# Ecosia Images Scraper (`searchapi/ecosia-images-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes normalized image search results from Ecosia.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/searchapi/ecosia-images-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Search API](https://apify.com/searchapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 31.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.99 / 1,000 search 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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

## Ecosia Images Scraper

Scrapes normalized image search results from Ecosia.

### What this Actor collects

The Actor converts Ecosia image results into one clean JSON record per image, including original and preview URLs, source page and domain, dimensions, format, safety and ranking metadata, page position, locale, and retrieval provenance when available.

- Uses the input limits and filters below to control the crawl.
- Stores source-backed fields defined by the 59-field dataset schema.
- Omits optional fields when the source does not expose a value instead of writing nulls or fabricated placeholders.

### Use cases

- Visual research
- Image-source discovery
- Media and asset enrichment

### Input

Provide input in JSON. Fields marked required must be supplied. The Default / example column shows a schema default when one exists; otherwise it shows a documented prefill or fixture value.

| Field | Type | Required | Default / example | Description |
| --- | --- | :---: | --- | --- |
| `query` | string | Yes | `"climate change"` | Keywords to search for images on Ecosia. |
| `maxItems` | integer | No | `25` (maximum 100) | Maximum image records to save. |
| `maxPages` | integer | No | `1` (maximum 10) | Maximum Ecosia result pages to inspect. |
| `region` | string | No | `"us-en"` | Country-language code used for browser locale and result metadata. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | No | `{"useApifyProxy":false}` | Optional Apify Proxy configuration for blocked hosted requests. |
| `maxRequestRetries` | integer | No | `3` | Retries blocked or failed pages with rotated sessions. |
| `requestTimeoutSecs` | integer | No | `90` | Maximum seconds for extracting one page. |
| `navigationTimeoutSecs` | integer | No | `60` | Maximum seconds for browser navigation. |
| `headless` | boolean | No | `true` | Run Chrome without a visible window. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "query": "climate change",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "region": "us-en",
  "maxRequestRetries": 3,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 90,
  "navigationTimeoutSecs": 60,
  "headless": true
}
```

### Output

The default dataset contains one item per image result. The following are the most useful fields; dimensions, file details, dates, licensing, and other media metadata appear only when Ecosia exposes them.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `position` | integer | Position |
| `title` | string | Title |
| `imageUrl` | string | Original Image URL |
| `thumbnailUrl` | string | Thumbnail URL |
| `sourcePageUrl` | string | Source Page URL |
| `sourceDomain` | string | Source Domain |
| `width` | integer | Original Width |
| `height` | integer | Original Height |
| `fileFormat` | string | File Format |
| `page` | integer | Page |
| `searchQuery` | string | Search Query |
| `scrapedAt` | string | Scraped At |
| `type` | string | Type |
| `url` | string | URL |
| `source` | string | Source |
| `query` | string | Query |

<details>
<summary>All 59 declared dataset fields</summary>

`type`, `resultType`, `position`, `page`, `title`, `altText`, `imageUrl`, `url`, `canonicalUrl`, `imageDomain`
`thumbnail`, `thumbnailUrl`, `thumbnailWidth`, `thumbnailHeight`, `previewImage`, `originalUrl`, `hostPageUrl`, `sourcePageUrl`, `sourceUrl`, `hostPageDomain`
`sourceName`, `sourceDomain`, `pageSize`, `width`, `height`, `aspectRatio`, `sizePixels`, `fileFormat`, `mimeType`, `fileSize`
`fileSizeFormatted`, `isAnimated`, `color`, `colorHex`, `creator`, `creatorUrl`, `creatorAvatar`, `license`, `copyright`, `source`
`pageTitle`, `pageUrl`, `domain`, `favicon`, `caption`, `tags`, `similarImages`, `engineId`, `engineData`, `searchQuery`
`query`, `region`, `country`, `market`, `language`, `searchUrl`, `scrapedAt`, `totalResults`, `searchMetadata`

</details>

#### Example dataset item

This compact example is taken from local Actor storage. Long text and nested collections are shortened for documentation only.

```json
{
  "position": 1,
  "title": "What is climate change? A really simple guide - BBC News",
  "imageUrl": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/2B08/production/_127561011_climate_5_cc_index_and_article_image_template_976-ncclimate_change_article_image_template_976-nc.png",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.sA2Y7f1OFhWEEG5DrdPpIgHaEL?r=0&pid=Api",
  "sourcePageUrl": "https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24021772?s=35",
  "sourceDomain": "bbc.com",
  "width": 976,
  "height": 550,
  "fileFormat": "png",
  "page": 1,
  "searchQuery": "climate change",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-23T17:59:13.759Z"
}
```

### Related Actors

- [Ecosia News Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/ecosia-news-scraper)
- [Ecosia Search Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/ecosia-search-scraper)
- [Ecosia Videos Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/ecosia-videos-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Keywords to search for images on Ecosia.

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

Maximum image records to save.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum Ecosia result pages to inspect.

## `region` (type: `string`):

Country-language code used for browser locale and result metadata.

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

Optional Apify Proxy configuration for blocked hosted requests.

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

Retries blocked or failed pages with rotated sessions.

## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum seconds for extracting one page.

## `navigationTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum seconds for browser navigation.

## `headless` (type: `boolean`):

Run Chrome without a visible window.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "climate change",
  "maxItems": 25,
  "maxPages": 1,
  "region": "us-en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "maxRequestRetries": 3,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 90,
  "navigationTimeoutSecs": 60,
  "headless": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Rich, normalized image results extracted from Ecosia Images.

# 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 = {
    "query": "climate change",
    "region": "us-en",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("searchapi/ecosia-images-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 = {
    "query": "climate change",
    "region": "us-en",
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("searchapi/ecosia-images-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "climate change",
  "region": "us-en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call searchapi/ecosia-images-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,searchapi/ecosia-images-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/RfFp7c68OidJpQCzb/builds/x4nL4T1VFhyBHuDLj/openapi.json