# Cheapest Ticketmaster Scraper (`serp.cheap.ofc/cheapest-ticketmaster-scraper`) Actor Scrape Ticketmaster events, venues and artists at the lowest price per result — plus live ticket prices and real seat availability. Pay per result — no start fee, no subscription. - **URL**: https://apify.com/serp.cheap.ofc/cheapest-ticketmaster-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [serp.cheap](https://apify.com/serp.cheap.ofc) (community) - **Categories:** AI, E-commerce, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.50 / 1,000 event founds 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/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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/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 ## Cheapest Ticketmaster Scraper - Discovery, Live Prices/Seats, Seat Maps > ⚠️ **Live pricing & seat maps (`event` mode) only work with a RESIDENTIAL proxy.** To read live prices, seats and auditorium maps you **must** set the proxy to **RESIDENTIAL** (Apify Proxy → Residential, or your own residential proxy). The discovery modes (`search`, `venue`, `artist`, `discover`) run on the default proxy. Blocked live-pricing / seat-map runs are **never charged**. Scrape **Ticketmaster** events, venues and artists — plus **live ticket prices, real seat availability and full auditorium seat maps** — at the lowest price per result on the Apify Store. **Pay per result, no start fee, no subscription.** - 🔎 **Search** events by keyword (artist, team, show) - 🏟️ **Venue** & 🎤 **Artist** upcoming-event listings - 🌆 **Discover** everything happening in a city - 💵 **Live prices + seats** — the actual price range and available seats for an event (no other Store actor does this) - 🗺️ **Seat maps** — the full auditorium map: every section as a polygon, availability joined in, optional per-seat coordinates - 🩺 **Self-test** mode for uptime monitoring - 💸 **$0.0005 / event** for discovery — the cheapest effective price on the Store — and **$0 start fee** --- ### What you get #### Discovery modes (`search`, `venue`, `artist`, `discover`) Fast and cheap. Each event row includes: `eventId`, `title`, `url`, `startDate`, `onsaleDate`, `dateDisplay`, `timeZone`, `soldOut`, `limitedAvailability`, `ticketingStatus`, `cancelled` / `postponed` / `rescheduled` / `tba` / `virtual`, `category`, `imageUrl`, a nested `venue` (name, city, state, country, address, postal code, latitude, longitude) and `artists[]`. Venue/artist/discover rows also carry a `source` object identifying the venue, artist or city they came from. #### Live pricing mode (`event`) Reads the **live** data each event's own page loads: `currency`, `priceMin`, `priceMax`, `soldOut`, `totalAvailable`, `priceLevels[]` (per price level: sections, areas, price range, count) and `availableSeats[]` (concrete section / row / seats sampled from the map). > Every other Store competitor stops at discovery. This actor returns the live pricing data. **Requires a residential proxy.** #### Seat map (`event` mode, opt-in via `includeSeatMap`) Set `includeSeatMap: true` and each `event` row also gets a `seatMap` object — the venue's auditorium map: `venueConfigId`, `totalPlaces`, `canvas` (map width/height), `mapImageUrl` (the seating-chart image), `sectionCount`, `totalAvailable`, and `sections[]`. Each section carries `name`, `category`, `totalPlaces`, live `available` count + `seating` + `inventoryTypes` (joined from real availability), and its polygon geometry (`bounds`, `path`). Set `seatLevel: true` to also get every individual `seats[]` entry (row, label, `x`/`y` coordinates) inside each section — great for building your own interactive map, but large for big arenas. Billed as a separate **`seat-map`** charge per event, on top of `live-pricing`. --- ### Input | Field | Used in | Description | |---|---|---| | `mode` | all | `search`, `venue`, `artist`, `discover`, `event`, or `selftest`. | | `term` | `search` | Keyword — artist, team, show or event name. | | `venueUrls` | `venue` | Ticketmaster venue URLs or bare venue IDs. | | `artistUrls` | `artist` | Ticketmaster artist URLs or bare artist IDs. | | `cities` | `discover` | Discover URLs or city slugs (e.g. `new-york`). | | `eventUrls` | `event` | Event URLs (`.../event/`) or bare event IDs. **Requires a residential proxy.** | | `includeSeatMap` | `event` | Also capture the auditorium seat map (adds the `seat-map` charge). Default `false`. | | `seatLevel` | `event` | With `includeSeatMap`, also extract every seat's coordinates. Large output. Default `false`. | | `maxItems` | all | Cap on results scraped in the run (default 100). | | `proxyConfiguration` | all | Leave empty for discovery. **Set to RESIDENTIAL for `event` mode.** | #### Example — search ```json { "mode": "search", "term": "Taylor Swift", "maxItems": 100 } ```` #### Example — live prices + seats + seat map (residential proxy required) ```json { "mode": "event", "eventUrls": ["https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E00612D3B6E6D8F"], "includeSeatMap": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } } ``` #### Example — a city's events ```json { "mode": "discover", "cities": ["new-york", "los-angeles"] } ``` *** ### Proxy **Discovery** modes (`search`, `venue`, `artist`, `discover`) run on the default Apify proxy — lowest cost, no residential needed. **Live pricing** (`event`) **requires a residential proxy** — set `proxyConfiguration` to RESIDENTIAL (or supply your own). If an event still can't be reached, the actor records a clear note and **does not charge you** for it. ### Pricing **$0.0005 per discovery event, $0.04 per live-priced event, $0.02 per seat map, $0 start fee.** The cheapest effective Ticketmaster discovery scraper on the Store, and the only one that returns live prices, seats and auditorium maps. Blocked live-pricing / seat-map runs are never charged. Full comparison in [PRICING.md](./PRICING.md). ### Output Results go to the dataset. Ready-made views: **Events (discovery)**, **Live prices + seats**, and **Seat map**. Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or pull via the Apify API. ### Disclaimer This actor scrapes publicly available information. Use it in compliance with Ticketmaster's terms and applicable law, and only for data you're permitted to collect. # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): What to scrape. "search" lists events matching a keyword; "venue"/"artist" list a venue's or artist's upcoming events; "discover" lists events in a city; "event" reads LIVE ticket prices and real seat availability for each event; "selftest" checks that everything still works (for monitoring). ## `term` (type: `string`): Keyword to search for — an artist, team, show or event name (e.g. "Taylor Swift", "Lakers", "Hamilton"). Used only in "search" mode. ## `venueUrls` (type: `array`): Venues to list upcoming events for. Accepts Ticketmaster venue URLs (https://www.ticketmaster.com//venue/) or bare venue IDs. Used only in "venue" mode. ## `artistUrls` (type: `array`): Artists/attractions to list upcoming events for. Accepts Ticketmaster artist URLs (https://www.ticketmaster.com//artist/) or bare artist IDs. Used only in "artist" mode. ## `cities` (type: `array`): Cities to discover events in. Accepts a bare city slug (e.g. "new-york", "los-angeles") — the "concerts" category is used by default. To pick another category, pass "/" (e.g. "sports/new-york", "arts-theater/chicago"), or a full Ticketmaster discover URL (https://www.ticketmaster.com/discover//). Used only in "discover" mode. ## `eventUrls` (type: `array`): Events to read LIVE prices and seat availability for. Accepts Ticketmaster event URLs (https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/) or bare event IDs. Used only in "event" mode. ⚠️ REQUIRES a RESIDENTIAL proxy. Set Proxy configuration below to RESIDENTIAL (or supply your own residential proxy). Runs that get blocked are NOT charged. ## `includeSeatMap` (type: `boolean`): In "event" mode, also capture the venue's auditorium map: every section as a polygon on the seating chart, with per-section availability joined in, plus the seat-map image URL. Adds the "seat-map" charge per event. ⚠️ Also requires a RESIDENTIAL proxy. ## `seatLevel` (type: `boolean`): When "Include seat map" is on, also extract every individual seat (row, label and x/y coordinates) inside each section. Produces large output for big arenas. No extra charge beyond "seat-map". ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of results to scrape across the whole run (events in search/discovery modes, pages in venue/artist, events in event mode). ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): The default Apify proxy works for discovery (search/venue/artist/discover) — leave this empty. ⚠️ The "event" (live prices + seats) mode REQUIRES a RESIDENTIAL proxy: set this to Apify Proxy → RESIDENTIAL, or supply your own residential proxy URLs. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "search", "term": "Taylor Swift", "cities": [ "new-york" ], "includeSeatMap": false, "seatLevel": false, "maxItems": 100 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `events` (type: `string`): No description ## `pricing` (type: `string`): No description ## `seatmap` (type: `string`): No description # 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 = { "term": "concerts", "cities": [ "new-york" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("serp.cheap.ofc/cheapest-ticketmaster-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "term": "concerts", "cities": ["new-york"], } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("serp.cheap.ofc/cheapest-ticketmaster-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 '{ "term": "concerts", "cities": [ "new-york" ] }' | apify call serp.cheap.ofc/cheapest-ticketmaster-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=serp.cheap.ofc/cheapest-ticketmaster-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Cheapest Ticketmaster Scraper", "description": "Scrape Ticketmaster events, venues and artists at the lowest price per result — plus live ticket prices and real seat availability. 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Used only in \"search\" mode." }, "venueUrls": { "title": "Venue URLs or IDs", "type": "array", "description": "Venues to list upcoming events for. Accepts Ticketmaster venue URLs (https://www.ticketmaster.com//venue/) or bare venue IDs. Used only in \"venue\" mode.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "artistUrls": { "title": "Artist URLs or IDs", "type": "array", "description": "Artists/attractions to list upcoming events for. Accepts Ticketmaster artist URLs (https://www.ticketmaster.com//artist/) or bare artist IDs. Used only in \"artist\" mode.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "cities": { "title": "Cities", "type": "array", "description": "Cities to discover events in. Accepts a bare city slug (e.g. \"new-york\", \"los-angeles\") — the \"concerts\" category is used by default. To pick another category, pass \"/\" (e.g. \"sports/new-york\", \"arts-theater/chicago\"), or a full Ticketmaster discover URL (https://www.ticketmaster.com/discover//). Used only in \"discover\" mode.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "eventUrls": { "title": "Event URLs or IDs", "type": "array", "description": "Events to read LIVE prices and seat availability for. Accepts Ticketmaster event URLs (https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/) or bare event IDs. Used only in \"event\" mode. ⚠️ REQUIRES a RESIDENTIAL proxy. Set Proxy configuration below to RESIDENTIAL (or supply your own residential proxy). Runs that get blocked are NOT charged.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "includeSeatMap": { "title": "Include seat map (auditorium map)", "type": "boolean", "description": "In \"event\" mode, also capture the venue's auditorium map: every section as a polygon on the seating chart, with per-section availability joined in, plus the seat-map image URL. Adds the \"seat-map\" charge per event. ⚠️ Also requires a RESIDENTIAL proxy.", "default": false }, "seatLevel": { "title": "Seat-level coordinates", "type": "boolean", "description": "When \"Include seat map\" is on, also extract every individual seat (row, label and x/y coordinates) inside each section. Produces large output for big arenas. No extra charge beyond \"seat-map\".", "default": false }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of results to scrape across the whole run (events in search/discovery modes, pages in venue/artist, events in event mode).", "default": 100 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "The default Apify proxy works for discovery (search/venue/artist/discover) — leave this empty. ⚠️ The \"event\" (live prices + seats) mode REQUIRES a RESIDENTIAL proxy: set this to Apify Proxy → RESIDENTIAL, or supply your own residential proxy URLs." } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```