# Yandex Images Scraper (`searchapi/yandex-image-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes Yandex Images for any query. Extracts the full canonical images-vertical schema: image URL + thumbnail, title, alt, dimensions, filesize, source page, MIME type, color, animated flag, license, language, and more.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/searchapi/yandex-image-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Search API](https://apify.com/searchapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 0 monthly users, 41.4% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.99 / 1,000 search results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## 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

## Yandex Images Scraper

Search Yandex Images and export normalized, source-backed image records from the public structured metadata embedded in result pages. The Actor maps only documented output fields and never stores opaque request identifiers, signatures, compressed state, cookies, or raw responses.

### Input

- `mode`: `single` for one query or `batch` for multiple queries.
- `query` and `queries`: primary and batch search terms; duplicates and empty values are removed.
- `maxItems`, `maxPages`, and `maxConcurrency`: global record limit, per-query page limit, and parallel query controls.
- `language`, `country`, and `region`: output locale, optional country, and Yandex numeric `lr` region.
- `familyFilter`, `size`, `color`, `imageType`, and `orientation`: website-native search filters.
- `maxRequestRetries`, `navigationTimeoutSecs`, `requestHandlerTimeoutSecs`, and `resultsWaitSecs`: bounded reliability controls.
- `proxyConfiguration`: optional Apify Proxy or custom proxy settings. Direct access is the default.

```json
{
  "mode": "batch",
  "queries": ["кот", "собака"],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "maxConcurrency": 2,
  "language": "ru",
  "country": "RU",
  "region": "213",
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}
```

### Output

The 51-field contract includes stable IDs, Yandex image/document IDs, full and thumbnail image URLs, real publisher page URLs and domains, titles and descriptions, full and thumbnail dimensions, pixel count, file size, format, MIME type, animation/censorship flags, freshness classification, pagination/query position, locale, search URL, and ISO-8601 scrape time.

Required fields are validated before records are pushed. Malformed metadata, missing publisher pages, duplicates, challenge pages, invalid URLs, and empty values are excluded. Explicit no-results pages complete successfully with an empty dataset; selector drift fails clearly.

### Extraction and resilience

The primary extractor parses Yandex's `ImagesApp` structured state and maps selected public fields. A DOM fallback is retained for layout changes. Crawlee sessions and consistent Chromium fingerprints are enabled. Temporary network, proxy, 5xx, 403, and 429 failures use bounded retries; explicit CAPTCHA pages fail closed and are not retried or stored.

### Verification

```bash
npm ci
npm test
npm run lint
npm run validate:dataset
apify validate-schema
apify run --purge --input-file INPUT.json
```

Representative single, batch, filtered, and no-results inputs are in `qa-inputs/`.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Run one query or process a deduplicated list of queries.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Primary Yandex Images query.

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Additional deduplicated queries processed in batch mode.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum records across all queries.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum Yandex result pages per query.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Independent query pages processed in parallel.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter result language.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Optional two-letter country code for output locale and proxy alignment.

## `region` (type: `string`):

Optional numeric Yandex lr region identifier.

## `familyFilter` (type: `string`):

Apply Yandex family filtering to the search.

## `size` (type: `string`):

Filter results by Yandex image-size category.

## `color` (type: `string`):

Filter results by dominant color category.

## `imageType` (type: `string`):

Filter results by Yandex image classification.

## `orientation` (type: `string`):

Filter results by image orientation.

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

Bounded retries for temporary browser, network, proxy, and rate-limit failures.

## `navigationTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum seconds allowed for initial page navigation.

## `requestHandlerTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum seconds allowed to validate and extract one page.

## `resultsWaitSecs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum seconds to wait for the structured Yandex Images application state.

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

Optional Apify Proxy or custom proxy configuration. Direct access is the default.

## `debug` (type: `boolean`):

Enable additional sanitized progress details.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "single",
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "queries": [],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "maxConcurrency": 2,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "",
  "region": "",
  "familyFilter": "moderate",
  "size": "any",
  "color": "any",
  "imageType": "any",
  "orientation": "any",
  "maxRequestRetries": 1,
  "navigationTimeoutSecs": 60,
  "requestHandlerTimeoutSecs": 90,
  "resultsWaitSecs": 15,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "debug": 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 = {
    "query": "artificial intelligence",
    "queries": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("searchapi/yandex-image-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 = {
    "query": "artificial intelligence",
    "queries": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("searchapi/yandex-image-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 '{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "queries": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call searchapi/yandex-image-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,searchapi/yandex-image-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/GA4ZolJFtKdd5tIxS/builds/XHyosA2nwqw58OLZ3/openapi.json