCWBTL4",
        "B08V5CY7FR",
        "B08VJ4HPZ3",
        "B09T7249BX",
        "B0B14MF2NJ"
    ],
    "use_apify_dataset": True
}
res = requests.post(url, json=payload)
results = res.json()
```

### HOW MANY CONCURRENT RUNS CAN I DO

⚡ Scalability & Concurrent Runs

Your run capacity depends on your Apify plan.

Example with 32GB RAM:

Each run consumes 128MB

32GB / 128MB ≈ 256 concurrent runs

Each run processes up to 30 ASINs

Each run completes in ~5–10 seconds

⏱️ Throughput:
256 × 30 = 7,680 ASINs every ~10 seconds

That’s ≈ 768 ASINs/second, ideal for continuous seller monitoring or repricing engines.

🚀 Start Monitoring Amazon Sellers at Scale

Extract every seller on any ASIN, track Buy Box changes, monitor pricing shifts, detect new sellers, and automate Amazon intelligence workflows.

### 🛟 SUPPORT

Share your runs with the developer team and create issues on error to help us improve actor quality.

You might discover edge case we didn't test yet

We stay available anytime

# Actor input Schema

## `asins` (type: `array`):

From url https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0BPTKD797 ASIN is B0BPTKD797

## `domain` (type: `string`):

Specify the amazon domain for your products

## `only_buybox` (type: `boolean`):

If false, it will consider in stock if any seller available (even if not featured in buy box)

## `use_apify_dataset` (type: `boolean`):

If not selected, we will only return json results not visible on apify interface (please look at the information page or create an issue to ask us a question)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "asins": [
    "B0BPTKD797"
  ],
  "domain": "www.amazon.de",
  "only_buybox": true,
  "use_apify_dataset": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "asins": [
        "B0BPTKD797"
    ],
    "domain": "www.amazon.de"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("saswave/amazon-product-availability-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "asins": ["B0BPTKD797"],
    "domain": "www.amazon.de",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("saswave/amazon-product-availability-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "asins": [
    "B0BPTKD797"
  ],
  "domain": "www.amazon.de"
}' |
apify call saswave/amazon-product-availability-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=saswave/amazon-product-availability-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Amazon Product Availability Scraper",
        "description": "$0.03 / 1000 results. Specialized scraper, lightweight monitoring tool designed for real-time inventory tracking.  Optimized for speed and accuracy, focusing on product availability and price. Effective for high-velocity retail environments where stock status changes often.",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "2gVO73fn7Qvzfb3YF"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/saswave~amazon-product-availability-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-saswave-amazon-product-availability-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/saswave~amazon-product-availability-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-saswave-amazon-product-availability-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
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                    "required": true,
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                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
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                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/saswave~amazon-product-availability-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-saswave-amazon-product-availability-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "asins",
                    "domain"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "asins": {
                        "title": "Product ASIN list (30 per run)",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "From url https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0BPTKD797 ASIN is B0BPTKD797",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "domain": {
                        "title": "Amazon domain name",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Specify the amazon domain for your products"
                    },
                    "only_buybox": {
                        "title": "Only Featured Buy Box",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "If false, it will consider in stock if any seller available (even if not featured in buy box)",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "use_apify_dataset": {
                        "title": "Save output to dataset",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "If not selected, we will only return json results not visible on apify interface (please look at the information page or create an issue to ask us a question)",
                        "default": true
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
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                                "type": "string",
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                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
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                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
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                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    }
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                        }
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                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
