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

Scrape Hotline.ua products and per-shop offers: min/max prices in UAH, offer counts, specs, photos, merchant ratings. Search, category URL, or product pages. Incremental price monitoring. Only Hotline.ua scraper on Apify.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/skipper\_lume/hotline-ua-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Maksym Horbachov](https://apify.com/skipper_lume) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Developer tools
- **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".

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

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# README

## Hotline.ua Scraper — Price Comparison UA | $1.5/1k

Extract product and per-shop offer data from **Hotline.ua** — Ukraine's #1 price comparison site. Min/max prices in UAH, offer counts, specs, photos, and merchant-level prices with shop ratings.

> **$1.50 per 1,000 results** — the only dedicated Hotline.ua scraper on Apify. [See pricing](#pricing).

### Why This Actor?

- **Only Hotline.ua scraper** on Apify — no alternatives
- **Zero setup** — no API key, no login, click Start
- **Catalog or offers** — cheap product cards, optional full per-shop price table
- **Incremental monitoring** — detect new products, price drops, and delisted offers across scheduled runs
- **Search by keyword** — `iPhone 15`, `Dyson V15`, any Hotline query
- **DNA of price tracking** — same data buyers and analysts use on Hotline every day
- **Pair with [E-Katalog (ek.ua)](https://apify.com/skipper_lume/ek-ua-scraper)** — Ukraine's #2 aggregator; same SKUs, different shop mix

### UA price-intel stack

| Actor | Site | Best for |
|-------|------|----------|
| **This actor** | Hotline.ua | Search by keyword, rich per-shop offers |
| [ek.ua scraper](https://apify.com/skipper_lume/ek-ua-scraper) | E-Katalog | Category crawls, offerCount from JSON-LD |

Run both on the same product (e.g. iPhone) on a schedule → catch price wars neither site alone shows.

### What Data You Get

| Field | Example | Description |
|-------|---------|-------------|
| `title` | iPhone 15 128GB Black (MTP03) | Product title |
| `brand` | Apple | Brand / vendor |
| `minPriceUAH` / `maxPriceUAH` | 23899 / 36999 | Price range across shops |
| `offerCount` | 78 | Number of shop offers |
| `specs` | екран: 6,1" … | Short tech specs |
| `photos` | CDN URLs | Product images |
| `shop` | PCshop.UA | Merchant (offers mode) |
| `priceUAH` | 28949 | Shop price (offers mode) |
| `condition` | новый | Offer condition |
| `guaranteeMonths` | 12 | Warranty term |
| `changeType` | price\_dropped | Incremental monitoring field |

#### Sample Output (catalog)

```json
{
    "id": 24927903,
    "url": "https://hotline.ua/ua/mobile-mobilnye-telefony-i-smartfony/apple-iphone-15-128gb-black-mtp03/",
    "title": "iPhone 15 128GB Black (MTP03)",
    "brand": "Apple",
    "minPriceUAH": 23899,
    "maxPriceUAH": 36999,
    "offerCount": 78,
    "reviewsCount": 3,
    "photos": ["https://hotline.ua/img/tx/575/5759284385.jpg"],
    "source": "catalog"
}
```

#### Sample Output (offer)

```json
{
    "id": 24927903,
    "title": "iPhone 15 128GB Black (MTP03)",
    "shop": "PCshop.UA",
    "shopWebsite": "pcshop.ua",
    "priceUAH": 28949,
    "condition": "новый",
    "guaranteeMonths": 12,
    "conversionUrl": "https://hotline.ua/go/price/13433590709/",
    "source": "offer"
}
```

### Use Cases

| Who | What |
|-----|------|
| **Price trackers** | Monitor Hotline min prices vs retail |
| **Retailers** | Benchmark competitors on the same SKU |
| **Analysts** | Build UA electronics price datasets |
| **Affiliate / leads** | Discover shops and offer spreads |

### 3 Modes

#### `search` — Keyword

```json
{
    "mode": "search",
    "query": "iPhone 15",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "fetchOffers": false
}
```

#### `url` — Category, search, or product page

```json
{
    "mode": "url",
    "startUrl": "https://hotline.ua/ua/mobile/mobilnye-telefony-i-smartfony/",
    "maxResults": 100
}
```

#### `products` — Specific product URLs + offers

```json
{
    "mode": "products",
    "productUrls": [
        "https://hotline.ua/ua/mobile-mobilnye-telefony-i-smartfony/apple-iphone-15-128gb-black-mtp03/"
    ],
    "fetchOffers": true
}
```

### Incremental monitoring

```json
{
    "mode": "search",
    "query": "Dyson V15",
    "incremental": true,
    "stateKey": "dyson-v15",
    "onlyChanges": true,
    "detectDelisted": true
}
```

Adds `changeType`: `new` | `price_dropped` | `price_raised` | `unchanged` | `delisted`.

### Alerts via Apify Integrations

1. Task with incremental input → **Schedule**.
2. **Integrations → Slack** or webhook → Make/Zapier.
3. For Hotline↔ek gaps in one run: [UA Price Compare](https://apify.com/skipper_lume/ua-price-compare) (`emitDigest` + `topPriceGaps`).

### Pricing

| | |
|--|--|
| **Model** | Pay per event |
| **Per result** | **$0.0015** ($1.50 / 1,000) |
| **Actor start** | $0.00005 (platform default) |

Platform compute usage may be passed through depending on your Console monetization settings.

### Tips

- Keep `fetchOffers: false` for broad category crawls — one item per product
- Enable `fetchOffers` when you need merchant-level prices (dataset grows × offers)
- Hotline usually works **without** residential proxy from Apify datacenter IPs
- Cross-check the same SKU on [E-Katalog](https://apify.com/skipper_lume/ek-ua-scraper) for second-source min prices
- Pair with [AUTO.RIA](https://apify.com/skipper_lume/autoria-scraper) / [RST](https://apify.com/skipper_lume/rst-ua-scraper) for a full UA commerce stack
- **Cross-site gaps** — [UA Price Compare](https://apify.com/skipper_lume/ua-price-compare) matches Hotline ↔ E-Katalog and emits `priceGapUAH`

### Output & integrations

Results land in the default dataset — export JSON/CSV/Excel or pull via Apify API / webhooks.

# Actor input Schema

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

search: keyword query. url: category/search/product URL. products: list of product URLs.

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

Keyword for Hotline search (e.g. iPhone 15, Dyson V15). Used when mode = search.

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

Category, search, or product URL from hotline.ua. Used when mode = url.

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

Full product page URLs. Used when mode = products.

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

Visit each product page and emit one dataset item per shop offer (price, merchant, guarantee). Disable for cheaper catalog-only scrapes.

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

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

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

Parallel product-page requests when fetchOffers is enabled.

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

Compare this run to the previous snapshot for the same stateKey. Adds changeType (new / price\_dropped / price\_raised / unchanged / delisted).

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

KV snapshot name for incremental mode. Use different keys for different queries.

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

When incremental is on, skip unchanged items.

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

When incremental is on, emit items that disappeared since the last snapshot.

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

Residential proxy recommended for reliable Apify Store QA and when Hotline rate-limits datacenter IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "iPhone 15",
  "startUrl": "https://hotline.ua/ua/mobile/mobilnye-telefony-i-smartfony/",
  "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",
    "startUrl": "https://hotline.ua/ua/mobile/mobilnye-telefony-i-smartfony/",
    "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/hotline-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",
    "startUrl": "https://hotline.ua/ua/mobile/mobilnye-telefony-i-smartfony/",
    "maxResults": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "UA",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("skipper_lume/hotline-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",
  "startUrl": "https://hotline.ua/ua/mobile/mobilnye-telefony-i-smartfony/",
  "maxResults": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "UA"
  }
}' |
apify call skipper_lume/hotline-ua-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ScGOJ9Rq6VXbCM6GW/builds/RO9Wu1GLGDOtIVBpz/openapi.json