🧠 IndiaMart Product Scraper - API Based

This Apify actor retrieves product and supplier data through the IndiaMart search API. Search by query and city to collect structured product information including name, price, company, contact details, and location. Perfect for B2B lead generation, market research, and sourcing products from India.

✅ Use Cases

• 📇 Generate supplier leads from India's largest B2B marketplace
• 💬 Build contact lists for B2B outreach campaigns
• 🏙️ Conduct market research by product and location
• 🧭 Find suppliers and manufacturers in specific cities
• 📊 Gather structured product data from IndiaMart

📥 Input Configuration

You can customize the actor using the following input fields:

{
    "query": "shower partition",
    "city": "Mumbai",
    "maxPages": 10
}

🧾 Fields Explained

Field	Type	Description
query	string	Search query for IndiaMart products (e.g., "shower partition", "steel pipes", "organic food")
city	string	Filter by city (e.g., "Mumbai", "Delhi", "Chennai"). Leave empty for all India.
maxPages	number	Maximum number of pages to scrape (max 100)

📤 Output

The actor returns a dataset containing structured product records from IndiaMart. Each record includes comprehensive details about the product and supplier, suitable for lead generation, analytics, and market research.

🧩 Sample Output

{
    "productId": "12345678",
    "productName": "Shower Glass Partition",
    "companyName": "ABC Glass Works",
    "price": "15000",
    "priceRange": "15000 - 25000",
    "unit": "Per Piece",
    "city": "Mumbai",
    "state": "Maharashtra",
    "country": "India",
    "imageUrl": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
    "productUrl": "https://dir.indiamart.com/product/...",
    "supplierUrl": "https://www.indiamart.com/company/...",
    "contact": {
        "phone": "+91-9876543210",
        "email": "sales@example.com"
    },
    "description": "High quality tempered glass shower partition...",
    "category": "Bathroom Accessories",
    "mcatId": "42582",
    "catId": "637",
    "gstNumber": "27XXXXX1234X1ZX",
    "verified": true,
    "indiamartUrl": "https://dir.indiamart.com/product/..."
}

📋 Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
productId	string	Unique IndiaMart product identifier
productName	string	Product name
companyName	string	Supplier company name
price	string/number	Product price
priceRange	string	Price range if applicable
unit	string	Price unit (per piece, per kg, etc.)
city	string	Supplier city
state	string	Supplier state
country	string	Country (India)
imageUrl	string	Product image URL
productUrl	string	URL to product page
supplierUrl	string	URL to supplier page
contact	object	Contact info (phone, email)
description	string	Product description
category	string	Product category
gstNumber	string	Supplier GST number
verified	boolean	Whether supplier is verified
indiamartUrl	string	Direct link to IndiaMart listing

🔍 Data Source

• ✓ Data fetched exclusively via IndiaMart search API (HTTP GET requests)
• ✓ No HTML scraping or DOM parsing
• ✓ Product and supplier information directly from IndiaMart
• ✓ Automatic deduplication

🔒 Proxy Configuration

This actor uses standard HTTP headers with optional proxy support for:

• Avoiding IP-based rate limiting or bans
• Accessing location-specific data
• Ensuring stable data retrieval at scale

Configure proxy settings in Apify:

{
  "useApifyProxy": true,
  "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
  "apifyProxyCountry": "IN"
}

🚀 How to Use

1. Open the actor in Apify Console
2. Click "Try actor" or create a new task
3. Enter your search query (e.g., "shower partition")
4. Optionally filter by city (e.g., "Mumbai")
5. Run the actor
6. Download results in JSON, CSV, or Excel format

⚙️ Advanced Input Example

{
    "query": "steel pipes",
    "city": "Chennai",
    "maxPages": 20
}

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Apify SDK — actor orchestration and data handling
• Node.js 18+ — runtime environment with native fetch API
• IndiaMart Search API — exclusive data source for product information

📊 Data Processing Features

• ✓ Automatic duplicate detection using Product IDs
• ✓ City-based filtering
• ✓ Structured data parsing and normalization
• ✓ Comprehensive logging and error handling
• ✓ Schema validation for all output records

🔧 Local Development

Installation

$npm install

Running the Actor

$npm start

Validation

Validate all generated datasets against the schema:

$node validate-datasets.js

Code Quality

Format code:

$npm run format

Check linting:

$npm run lint

📂 Project Structure

.
├── .actor/                          # Actor configuration
│   ├── actor.json                  # Actor metadata
│   ├── input_schema.json           # Input parameters schema
│   ├── dataset_schema.json         # Output dataset schema
│   ├── input.json                  # Default input
│   ├── input-local.json            # Local development input
│   └── input-production.json       # Production input
├── src/
│   └── main.js                     # Main actor script
├── storage/
│   └── datasets/default/           # Generated datasets
├── package.json                    # Dependencies
├── validate-datasets.js            # Dataset validator
└── README.md                       # This file

🤝 Support

For issues, questions, or feature requests, please refer to the Apify documentation or contact support.