# Amazon Product Availability Scraper (`saswave/amazon-product-availability-scraper`) Actor $0.03 / 1000 results. Specialized scraper, lightweight monitoring tool designed for real-time inventory tracking. Optimized for speed and accuracy, focusing on product availability and price. Effective for high-velocity retail environments where stock status changes often. - **URL**: https://apify.com/saswave/amazon-product-availability-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [SASWAVE](https://apify.com/saswave) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, E-commerce, Developer tools - **Features:** Limited permissions - **Stats:** 13 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.03 / 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. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. 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. Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md. ## 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. Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run. For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below. Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`). # README ### Amazon Product In-Stock Availability Scraper The Amazon Product In-Stock Availability Scraper is a specialized, lightweight monitoring tool designed for real-time inventory tracking. Unlike heavy-duty scrapers that pull entire product pages, this actor is optimized for speed and accuracy, focusing specifically on whether a product is available for purchase and at what price. It is particularly effective for high-velocity retail environments where stock status changes by the minute. ### ✨ Features Buy Box vs. All Offers: Granular control to check only the "Featured Offer" (Buy Box) or broaden the search to include "All Buying Options" (third-party sellers). Cross-Region Support: Works across all major Amazon domains (e.g., .com, .de, .co.uk, .co.jp). Price Extraction: Captures the current active price associated with the available stock. Buy Box Visibility Detection: Identifies if a product is technically in stock but hidden behind the "See All Buying Options" button. Anti-Bot Resilience: Automatically handles Amazon’s anti-scraping measures to ensure high success rates for ASIN lookups. High-Speed Batching: Designed to check hundreds of ASINs in parallel for rapid inventory snapshots. ### πŸš€ Use Cases Inventory Heartbeat: Plug this into a monitoring dashboard to get alerted the second a high-demand item (like a GPU or limited edition sneaker) returns to stock. Scalping & Resale Defense: Brands can monitor their listings to ensure the Buy Box hasn't been lost to unauthorized resellers or gone "Out of Stock" due to supply chain issues. Competitive Pricing Strategy: Track the price fluctuations of competitors' stock availability to trigger automatic repricing rules. Affiliate Link Maintenance: Periodically scan your affiliate link library to disable or redirect traffic from products that are currently unavailable, maximizing your conversion rate. "Back in Stock" Notifications: Power a customer-facing notification service that emails users exactly when an item becomes purchasable again. ### INPUT - list of product ASIN to monitor (limited at 30 per run) - amazon domain name (ex: www.amazon.fr) which is the source of the ASIN - only_buybox: boolean True, only checks for an available seller in buybox (featured offer) False, Also checks for available seller not in buybox (All buying options) ```json { "amazon_domain": "www.amazon.ae", "asins": [ "B0BFN7LPMP", "B0B1575BFZ", "B094ZFWV42", "B09NSL63GZ", "B08R7MWYLG", "B098T5W2BK", "B07GQC7VYD", "B0BHYN9XK7", "B09PHLHS51", "B07KJR4VB8", "B07NCWBTL4", "B08V5CY7FR", "B08VJ4HPZ3", "B09T7249BX", "B0B14MF2NJ" ], "use_apify_dataset": true } ``` ### OUTPUT ```json { "product_url": "https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0BPTKD797", "asin": "B0BPTKD797", "in_stock": true, "buy_box_visible": false, "price": "469.90" } ``` ### HOW TO RUN via API On the actor page, go to API > API Endpoints Copy the url under "Run Actor synchronously and get a key-value store record" Use the copied url in a request POST and provide as json the same parameters as the apify interface ### Python code example ```python url = "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/saswave~amazon-product-in-stock-availability-scraper/run-sync?token=apify_api_hJuwI*********" payload = { "amazon_domain": "www.amazon.ae", "asins": [ "B0BFN7LPMP", "B0B1575BFZ", "B094ZFWV42", "B09NSL63GZ", "B08R7MWYLG", "B098T5W2BK", "B07GQC7VYD", "B0BHYN9XK7", "B09PHLHS51", "B07KJR4VB8", "B07NCWBTL4", "B08V5CY7FR", "B08VJ4HPZ3", "B09T7249BX", "B0B14MF2NJ" ], "use_apify_dataset": True } res = requests.post(url, json=payload) results = res.json() ``` ### HOW MANY CONCURRENT RUNS CAN I DO ⚑ Scalability & Concurrent Runs Your run capacity depends on your Apify plan. Example with 32GB RAM: Each run consumes 128MB 32GB / 128MB β‰ˆ 256 concurrent runs Each run processes up to 30 ASINs Each run completes in ~5–10 seconds ⏱️ Throughput: 256 Γ— 30 = 7,680 ASINs every ~10 seconds That’s β‰ˆ 768 ASINs/second, ideal for continuous seller monitoring or repricing engines. πŸš€ Start Monitoring Amazon Sellers at Scale Extract every seller on any ASIN, track Buy Box changes, monitor pricing shifts, detect new sellers, and automate Amazon intelligence workflows. ### πŸ›Ÿ SUPPORT Share your runs with the developer team and create issues on error to help us improve actor quality. You might discover edge case we didn't test yet We stay available anytime # Actor input Schema ## `asins` (type: `array`): From url https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0BPTKD797 ASIN is B0BPTKD797 ## `domain` (type: `string`): Specify the amazon domain for your products ## `only_buybox` (type: `boolean`): If false, it will consider in stock if any seller available (even if not featured in buy box) ## `use_apify_dataset` (type: `boolean`): If not selected, we will only return json results not visible on apify interface (please look at the information page or create an issue to ask us a question) ## Actor input object example ```json { "asins": [ "B0BPTKD797" ], "domain": "www.amazon.de", "only_buybox": true, "use_apify_dataset": true } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (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 = { "asins": [ "B0BPTKD797" ], "domain": "www.amazon.de" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("saswave/amazon-product-availability-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`πŸ’Ύ 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); }); // πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ 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 = { "asins": ["B0BPTKD797"], "domain": "www.amazon.de", } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("saswave/amazon-product-availability-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"πŸ’Ύ 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) # πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "asins": [ "B0BPTKD797" ], "domain": "www.amazon.de" }' | apify call saswave/amazon-product-availability-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,saswave/amazon-product-availability-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 ` 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/JhnqS6vMnJwHMh4pH/builds/hqV2v8egcRxzttg4T/openapi.json