# Ebay Scraper (`scrapio/ebay-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes eBay listings at scale with precision. Extract product titles, prices, images, seller details, ratings, and availability in structured formats like JSON or CSV. Ideal for market research, price tracking, competitor analysis, and building eCommerce datasets.

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

## Pricing

from $3.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## eBay Scraper (Apify Actor)

Scrapes **eBay.com** product pages into a flat JSON record (same fields as the original `extract_all_data` pipeline). Supports **search URLs** (`/sch/...`) and **item URLs** (`/itm/...`).

### Features

- **Discovery:** Extracts product links from search results (`s-item__link`, regex `/itm/`, `s-item__info` fallback) and normalizes to `https://www.ebay.com/itm/<id>`.
- **Extraction:** Full HTML parsing (JSON-LD, buy box, item specifics, prices, sold/availability, seller, location, UPC/EAN/MPN, etc.).
- **Requests:** [impit](https://github.com/apify/impit) (Chrome TLS/HTTP fingerprint) with browser-like headers.
- **Proxy strategy:** Starts **without proxy** (direct to eBay). On block: **Apify datacenter** (`SHADER`) → **residential** (`RESIDENTIAL`, up to 3 attempts). After a **successful residential** response, all further requests use **residential only** (sticky). Events are logged clearly.
- **Concurrency** and optional **delay** between requests.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|--------|------|-------------|
| `urls` | array | Required. Each entry `{ "url": "..." }` (Apify request list). Search and/or item URLs. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify Proxy. Set `useApifyProxy: true` to allow datacenter/residential fallback. `useApifyProxy: false` = direct only. Optional `apifyProxyCountry` for geo. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max products after discovery (`0` = no limit). Default `100`. |
| `concurrency` | integer | Parallel product fetches (1–50). Default `20`. |
| `requestDelaySeconds` | integer | Base delay; small random jitter is added. Default `1`. |

Example input (paste in Apify Console or save as a **local** JSON file for `apify run` — do not commit secrets or personal test URLs):

```json
{
  "urls": [
    { "url": "https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=massage+chair&_sacat=6024" }
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true },
  "maxItems": 50,
  "concurrency": 10,
  "requestDelaySeconds": 1
}
````

### Output

Dataset items match the original schema: `url`, `categories`, `itemNumber`, `title`, `subTitle`, `whyToBuy`, `price`, `priceWithCurrency`, `wasPrice`, `wasPriceWithCurrency`, `available`, `availableText`, `sold`, `image`, `seller`, `itemLocation`, `ean`, `mpn`, `upc`, `brand`, `type`. Failed fetches may include `error`.

### Local run

```bash
cd eBay-Scraper
pip install -r requirements.txt
apify run --input-file my-input.json
```

Create `my-input.json` yourself (or any path) with the shape above. Results: `storage/datasets/default/`.

### Legal

Use only for publicly visible listings. You are responsible for compliance with eBay’s terms and applicable laws.

### Support

Built with the Apify SDK for Python. See [Apify documentation](https://docs.apify.com/).

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

🗺️ Add one or many eBay links — mix & match as you like!

🔎 Search / category pages → we’ll discover products from the results grid.

🏷️ Single listing pages → we’ll grab that item’s full details.

✅ Paste full URLs from your browser; that’s all you need to get started.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

📊 Set a ceiling on how many product pages to process after URL discovery — great for quick samples or budget-friendly runs.

0️⃣ Use 0 for no limit (go as far as your inputs allow).

⚡ Lower = faster & lighter; higher = broader coverage.

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

🛡️ Optional Apify Proxy settings for smoother runs when the target site is picky about traffic.

✨ Tune country or groups in the proxy editor if your use case needs it — especially for international or large-scale jobs.

💚 Leave defaults if you’re unsure; you can always rerun with adjustments.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2499334.m570.l1313&_nkw=massage%2Brecliner%2Bchair&_sacat=6024"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "urls": [
        "https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2499334.m570.l1313&_nkw=massage%2Brecliner%2Bchair&_sacat=6024"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapio/ebay-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 = {
    "urls": ["https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2499334.m570.l1313&_nkw=massage%2Brecliner%2Bchair&_sacat=6024"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapio/ebay-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 '{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2499334.m570.l1313&_nkw=massage%2Brecliner%2Bchair&_sacat=6024"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call scrapio/ebay-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Ebay Scraper",
        "description": "Scrapes eBay listings at scale with precision. Extract product titles, prices, images, seller details, ratings, and availability in structured formats like JSON or CSV. Ideal for market research, price tracking, competitor analysis, and building eCommerce datasets.",
        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "R96lZi654gLBvOmw2"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/scrapio~ebay-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapio-ebay-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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapio~ebay-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapio-ebay-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapio~ebay-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-scrapio-ebay-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": [
                    "urls"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "urls": {
                        "title": "Where should we look?",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "🗺️ Add one or many eBay links — mix & match as you like!\n\n🔎 Search / category pages → we’ll discover products from the results grid.\n\n🏷️ Single listing pages → we’ll grab that item’s full details.\n\n✅ Paste full URLs from your browser; that’s all you need to get started.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Cap how many products to collect",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "maximum": 100000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "📊 Set a ceiling on how many product pages to process after URL discovery — great for quick samples or budget-friendly runs.\n\n0️⃣ Use 0 for no limit (go as far as your inputs allow).\n\n⚡ Lower = faster & lighter; higher = broader coverage.",
                        "default": 20
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Connection & reliability (optional)",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "🛡️ Optional Apify Proxy settings for smoother runs when the target site is picky about traffic.\n\n✨ Tune country or groups in the proxy editor if your use case needs it — especially for international or large-scale jobs.\n\n💚 Leave defaults if you’re unsure; you can always rerun with adjustments."
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```