# Jimoty Scraper — Japan Free & Secondhand Classifieds (`youfuxu/jimoty-japan-classifieds-scraper`) Actor
Scrape Jimoty (ジモティー), Japan's largest local classifieds board. Free giveaways and secondhand listings with prices, city, station, category, seller and images as clean JSON.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/youfuxu/jimoty-japan-classifieds-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Youfu Xu](https://apify.com/youfuxu) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
from $3.00 / 1,000 results
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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#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".
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.
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# README
## Jimoty Scraper — Japan free & secondhand classifieds (ジモティー)
Get clean, structured listings from **[Jimoty / ジモティー](https://jmty.jp)**, Japan's largest local classifieds board — the place where people give things away for free or sell them locally instead of shipping through Mercari. Search any keyword in Japanese or English, filter by prefecture, and download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel. No login, no browser, no proxy setup.
### What you get
```json
{
"articleId": "1qq781",
"url": "https://jmty.jp/tokyo/sale-mob/article-1qq781",
"title": "iPhone 13 Pro シエラブルー",
"price": 41000,
"priceText": "41,000円",
"isFree": false,
"prefecture": "東京",
"city": "台東区",
"station": "稲荷町駅",
"category": "携帯電話/スマホ",
"snippet": "トリプルカメラシステムを搭載した、洗練されたシエラブルーカラーの…",
"imageUrl": "https://cdn.jmty.jp/articles/images/…/thumb_m_file.jpg",
"favoriteCount": 4,
"updatedAtText": "7月26日"
}
```
Turn on **Include detail page data** and every listing also carries the full description, all photos, exact timestamps, GPS coordinates of the handover spot, and the seller's trust profile:
```json
{
"description": "トリプルカメラシステムを搭載した…（full text）",
"images": ["https://cdn.jmty.jp/…/slide_file.jpg", "…"],
"areaName": "東京都台東区松が谷",
"latitude": 35.7137819935,
"longitude": 139.7852932900,
"inquiriesCount": 2,
"sellerName": "ひよ",
"sellerArticlesCount": 6,
"sellerGoodEvaluations": 3,
"sellerBadEvaluations": 0,
"sellerIdentified": true,
"sellerIsBusiness": false
}
```
### Why Jimoty specifically
Jimoty is the only major Japanese marketplace built around **local pickup and free giveaways** (無料 listings). That makes it a different dataset from Mercari, Rakuma or PayPay Flea:
- **Resale sourcing** — flip the `freeOnly` switch and you get a live feed of items people are giving away, with the pickup city and station attached
- **Price research** — local-pickup prices sit below shipped-marketplace prices, so this is the floor of the Japanese secondhand market
- **Regional demand analysis** — every listing carries prefecture, city, nearest station and (in detail mode) GPS coordinates
- **Seller vetting** — detail mode returns identity verification, business flag, listing count and the good/bad review split before you contact anyone
### How to use
1. Enter a **keyword** (`iphone`, `ソファ`, `自転車`) or leave it empty to browse a whole area
2. Pick a **prefecture** using Jimoty's romaji slug: `all`, `tokyo`, `osaka`, `kanagawa`, `aichi`, `fukuoka`, `hokkaido` …
3. Choose a **section** — everything, or a specific board like phones, furniture, appliances, bicycles
4. Optionally enable **Free giveaways only** or **Include detail page data**
5. Run, then download from the **Dataset** tab as JSON / CSV / Excel, or pull it through the Apify API
#### Example input
```json
{
"keyword": "",
"prefecture": "tokyo",
"section": "sale-fur",
"maxItems": 300,
"freeOnly": true,
"includeDetails": true
}
```
That one returns every free furniture giveaway currently posted in Tokyo, with photos, pickup location and seller reputation.
### Notes on reliability
- Requests are paced and retried with exponential backoff, so long exports keep running instead of dying on a temporary block
- Listings are de-duplicated by article ID across pages, and the run stops by itself when Jimoty starts repeating results — you never pay for the same row twice
- Prices come back as real numbers, with `isFree: true` on giveaways rather than a misleading `0` you have to interpret
### Pricing model
You pay per result — a small fee for each listing returned. A 300-listing export costs less than a coffee, and you only pay for rows you actually receive.
### FAQ
**Does it need a proxy?**
No. It runs from Apify's servers without residential proxies.
**Can I scrape a whole prefecture?**
Yes. Leave the keyword empty, pick the prefecture and raise `maxItems`. The Actor pages through until it runs out of new listings.
**Is the free-giveaway filter reliable?**
It keys off the actual price field, so it catches both `無料` and `0円` listings.
**How fresh is the data?**
List pages carry the update date, and detail mode adds exact ISO timestamps. Schedule the Actor hourly or daily and diff to catch new posts.
# Actor input Schema
## `keyword` (type: `string`):
What to search for, in Japanese or English, e.g. iphone, ソファ (sofa), 自転車 (bicycle). Leave empty to browse everything in the chosen area.
## `prefecture` (type: `string`):
Jimoty's own romaji prefecture slug: all, tokyo, osaka, kanagawa, aichi, fukuoka, hokkaido …
## `section` (type: `string`):
Which board to scrape.
## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):
Maximum number of listings to return.
## `freeOnly` (type: `boolean`):
Only return listings priced at 0 (ジモティー's 無料 giveaways) — the part of Jimoty that has no equivalent on Mercari or PayPay Flea.
## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):
Visit each listing to add the full description, all photos, exact timestamps and seller info (identity-verified flag, business flag, total listings). One extra request per listing, so it is slower.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"keyword": "iphone",
"prefecture": "all",
"section": "sale",
"maxItems": 50,
"freeOnly": false,
"includeDetails": false
}
```
# 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 '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"keyword": "iphone",
"prefecture": "all",
"maxItems": 50
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("youfuxu/jimoty-japan-classifieds-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 '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
"keyword": "iphone",
"prefecture": "all",
"maxItems": 50,
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("youfuxu/jimoty-japan-classifieds-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item)
# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"keyword": "iphone",
"prefecture": "all",
"maxItems": 50
}' |
apify call youfuxu/jimoty-japan-classifieds-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=youfuxu/jimoty-japan-classifieds-scraper",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
{
"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "Jimoty Scraper — Japan Free & Secondhand Classifieds",
"description": "Scrape Jimoty (ジモティー), Japan's largest local classifieds board. Free giveaways and secondhand listings with prices, city, station, category, seller and images as clean JSON.",
"version": "1.0",
"x-build-id": "6uWE9hqT4QKmFfIXl"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/youfuxu~jimoty-japan-classifieds-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-youfuxu-jimoty-japan-classifieds-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
"/acts/youfuxu~jimoty-japan-classifieds-scraper/runs": {
"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-youfuxu-jimoty-japan-classifieds-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
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"required": true,
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},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK",
"content": {
"application/json": {
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},
"/acts/youfuxu~jimoty-japan-classifieds-scraper/run-sync": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-youfuxu-jimoty-japan-classifieds-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
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},
"components": {
"schemas": {
"inputSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"keyword": {
"title": "Search keyword",
"type": "string",
"description": "What to search for, in Japanese or English, e.g. iphone, ソファ (sofa), 自転車 (bicycle). Leave empty to browse everything in the chosen area.",
"default": "iphone"
},
"prefecture": {
"title": "Prefecture (romaji)",
"type": "string",
"description": "Jimoty's own romaji prefecture slug: all, tokyo, osaka, kanagawa, aichi, fukuoka, hokkaido …",
"default": "all"
},
"section": {
"title": "Section",
"enum": [
"sale",
"sale-mob",
"sale-pcp",
"sale-fur",
"sale-ele",
"sale-clo",
"sale-bic",
"sale-baby",
"sale-hob"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Which board to scrape.",
"default": "sale"
},
"maxItems": {
"title": "Max listings",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 10000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum number of listings to return.",
"default": 50
},
"freeOnly": {
"title": "Free giveaways only",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Only return listings priced at 0 (ジモティー's 無料 giveaways) — the part of Jimoty that has no equivalent on Mercari or PayPay Flea.",
"default": false
},
"includeDetails": {
"title": "Include detail page data",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Visit each listing to add the full description, all photos, exact timestamps and seller info (identity-verified flag, business flag, total listings). One extra request per listing, so it is slower.",
"default": false
}
}
},
"runsResponseSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"data": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"actId": {
"type": "string"
},
"userId": {
"type": "string"
},
"startedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"finishedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"example": "READY"
},
"meta": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"origin": {
"type": "string",
"example": "API"
},
"userAgent": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"stats": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"inputBodyLen": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2000
},
"rebootCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"restartCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"resurrectCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"computeUnits": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"options": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"build": {
"type": "string",
"example": "latest"
},
"timeoutSecs": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 300
},
"memoryMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1024
},
"diskMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2048
}
}
},
"buildId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultDatasetId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultRequestQueueId": {
"type": "string"
},
"buildNumber": {
"type": "string",
"example": "1.0.0"
},
"containerUrl": {
"type": "string"
},
"usage": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"usageTotalUsd": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"usageUsd": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
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"type": "integer",
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}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```