Kijiji.ca Scraper

Overview

This actor scrapes product listings from Kijiji.ca, extracting structured data like titles, prices, descriptions, and images. It outputs the data as JSON, suitable for e-commerce analysis, lead generation, or automation workflows.

Key Features

• Scrapes product listings from any Kijiji.ca search or listing page.
• Extracts structured data including price, description, seller info, and image URLs.
• Outputs data in a consistent JSON format.
• Supports proxy configuration to help avoid blocks.

How to Use

Configure the actor with the required input and run it. The scraped data will be available in the dataset.

Input Configuration

You only need to configure two main settings:

• startUrls (required): A list of one or more Kijiji.ca listing page URLs you want to scrape (e.g., a search results page for "bicycles in Toronto").
• proxyConfiguration (optional): It's recommended to use proxies to prevent blocking. You can use your own proxies or Apify Proxy. The default is { "useApifyProxy": false }.

Output Format

The actor outputs an array of items, where each item has the following JSON structure:

{
  "pid": "1661103367",
  "url": "https://www.kijiji.ca/v-tvs/edmonton/aerials-cables-adapters-for-monitors-and-smart-lcd-or-old-tvs/1661103367",
  "title": "Aerials, Cables, Adapters for Monitors and Smart, LCD or Old TVs",
  "price": "$4.98",
  "category": ["Home", "Buy & Sell", "TVs & Video", "TVs in Edmonton"],
  "description": ["Full product description text..."],
  "address": "Edmonton, AB T5J 2Y7",
  "member_since": "October 06 2012",
  "seller_name": "HouseCalls Computer Service",
  "image_urls": ["https://media.kijiji.ca/...image1.jpg", "..."]
}

Using with the Apify API

You can integrate this scraper into your applications using the Apify API. The API provides RESTful endpoints to manage, schedule, and run actors, and to retrieve the resulting datasets. Refer to the Apify API documentation for details on programmatic access.