# BGASC Scraper - Gold, Silver & Coin Bullion Prices (`lulzasaur/bgasc-scraper`) Actor

Scrape BGASC.com bullion & coins. Get titles, metal, product type (coin/bar/round), weight, purity, price, MSRP, volume pricing tiers (cash/crypto/card), availability, image, URL. Search any product. Structured JSON output.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/bgasc-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 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

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

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# README

## BGASC Scraper

Scrape precious-metals bullion and coin listings from [BGASC.com](https://www.bgasc.com) — gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins, bars, and rounds.

Search any term and get clean, structured JSON: title, metal, product type, weight (troy oz), purity, price, MSRP, availability, image, and product URL. Optionally pull each product's quantity-based **volume pricing tiers** (Cash/Wire, Crypto, and Card/PayPal columns).

### What you get

Each result includes:

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `title` | Product name |
| `metal` | Gold / Silver / Platinum / Palladium / Copper |
| `productType` | Coin / Bar / Round / Note |
| `weight` | Metal content in troy ounces (derived from title) |
| `weightLabel` | Raw weight text (e.g. "1 oz", "10 gram") |
| `purity` | Fineness (e.g. `.999`, `22k`, `90% silver`) |
| `price` | Current price (USD) |
| `msrp` | List / MSRP price (USD) |
| `discountVsMsrp` | Savings vs MSRP if on sale |
| `inStock` | Availability |
| `sku`, `productId` | Identifiers |
| `rating`, `numReviews` | Review data |
| `image` | Product image URL |
| `url` | Product page URL |
| `volumePricing` | (optional) Array of `{quantity, cashWirePrice, cryptoPrice, cardPrice}` tiers |

### Input

- **searchQueries** — one or more search terms (e.g. `silver eagle`, `gold bar`, `krugerrand`)
- **metal** — filter by metal (Any / Gold / Silver / Platinum / Palladium / Copper)
- **productType** — filter by type (Any / Coin / Bar / Round / Proof / Graded)
- **maxResults** — max products per query
- **minPrice / maxPrice** — price range filter (USD)
- **inStockOnly** — only in-stock products
- **scrapeDetails** — fetch each product page for volume pricing tiers (slower)

### Example output

```json
{
  "title": "1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin (Random Year)",
  "metal": "Silver",
  "productType": "Coin",
  "weight": 1,
  "weightLabel": "1 oz",
  "purity": ".999",
  "price": 72.54,
  "msrp": 72.44,
  "inStock": true,
  "sku": "SCASEZ01VAR",
  "image": "https://res.cloudinary.com/preciousmetals/image/upload/.../SCASEZ01VAR_01_obverse",
  "url": "https://www.bgasc.com/product/1-oz-american-silver-eagle-coins-random-year"
}
```

### Notes

Data is sourced from BGASC's public product-search API. No login required. For personal/research use — respect BGASC's terms of service.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Search terms to look up on BGASC (e.g. 'silver eagle', 'gold bar', 'morgan dollar', 'krugerrand'). Leave empty to use the default.

## `metal` (type: `string`):

Filter results by metal.

## `productType` (type: `string`):

Filter results by product type.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products to scrape per query (each API page returns up to 32).

## `minPrice` (type: `number`):

Filter: only return products at or above this price (USD).

## `maxPrice` (type: `number`):

Filter: only return products at or below this price (USD).

## `inStockOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only return products that are currently in stock.

## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each product's detail page to add quantity-based volume pricing tiers (Cash/Wire, Crypto, Card/PayPal). Slower.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. BGASC works without proxies (the open SearchSpring search API returns 200 directly).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "silver eagle"
  ],
  "metal": "Any",
  "productType": "Any",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "inStockOnly": false,
  "scrapeDetails": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "silver eagle"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/bgasc-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 = { "searchQueries": ["silver eagle"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/bgasc-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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "silver eagle"
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/bgasc-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/izANZzK6E63OzxJhE/builds/nUedZaMorYJLp1ciO/openapi.json