# eBay Sold Comps Scraper (`w3crawler/ebay-sold-comps-scraper`) Actor

Collect publicly visible completed eBay listing comparables.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/w3crawler/ebay-sold-comps-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [w3crawler](https://apify.com/w3crawler) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 sold comps

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?

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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`.
- **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

## eBay Sold Comps Scraper

Parses public eBay completed/sold search cards or explicit public ended-listing pages into comparable item records. Search URLs always receive `LH_Sold=1` plus `LH_Complete=1`; when eBay challenges completed-search discovery, callers can supply known ended listing URLs through `startUrls`. Requests are time- and byte-bounded, preserve provenance, and require no eBay account, developer token, or official API. A bounded anonymous Chromium fallback can render the same public page after an unusable HTTP response; it never authenticates or solves challenges. If eBay blocks a request or returns no parseable record, the dataset contains a `source-diagnostic` row with `dataAvailable: false` instead of fabricated comparables. In mixed batches, diagnostics are retained alongside successful comparables so partial failures remain visible.

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205183043191" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "timeoutSecs": 20,
  "maxBytes": 5000000,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}
```

Successful rows have a stable `recordId`, `recordType: "sold-comparable"`, `status: "success"`, `ok: true`, non-empty titles and item URLs, and explicit source/proxy fields. Diagnostics have `ok: false`, `found: false`, and no invented comparable values. `proxyConfiguration` accepts normal Apify Proxy settings when the requester is authorized to use them. The Actor never solves CAPTCHAs, logs in, or bypasses access controls.

# Actor input Schema

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

Optional public eBay ended-listing URLs. Use these when completed-search discovery is challenged.

## `searchUrl` (type: `string`):

Public eBay search URL with completed/sold filters applied.

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

Maximum sold listing records.

## `timeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum time for the bounded public request.

## `maxBytes` (type: `integer`):

Maximum response body size accepted from the public page.

## `browserFallback` (type: `boolean`):

Render the same public eBay page in an anonymous browser when HTTP is blocked or has no comparable evidence.

## `browserWaitMs` (type: `integer`):

Bounded wait after DOMContentLoaded before inspecting public rendered evidence.

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

Optional Apify Proxy configuration for the public request.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchUrl": "https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=iphone&_sacat=0&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1",
  "maxItems": 25,
  "timeoutSecs": 20,
  "maxBytes": 5000000,
  "browserFallback": true,
  "browserWaitMs": 2000,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("w3crawler/ebay-sold-comps-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("w3crawler/ebay-sold-comps-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 '{}' |
apify call w3crawler/ebay-sold-comps-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,w3crawler/ebay-sold-comps-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/UT8Cp5JI9gL9fU0hU/builds/Toas6MgIzxPSZ2iHM/openapi.json