# OpenSooq Listings Scraper (Middle East) (`straightforward_hydra/opensooq-listings-scraper`) Actor

Scrape classified ads from OpenSooq, the largest classifieds network in the Middle East, across nine country sites. Price, currency, category, city, seller name, shop status, rating and listing attributes. No API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/straightforward\_hydra/opensooq-listings-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Dev D](https://apify.com/straightforward_hydra) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 listings

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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`.
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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

## OpenSooq Listings Scraper (Middle East)

Classified ads from **OpenSooq**, the largest classifieds network in the Middle
East — across **nine country sites** in one Actor. No API key, no login, no
proxy.

`ae` · `sa` · `jo` · `eg` · `kw` · `om` · `qa` · `bh` · `iq`

### What you get

| Field | Example |
| --- | --- |
| `title` / `subtitle` | Arabic listing title / `2025 Nissan Versa S` |
| `highlights` | `Nissan » Versa » 2,025 » Used` |
| `price`, `price_text`, `currency` | 40000.0, `40,000 AED`, AED |
| `category`, `subcategory` | Cars, Cars for Sale |
| `city`, `neighbourhood` | Dubai, Al Alia |
| `attributes` | `["Used", "Nissan", "Versa", "S", "2,025", "10,000 km", "Sedan"]` |
| `seller_name`, `seller_rating`, `seller_rating_count` | Al Arabi Motors, 5, 1 |
| `is_shop`, `shop_name` | true, العربي موتورز |
| `phone_masked`, `has_phone` | 05470100XX, true |
| `image_count`, `image_url` | 14 |
| `posted_date`, `expires_at`, `listing_status` | 2026-08-18, 17-09-2026, featured\_turbo |
| `country_code`, `country`, `url` | ae, United Arab Emirates |

`price` is a real number and `is_shop` separates dealers from private sellers —
the two things you actually filter on.

### Just paste a URL

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://ae.opensooq.com/en/cars/cars-for-sale",
    "https://sa.opensooq.com/en/cars/cars-for-sale"
  ],
  "maxListingsPerUrl": 300
}
```

Any category works the same way — cars, property, phones, electronics. Open the
category on the site and copy the address.

### Notes

- 30 listings per request, paged automatically with no duplicates.
- Phone numbers are **masked at source** (`05470100XX`). The full number sits
  behind a reveal step that this Actor does not touch.
- Listing data comes from the page's own embedded payload, so no ad page is
  opened individually — one request covers 30 ads.
- Runs stop cleanly before the platform timeout and keep everything collected so
  far, rather than failing.

### Pricing

Pay per result: one `listing` event per ad returned.

### Support

Found a category that won't load, or a field that stopped populating? Open an
issue on the Actor's page and include the URL you used.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Any OpenSooq category or search URL. Works on every country site: ae, sa, jo, eg, kw, om, qa, bh and iq. Open the category on the site and copy the address.

## `maxListingsPerUrl` (type: `integer`):

How many ads to collect per URL, 30 per request.

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

Optional. OpenSooq is reachable without a proxy; enable this for very large runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://ae.opensooq.com/en/cars/cars-for-sale",
    "https://sa.opensooq.com/en/cars/cars-for-sale"
  ],
  "maxListingsPerUrl": 120,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `listings` (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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        "https://ae.opensooq.com/en/cars/cars-for-sale",
        "https://sa.opensooq.com/en/cars/cars-for-sale"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("straightforward_hydra/opensooq-listings-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 = { "startUrls": [
        "https://ae.opensooq.com/en/cars/cars-for-sale",
        "https://sa.opensooq.com/en/cars/cars-for-sale",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("straightforward_hydra/opensooq-listings-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 '{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://ae.opensooq.com/en/cars/cars-for-sale",
    "https://sa.opensooq.com/en/cars/cars-for-sale"
  ]
}' |
apify call straightforward_hydra/opensooq-listings-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,straightforward_hydra/opensooq-listings-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/AEowY5mXEPbgMIZef/builds/iPozNkAxRMUXc3Rw2/openapi.json