# Magnit Cosmetic Price & Stock Monitor (`sashaebashu/magnit-cosmetic-scraper`) Actor

Scrape the Magnit Cosmetic / М.Косметик (cosmetic.magnit.ru) catalog by category — name, price, availability, image and product URL. Cheap datacenter proxy.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sashaebashu/magnit-cosmetic-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Sasha Ebashu](https://apify.com/sashaebashu) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $15.00 / 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 web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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?

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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Magnit Cosmetic Scraper

Scrape the **Magnit Cosmetic / М.Косметик** (`cosmetic.magnit.ru`) catalog by category and get clean, structured data for every product — **name, price, availability, image and product URL**.

No login, no API key. Fast, cheap (runs on **datacenter** proxy), stable. Export to **JSON, CSV, Excel or Google Sheets**.

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### What it extracts

For every product in a category:

- 🏷️ **Name**
- 💰 **Price** (₽) and **currency**
- 📦 **Availability** (in stock / out of stock)
- 🔗 **Product URL**, **product ID** and **image**
- 🗂️ The **category** it came from and a **scrapedAt** timestamp

Run it on a schedule and diff the results to track competitor prices and availability.

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### How to use it

1. Add one or more **category URLs**:
   - Full URL: `https://cosmetic.magnit.ru/catalog/100650-novyy_mk_makiyazh_1`
   - Or just the `<id>-<slug>` part: `100650-novyy_mk_makiyazh_1`
   - Find category URLs in the site menu (makeup, skincare, hair, etc.).
2. Set **max pages per category** (33 products per page) and an optional total **max items** cap.
3. Run it, then download or pull the results via API.

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### Cost & proxy

The catalog is served over Apify's **datacenter proxy** (the default) — so this scraper is **cheap and fast**, no residential proxy required. Apify's **$5/month free credits** go a long way here.

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### Input parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `categoryUrls` | array | Category page URLs (or `<id>-<slug>`) to scrape | one example category |
| `maxPagesPerCategory` | integer | Result pages per category (33 items each); 0 = until the category ends | 10 |
| `maxItems` | integer | Stop after this many products in total (0 = unlimited) | 0 |
| `monitorMode` | boolean | Compare this run to the previous one (same categories) and tag price/availability changes — see below | false |
| `onlyChanges` | boolean | With monitor mode on, return only the products that changed | false |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Proxy — Apify datacenter is enough | datacenter |

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### Output fields

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `store` | Always `"magnit-cosmetic"`. |
| `productId` | Magnit product ID. |
| `name` | Product name. |
| `price` | Current price, ₽. |
| `currency` | Price currency (usually `"RUB"`). |
| `available` | Whether the product is in stock. |
| `image` | Product image URL. |
| `slug` | Product slug. |
| `url` | Direct link to the product page. |
| `categoryPath` | The category the product was scraped from. |
| `scrapedAt` | Timestamp of the run. |

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### Price & availability monitor (track changes over time)

Turn on **`monitorMode`** and run it on a schedule: each run is compared to the previous
one (same categories), so you see **what actually changed** instead of a fresh dump every
time. Each row gains:

- `changeType` — `new`, `price_up`, `price_down`, `stock_change` or `unchanged`
- `previousPrice` — the price at the last run (`null` for new products)
- `firstSeenAt` / `lastConfirmedAt` — data-freshness stamps (tell fresh data from stale)
- `priceLow30` / `priceHigh30` — rolling 30-day low and high (spot fake discounts)

Add **`onlyChanges`** to output just the products that moved — a clean delta for alerts or
a dashboard. Off by default, so normal runs are unaffected.

***

### Notes

- Only public catalog data is collected. Respect Magnit's Terms of Service and your local regulations.

# Actor input Schema

## `categoryUrls` (type: `array`):

cosmetic.magnit.ru category pages to scrape. Paste full URLs like https://cosmetic.magnit.ru/catalog/100650-novyy\_mk\_makiyazh\_1 or just the "<id>-<slug>" part (100650-novyy\_mk\_makiyazh\_1).

## `maxPagesPerCategory` (type: `integer`):

How many result pages (33 products each) to fetch per category. 0 = until the category ends.

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

Stop after this many products in total (0 = unlimited).

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

Compare this run to the previous one (same categories) and tag each product with what changed: changeType (new / price\_up / price\_down / stock\_change / unchanged), previousPrice, firstSeenAt / lastConfirmedAt (data-freshness stamps), and priceLow30 / priceHigh30 (rolling 30-day low & high — spot fake discounts). Turns the scraper into a price monitor you run on a schedule. Off by default — normal runs are unaffected.

## `onlyChanges` (type: `boolean`):

With monitor mode on, output only the products whose price or availability changed (or that are new) since the last run — a clean delta for alerts or a dashboard.

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

Apify datacenter proxy is enough (cheap) — residential is not required.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categoryUrls": [
    "https://cosmetic.magnit.ru/catalog/100650-novyy_mk_makiyazh_1"
  ],
  "maxPagesPerCategory": 10,
  "maxItems": 0,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "onlyChanges": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "categoryUrls": [
        "https://cosmetic.magnit.ru/catalog/100650-novyy_mk_makiyazh_1"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("sashaebashu/magnit-cosmetic-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 = {
    "categoryUrls": ["https://cosmetic.magnit.ru/catalog/100650-novyy_mk_makiyazh_1"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("sashaebashu/magnit-cosmetic-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 '{
  "categoryUrls": [
    "https://cosmetic.magnit.ru/catalog/100650-novyy_mk_makiyazh_1"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call sashaebashu/magnit-cosmetic-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/XiwpcHtb9pfzFFMfh/builds/kfD8BP1ul9hzyjvyo/openapi.json