# Amazon Price Tracker (`janseling/amazon-price-tracker`) Actor Monitor Amazon product prices and find the best deals. Track discounts, price drops, and get alerts when prices go down. Perfect for deal hunters and price-conscious shoppers. - **URL**: https://apify.com/janseling/amazon-price-tracker.md - **Developed by:** [柴 小](https://apify.com/janseling) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce - **Stats:** 8 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $10.00 / 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? 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 ## Amazon Price Tracker Track Amazon product prices, monitor price drops, find deals and discounts. Perfect for price history tracking, bargain hunting, and market research. ### 🎯 Features - **Price Tracking**: Monitor current and original prices with discount calculations - **Rating & Reviews**: Track product ratings and review counts - **Seller Information**: Identify Amazon vs third-party sellers - **Flexible Filtering**: Filter by price range, rating, and review count - **Search Results**: Crawl search pages, categories, or individual products - **Proxy Support**: Built-in proxy configuration to avoid blocking ### 📊 Output Data Each scraped product includes: | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `url` | string | Product page URL | | `asin` | string | Amazon Standard Identification Number | | `title` | string | Product name | | `price` | number | Current price in USD | | `originalPrice` | number | Original price before discount | | `discount` | number | Discount percentage (0-100) | | `rating` | number | Product rating (0-5 stars) | | `reviewCount` | integer | Number of reviews | | `category` | string | Product category path | | `seller` | string | Seller name | | `availability` | string | Stock status | | `imageUrl` | string | Product image URL | | `scrapedAt` | string | Timestamp (ISO 8601) | ### 🚀 Quick Start #### Input Parameters | Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | `start_urls` | array | ✅ | - | Amazon URLs to crawl | | `maxResults` | number | ❌ | 50 | Maximum products to scrape (0 = unlimited) | | `minPrice` | number | ❌ | 0 | Minimum price in USD | | `maxPrice` | number | ❌ | - | Maximum price in USD | | `minRating` | number | ❌ | 0 | Minimum rating (0-5) | | `minReviews` | number | ❌ | 0 | Minimum review count | | `proxyConfig` | object | ❌ | - | Proxy configuration (recommended) | | `requestDelay` | number | ❌ | 2.0 | Delay between requests (seconds) | #### Example Input ```json { "start_urls": [ {"url": "https://www.amazon.com/s?k=gaming+laptop"} ], "maxResults": 100, "minPrice": 500, "maxPrice": 2000, "minRating": 4.0, "minReviews": 100 } ```` #### Example Output ```json { "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JQL3X5P", "asin": "B09JQL3X5P", "title": "ASUS ROG Strix G15 Gaming Laptop", "price": 1299.99, "originalPrice": 1599.99, "discount": 18.75, "rating": 4.5, "reviewCount": 1234, "category": "Electronics > Computers > Laptops", "seller": "Amazon", "availability": "In Stock", "imageUrl": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/xxx.jpg", "scrapedAt": "2026-03-09T13:00:00.000Z" } ``` ### 💰 Pricing This Actor uses **Pay-Per-Event (PPE)** pricing: | Event | Price | Description | |-------|-------|-------------| | `actor-start` | $0.01 | Actor initialization | | `page-scraped` | $0.001 | Each page crawled | | `result-generated` | $0.01 | Each product extracted | **Estimated cost**: $2-5 per 100 products ### 🔧 Use Cases 1. **Price Monitoring**: Track price changes over time 2. **Deal Hunting**: Find products with high discounts 3. **Competitive Analysis**: Monitor competitor pricing 4. **Market Research**: Analyze product trends and ratings 5. **Inventory Tracking**: Monitor stock availability ### 📝 Tips - **Always Use Proxies**: Amazon will block requests without proxies - **Start Small**: Test with `maxResults: 10` first - **Use Filters**: Filter by rating and reviews to find quality products - **Search URLs**: Use search URLs to find multiple products at once - **Monitor Delays**: Use `requestDelay: 2.0` or higher to avoid blocking ### ⚠️ Limitations - Amazon may change their HTML structure - Some products may require JavaScript rendering (not supported) - Rate limiting may occur without proxies - CAPTCHA may appear on high-volume requests ### 🛠️ Technical Details - **Runtime**: Python 3.14 - **Crawler**: BeautifulSoupCrawler (Crawlee) - **Parser**: lxml - **Proxy Support**: Yes (Apify Proxy recommended) ### 📚 Resources - [Apify Documentation](https://docs.apify.com) - [Crawlee for Python](https://crawlee.dev/python) - [Actor Source Code](https://github.com/janseling/amazon-price-tracker) ### 🐛 Issues & Support Found a bug or need help? Please [create an issue](https://github.com/janseling/amazon-price-tracker/issues) or contact the developer. ### 📄 License This Actor is provided for educational and research purposes. Please respect Amazon's Terms of Service and robots.txt when using this Actor. *** **Developer**: janseling\ **Version**: 0.0\ **Last Updated**: 2026-03-09 # Actor input Schema ## `start_urls` (type: `array`): Amazon product URLs to track (product pages, search results, or category pages) ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of products to scrape (0 = unlimited) ## `minPrice` (type: `number`): Minimum price filter in USD ## `maxPrice` (type: `number`): Maximum price filter in USD (null = no limit) ## `minRating` (type: `number`): Minimum product rating (0-5 stars) ## `minReviews` (type: `integer`): Minimum number of reviews ## `proxyConfig` (type: `object`): Select proxies to avoid blocking (required for Amazon) ## `requestDelay` (type: `number`): Delay between requests in seconds ## Actor input object example ```json { "start_urls": [ { "url": "https://www.amazon.com/s?k=laptop" } ], "maxResults": 50, "minPrice": 0, "minRating": 0, "minReviews": 0, "requestDelay": 2 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "start_urls": [ { "url": "https://www.amazon.com/s?k=laptop" } ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("janseling/amazon-price-tracker").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 = { "start_urls": [{ "url": "https://www.amazon.com/s?k=laptop" }] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("janseling/amazon-price-tracker").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 '{ "start_urls": [ { "url": "https://www.amazon.com/s?k=laptop" } ] }' | apify call janseling/amazon-price-tracker --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=janseling/amazon-price-tracker", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Amazon Price Tracker", "description": "Monitor Amazon product prices and find the best deals. Track discounts, price drops, and get alerts when prices go down. Perfect for deal hunters and price-conscious shoppers.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "qgajwbSmKWgLQF4yw" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/janseling~amazon-price-tracker/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-janseling-amazon-price-tracker", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/janseling~amazon-price-tracker/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-janseling-amazon-price-tracker", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/janseling~amazon-price-tracker/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-janseling-amazon-price-tracker", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "start_urls" ], "properties": { "start_urls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Amazon product URLs to track (product pages, search results, or category pages)", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "maxResults": { "title": "Maximum Results", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of products to scrape (0 = unlimited)", "default": 50 }, "minPrice": { "title": "Minimum Price", "minimum": 0, "type": "number", "description": "Minimum price filter in USD", "default": 0 }, "maxPrice": { "title": "Maximum Price", "minimum": 0, "type": "number", "description": "Maximum price filter in USD (null = no limit)" }, "minRating": { "title": "Minimum Rating", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 5, "type": "number", "description": "Minimum product rating (0-5 stars)", "default": 0 }, "minReviews": { "title": "Minimum Reviews", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Minimum number of reviews", "default": 0 }, "proxyConfig": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Select proxies to avoid blocking (required for Amazon)" }, "requestDelay": { "title": "Request Delay", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10, "type": "number", "description": "Delay between requests in seconds", "default": 2 } } }, "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", 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