# Rakuten Japan Search Scraper (products, prices, shops) (`tamnt67/rakuten-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Rakuten Ichiba (rakuten.co.jp) search results and genre pages: product name, price, points, review score and count, shop, shipping, images, genre and URL as clean JSON or CSV. No login, Japanese market.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tamnt67/rakuten-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Tam Ng.](https://apify.com/tamnt67) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.50 / 1,000 product scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Rakuten Japan Search Scraper (products, prices, shops)

Extract products from **Rakuten Ichiba search results and genre pages**, Japan's largest marketplace. Enter keywords (Japanese or English) or paste Rakuten search URLs and get every product with price, Rakuten points, review score and count, shop, shipping fee, delivery estimate, images, genre path and product URL.

Use it for price monitoring, competitor and shop research, finding best-selling products in a genre, cross-border sourcing or feeding product data into your own tools.

### What you get for each product

| Field | Example |
|-------|---------|
| `itemId` / `itemCode` / `shopCode` | anker:10002482 / 10002482 / anker |
| `name` / `subtitle` | Anker Soundcore P31i ... / 最大24ヶ月保証 |
| `price` / `currency` / `priceRange` / `hasPriceRange` | 4990 / JPY / "4990" / false |
| `points` | 50 |
| `reviewScore` / `reviewCount` / `reviewUrl` | 4.51 / 51204 / review page |
| `shopName` / `shopId` / `shopUrl` | アンカー・ダイレクト楽天市場店 / 294713 / shop URL |
| `shippingFee` / `deliveryText` | 0 / 1〜2日以内に発送予定 |
| `isSoldOut` / `isAd` / `isUsed` | false / false / false |
| `brand` / `genres` / `genreIds` / `tags` | null / \["TV・オーディオ・カメラ", "オーディオ", "ヘッドホン・イヤホン"] / ... |
| `image` / `images` / `url` | main image, all images, product URL (item.rakuten.co.jp) |
| `page` / `query` / `scrapedAt` | 1 / keyword "イヤホン" / ISO timestamp |

Download as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or read through the API.

### How to use

1. Enter **keywords**, or paste **Rakuten URLs**: a search page such as `https://search.rakuten.co.jp/search/mall/イヤホン/` or a genre page such as `https://search.rakuten.co.jp/search/mall/-/502835/`. Filters you applied on the website stay in the URL and are respected.
2. Choose a **sort order**: standard, price, most reviews or newest.
3. Decide whether to keep **sponsored items** (flagged `isAd`).
4. Set **max products per keyword or URL**. Rakuten returns 45 organic products per page.
5. Run. Results appear in the dataset as pages are scraped.

#### Example input

```json
{
  "keywords": ["ワイヤレスイヤホン", "nintendo switch"],
  "sortBy": "reviews",
  "includeAds": false,
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 200
}
```

### Pricing

You pay per product record. Platform usage and residential proxy traffic are included in the price. Set a maximum total charge per run in the run options for a hard cap.

### Tips

- **Most reviews** sort is the fastest way to find proven best sellers in a niche.
- Apply filters on rakuten.co.jp first (price range, shipping, shop), then paste the resulting URL here.
- Schedule daily runs and connect to Google Sheets to track prices and points campaigns.
- Keep the default **residential proxy in Japan**. Rakuten blocks most datacenter and foreign IPs.

### Limitations

- Listing data only. Product detail pages (full description, variants, all reviews) are not scraped.
- Rakuten can change its site at any time. If the Actor stops returning data, report an issue and it will be fixed quickly.

### Integrations

Works with every Apify integration: API, webhooks, Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, Slack, n8n, LangChain and the Apify MCP server.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Search terms in Japanese or English, e.g. "イヤホン" or "nintendo switch". Each keyword is searched separately.

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

Optional. Paste Rakuten search URLs (https://search.rakuten.co.jp/search/mall/イヤホン/) or genre pages (https://search.rakuten.co.jp/search/mall/-/502835/). Filters and sort in the URL are kept.

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

Order of results.

## `includeAds` (type: `boolean`):

Rakuten mixes a few sponsored (CPC) items into results. They are flagged with isAd. Turn off to skip them.

## `maxItemsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Rakuten returns 45 organic products per page.

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

Keep the default: Apify residential proxy located in Japan. Rakuten blocks most datacenter and foreign IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "ワイヤレスイヤホン"
  ],
  "startUrls": [],
  "sortBy": "standard",
  "includeAds": true,
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 135,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "JP"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `products` (type: `string`):

Dataset with one record per product: name, price, points, review score and count, shop, shipping, images, genres, URL.

## `productsCsv` (type: `string`):

The same dataset exported as CSV.

# 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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "ワイヤレスイヤホン"
    ],
    "maxItemsPerQuery": 135,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "JP"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tamnt67/rakuten-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 = {
    "keywords": ["ワイヤレスイヤホン"],
    "maxItemsPerQuery": 135,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "JP",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tamnt67/rakuten-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 '{
  "keywords": [
    "ワイヤレスイヤホン"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 135,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "JP"
  }
}' |
apify call tamnt67/rakuten-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tamnt67/rakuten-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/D91f7LvqQXFuBdcLC/builds/nUOO4dmuI1ZdvtOpz/openapi.json