# MercadoLibre Multi-Country Marketplace Scraper (`vexaloom-labs/mercadolibre-multi-country-marketplace-scraper`) Actor

Search MercadoLibre by keyword or category, fetch item detail by ID, or list a country's category tree across 9 Latin American sites. Returns price, seller, shipping and category data per item.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/mercadolibre-multi-country-marketplace-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [vexaloom-labs](https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.49 / 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.
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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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## MercadoLibre Marketplace Scraper

Collect real marketplace data from MercadoLibre in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic. Search products, open full product pages, read reviews and buyer questions, walk seller catalogs, browse categories, and track best sellers and deals.

No account, cookies, login or API key is required.

### What it does

- **Search** by keyword, category, seller or a pasted listing URL, with condition, sort, price range, free shipping, MercadoLibre FULL, official-store and discount filters.
- **Product** pages by catalog URL, item URL, user-product URL or bare ID, with gallery, specs, variations, seller, shipping, payment methods, warranty and returns.
- **Reviews** with rating filters and an optional deep sweep across rating buckets.
- **Questions** with buyer questions and seller answers.
- **Seller** catalogs and an optional seller profile row.
- **Categories** as the 24 root departments, a category tree with attributes, or keyword-to-category discovery.
- **Best sellers** ranked per category and **live deals**, both as product rows.

### Services

Every run covers one country site at a time and one mode at a time. The actor returns JSON records in the default dataset, ready for spreadsheets, BI tools, price monitoring, catalog enrichment and competitor research. The output is omit-empty: fields the source does not expose for a record are left out rather than filled with empty values.

### How it works

The actor reads the public mobile web pages that MercadoLibre serves to its own app and extracts the embedded page state. That cookieless route exposes the same products, prices, reviews and questions a shopper sees, without an OAuth application or an API token. Product searches are paginated in pages of 50 up to the source window, and duplicate item IDs are removed before records are pushed.

### Input

| Field | Used by | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `mode` | all | `search` | `search`, `product`, `reviews`, `questions`, `seller`, `categories`, `bestSellers`, `deals` |
| `siteId` | all | `MLA` | 18 country sites |
| `searchQuery` | search | `laptop` | Keyword to search for |
| `searchUrls` | search, seller | – | Pasted search/category/seller listing URLs |
| `categoryId` | search, categories, bestSellers, deals | – | Category ID or URL |
| `categoryQuery` | categories | – | Keyword for category discovery |
| `sellerId` | seller, search | – | Numeric seller ID or seller URL |
| `productUrls` | product, reviews, questions | – | Product/catalog/item URLs or IDs, one per line |
| `sort` | search, seller | `relevance` | Relevance, price ascending or price descending |
| `condition` | search, seller | `any` | Any, new, used, refurbished or open box |
| `priceMin`, `priceMax` | search, seller | `0` | Price range in the country currency; 0 = open |
| `freeShippingOnly` | search, seller | `false` | Keep free-shipping products |
| `fullShippingOnly` | search, seller | `false` | Keep MercadoLibre FULL products |
| `officialStoresOnly` | search, seller | `false` | Keep official-store products |
| `minDiscount` | search, seller, deals | `0` | Minimum discount percentage |
| `includeSponsored` | search, seller | `true` | Include or remove paid placements |
| `includeDetails` | search, seller | `false` | Enrich every result with the full product page |
| `includeReviews`, `includeQuestions` | product | `false` | Attach review or Q\&A data to product records |
| `includeSellerProfile` | seller | `false` | Emit a seller profile before the catalog |
| `includeAttributes` | categories | `false` | Attach the category attribute schema |
| `maxItems` | most modes | `50` | Maximum records; product queries stop at 2,000 |
| `maxReviews`, `reviewRating` | reviews | `30`, `all` | Review ceiling and optional star filter |
| `maxQuestions` | questions, product | `20` | Question ceiling |

Example: search used laptops in Mexico with free shipping, sorted by price.

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "siteId": "MLM",
  "searchQuery": "laptop",
  "condition": "used",
  "freeShippingOnly": true,
  "sort": "price_asc",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

Example: fetch one product by URL and include its reviews and questions.

```json
{
  "mode": "product",
  "siteId": "MLM",
  "productUrls": ["https://www.mercadolibre.com.mx/p/MLM1081091201"],
  "includeReviews": true,
  "includeQuestions": true,
  "maxReviews": 30,
  "maxQuestions": 20
}
```

### Output

Every row has `recordType`, `siteId` and `scrapedAt`. Product-like rows keep the legacy fields `itemId`, `title`, `price`, `currency`, `condition`, `availableQuantity`, `soldQuantity`, `sellerId`, `sellerName`, `sellerReputation`, `imageUrl`, `categoryId`, `categoryPath`, `freeShipping`, `officialStoreId`, `itemUrl`, `warranty`, `listingTypeId`, plus the new detail fields:

- **Price and stock:** `originalPrice`, `discountPercent`, `installments`, `hasStock`, `availableQuantity`, `soldText`.
- **Seller and shipping:** `sellerPowerStatus`, `sellerStoreType`, `sellerSales`, `sellerFollowers`, `sellerProducts`, `fullShipping`, `logisticType`, `shippingMode`, `shippingText`, `localPickup`, `storePickup`, `isOfficialStore`.
- **Content:** `specs`, `specGroups`, `description`, `images`, `variations`, `warranty`, `returns`, `benefits`, `paymentMethods`, `rating`, `promotions`.
- **Search:** `position`, `searchQuery`, `totalResults`, `sponsored`, `catalogProductId`, `userProductId`, `domainId`.

Review rows carry `reviewId`, `rating`, `text`, `date`, `relativeDate`, `country`, `variant`, `likes` and `media`. Question rows carry `questionId`, `question`, `answer` and `answerDate`. Category rows carry `categoryId`, `categoryName`, `categoryPath`, `totalItems`, `children`, `attributes` and `permalink`. Best-seller and deal rows add `rank` and `dealType`.

### Usage cost

The actor runs in a 1 GB container. Search and product pages are large (roughly 1.5–2.7 MB each), so cost scales with the number of pages opened and details requested. Start with `maxItems` 50 and `includeDetails` off, then raise it only when needed. Deep review sweeps make extra requests; `maxReviews` 330 is the normal ceiling and values above that intentionally sweep rating buckets.

### FAQ

**Do I need a MercadoLibre account or API key?** No. The actor reads public pages without credentials.

**Can I paste a product link instead of an ID?** Yes. Product, catalog and user-product URLs are accepted, as are bare IDs.

**Can I get more than 50 products?** Yes. Results are paginated up to the source's 2,000-row window per query. For more, split the search by category, price range or condition.

**Why do some products have no condition or shipping field?** Search cards omit those labels for some listings. Turn on `includeDetails` to read the product page and fill them whenever the source exposes them.

**How many reviews can I collect?** A single review query returns up to 330 rows. Setting `maxReviews` above 330 sweeps every star rating and can return over 1,000 unique reviews on popular products. Ratings without text are not review rows.

**Does it support official store URLs?** Seller catalogs work with seller IDs. A store-slug landing page does not expose its catalog server-side, so use the seller ID or `_CustId_`/`seller_id` URL.

**Can I use it for cars or real estate?** This actor covers marketplace products. Vehicles and real estate are separate MercadoLibre verticals with different listing pages.

**Which countries are supported?** All 18 current MercadoLibre country sites listed in the input schema.

**Are prices converted?** No. Prices stay in the local currency shown on the site.

### Notes

- Category browse uses the official category metadata service, which is public; product, review and question data comes from the same pages shoppers use.
- Search cards are the fastest source. Detail enrichment fills specs, gallery, seller reputation and stock but costs one page per product.
- Costa Rica uses the `mercadolibre.co.cr` domain. The old `MLO` site code maps to `MRD` for backward compatibility.
- The `mode`, `siteId` and `condition` dropdowns keep the legacy values `searchProducts`, `searchByCategory`, `getProductDetails`, `getCategories`, `MLO` and `all` so existing saved tasks and API payloads stay valid. The actor maps them in code; new runs should use the current values.

### Limitations

- Search and seller catalogs stop at the source's 2,000-row window per query.
- Review queries cap at 330 rows per star bucket; deep sweeps deduplicate across buckets.
- Buyer questions are served 20 per page and some products stop earlier than their displayed count.
- Store-slug catalogs are not exposed; use a seller ID or seller URL instead.
- Seller catalog rows keep the catalog owner in `sellerId`/`sellerName`; an item card can show a brand sub-store label instead.
- Category API totals can differ from the number of active listings, so category totals are shown as metadata.
- Sponsored placements are visible on some surfaces but not all; the `includeSponsored` toggle can only remove placements the source marks.
- The deals page is a cross-category feed. A `categoryId` filter keeps matching deals from that feed and may return no rows when the category has no active deal. The feed follows the source's 20-page window.
- Autosuggest and verified-purchase flags are not exposed on this route.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Choose the kind of MercadoLibre data you need.

## `siteId` (type: `string`):

MercadoLibre country marketplace to query.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Keyword to search for (mode=search). Example: laptop.

## `searchUrls` (type: `array`):

Paste MercadoLibre search, category or seller listing URLs (mode=search/seller). One per line.

## `categoryId` (type: `string`):

Category to browse or use as a filter (mode=search/categories/bestSellers/deals). Example: MLM1652.

## `categoryQuery` (type: `string`):

Find matching categories from a keyword (mode=categories). Example: laptop.

## `sellerId` (type: `string`):

Seller to catalog (mode=seller/search). Numeric ID, *CustId* URL or seller_id URL.

## `productUrls` (type: `array`):

Product, catalog or item URLs or IDs (mode=product/reviews/questions). One per line.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

How to order search and seller results.

## `condition` (type: `string`):

Filter products by condition (mode=search/seller).

## `priceMin` (type: `number`):

Lowest price in the country currency (mode=search/seller). 0 means no minimum.

## `priceMax` (type: `number`):

Highest price in the country currency (mode=search/seller). 0 means no maximum.

## `freeShippingOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep products with free shipping (mode=search/seller).

## `fullShippingOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep products fulfilled by MercadoLibre FULL (mode=search/seller).

## `officialStoresOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep products sold by official stores (mode=search/seller).

## `minDiscount` (type: `integer`):

Keep products discounted by at least this percentage (mode=search/seller/deals). 0 disables it.

## `includeSponsored` (type: `boolean`):

Include paid placements in search and seller results.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch the full detail page for every search or seller result (mode=search/seller). Slower, more fields.

## `includeReviews` (type: `boolean`):

Attach review summary and review rows to product records (mode=product).

## `includeQuestions` (type: `boolean`):

Attach buyer questions and answers to product records (mode=product).

## `includeSellerProfile` (type: `boolean`):

Emit a seller profile row before the catalog (mode=seller).

## `includeAttributes` (type: `boolean`):

Attach the attribute schema to a category record (mode=categories with categoryId).

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

Maximum records to return. Product queries stop at the source's 2,000-row window.

## `maxReviews` (type: `integer`):

Maximum review rows per product (mode=reviews). Values above 330 sweep every rating bucket.

## `reviewRating` (type: `string`):

Only collect reviews with this star rating (mode=reviews).

## `maxQuestions` (type: `integer`):

Maximum buyer questions per product (mode=questions/product).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "siteId": "MLA",
  "searchQuery": "laptop",
  "searchUrls": [],
  "productUrls": [],
  "sort": "relevance",
  "condition": "any",
  "priceMin": 0,
  "priceMax": 0,
  "freeShippingOnly": false,
  "fullShippingOnly": false,
  "officialStoresOnly": false,
  "minDiscount": 0,
  "includeSponsored": true,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "includeReviews": false,
  "includeQuestions": false,
  "includeSellerProfile": false,
  "includeAttributes": false,
  "maxItems": 1,
  "maxReviews": 30,
  "reviewRating": "all",
  "maxQuestions": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset containing product, review, question, category, seller and best-seller records.

# 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 = {
    "mode": "search",
    "siteId": "MLA",
    "searchQuery": "laptop",
    "searchUrls": [],
    "productUrls": [],
    "sort": "relevance",
    "condition": "any",
    "priceMin": 0,
    "priceMax": 0,
    "freeShippingOnly": false,
    "fullShippingOnly": false,
    "officialStoresOnly": false,
    "minDiscount": 0,
    "includeSponsored": true,
    "includeDetails": false,
    "includeReviews": false,
    "includeQuestions": false,
    "includeSellerProfile": false,
    "includeAttributes": false,
    "maxItems": 1,
    "maxReviews": 30,
    "reviewRating": "all",
    "maxQuestions": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vexaloom-labs/mercadolibre-multi-country-marketplace-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 = {
    "mode": "search",
    "siteId": "MLA",
    "searchQuery": "laptop",
    "searchUrls": [],
    "productUrls": [],
    "sort": "relevance",
    "condition": "any",
    "priceMin": 0,
    "priceMax": 0,
    "freeShippingOnly": False,
    "fullShippingOnly": False,
    "officialStoresOnly": False,
    "minDiscount": 0,
    "includeSponsored": True,
    "includeDetails": False,
    "includeReviews": False,
    "includeQuestions": False,
    "includeSellerProfile": False,
    "includeAttributes": False,
    "maxItems": 1,
    "maxReviews": 30,
    "reviewRating": "all",
    "maxQuestions": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vexaloom-labs/mercadolibre-multi-country-marketplace-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 '{
  "mode": "search",
  "siteId": "MLA",
  "searchQuery": "laptop",
  "searchUrls": [],
  "productUrls": [],
  "sort": "relevance",
  "condition": "any",
  "priceMin": 0,
  "priceMax": 0,
  "freeShippingOnly": false,
  "fullShippingOnly": false,
  "officialStoresOnly": false,
  "minDiscount": 0,
  "includeSponsored": true,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "includeReviews": false,
  "includeQuestions": false,
  "includeSellerProfile": false,
  "includeAttributes": false,
  "maxItems": 1,
  "maxReviews": 30,
  "reviewRating": "all",
  "maxQuestions": 20
}' |
apify call vexaloom-labs/mercadolibre-multi-country-marketplace-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,vexaloom-labs/mercadolibre-multi-country-marketplace-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/s1MOuPRNCpig0Bsnr/builds/m4pbC1XYTxetki7oF/openapi.json