# GovMint Scraper - Coins, Bullion & Precious Metals Prices (`lulzasaur/govmint-scraper`) Actor

Scrape GovMint.com coins & precious metals. Get title, metal, product type (coin/set/bar), year, mint, grade, price, MSRP/sale, availability, image, and URL for any search. Structured JSON for numismatics, bullion & collectibles.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/govmint-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

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

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# README

## GovMint Scraper

Scrape coin and precious-metals product listings from [GovMint.com](https://www.govmint.com/) — one of the largest collectible-coin and bullion retailers in the US. Search any term and get clean, structured JSON.

### What it extracts

For each product on the search results grid:

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `title` | Full product title |
| `metal` | Gold / Silver / Platinum / Palladium / Copper (derived from title) |
| `productType` | Coin, Set, Bar, Round, Roll, Note or Bullion |
| `flag` | Merchandising flag on the card (e.g. "Bullion") |
| `year` | Coin year (derived from title) |
| `mint` | Mint / mint mark (Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, West Point, Carson City, …) |
| `grade` | Numismatic grade (BU, Proof, MS70, PR69DCAM, XF, …) |
| `price` | Current price (USD) |
| `msrp` | Original / crossed-out price when shown |
| `onSale` | True when `price` < `msrp` |
| `availability` | InStock / OutOfStock |
| `inStock` | Boolean convenience flag |
| `image` | Product image URL |
| `url` | Product page URL |
| `searchQuery` | The query that produced the row |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO timestamp |

### Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["silver eagle", "morgan dollar"],
  "metal": "Any",
  "productType": "Any",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "minPrice": null,
  "maxPrice": null,
  "inStockOnly": false
}
```

- **searchQueries** — one or more search terms (e.g. `silver eagle`, `morgan dollar`, `gold buffalo`, `proof set`).
- **metal / productType** — optional client-side filters.
- **minPrice / maxPrice** — optional price range (USD).
- **inStockOnly** — drop out-of-stock products.
- **maxResults** — cap per query.

### How it works

GovMint runs on Magento with fully server-rendered search pages, so the actor fetches the search results HTML directly (no proxy required) and parses the product grid. On curated category landing pages it also reads the embedded `schema.org` `ItemList` JSON-LD to confirm price and availability.

### Output

Results are pushed to the default dataset — export as JSON, CSV, Excel or via the API.

### Disclaimer

For research and personal use. Respect GovMint's Terms of Service. Prices and availability change frequently; always verify on the source site before transacting.

# Actor input Schema

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

Search terms to look up on GovMint (e.g. 'silver eagle', 'morgan dollar', 'gold buffalo', 'proof set'). Leave empty to use the default.

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

Filter results by metal (derived from the product title).

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

Filter results by product type (derived from the title/flag).

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

Maximum number of products to scrape per query (each grid page returns up to 24).

## `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.

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

Proxy settings. GovMint works without proxies (Magento server-rendered search returns 200 to a plain browser UA).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "silver eagle"
  ],
  "metal": "Any",
  "productType": "Any",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "inStockOnly": 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/govmint-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/govmint-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/govmint-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/H3U41OzFSa5gd3s6n/builds/5AqzqNp4wlu2t8HFx/openapi.json