# Provident Metals Scraper - Gold, Silver & Coin Prices (`lulzasaur/providentmetals-scraper`) Actor

Scrape ProvidentMetals.com bullion & coins. Get titles, metal, product type (coin/bar/round), weight, purity, price, MSRP, premium over spot, availability, image, URL. Search any product. Structured JSON output.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/providentmetals-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 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.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

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

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# README

## Provident Metals Scraper

Scrape live product data from [Provident Metals](https://www.providentmetals.com) — a large online precious-metals retailer. Search any bullion or coin term and get clean, structured JSON.

### What you get

For each product:

- **title** — full product name
- **metal** — Gold / Silver / Platinum / Palladium / Copper (derived)
- **productType** — Coin / Bar / Round / Proof / Graded / Dollar
- **weight** / **weightLabel** — troy-oz weight and the label (e.g. `1 oz`, `100 gram`, `1 kilo`)
- **purity** — fineness (e.g. `.999`, `.9999`, `22K`)
- **year** — mint year (when available)
- **price** / **msrp** — current price and list price (USD)
- **premiumOverSpot** / **premiumPercent** — premium above metal melt value, using live Provident Metals spot prices
- **spotPriceUsed** — the spot price used for the premium calc
- **inStock** — availability
- **onSale**, **preSale**, **rating**, **numberOfReviews**, **sku**, **categories**
- **image**, **url**

### Input

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `searchQueries` | List of search terms, e.g. `["silver eagle", "gold bar"]` |
| `metal` | Filter by metal (Any / Gold / Silver / Platinum / Palladium / Copper / Accessory) |
| `productType` | Filter by type (Any / Coin / Bar / Round / Proof / Graded / Dollar / Coin Holder) |
| `maxResults` | Max products per query (default 100) |
| `minPrice` / `maxPrice` | Price range filter (USD) |
| `inStockOnly` | Only return in-stock products |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Optional — not needed; the search API is open |

### Example output

```json
{
  "title": "2026 American Eagle 1 oz Silver Coin BU",
  "metal": "Silver",
  "productType": "Coin",
  "weight": 1,
  "weightLabel": "1 oz",
  "purity": ".999",
  "year": "2026",
  "price": 77.27,
  "msrp": 77.27,
  "premiumOverSpot": 16.69,
  "premiumPercent": 27.5,
  "spotPriceUsed": 60.58,
  "inStock": true,
  "sku": "SCAE126NATIVITYCC",
  "image": "https://res.cloudinary.com/preciousmetals/...",
  "url": "https://www.providentmetals.com/..."
}
```

### Notes

Data comes from Provident Metals' public product-search API (SearchSpring). Metal type and product type are filtered server-side. Premium figures are computed from live spot prices published on ProvidentMetals.com and are approximate. Not affiliated with Provident Metals.

# Actor input Schema

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

Search terms to look up on Provident Metals (e.g. 'silver eagle', 'gold bar', 'morgan dollar', 'krugerrand'). Leave empty to use the default.

## `metal` (type: `string`):

Filter results by metal (server-side SearchSpring metal\_type filter).

## `productType` (type: `string`):

Filter results by product type (server-side SearchSpring product\_type filter).

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

Maximum number of products to scrape per query (each API page returns up to 60).

## `minPrice` (type: `number`):

Filter: only return products at or above this price (USD).

## `maxPrice` (type: `number`):

Filter: only return products at or below this price (USD).

## `inStockOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only return products that are currently in stock.

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

Proxy settings. Provident Metals' SearchSpring product API is open and works without proxies.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "silver eagle"
  ],
  "metal": "Any",
  "productType": "Any",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "inStockOnly": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": 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": [
        "silver eagle"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/providentmetals-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": ["silver eagle"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/providentmetals-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": [
    "silver eagle"
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/providentmetals-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/providentmetals-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/6iZRjHtCdYWQE3z2i/builds/2HjtqRv1Vo69hZFGo/openapi.json