# Materiel.net Scraper — French PC & Electronics Products & Price (`studio-amba/materielnet-scraper`) Actor

Scrape products, prices, and availability from materiel.net. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/studio-amba/materielnet-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Studio Amba](https://apify.com/studio-amba) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 result scrapeds

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

## Materiel.net Scraper

Scrapes computer hardware and electronics from Materiel.net, a French online retailer specializing in PC components, peripherals, and consumer electronics.

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `categoryUrls` | Array | No | Category page URLs from materiel.net |
| `searchQuery` | String | No | Search term (default: `"carte graphique"` -- graphics cards) |
| `maxResults` | Integer | No | Product limit (default: 100) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | No | Proxy settings |

### Output

| Field | Type | Example |
|-------|------|---------|
| `name` | String | `"MSI GeForce RTX 4070 VENTUS 2X 12G OC"` |
| `brand` | String | `"MSI"` |
| `price` | Number | `549.90` |
| `originalPrice` | Number | `599.90` |
| `currency` | String | `"EUR"` |
| `sku` | String | Product reference |
| `inStock` | Boolean | `true` |
| `rating` | Number | `4.6` |
| `reviewCount` | Number | `78` |
| `imageUrl` | String | Product image |
| `description` | String | Product description |
| `category` | String | Last breadcrumb segment |

```json
{
    "name": "MSI GeForce RTX 4070 VENTUS 2X 12G OC",
    "brand": "MSI",
    "price": 549.90,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "inStock": true,
    "rating": 4.6,
    "category": "Carte graphique",
    "url": "https://www.materiel.net/produit/msi-geforce-rtx-4070-ventus-2x-12g-oc.html",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-16T10:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### How it works

CheerioCrawler visits listing pages, finds product cards using common CSS selectors (`.c-products-list__item` and similar), then visits each product detail page. Data is extracted from `itemprop` microdata attributes. Search URLs use the pattern `/recherche/{query}/`.

### Notes

- French-only site
- Materiel.net has a clean HTML structure with good `itemprop` coverage
- Product cards on listing pages use the class `c-products-list__item`

### Why use Materiel.net Scraper

- **Price monitoring** — Track prices, stock, and promotions across Materiel.net at scale
- **Competitive intelligence** — Compare your catalog against Materiel.net pricing and assortment
- **Market research** — Analyze category trends, new arrivals, and rating distributions
- **Lead generation** — Build product datasets for affiliate sites, comparison tools, or feeds
- **No login or cookies required** — Authenticated access not needed; works out of the box

### How to use Materiel.net Scraper

1. Open the **Input** tab and provide a search query, category URL, or product list
2. Adjust optional filters such as `maxResults` or proxy settings
3. Click **Start** and wait for the run to complete
4. Download results from the **Output** tab in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML
5. Schedule recurring runs from the **Schedule** tab if you need ongoing data

### How to scrape Materiel.net data

This Actor automates the process of extracting structured product data from Materiel.net.
You can run it directly from the Apify console, the Apify API, or any of the
official SDKs (JavaScript, Python). The scraper handles pagination, retries, and
rate limiting so you can focus on the data, not the plumbing.

Typical workflows:

- **One-off export**: paste a category URL or keyword, set `maxResults`, and run
- **Scheduled monitoring**: set a daily cron in the Schedule tab to track prices over time
- **Programmatic integration**: trigger runs from your backend via the Apify API and
  pull the dataset when finished
- **Webhook automation**: receive a callback the moment a run completes and pipe
  the results into Zapier, Make, n8n, BigQuery, or Google Sheets

### Cost estimate

Pricing on the Apify platform is usage-based — you only pay for the compute time
and proxy traffic you actually use. As a rough guide for this Actor:

- **100 products**: a few cents
- **1,000 products**: typically under $1 USD
- **10,000 products**: a few dollars, depending on site complexity and proxy mix

Costs are dominated by proxy usage on sites with anti-bot protection. The Apify
free plan includes $5/month of platform credits, enough to evaluate the scraper
on small datasets.

### Tips for best results

- **Start small** — run with `maxResults: 10` before launching large jobs
- **Use proxies** — residential proxies reduce blocking on protected sites
- **Throttle on big jobs** — keep `maxConcurrency` modest (5–10) for stability
- **Schedule runs** — daily runs are usually enough for price monitoring
- **Inspect the dataset schema** — the Storage tab shows the full output structure

### FAQ and support

**Is it legal to scrape Materiel.net?** This Actor extracts publicly available data.
Always review the website's Terms of Service before scraping at scale, and
respect rate limits.

**Why am I getting fewer results than expected?** Some categories have hidden
pagination or load more on scroll. Increase `maxResults` and verify your filters.

**Can I extract data for a single product?** Yes — provide the full product URL
in `startUrls` and the scraper will return one item.

**The site blocks me — what should I do?** Enable Apify residential proxies in
the input. Datacenter IPs are blocked by many e-commerce sites.

For issues, feature requests, or bug reports, open a ticket in the Issues tab on
the Actor page or contact support@apify.com. We monitor every actor and ship
fixes quickly when sites change.

# Actor input Schema

## `categoryUrls` (type: `array`):

URLs of category or search pages to scrape.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Search term to look for products (e.g., 'carte graphique', 'ordinateur', 'SSD').

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

Maximum number of products to scrape.

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

Apify proxy configuration.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categoryUrls": [],
  "searchQuery": "carte graphique",
  "maxResults": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "FR"
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "categoryUrls": [],
    "searchQuery": "carte graphique",
    "maxResults": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "FR"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/materielnet-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 = {
    "categoryUrls": [],
    "searchQuery": "carte graphique",
    "maxResults": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "FR",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("studio-amba/materielnet-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 '{
  "categoryUrls": [],
  "searchQuery": "carte graphique",
  "maxResults": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "FR"
  }
}' |
apify call studio-amba/materielnet-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,studio-amba/materielnet-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/qGgm3USLdoVTSV4mS/builds/rbH7oumlFKDtaLxdn/openapi.json