# eBay price monitoring & tracking (`autumsjoy/ebay-price-monitoring-tracking`) Actor Scrapes eBay product listings - Extracts prices, product details, and seller information Tracks price changes over time - Stores historical price data and compares current vs previous prices Sends price change alerts - Notifies you when prices drop or rise by a certain percentage - **URL**: https://apify.com/autumsjoy/ebay-price-monitoring-tracking.md - **Developed by:** [stuti jain](https://apify.com/autumsjoy) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Agents, Other - **Stats:** 16 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage ## 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 ## 🎯 eBay Price Monitor with AI Tracking [![Apify](https://img.shields.io/badge/Apify-Deployed-blue.svg)](https://apify.com/) [![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/Python-3.11+-green.svg)](https://python.org) [![Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/Status-Production-ready-brightgreen.svg)]() [![Live Actor](https://img.shields.io/badge/Live_Actor-✓-success.svg)](https://apify.com/autumsjoy/ebay-price-monitoring-tracking) ### 🚀 Live Production Actor 🔗 **** ### ✨ Features ✅ **Real-time Price Monitoring** - Tracks eBay product prices\ ✅ **Historical Price Analysis** - Shows price trends over time\ ✅ **Smart Alerts** - Get notified when prices drop by your threshold\ ✅ **Residential Proxy Support** - Avoids eBay blocking with residential IPs\ ✅ **Price Intelligence** - Calculates 24h/7d/30d price changes\ ✅ **Automated Scheduling** - Runs daily to track price changes ### 🚀 Quick Start (30 Seconds) 1. **Visit**: 2. **Click "Start"** 3. **Enter your search** (e.g., "iphone 15", "gaming laptop") 4. **Get price data instantly!** ### 📊 Sample Output ````json { "title": "Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max 256GB", "price": "1099.99", "url": "https://www.ebay.com/itm/123456789", "price_change_24h": "-50.00", "percentage_change_24h": "-4.35", "scraped_at": "2024-01-13T15:30:00" } # Actor input Schema ## `start_urls` (type: `array`): Direct URLs to eBay search results or product pages ## `search_keywords` (type: `string`): Keywords to search on eBay ## `price_alert_threshold` (type: `integer`): Percentage change that triggers an alert ## `max_items` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of items to scrape ## `run_type` (type: `string`): Type of monitoring run ## Actor input object example ```json { "start_urls": [ { "url": "https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=iphone" } ], "search_keywords": "iphone", "price_alert_threshold": 10, "max_items": 10, "run_type": "initial" } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `title` (type: `string`): No description ## `price` (type: `string`): No description ## `url` (type: `string`): No description ## `scraped_at` (type: `string`): No description ## `price_change_24h` (type: `string`): No description ## `percentage_change_24h` (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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "start_urls": [ { "url": "https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=iphone" } ], "search_keywords": "iphone", "price_alert_threshold": 10, "max_items": 10, "run_type": "initial" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("autumsjoy/ebay-price-monitoring-tracking").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "start_urls": [{ "url": "https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=iphone" }], "search_keywords": "iphone", "price_alert_threshold": 10, "max_items": 10, "run_type": "initial", } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("autumsjoy/ebay-price-monitoring-tracking").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "start_urls": [ { "url": "https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=iphone" } ], "search_keywords": "iphone", "price_alert_threshold": 10, "max_items": 10, "run_type": "initial" }' | apify call autumsjoy/ebay-price-monitoring-tracking --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,autumsjoy/ebay-price-monitoring-tracking" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/HMhZ9IcT6zKighsFM/builds/vSqbloqiIcx8Jcph7/openapi.json