# Mercado Libre Scraper (`gio21/mercado-libre-scraper`) Actor Scrape products from Mercado Libre (mercadolibre.com.ar, .com.mx, .com.co, .cl, .com.pe, .com.uy, .com.ve, etc.) by keyword. Title, price, rating, reviews, seller, shipping, images, product URL. Multi-country support. Pay per result. - **URL**: https://apify.com/gio21/mercado-libre-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Gio](https://apify.com/gio21) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce - **Stats:** 9 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing $1.75 / 1,000 product 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? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use 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 ## Mercado Libre Scraper β€” Products, Prices, Discounts & Sellers **Mercado Libre Scraper** extracts product data from [Mercado Libre](https://www.mercadolibre.com) by keyword: title, price, discount, installments, rating, condition, shipping, seller and images. It works across **17 Hispanic Latin American marketplaces** β€” Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Panama, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador β€” with **no login, no cookies and no setup**. Each country has its own catalog, currency and prices. Export to **JSON, CSV or Excel**, pull it through the **API**, schedule it, or feed it straight to an **AI agent**. Think of it as a Mercado Libre API for product data the official one doesn't give you. ### What can you do with it? - **πŸ’° Price monitoring & competitor tracking** β€” watch prices, discounts and installment offers across sellers and react to changes. - **πŸ“Š Market & product research** β€” measure demand with ratings, conditions and bestseller highlights; find gaps and winners in any niche. - **πŸ›’ Dropshipping & product sourcing** β€” discover trending products and winning listings by keyword in any LATAM country. - **🎯 Lead generation** β€” collect seller names to build prospect lists. - **πŸ€– AI / LLM datasets** β€” produce clean, structured product JSON for RAG pipelines, agents and analysis. ### What data does it extract? | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `title` | Product title | | `price` | Current price | | `currency` | Local currency (ARS, MXN, COP, CLP, PEN, UYU, VES, USD, BOB, PYG, …) | | `originalPrice` / `discount` | Original price and discount label (e.g. `46% OFF`) | | `installments` | Installments offer (e.g. `12 cuotas de $224.908 con 0% interΓ©s`) | | `rating` / `reviewCount` | Social proof | | `seller` | Seller name | | `condition` | `Nuevo`, `Usado`, `Reacondicionado` | | `shipping` / `freeShipping` | Shipping label and free-shipping flag | | `highlight` / `coupon` | Promotional highlight (e.g. `MÁS VENDIDO`) and coupon label | | `variations` | Variations summary | | `image` / `url` | Image URL and canonical product link | | `productId` | Mercado Libre item ID (MLA/MLM/MCO/MLC/MPE/…) | | `keyword` / `country` / `scrapedAt` | Search keyword, ISO country code and scrape timestamp | ### Input Provide a search keyword and a target country. Each country is a separate marketplace with its own catalog, currency and prices. | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `keyword` | String | Product keyword to search (e.g. `iphone`, `notebook`, `refrigerador`). | | `country` | String | ISO country code: `AR`, `MX`, `CO`, `CL`, `PE`, `UY`, `VE`, `EC`, `BO`, `PY`, `PA`, `DO`, `CR`, `GT`, `HN`, `NI`, `SV`. | | `maxItems` | Integer | Hard cap on total products. Default 50. | | `maxPages` | Integer | Max search-result pages to crawl. Default 5 (~48 products per page). | | `sort` | String | `relevance`, `price_asc`, `price_desc` or `newest`. | #### Example: 30 iPhones from Mexico, cheapest first ```json { "keyword": "iphone", "country": "MX", "maxItems": 30, "sort": "price_asc" } ```` ### Output One record per product: ```json { "productId": "MCO48948044", "title": "Samsung Galaxy S25 5g 256gb 12gb RAM navy", "price": 2698900, "currency": "COP", "originalPrice": 5079901, "discount": "46% OFF", "installments": "12 cuotas de $224.908 con 0% interΓ©s", "rating": 4.9, "reviewCount": null, "seller": "Samsung", "condition": null, "shipping": "EnvΓ­o gratis", "freeShipping": true, "highlight": null, "coupon": null, "variations": null, "image": "https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_Q_NP_2X_697639-MLA99992075711_112025-E.webp", "url": "https://www.mercadolibre.com.co/samsung-galaxy-s25-5g-256gb-12gb-ram-navy/p/MCO48948044", "keyword": "celular", "country": "CO", "scrapedAt": "2026-06-23T01:47:08.777Z" } ``` #### Field notes - `productId`: the Mercado Libre item ID, prefixed by marketplace (`MLA` Argentina, `MLM` Mexico, `MCO` Colombia, `MLC` Chile, `MPE` Peru, …). For sponsored ad placements it is recovered from the click-through URL parameters. - `currency`: each country reports in its own local currency, so always read amounts together with this field. - `originalPrice` / `discount`: `null` when the item is not on sale; use them to filter discounted listings. - `condition` / `highlight` / `coupon` / `variations`: `null` when Mercado Libre doesn't expose them for that listing. - `freeShipping`: `true` when the listing shows `EnvΓ­o gratis` or `Full`. ### Integrations - **API** β€” start runs and fetch the dataset via the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2) (REST/JSON) or the JS/Python clients. A Mercado Libre API for the data the official one doesn't expose. - **Schedule & monitor** β€” run on a [schedule](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules) for recurring price monitoring; get notified on failures. - **AI agents / MCP** β€” expose this actor to ChatGPT, Claude and other assistants through the [Apify MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com) so an AI can pull live Mercado Libre data on demand. - **No-code** β€” pipe results into Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, Slack or your database with Apify [integrations](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations) and webhooks. ### FAQ **How does Mercado Libre Scraper work?** It searches Mercado Libre exactly as a shopper would, reads each product card from the results, copies the visible data and organizes it into a structured dataset β€” only much faster, and at scale. **Which countries are supported?** 17 Hispanic LATAM marketplaces: Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Panama, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. Set the `country` field to pick the marketplace. For Brazil (`mercadolivre.com.br`), use the dedicated **Mercado Livre Scraper** linked below. **Is it legal to scrape Mercado Libre?** The actor collects only **publicly available** product information (no login, no personal data). As with any scraping, you are responsible for how you use the data and for complying with applicable laws and terms. See [Is web scraping legal?](https://blog.apify.com/is-web-scraping-legal/) **Do I need a Mercado Libre account or login?** No. No account, cookies or credentials β€” proxy and unblocking are handled automatically. **How many results can I get per run?** Each search-result page returns up to ~48 products and the actor paginates across pages. Use `maxItems` and `maxPages` to control volume; for broad coverage, run several specific keywords or different `sort` orders. **Why are some fields `null`?** Mercado Libre doesn't expose every field on every listing (e.g. `condition`, `coupon`, `reviewCount`). When a value isn't present on the card, the field is returned as `null` rather than a fabricated value. **Can I get the data through an API?** Yes β€” run it via the Apify API/clients to start runs and fetch the dataset programmatically. See **Integrations** above. **Can I connect it to AI / MCP?** Yes β€” expose it to ChatGPT, Claude and other assistants through the Apify MCP server so an AI agent can pull live product data on demand. ### Related Actors Building a data pipeline? Pair Mercado Libre Scraper with: - **[Mercado Livre Scraper](https://apify.com/gio21/mercado-livre-scraper)** β€” products and prices from Mercado Livre Brazil (`mercadolivre.com.br`). - **[Liverpool Mexico Scraper](https://apify.com/gio21/liverpool-mx-scraper)** β€” products and prices from Liverpool, the Mexican department-store marketplace. - **[Shopee Scraper](https://apify.com/gio21/shopee-scraper)** β€” products, prices, sold-volume estimates and sellers from Shopee. *** ### ⭐ Like this actor? If it saved you time, please take 30 seconds to [leave a review on the Apify Store](https://apify.com/gio21/mercado-libre-scraper) β€” it's the single biggest way to support continued development. # Actor input Schema ## `keyword` (type: `string`): Product keyword to search on the chosen Mercado Libre marketplace, exactly as a shopper would type it. Plain text, no operators required. Example: "iphone" (also "notebook", "refrigerador", "celular samsung"). ## `country` (type: `string`): ISO country code of the Mercado Libre marketplace to scrape. Each country has its own catalog, currency and prices, so results differ per country. One country per run. Example: "MX" for Mexico. For Brazil use the dedicated Mercado Livre Scraper instead. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Hard cap on the total number of products to scrape across all pages. Stops early once reached. Integer >= 1. Example: 30 (default 50). ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of search-result pages to crawl; each page holds ~48 products. Limits depth independently of maxItems (whichever cap hits first wins). Integer >= 1. Example: 3 (default 5). ## `sort` (type: `string`): Order in which Mercado Libre returns the search results. Use price sorts to surface cheapest/priciest listings, or newest for fresh stock. Example: "price\_asc" (default "relevance"). ## Actor input object example ```json { "keyword": "iphone", "country": "AR", "maxItems": 20, "maxPages": 3, "sort": "relevance" } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): All scraped Mercado Livre products with title, price, rating, reviews, seller, shipping, image, and URL. # 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", "country": "AR", "maxItems": 20, "maxPages": 3, "sort": "relevance" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("gio21/mercado-libre-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`πŸ’Ύ 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); }); // πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ 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", "country": "AR", "maxItems": 20, "maxPages": 3, "sort": "relevance", } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("gio21/mercado-libre-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("πŸ’Ύ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "keyword": "iphone", "country": "AR", "maxItems": 20, "maxPages": 3, "sort": "relevance" }' | apify call gio21/mercado-libre-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gio21/mercado-libre-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Mercado Libre Scraper", "description": "Scrape products from Mercado Libre (mercadolibre.com.ar, .com.mx, .com.co, .cl, .com.pe, .com.uy, .com.ve, etc.) by keyword. Title, price, rating, reviews, seller, shipping, images, product URL. Multi-country support. Pay per result.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "PUvxEs7LfoOK964qq" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/gio21~mercado-libre-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-gio21-mercado-libre-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/gio21~mercado-libre-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-gio21-mercado-libre-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/gio21~mercado-libre-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-gio21-mercado-libre-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "keyword", "country" ], "properties": { "keyword": { "title": "Search keyword", "type": "string", "description": "Product keyword to search on the chosen Mercado Libre marketplace, exactly as a shopper would type it. Plain text, no operators required. Example: \"iphone\" (also \"notebook\", \"refrigerador\", \"celular samsung\")." }, "country": { "title": "Marketplace country", "enum": [ "AR", "MX", "CO", "CL", "PE", "UY", "VE", "EC", "BO", "PY", "PA", "DO", "CR", "GT", "HN", "NI", "SV" ], "type": "string", "description": "ISO country code of the Mercado Libre marketplace to scrape. Each country has its own catalog, currency and prices, so results differ per country. One country per run. Example: \"MX\" for Mexico. For Brazil use the dedicated Mercado Livre Scraper instead.", "default": "AR" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max products", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard cap on the total number of products to scrape across all pages. Stops early once reached. Integer >= 1. Example: 30 (default 50).", "default": 50 }, "maxPages": { "title": "Max pages", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of search-result pages to crawl; each page holds ~48 products. Limits depth independently of maxItems (whichever cap hits first wins). Integer >= 1. Example: 3 (default 5).", "default": 5 }, "sort": { "title": "Sort order", "enum": [ "relevance", "price_asc", "price_desc", "newest" ], "type": "string", "description": "Order in which Mercado Libre returns the search results. Use price sorts to surface cheapest/priciest listings, or newest for fresh stock. Example: \"price_asc\" (default \"relevance\").", "default": "relevance" } } }, "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 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```