# Estante Virtual Scraper (`dadhalfdev/estante-virtual-scraper`) Actor

Scrape new and used books from Estante Virtual in Brazil. Filter by genre, condition, author, publisher, bookseller, or price, or paste a URL.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dadhalfdev/estante-virtual-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Marco Rodrigues](https://apify.com/dadhalfdev) (community)
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 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.

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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

## 📚 Estante Virtual Scraper

Want [Estante Virtual](https://www.estantevirtual.com.br/) new and used books in a spreadsheet? This scraper makes it easy.

Use **structured filters** — better for AI agents — **or** paste an **`input_url`**. When `input_url` is set it overrides the filters.

Estante Virtual is a Brazilian marketplace of new and used books with more than 1.8 million public titles. This actor returns up to 2000 rows per run.

### 💡 Perfect for...

- **Booksellers:** Compare prices in BRL, condition, and the bookstore behind each copy.

- **Dashboards:** Track authors, publishers, and ISBNs without paging the site.

- **Market research:** Slice new and used copies, genres, and price bands.

- **Data analysts:** Export structured rows with public book URLs.

- **🤖 AI Agents:** Power Claude, Cursor, Codex, the Hermes Agent, and OpenClaw workflows with live Estante Virtual results.

- **📚 RAG Systems:** Feed titles, authors, and prices into retrieval pipelines.

- **🔗 AI Workflows:** Plug into LangChain, AutoGPT, CrewAI, and similar stacks.

### ✨ Why you'll love this scraper

- 🔗 **Input URL or Filters:** Paste an Estante Virtual search URL, or use the same filters as the site. `input_url` always wins when set.
- 🎯 **Website-Matched Filters:** Category, keyword, condition, author, publisher, bookseller, price, and sort.
- 🌐 **Book rows:** Title, author, price, condition, seller, publisher, year, ISBN, and cover.

### 📦 What's inside the data?

`id`, `url`, `title`, `author`, `publisher`, `price`, `currency` (BRL), `list_price`, `condition`, `seller`, `year`, `isbn`, `language`, `copies`, `invoice`, `availability`, `image`, `description`

`list_price` is present when the shelf shows a higher regular price.

### 🚀 Quick start

**Option A:** paste `https://www.estantevirtual.com.br/busca?q=harry&sort=lowest-first`.
**Option B:** pick a category or other filter and set `max_results`.

**Input Example (filters):**

```json
{
  "category": "Books",
  "condition": "Used",
  "sort": "Lowest price",
  "max_results": 100
}
```

**Input Example (URL):**

```json
{
  "input_url": "https://www.estantevirtual.com.br/busca?q=harry+potter&tipo-de-livro=usado",
  "max_results": 100
}
```

**Output Example:**

```json
{
  "id": "3MC-2476-000",
  "url": "https://www.estantevirtual.com.br/livro/ta-gravando-e-agora-000-2005-000-BK",
  "title": "Tá gravando. E agora?",
  "author": null,
  "publisher": null,
  "price": 6.0,
  "currency": "BRL",
  "condition": "New",
  "seller": "Sebo Estação Cultural Sjc",
  "year": 2024,
  "isbn": "9788584390342",
  "language": "Português",
  "copies": 359,
  "invoice": true,
  "availability": "in stock",
  "image": "https://static.estantevirtual.com.br/book/00/000-2005-000/000-2005-000_detail1.jpg?ts=1712761498544",
  "description": "Ela está de volta. Depois de vender 400 mil exemplares do seu primeiro livro, Muito Mais que 5inco Minutos, Kéfera Buchmann publica Tá gravando. E agora?, novamente pela Editora Paralela."
}
```

**Output fields:**

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `id` | Offer code. |
| `url` | Public book page. |
| `title` | Book title. |
| `author` | Author when the listing has one. |
| `publisher` | Publisher when the listing has one. |
| `price` | Selling price in reais. |
| `currency` | Always `BRL`. |
| `list_price` | Higher regular price when the listing shows one. |
| `condition` | `New` or `Used`. |
| `seller` | Bookstore or sebo selling that copy. |
| `year` | Publication year. |
| `isbn` | ISBN when shown. |
| `language` | Language when shown. |
| `copies` | Number of copies in that condition. |
| `invoice` | Whether the listing says an invoice is available. |
| `availability` | `in stock` or `out of stock`. |
| `image` | Cover photo. |
| `description` | Blurb from the listing. |

### 📋 Input reference

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `input_url` | string | No | — | Estante Virtual search or book URL. Overrides every filter. |
| `category` | string | No | Books | Books, or a genre such as Literatura estrangeira. |
| `query` | string | No | — | Same as the site search box. |
| `condition` | string | No | — | New or Used. |
| `author` | string | No | — | Author name. |
| `publisher` | string | No | — | Publisher name. |
| `seller` | string | No | — | Bookseller or sebo name. |
| `price_min` | integer | No | — | Lowest price in reais. |
| `price_max` | integer | No | — | Highest price in reais. |
| `sort` | string | No | Relevance | Relevance, Lowest price, Highest price, or New releases. |
| `max_results` | integer | No | `50` | How many rows to return (1–2000). |

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# Actor input Schema

## `input_url` (type: `string`):

Paste an Estante Virtual search or book URL. Overrides every filter when set.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Books returns the full public shelf. A genre such as Literatura estrangeira or Administração narrows it.

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

Same as the site search box. Title, author, or ISBN.

## `condition` (type: `string`):

New or Used. Novo and usado work too.

## `author` (type: `string`):

Author name as shown on the site, such as J. K. Rowling.

## `publisher` (type: `string`):

Publisher name, such as Rocco or Record.

## `seller` (type: `string`):

Sebo or bookstore name.

## `price_min` (type: `integer`):

Lowest price in reais.

## `price_max` (type: `integer`):

Highest price in reais.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Relevance, Lowest price, Highest price, or New releases.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

How many books to return (1-2000).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "Books",
  "condition": "Used",
  "sort": "Relevance",
  "max_results": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Table view of scraped books using the dataset overview view.

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped books from the default dataset without view transformation.

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dadhalfdev/estante-virtual-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dadhalfdev/estante-virtual-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 '{}' |
apify call dadhalfdev/estante-virtual-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dadhalfdev/estante-virtual-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/BgIHEwbIa0bxByB3B/builds/8hj2SYWLCch6TYWIp/openapi.json