# Amazon Best Sellers Scraper (`gio21/amazon-bestsellers`) Actor

Scrape Amazon Best Sellers rankings by category: rank, ASIN, title, price, rating, review count, image, and URL. Works across 12 Amazon marketplaces.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gio21/amazon-bestsellers.md
- **Developed by:** [Gio](https://apify.com/gio21) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 best seller scrapeds

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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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 usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Amazon Best Sellers Scraper

Scrape **Amazon Best Sellers** rankings for any category — no login, no cookies. Returns rank, ASIN, title, price, rating, review count, image, and product URL. Works across 12 Amazon marketplaces.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `category` | string | Category slug, e.g. `electronics`, `toys-and-games`, `books`. Empty = overall Best Sellers |
| `url` | string | Optional: a full Amazon Best Sellers URL (overrides category) |
| `categories` | array | Optional: several category slugs or URLs at once |
| `domain` | string | Marketplace: `amazon.com`, `amazon.co.uk`, `amazon.de`, `amazon.fr`, `amazon.es`, `amazon.it`, `amazon.ca`, `amazon.com.br`, `amazon.com.mx`, `amazon.in`, `amazon.co.jp`, `amazon.com.au` |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max products per list (paginates, max 100) |

Example:

```json
{
    "category": "electronics",
    "domain": "amazon.com",
    "maxItems": 50
}
```

### Output

```json
{
    "category": "Electronics",
    "rank": 1,
    "asin": "B08JHCVHTY",
    "title": "Blink Video Doorbell | Two-way audio, HD video ...",
    "price": 11.99,
    "currency": "$",
    "rating": 4.4,
    "ratingCount": 277965,
    "image": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71xoR4A6q-L.jpg",
    "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JHCVHTY",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Common uses

- Track trending and top-selling products by category
- Market and competitor research
- Spot demand shifts and seasonal trends
- Feed top ASINs into the Amazon Product Detail Scraper for full data

### Notes

Finding a category slug: open any Best Sellers page on Amazon and copy the part after `/gp/bestsellers/` (for example `electronics` or `toys-and-games`), or just paste the full URL into `url`.

# Actor input Schema

## `category` (type: `string`):

Category slug (e.g. "electronics", "toys-and-games", "books") or leave empty for the overall Best Sellers list.

## `url` (type: `string`):

Optional: a full Amazon Best Sellers URL (overrides category).

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Optional: several category slugs or URLs at once.

## `domain` (type: `string`):

Which Amazon site to scrape.

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

Maximum number of products per list (paginates, max 100).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "electronics",
  "domain": "amazon.com",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# 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 = {
    "category": "electronics",
    "domain": "amazon.com",
    "maxItems": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gio21/amazon-bestsellers").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 = {
    "category": "electronics",
    "domain": "amazon.com",
    "maxItems": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gio21/amazon-bestsellers").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 '{
  "category": "electronics",
  "domain": "amazon.com",
  "maxItems": 50
}' |
apify call gio21/amazon-bestsellers --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gio21/amazon-bestsellers",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/x2VygPRS54yg3Jesg/builds/uAsKlRtpGGbTM2m5l/openapi.json