# E-Katalog (ek.ua) Scraper — Price Comparison UA | $1.5/1k (`skipper_lume/ek-ua-scraper`) Actor

Scrape E-Katalog (ek.ua) — Ukraine's #2 price comparison site. Product min/max prices, offer counts, ratings, and per-shop offers. Category lists + product pages. Incremental price monitoring. Only ek.ua scraper on Apify. Pair with Hotline.ua for full UA price intel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/skipper\_lume/ek-ua-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Maksym Horbachov](https://apify.com/skipper_lume) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.05 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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?

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.

- **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`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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

## E-Katalog (ek.ua) Scraper — Price Comparison UA | $1.5/1k

Extract product and per-shop price data from **E-Katalog (ek.ua)** — Ukraine's #2 price comparison engine after Hotline. Min/max prices in UAH, offer counts, ratings, and merchant-level offers.

> **$1.50 per 1,000 results** — the only dedicated ek.ua scraper on Apify.

### Why This Actor?

- **Only E-Katalog scraper** on Apify — no alternatives
- **Zero setup** — no API key, no login
- **Fast & cheap** — pure HTTP + JSON-LD, 256 MB default
- **Pair with [Hotline.ua Scraper](https://apify.com/skipper_lume/hotline-ua-scraper)** — Ukraine's #1 aggregator; same SKUs, different shop mix
- **Incremental monitoring** — price drops / new / delisted across schedules

### UA price-intel stack

| Actor | Site | Best for |
|-------|------|----------|
| [Hotline.ua](https://apify.com/skipper_lume/hotline-ua-scraper) | Hotline.ua | Keyword search + rich per-shop offers |
| **This actor** | E-Katalog (ek.ua) | Category crawls, large `offerCount` |

Schedule both on one flagship SKU → second source for min price and merchant spread.

### What Data You Get

| Field | Example | Description |
|-------|---------|-------------|
| `title` | Apple iPhone 17 256 ГБ | Product title |
| `brand` | Apple | Brand |
| `minPriceUAH` / `maxPriceUAH` | 36999 / 51826 | Price range |
| `offerCount` | 309 | Shops with offers |
| `shop` | АЛЛО | Merchant (offers mode) |
| `priceUAH` | 46799 | Shop price |
| `rating` | 5 | Aggregate rating |
| `changeType` | price\_dropped | Incremental field |

#### Sample (catalog)

```json
{
    "id": "APPLE-IPHONE-17-256GB",
    "url": "https://ek.ua/ua/APPLE-IPHONE-17-256GB.htm",
    "title": "Apple iPhone 17 256 ГБ",
    "minPriceUAH": 36999,
    "maxPriceUAH": 51826,
    "source": "catalog"
}
```

#### Sample (offer)

```json
{
    "id": "APPLE-IPHONE-17-256GB",
    "title": "Apple iPhone 17 256 ГБ",
    "brand": "Apple",
    "shop": "GRO",
    "priceUAH": 39909,
    "offerCount": 309,
    "source": "offer"
}
```

### Modes

#### `search` — keyword (recommended for compare workflows)

```json
{
    "mode": "search",
    "query": "iPhone 15",
    "maxResults": 15
}
```

Uses ek.ua search (`/ua/ek-list.php?soft_s_=1`). From some cloud/proxy IPs ek returns an empty shell — the actor then **resolves** the query via category/brand catalog + title filter (same quality for phone queries). Phone-like queries prefer `katalog_=122` (Мобільні телефони).

`matchedVia`: `site_search` | `search_resolve`

#### `category` — by category ID

```json
{
    "mode": "category",
    "categoryId": 122,
    "maxResults": 50
}
```

`122` = smartphones. Copy any id from `https://ek.ua/ua/list/{id}/`.

#### `url` — category or product page

```json
{
    "mode": "url",
    "startUrl": "https://ek.ua/ua/list/122/",
    "fetchOffers": false
}
```

#### `products` + shop offers

```json
{
    "mode": "products",
    "productUrls": ["https://ek.ua/ua/APPLE-IPHONE-17-256GB.htm"],
    "fetchOffers": true
}
```

### Pricing

| Event | Price |
|-------|------:|
| Result | **$0.0015** ($1.50 / 1,000) |
| Actor start | $0.00005 / GB |

Default memory: **256 MB**. Keep `fetchOffers: false` for cheap category crawls.

### Tips

- Product pages show a subset of shops in HTML; `offerCount` from JSON-LD is the full market size
- Cross-check the same product on [Hotline.ua](https://apify.com/skipper_lume/hotline-ua-scraper)
- Use incremental + schedule to track price wars between Hotline and E-Katalog
- Default memory **512 MB**; Apify Proxy auto-enabled on platform (ek.ua blocks bare cloud IPs)

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

category: categoryId list. search: keyword. url: category/search/product URL. products: product URL list.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Keyword for mode=search. Uses ek.ua search, then product-slug + brand/category fallback when site search is empty.

## `categoryId` (type: `integer`):

E-Katalog category id from /ua/list/{id}/. Example: 122 = smartphones.

## `startUrl` (type: `string`):

Category list or product .htm URL from ek.ua. Used when mode=url.

## `productUrls` (type: `array`):

Full product page URLs ending in .htm. Used when mode=products.

## `fetchOffers` (type: `boolean`):

Visit product pages and emit one row per visible shop price.

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

Maximum products (or offers when fetchOffers is on). Keep small for quick tests.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel product requests when fetchOffers is enabled.

## `incremental` (type: `boolean`):

Compare prices to previous snapshot for the same stateKey.

## `stateKey` (type: `string`):

KV snapshot name for incremental mode.

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

When incremental is on, skip unchanged items.

## `detectDelisted` (type: `boolean`):

When incremental is on, emit items that disappeared.

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

Residential recommended — ek.ua often blocks bare datacenter IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "category",
  "query": "iPhone 15",
  "categoryId": 122,
  "startUrl": "https://ek.ua/ua/list/122/",
  "fetchOffers": false,
  "maxResults": 5,
  "maxConcurrency": 4,
  "incremental": false,
  "stateKey": "default",
  "onlyChanges": false,
  "detectDelisted": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "UA"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `products` (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 = {
    "query": "iPhone 15",
    "categoryId": 122,
    "startUrl": "https://ek.ua/ua/list/122/",
    "maxResults": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "UA"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("skipper_lume/ek-ua-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 = {
    "query": "iPhone 15",
    "categoryId": 122,
    "startUrl": "https://ek.ua/ua/list/122/",
    "maxResults": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "UA",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("skipper_lume/ek-ua-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 '{
  "query": "iPhone 15",
  "categoryId": 122,
  "startUrl": "https://ek.ua/ua/list/122/",
  "maxResults": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "UA"
  }
}' |
apify call skipper_lume/ek-ua-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/1iJbTCSgftob6Hj2G/builds/fg9KNst8Mc77dGo9x/openapi.json