# Mercado Livre BR — Product Search (`scrapersbr/mercadolivre-search`) Actor Extract product data from Mercado Livre Brazil: titles, prices, discounts, seller info, badges (FULL, MAIS VENDIDO), free shipping, and sponsored flags. Structured JSON output. No API key needed. $1.49 per 1,000 results. - **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapersbr/mercadolivre-search.md - **Developed by:** [scrapersbr](https://apify.com/scrapersbr) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.49 / 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. 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 ## Mercado Livre BR — Product Search Scraper API 🇺🇸 English | 🇧🇷 [Português](#-português) ### What this does Extract structured product data from Mercado Livre Brasil — search results to JSON, no API key, residential proxy included. Returns up to ~2,000 products per keyword in minutes. ✓ Validated 2026-05-24: 25/25 products extracted and validated against production SERP in 7s (smoke test). ### Quick example **Input**: ```json { "query": "notebook gamer", "maxItems": 50 } ```` **Output** (first result, real data from smoke test): ```json { "title": "Notebook Gamer Lenovo LOQ 15IRX9 Intel Core i5-13450HX RTX 3050 8GB 512GB SSD windows 11", "price": "5279.00", "original_price": "7299.00", "discount": 27, "currency": "BRL", "product_url": "https://click1.mercadolivre.com.br/mclics/clicks/external/MLB/count", "image_url": "https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_Q_NP_2X_709548-MLA88463970962_072025-E.webp", "seller_name": "Mercado Livre", "seller_location": null, "seller_rating": null, "rating": null, "reviews_count": null, "installments": "ou R$ 5.999 em 10x R$ 599 , 90 sem juros", "categories": [], "badges": ["FULL"], "sponsored": true, "shipping_free": true, "shipping_cost": null, "scraped_at": "2026-05-25T02:09:46.487016Z" } ``` ### Output fields | Field | Type | Notes | |---|---|---| | `title` | string | Product name as shown on the search card. | | `price` | number|null | Current price in BRL. | | `original_price` | number|null | Pre-discount price (strikethrough). | | `discount` | int|null | Discount percentage (e.g. `15`). | | `currency` | string | Always `"BRL"`. | | `product_url` | string | Canonical URL, tracking params stripped. | | `image_url` | string|null | Main product image. | | `seller_name` | string|null | Store name when visible on card. | | `seller_location` | null | Always `null` in v0.1 — see *Known limits*. | | `seller_rating` | null | Always `null` in v0.1 — see *Known limits*. | | `rating` | float|null | 0.0–5.0 stars when shown. | | `reviews_count` | int|null | Number of reviews when shown. | | `installments` | string|null | Raw installment text as displayed by ML. Format varies between cards (ex: `"em 10x R$ 491,50"`, `"ou R$ 5.174 em 10x R$ 517,47 sem juros"`). Parse client-side if needed. | | `categories` | string\[] | Always `[]` in v0.1 — see *Known limits*. | | `badges` | string\[] | Normalized tokens from `{FULL, MAIS VENDIDO, OFERTA DO DIA, RECOMENDADO, FRETE GRÁTIS}`. | | `sponsored` | bool | True for ads slots. | | `shipping_free` | bool | True when "Frete grátis" is displayed. | | `shipping_cost` | number|null | Always `null` in v0.1 (rarely on SERP). | | `scraped_at` | string | ISO 8601 UTC timestamp. | ### Use cases - **Price monitoring (e-commerce sellers):** track competitor pricing daily across ML categories; export to BigQuery / Sheets. - **Market intelligence (brands):** detect MAP violations and unauthorized resellers; alert on price drops > X%. - **AI agents (Claude / Cursor users):** real-time BR pricing inside agent workflows via the companion MCP server (coming v0.2). ### Pricing **$1.49 per 1,000 results.** No subscription. First 100 results free for testing. ### Compliance - **Public data only** — search results page, no login, no PII collected. - **Respects rate-limit conventions** — randomized 200-800ms delays between pages. - **Apify Residential Proxy BR** — used in production runs (default in input\_schema). Required when running from datacenter IPs, which Mercado Livre blocks. - **User-Agent: realistic browser identification.** The robots.txt at `lista.mercadolivre.com.br` permits crawler access to `/lista/*` (the endpoint this actor uses) for `User-agent: *`. The actor does not impersonate or identify as a known bot crawler — following standard practice for commercial data services. ### Known limits - **Hard cap ~2,000 items per query** imposed by Mercado Livre itself (40 pages × 50 items). If you request `maxItems: 5000`, the actor collects everything available and finishes with status `SUCCEEDED` — never silently truncates. - **`badges`** populated via aria-label substring match. SERP badges are sparse (~5-10% of cards in our calibration); expect mostly `[]`. Roadmap v0.2 will enrich via product page inspection. - **`seller_location`, `seller_rating`, `categories`** require PDP follow-up — not in v0.1 scope. The fields stay in the JSON contract (always `null` / `[]`) and become populated in v0.2. - **Sponsored cards return tracking URLs** (`click1.mercadolivre.com.br/...`) instead of canonical product URLs. Affects ~12% of items in the smoke calibration. Roadmap v0.2 will follow redirects to recover canonical URL. ### Support Response within 24h via Apify issues. ### Changelog - **2026-05-24 v0.1** — Initial release. *** ### 🇧🇷 Português ### O que faz Extrai dados estruturados de produtos do Mercado Livre Brasil — resultados de busca em JSON, sem API key, residential proxy incluso. Retorna até ~2.000 produtos por palavra-chave em minutos. ✓ Validado em 2026-05-24: 25/25 produtos extraídos e validados contra SERP real em 7s (teste integração). ### Exemplo rápido **Entrada**: ```json { "query": "notebook gamer", "maxItems": 50 } ``` **Saída** (primeiro resultado): mesmo JSON acima. ### Campos de saída | Campo | Tipo | Notas | |---|---|---| | `title` | string | Nome do produto. | | `price` | número|null | Preço atual em BRL. | | `original_price` | número|null | Preço antes do desconto (riscado). | | `discount` | int|null | Desconto em % (ex. `15`). | | `currency` | string | Sempre `"BRL"`. | | `product_url` | string | URL canônica, sem parâmetros de tracking. | | `image_url` | string|null | Imagem principal. | | `seller_name` | string|null | Nome da loja quando exibido no card. | | `seller_location` | null | Sempre `null` na v0.1 — ver *Limites conhecidos*. | | `seller_rating` | null | Sempre `null` na v0.1 — ver *Limites conhecidos*. | | `rating` | float|null | 0.0–5.0 estrelas. | | `reviews_count` | int|null | Número de avaliações. | | `installments` | string|null | Texto bruto do parcelamento como exibido pelo ML. Formato varia entre cards (ex: `"em 10x R$ 491,50"`, `"ou R$ 5.174 em 10x R$ 517,47 sem juros"`). Parse no cliente se necessário. | | `categories` | string\[] | Sempre `[]` na v0.1. | | `badges` | string\[] | Tokens normalizados de `{FULL, MAIS VENDIDO, OFERTA DO DIA, RECOMENDADO, FRETE GRÁTIS}`. | | `sponsored` | bool | `true` para slots patrocinados. | | `shipping_free` | bool | `true` quando "Frete grátis" aparece. | | `shipping_cost` | número|null | Sempre `null` na v0.1 (raro na SERP). | | `scraped_at` | string | Timestamp ISO 8601 UTC. | ### Casos de uso - **Monitoramento de preços (sellers de e-commerce):** acompanhe preços de concorrentes diariamente; exporte pra BigQuery ou Sheets. - **Inteligência de mercado (marcas):** detecte violação de preço mínimo (MAP) e revendedores não autorizados; alerta de queda > X%. - **Agentes IA (Claude / Cursor):** consulte preços BR em tempo real dentro do workflow do agente, via o MCP server companion (v0.2). ### Preços **$1.49 por 1.000 resultados.** Sem assinatura. Primeiros 100 resultados grátis pra teste. ### Conformidade - **Apenas dados públicos** — página de resultados, sem login, sem PII. - **Respeita convenções de rate-limit** — delays randomizados 200-800ms entre páginas. - **Apify Residential Proxy BR** — usado em runs de produção (default no input\_schema). Obrigatório quando rodando a partir de IPs de datacenter, que o Mercado Livre bloqueia. - **User-Agent: identificação realista de browser.** O robots.txt em `lista.mercadolivre.com.br` permite acesso de crawlers a `/lista/*` (endpoint usado por este actor) para `User-agent: *`. O actor não se passa por nem se identifica como bot crawler conhecido — prática padrão para serviços comerciais de dados. ### Limites conhecidos - **Hard cap de ~2.000 itens por query** imposto pelo próprio Mercado Livre (40 páginas × 50 itens). Se você pedir `maxItems: 5000`, o actor coleta todo o disponível e encerra com status `SUCCEEDED` — nunca trunca em silêncio. - **`badges`** preenchidos via heurística de substring em aria-label. Os badges aparecem em poucos cards na SERP (~5-10% na nossa calibração); espere `[]` na maioria. Roadmap v0.2 vai enriquecer via inspeção do PDP. - **`seller_location`, `seller_rating`, `categories`** exigem visita à página do produto — não estão no escopo da v0.1. Os campos ficam no contrato JSON (sempre `null` / `[]`) e ganham conteúdo na v0.2. - **Cards sponsored retornam URLs de tracking** (`click1.mercadolivre.com.br/...`) em vez de URLs canônicas do produto. Afeta ~12% dos itens na calibração do smoke. Roadmap v0.2 vai seguir os redirects pra recuperar a URL canônica. ### Suporte Resposta em até 24h via issues do Apify. ### Histórico - **2026-05-24 v0.1** — Lançamento inicial. # Actor input Schema ## `query` (type: `string`): Palavra-chave ou frase a buscar. Exemplos: 'iphone 15', 'tenis nike masculino', 'notebook gamer'. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Número máximo de produtos a coletar. ⚠️ O Mercado Livre impõe um hard cap de ~2000 itens por query (40 páginas × 50 itens). Valores acima de 2000 vão coletar o máximo que o ML disponibilizar e encerrar — não há como ir além. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Apify Residential Proxy BR é obrigatório — Mercado Livre bloqueia datacenter IPs via Akamai. ## Actor input object example ```json { "maxItems": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "BR" } } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("scrapersbr/mercadolivre-search").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("scrapersbr/mercadolivre-search").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 '{}' | apify call scrapersbr/mercadolivre-search --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapersbr/mercadolivre-search", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Mercado Livre BR — Product Search", "description": "Extract product data from Mercado Livre Brazil: titles, prices, discounts, seller info, badges (FULL, MAIS VENDIDO), free shipping, and sponsored flags. Structured JSON output. No API key needed. $1.49 per 1,000 results.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "39ufbaR80Zbm7UtfS" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/scrapersbr~mercadolivre-search/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapersbr-mercadolivre-search", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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/scrapersbr~mercadolivre-search/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapersbr-mercadolivre-search", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/scrapersbr~mercadolivre-search/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-scrapersbr-mercadolivre-search", "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": [ "query" ], "properties": { "query": { "title": "Search keyword", "type": "string", "description": "Palavra-chave ou frase a buscar. Exemplos: 'iphone 15', 'tenis nike masculino', 'notebook gamer'." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Maximum items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Número máximo de produtos a coletar. ⚠️ O Mercado Livre impõe um hard cap de ~2000 itens por query (40 páginas × 50 itens). Valores acima de 2000 vão coletar o máximo que o ML disponibilizar e encerrar — não há como ir além.", "default": 100 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Apify Residential Proxy BR é obrigatório — Mercado Livre bloqueia datacenter IPs via Akamai.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "BR" } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "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", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```