Pricecharting Product Collection Scraper

Scrapes collectible pricing data from product collection pages on PriceCharting.com. Useful for market research, inventory analysis, and tracking trends for items like video games, Pokémon cards, and Magic: The Gathering sets.

Overview

This actor extracts structured product data from PriceCharting.com collection pages. It handles large-scale data extraction with built-in reliability features like proxy rotation and retry logic. You provide one or more collection URLs, and it returns details like item name, condition, and market price.

Key Features

• Targeted Scraping: Extracts data from specific product collection pages (e.g., /console/pokemon-promo).
• Built-in Reliability: Uses configurable retries, rate limiting, and Apify Proxy support to avoid blocks.
• Configurable Scope: Limit the number of items scraped per collection for testing or focused runs.
• Structured Output: Returns clean, consistent data in JSON format for easy analysis.

How to Use

Configure the actor using a JSON input object. The core requirement is the urls array containing valid PriceCharting collection page links.

Input Configuration

{
  "max_retries_per_url": 2,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "SG"
  },
  "max_items_per_url": 20,
  "urls": [
    "https://www.pricecharting.com/console/pokemon-promo",
    "https://www.pricecharting.com/console/magic-lord-of-the-rings"
  ]
}

Parameters:
* urls (Required): Array of collection page URLs to scrape.
* max_items_per_url: Maximum number of products to scrape from each collection.
* max_retries_per_url: Number of retry attempts for failed requests.
* proxy: Configuration for Apify Proxy. Using residential proxies (e.g., "RESIDENTIAL") is recommended.

Output

The actor outputs a dataset of items. Each item typically includes:
* Product title and URL
* Item ID (UPC/ISBN)
* Prices for different conditions (New, Used, Complete, Graded)
* Console/category
* Release year

Data is available in JSON format via the Apify dataset API for integration into your workflows.

Contact

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