# Limitless Prediction Markets Scraper & Monitor (`scrapersdelight/limitless-markets-scraper`) Actor

Scrape all active Limitless (limitless.exchange) prediction markets — title, category, YES/NO prices, volume, resolution time — from the public API. Run on a schedule to monitor new markets, big price moves, and markets about to resolve, with Slack/email/webhook alerts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapersdelight/limitless-markets-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Delight](https://apify.com/scrapersdelight) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 per record returneds

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.

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# README

## 📈 Limitless Prediction Markets Scraper & Monitor

**Scrape every active market on [Limitless](https://limitless.exchange) — the fast-growing on-chain prediction market — with YES/NO prices, volume, category, and resolution time, straight from the public API. Then run it on a schedule to monitor new markets, big price moves, and markets about to resolve, with Slack / email / webhook alerts.**

No login, no anti-bot, no wallet — Limitless serves its active markets as a clean public JSON API.

---

### What does it do?

It pulls all **active** Limitless markets and returns clean rows you can export to **JSON, CSV, Excel, or push to your app via API** — and, on a schedule, it becomes a real-time market watcher.

- 📊 **Every active market** — title, category, tags, market type, venue.
- 💵 **Live YES/NO prices** + full buy/sell trade prices.
- 📈 **Volume** and **resolution time** (perfect for fast 5-min / hourly markets).
- 🔔 **Monitor mode** — alert on **new markets**, **price moves** past a threshold, and markets **about to resolve**.

> Limitless is the #3 on-chain prediction market and its fast markets refresh constantly — so a scheduled monitor compounds into a genuinely useful, recurring signal.

---

### What data does it extract?

For every market: `market_id`, `title`, `slug`, `url`, `categories[]`, `tags[]`, `market_type`, `venue`, `status`, `yes_price`, `no_price`, `prices`, `trade_prices`, `volume`, `expiration_timestamp`, `expiration_date`, `created_at`, `image_url`, `is_new` (monitor), `scraped_at`.

---

### Who is it for?

- 💹 **Traders & quants** building signals, dashboards, and price feeds across prediction markets.
- 🤖 **Bot builders** reacting to new markets and price swings in real time.
- 📰 **Researchers & journalists** tracking what the crowd is pricing.
- 📊 **Analytics teams** archiving market history for backtesting.

---

### How to use it (step by step)

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. *(Optional)* filter by **category**, **title**, **min volume**, or **resolving within N hours**.
3. Click **Start**, then open the **Dataset** tab to view/export.
4. *(Optional)* set **monitorMode** + a **Schedule** + an alert channel to get pinged on new markets / price moves / resolutions.

#### Quick start

```json
{ "categories": ["Crypto"], "sortBy": "volume_desc" }
````

#### Monitor example

```json
{
  "searchTerm": "BTC",
  "monitorMode": true,
  "alertOnNewMarket": true,
  "alertOnPriceMove": true,
  "priceMoveThreshold": "0.1",
  "slackWebhookUrl": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/…"
}
```

***

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|-------|--------------|
| `categories`, `searchTerm`, `marketTypes`, `minVolume` | client-side filters |
| `resolvingWithinHours` | keep markets resolving soon |
| `sortBy` | `default` · `volume_desc` · `resolving_soon` · `newest` |
| `monitorMode` | recurring watcher (new markets / price moves / resolving-soon) |
| `alertOnNewMarket`, `alertOnPriceMove`, `priceMoveThreshold`, `alertOnResolvingSoon`, `resolvingSoonHours` | alert triggers |
| `webhookUrl`, `slackWebhookUrl`, `emailRecipients` | alert channels |
| `proxyConfiguration` | proxy settings |

***

### Output

Each market is one dataset record (fields above). Export to **JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or RSS**, or fetch via the **Apify API**.

***

### How much does it cost?

Pay-per-event — you pay for what you pull:

| Event | What it covers | Suggested price |
|-------|----------------|-----------------|
| `lot-scraped` | each market returned | ~$0.002 / market |
| `monitor-run-completed` | each scheduled watch run | ~$0.05 / run |
| `new-lot-detected` | each newly-seen market | ~$0.02 / market |
| `alert-delivered` | each Slack/email/webhook push | ~$0.005 / alert |

*(Final per-event prices are set on the actor's pricing page.)*

***

### Is it legal to scrape Limitless?

This actor reads **public market data** from Limitless's own public API — prices, volumes, and market metadata, not personal data. Scraping public data is generally legal, but **you are responsible for your use — review Limitless's Terms of Service, and remember this is market data, not financial advice.**

***

### FAQ

**Do I need a wallet or login?**
No. The active-markets API is public and read-only.

**Can it watch fast 5-minute markets?**
Yes — use `resolvingWithinHours` and `alertOnResolvingSoon`, and schedule the actor frequently.

**Can I alert on price swings?**
Yes — enable `alertOnPriceMove` and set a `priceMoveThreshold`.

**How do I export?**
JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or RSS from the Dataset tab, or via the Apify API.

***

### Feedback

Want order-book depth, historical price series, or resolved-market outcomes? Open an issue on the actor.

# Actor input Schema

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Keep only markets in these categories (case-insensitive substring, e.g. 'Crypto', 'Sports'). Empty = all.

## `searchTerm` (type: `string`):

Keep only markets whose title contains this text (e.g. 'BTC', 'election').

## `marketTypes` (type: `array`):

Keep only these marketType values (leave empty for all).

## `minVolume` (type: `integer`):

Keep only markets with volume at/above this. Leave empty for no floor.

## `resolvingWithinHours` (type: `integer`):

Keep only markets that resolve within this many hours (great for fast Up-or-Down markets).

## `maxMarkets` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap (0 = all active markets).

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Output ordering.

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

Recurring watcher: diff against the prior run and alert on new markets / price moves / resolving-soon. Pair with an Apify Schedule.

## `alertOnNewMarket` (type: `boolean`):

Alert when a new market appears (matching your filters).

## `alertOnPriceMove` (type: `boolean`):

Alert when a market's YES price moves by at least the threshold below since the last run.

## `priceMoveThreshold` (type: `string`):

Minimum absolute YES-price change to alert on (e.g. 0.1 = 10 cents).

## `alertOnResolvingSoon` (type: `boolean`):

Alert when a market is within the window below of resolving.

## `resolvingSoonHours` (type: `integer`):

How soon counts as 'resolving soon'.

## `webhookUrl` (type: `string`):

POST endpoint for alert payloads.

## `slackWebhookUrl` (type: `string`):

Slack incoming-webhook URL.

## `emailRecipients` (type: `array`):

Emails for the alert digest (via apify/send-mail).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. The API is open; datacenter rotation is plenty.

## `diagnose` (type: `boolean`):

Dev only. Logs totals + the first parsed market record, then exits.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxMarkets": 0,
  "sortBy": "default",
  "monitorMode": false,
  "alertOnNewMarket": true,
  "alertOnPriceMove": false,
  "priceMoveThreshold": "0.1",
  "alertOnResolvingSoon": false,
  "resolvingSoonHours": 1,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  },
  "diagnose": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `markets` (type: `string`):

The dataset of active prediction markets (one item per market).

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapersdelight/limitless-markets-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapersdelight/limitless-markets-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 '{}' |
apify call scrapersdelight/limitless-markets-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Limitless Prediction Markets Scraper & Monitor",
        "description": "Scrape all active Limitless (limitless.exchange) prediction markets — title, category, YES/NO prices, volume, resolution time — from the public API. Run on a schedule to monitor new markets, big price moves, and markets about to resolve, with Slack/email/webhook alerts.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "GWSW5ZX7Hc4Rq8rjR"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/scrapersdelight~limitless-markets-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapersdelight-limitless-markets-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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapersdelight~limitless-markets-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapersdelight-limitless-markets-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapersdelight~limitless-markets-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-scrapersdelight-limitless-markets-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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",
                "properties": {
                    "categories": {
                        "title": "Categories",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Keep only markets in these categories (case-insensitive substring, e.g. 'Crypto', 'Sports'). Empty = all.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "searchTerm": {
                        "title": "Title contains",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Keep only markets whose title contains this text (e.g. 'BTC', 'election')."
                    },
                    "marketTypes": {
                        "title": "Market types",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Keep only these marketType values (leave empty for all).",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "minVolume": {
                        "title": "Min volume",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Keep only markets with volume at/above this. Leave empty for no floor."
                    },
                    "resolvingWithinHours": {
                        "title": "Resolving within (hours)",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Keep only markets that resolve within this many hours (great for fast Up-or-Down markets)."
                    },
                    "maxMarkets": {
                        "title": "Max markets per run",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Hard cap (0 = all active markets).",
                        "default": 0
                    },
                    "sortBy": {
                        "title": "Sort by",
                        "enum": [
                            "default",
                            "volume_desc",
                            "resolving_soon",
                            "newest"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Output ordering.",
                        "default": "default"
                    },
                    "monitorMode": {
                        "title": "Monitor mode",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Recurring watcher: diff against the prior run and alert on new markets / price moves / resolving-soon. Pair with an Apify Schedule.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "alertOnNewMarket": {
                        "title": "Alert on new markets",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Alert when a new market appears (matching your filters).",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "alertOnPriceMove": {
                        "title": "Alert on price moves",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Alert when a market's YES price moves by at least the threshold below since the last run.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "priceMoveThreshold": {
                        "title": "Price-move threshold (0-1)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Minimum absolute YES-price change to alert on (e.g. 0.1 = 10 cents).",
                        "default": "0.1"
                    },
                    "alertOnResolvingSoon": {
                        "title": "Alert on resolving soon",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Alert when a market is within the window below of resolving.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "resolvingSoonHours": {
                        "title": "Resolving-soon window (hours)",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "How soon counts as 'resolving soon'.",
                        "default": 1
                    },
                    "webhookUrl": {
                        "title": "Webhook URL",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "POST endpoint for alert payloads."
                    },
                    "slackWebhookUrl": {
                        "title": "Slack webhook URL",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Slack incoming-webhook URL."
                    },
                    "emailRecipients": {
                        "title": "Email recipients",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Emails for the alert digest (via apify/send-mail).",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Proxy settings. The API is open; datacenter rotation is plenty.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": true
                        }
                    },
                    "diagnose": {
                        "title": "Diagnostic mode (dev)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Dev only. Logs totals + the first parsed market record, then exits.",
                        "default": false
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```