# GitHub Marketplace Scraper (`w3crawler/github-marketplace-scraper`) Actor

Extract public GitHub Marketplace listings, types, descriptions, links, and logos.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/w3crawler/github-marketplace-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [w3crawler](https://apify.com/w3crawler) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 marketplace listings

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

## GitHub Marketplace Scraper

Collect public GitHub Marketplace listings from the rendered Marketplace pages. The Actor extracts the listing slug, name, canonical URL, card description, displayed type, public logo URL, and optional detail-page description. It supports bounded query/category URLs and public Marketplace pagination.

### Source behavior

The public Marketplace page exposes a search/filter surface, Apps and Actions categories, listing cards with names, types, descriptions and logos, and page controls. The observed Apps page returned cards such as Render, LovableBot, GitGuardian, OpenCode, Google Cloud Build and CircleCI, and exposed page links through page 71. The Actor follows the public `page` query parameter for bounded pages; it does not access private listings, require a GitHub token, bypass CAPTCHA/challenge pages, or use undocumented APIs.

### Input

```json
{
  "query": "slack",
  "listingType": "apps",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "maxPages": 2,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "timeoutSecs": 30
}
```

Use `startUrls` for one or more public `https://github.com/marketplace` URLs. If omitted, the Actor builds a URL from `query` and `listingType` (`all`, `apps`, `actions`, or `packages`). `maxItems` is capped at 200 and `maxPages` at 20 per start URL. `includeDetails` makes one bounded public detail request per selected listing. Timeouts are capped at 120 seconds. Unknown input keys are rejected.

### Dataset output

Normal rows contain `listingSlug`, `name`, canonical Marketplace `url`, card `description`, `listingType`, optional `detailDescription`, public `logoUrl`, the discovery `sourceUrl`, and `scrapedAt`. These are source-backed listing fields. Internal record IDs/types, status/data flags, source-website markers, HTTP status fields, and diagnostic messages are not emitted in normal rows.

When GitHub returns a challenge page, no listing cards, or a failed detail/list request, an optional minimal diagnostic row contains only `url`, `error`, `errorCode`, and `scrapedAt`. `OUTPUT_SUMMARY` retains source URLs, normal record count, diagnostics, request count, failed request count, page count, data availability, and completion time.

#### Listing example

```json
{
  "listingSlug": "render",
  "name": "Render",
  "url": "https://github.com/marketplace/render",
  "description": "Continuous integration and deploys with Render, the modern cloud for ambitious developers",
  "listingType": "App",
  "logoUrl": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/ml/4937?s=400&v=4",
  "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/marketplace?type=apps&page=1",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

### Local run

```bash
npm ci
npm run check
npm test
apify validate-schema
apify run --purge --input-file input.json
npm run validate
```

Keep page and detail bounds reasonable, respect GitHub terms, and treat challenge or empty responses as honest source outcomes.

# Actor input Schema

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

Optional public GitHub Marketplace URLs. Query and listingType are used when omitted.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Optional public Marketplace search term.

## `listingType` (type: `string`):

Marketplace filter when using the generated URL.

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

Maximum unique listings to emit.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Bound public Marketplace pages per start URL; GitHub uses the page query parameter.

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

Fetch public listing pages and include their meta description when available.

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

Timeout for each public request in seconds.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "",
  "listingType": "apps",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "maxPages": 1,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "timeoutSecs": 30
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Public Marketplace records.

## `keyValueStore` (type: `string`):

Bounded run summary.

# 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/github-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 = {}

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

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,w3crawler/github-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/L4t9Azt67gyFbNMPP/builds/pr9vQck7UMF1A7dw8/openapi.json