# Bandcamp Scraper - Indie Music & Album Data (`lulzasaur/bandcamp-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Bandcamp music marketplace by genre. Get albums, artists, prices, audio previews, and tracklists. Supports 27 genres, 237 subgenres, 3 sort modes. Optional album detail fetch for full tracklists.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/bandcamp-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 7 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 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.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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

## Bandcamp Scraper - Indie Music & Album Data

Scrape Bandcamp, the world's largest independent music platform. Search for albums, tracks, and artists by name or genre. Extract prices, full tracklists, release dates, tags, descriptions, and cover art.

### Features

- **Search by anything** -- artist names, album titles, genres, labels, or keywords
- **4 search types** -- Albums, Tracks, Bands/Artists, or All types
- **Multiple queries** -- Run several searches in a single scrape
- **Full album details** -- Optional deep fetch for tracklists, durations, pricing, descriptions
- **Paginated results** -- Automatically follows search pagination for large result sets
- **Structured data** -- Extracts embedded JSON from `data-tralbum` attributes for maximum accuracy

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `searchQueries` | string\[] | *required* | Artist names, album titles, or genres to search |
| `maxListings` | integer | `100` | Maximum total results across all queries (1-5000) |
| `searchType` | select | `album` | Search type: `album`, `track`, `band`, or `all` |
| `scrapeDetails` | boolean | `false` | Fetch each album/track page for full tracklist and details |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | | Optional proxy configuration |

### Output

Each result contains:

```json
{
  "title": "OK Computer",
  "artist": "Radiohead",
  "artistUrl": "https://radiohead.bandcamp.com/",
  "albumUrl": "https://radiohead.bandcamp.com/album/ok-computer",
  "genre": "rock",
  "tags": ["rock", "alternative", "electronic"],
  "releaseDate": "16 Jun 1997 00:00:00 GMT",
  "price": 9.99,
  "currency": "USD",
  "format": "digital",
  "trackCount": 12,
  "imageUrl": "https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1234567890_10.jpg",
  "description": "Album description...",
  "itemType": "album",
  "url": "https://radiohead.bandcamp.com/album/ok-computer",
  "searchQuery": "radiohead",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-25T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

With `scrapeDetails: true`, a `tracks` array is included:

```json
{
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackNumber": 1,
      "title": "Airbag",
      "duration": 281,
      "durationFormatted": "4:41"
    },
    {
      "trackNumber": 2,
      "title": "Paranoid Android",
      "duration": 383,
      "durationFormatted": "6:23"
    }
  ],
  "trackCount": 12
}
```

### Example Inputs

#### Search for a specific artist's albums

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["radiohead"],
  "searchType": "album",
  "maxListings": 20
}
```

#### Search multiple artists with full details

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["tame impala", "king gizzard", "black midi"],
  "searchType": "album",
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "maxListings": 50
}
```

#### Search for tracks by genre keyword

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["shoegaze", "dream pop", "post-punk"],
  "searchType": "track",
  "maxListings": 200
}
```

#### Search for bands/labels

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["sub pop", "merge records"],
  "searchType": "band",
  "maxListings": 30
}
```

#### Search all content types

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["ambient electronic"],
  "searchType": "all",
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "maxListings": 100
}
```

### How It Works

1. Sends search queries to `bandcamp.com/search` with the specified `item_type` filter
2. Parses SSR HTML search results (`.searchresult` elements) for basic album/track/artist data
3. Automatically follows pagination links to get more results
4. If `scrapeDetails` is enabled, visits each album/track page and extracts the embedded `data-tralbum` JSON for full tracklists, precise pricing, release dates, descriptions, and tags
5. Results are pushed to the dataset with PPE charging

### Data Sources

- **Search results**: Server-side rendered HTML with `.searchresult` items
- **Album/track pages**: `data-tralbum` attribute containing complete album data as JSON
- **Fallbacks**: Meta tags (`og:description`, `datePublished`), inline `TralbumData` script, CSS selectors

### Cost

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing at **$0.005 per result**. A typical run of 100 albums costs approximately $0.50. With `scrapeDetails` enabled, runs take longer but cost the same per result.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Artist names, album titles, or genres to search on Bandcamp. Each query runs a separate search.

## `maxListings` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total number of albums/tracks to scrape across all queries.

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

Type of content to search for on Bandcamp.

## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

If true, visits each album/track page to extract full tracklist, durations, pricing, description, and tags. Slower but much more complete data.

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

Optional proxy to use for requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "radiohead",
    "tame impala"
  ],
  "maxListings": 100,
  "searchType": "album",
  "scrapeDetails": false
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "radiohead",
        "tame impala"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/bandcamp-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 = { "searchQueries": [
        "radiohead",
        "tame impala",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/bandcamp-scraper").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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "radiohead",
    "tame impala"
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/bandcamp-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/bandcamp-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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 <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` 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/ulH9n6PeJQmilICvp/builds/teCcWAdJ2a2zVdyjD/openapi.json