# German Price Tracker (`m3web/german-price-tracker`) Actor

EAN-Based Price Scraper for Germany – Get real-time product prices from multiple retailers for smart pricing  decisions.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/m3web/german-price-tracker.md
- **Developed by:** [M3Web](https://apify.com/m3web) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Lead generation
- **Features:** Full permissions
- **Stats:** 41 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 2 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.30 / 1,000 results

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

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

### German Price Tracker

**Smart Pricing Insights with EAN-Based Scraping** - Ideal for sellers in the German market, this scraper eliminates the need for website URLs. Instead, it works with EAN (GTIN) numbers, retrieving real-time pricing data from numerous retailers - empowering businesses with accurate market analysis for smarter pricing decisions.

### How it works

This scraper simplifies price comparison for sellers in the German market.

✅ **Input EAN (GTIN) Numbers** instead of manually collecting website links.\
✅ **Automated Price Retrieval** gathers real-time seller prices from multiple sources.\
✅ **Comprehensive Market Insights** help businesses optimize pricing strategies efficiently.

### Getting Started

#### Entering EAN Numbers

In the **"EAN Numbers for Categories"** section, paste **EAN (GTIN) numbers**, separated by:

- A **space** (`8806084530097 8806095398655 8806095474939 8806084497697`)
- A **comma** (`8806084530097,8806095398655,8806095474939,8806084497697`)
- A **comma and space** (`8806084530097, 8806095398655, 8806095474939, 8806084497697`)

⚠ **Important:** Don't put a comma after the last EAN number.

#### Defining Categories

In the **"Category Names"** section, enter the names of product categories (e.g., **TVs, Smartphones, etc.**). Each category name matches the EAN numbers entered in the respective field above.

##### Grouping EAN Numbers

- Creating multiple category fields is **optional** - you can group EANs by category if needed.
- If you don't want to name categories, just enter **at least one character** in a single **"Category Names"** input field (e.g., `" "` or `"/"`).

#### Navigating the Input Fields

The **EAN Numbers** input field is just a **single line**, so when you paste a long list of numbers, you may not see them all. Don't worry - every EAN is there. Click **"Bulk Edit"** or **"JSON"** to review the full list.

#### Starting the Scraper

Once your product list is ready:\
✅ Click **"Save"** to store the input.\
✅ Click **"Start"** to begin price scraping.

This setup lets you efficiently retrieve real-time pricing data. 🚀

### Results

#### Sample Output

Below is a sample output you can expect from the **German Price Tracker:**

##### **Single Product EAN (GTIN) Number**

```json
{
  "ean": "8806095474939",
  "lowestPrice": 699,
  "category": "tv",
  "offers": [
    {
      "productTitle": "Samsung U75DU7179 Crystal UHD 4K DU7179 Fernseher 75 Zoll",
      "price": 699,
      "currency": "€",
      "shipment": "0,00 €*",
      "seller": "golden-media",
      "marketplace": "ebay.de"
    },
    {
      "productTitle": "SAMSUNG LED-Fernseher, F (A-G), schwarz, 75, Fernseher, Crystal UHD, Q-Symphony, Dolby Surround Sound, Triple Tuner, Smart-Hub, Topseller",
      "price": 745,
      "currency": "€",
      "shipment": "39,95 €*",
      "seller": "baur versand",
      "marketplace": "/"
    },
    {
      "productTitle": "Samsung Crystal UHD 4K DU7179 Fernseher 75 Zoll, TV mit PurColor, 4K Upscaling, Crystal Prozessor, Smart TV, GU75DU7179UXZG, Deutsches Modell [2024]",
      "price": 749,
      "currency": "€",
      "shipment": "siehe Website",
      "seller": "amazon.de",
      "marketplace": "/"
    },
    {
      "productTitle": "Samsung GU75DU7179U LED-Fernseher (189 cm/75 Zoll, 4K Ultra HD, Smart-TV, Crystal UHD, Q-Symphony, Dolby Surround Sound, Triple Tuner, Smart-Hub) schwarz",
      "price": 749,
      "currency": "€",
      "shipment": "39,95 €*",
      "seller": "otto",
      "marketplace": "/"
    },
    {
      "productTitle": "SAMSUNG GU75DU7179U LED TV (Flat, 75 Zoll / 189 cm, UHD 4K, SMART TV, Tizen)",
      "price": 749,
      "currency": "€",
      "shipment": "59,90 €*",
      "seller": "saturn online shop",
      "marketplace": "/"
    },
    {
      "productTitle": "SAMSUNG GU75DU7179U LED TV (Flat, 75 Zoll / 189 cm, UHD 4K, SMART TV, Tizen)",
      "price": 749,
      "currency": "€",
      "shipment": "59,90 €*",
      "seller": "saturn",
      "marketplace": "ebay.de"
    },
    {
      "productTitle": "SAMSUNG GU75DU7179U LED TV (Flat, 75 Zoll / 189 cm, UHD 4K, SMART TV, Tizen)",
      "price": 749,
      "currency": "€",
      "shipment": "59,90 €*",
      "seller": "media markt online shop",
      "marketplace": "/"
    },
    {
      "productTitle": "SAMSUNG TV GU75DU7179, 190 cm (75\") Crystal 4K Ultra HD Smart TV (2024), schwarz",
      "price": 749.69,
      "currency": "€",
      "shipment": "49,99 €*",
      "seller": "metro.de",
      "marketplace": "/"
    },
    {
      "productTitle": "Samsung 75 Zoll Crystal UHD 4K DU7179 Tizen OS™ Smart TV (2024)",
      "price": 769,
      "currency": "€",
      "shipment": "0,00 €*",
      "seller": "samsung-deutschland",
      "marketplace": "ebay.de"
    },
    {
      "productTitle": "Samsung GU75DU7179 (2024)",
      "price": 770.9,
      "currency": "€",
      "shipment": "25,00 €*",
      "seller": "coolblue",
      "marketplace": "/"
    },
    {
      "productTitle": "Samsung 75DU7179 Crystal UHD Smart TV 189 cm 75 Zoll",
      "price": 788.42,
      "currency": "€",
      "shipment": "siehe Website",
      "seller": "office-partner.de",
      "marketplace": "/"
    },
    {
      "productTitle": "Samsung GU75DU7179 189cm 75\" 4K LED Smart TV Fernseher",
      "price": 849,
      "currency": "€",
      "shipment": "0,00 €*",
      "seller": "computeruniverse.net",
      "marketplace": "/"
    },
    {
      "productTitle": "Samsung GU75DU7179 189cm 75\" 4K LED Smart TV Fernseher",
      "price": 849,
      "currency": "€",
      "shipment": "0,00 €*",
      "seller": "cyberport.de",
      "marketplace": "/"
    },
    {
      "productTitle": "Samsung LED-TV 189cm (75 Zoll) Crystal UHD 4K",
      "price": 1265.98,
      "currency": "€",
      "shipment": "0,00 €*",
      "seller": "mcbuero.de",
      "marketplace": "/"
    }
  ]
}
```

### Data Source: Preispiraten.de

This scraper gathers price data from [**Preispiraten.de**](https://www.preispiraten.de/), a powerful platform designed for **EAN-based price comparison** in the German market. While its **user interface may seem outdated**, its **backend is highly optimized**, making it an invaluable tool for sellers tracking product prices.

✅ **Comprehensive Price Monitoring** - Preispiraten.de scans prices from **over 55,000 online shops**, including major retailers like **Amazon.de, OTTO, eBay.de, MediaMarkt...**.\
✅ **EAN-Based Search** - Unlike traditional price comparison sites, it specializes in **EAN (GTIN) numbers**, allowing sellers to track product-specific pricing efficiently.\
✅ **Constantly Updated Data** - Price listings are refreshed frequently, ensuring that sellers always have **access to the most current market data**.\
✅ **Fast & Reliable** - Despite its UI limitations, Preispiraten.de delivers **quick, structured price data**, making it a must-have resource for competitive analysis.

#### **Why Use This Scraper?**

While anyone can manually check prices by entering EANs on Preispiraten.de, this scraper **takes it to the next level**:\
🚀 **Bulk Price Retrieval** - Instead of searching manually, you can extract **pricing data for hundreds or thousands of products** in one go.\
⚡ **Speed & Efficiency** - In just minutes, get structured price comparisons from **multiple retailers**, ready for analysis.\
📊 **Data-Driven Market Insights** - Use large-scale price tracking to **optimize product positioning and pricing strategies**.

This scraper transforms the power of **Preispiraten.de** into a **high-speed, scalable solution**, giving businesses and sellers the **competitive edge they need** in Germany's e-commerce landscape.

### Is it legal to scrape preispiraten.de website?

This scraper was designed to comply with the directives specified in the [preispiraten.de robots.txt](https://preispiraten.de/robots.txt) file as of 12.06.2025.

```
## ===================================
## 02.07.2024, preispiraten.de
## ===================================

Sitemap: https://www.preispiraten.de/sitemaps/sitemap-index.xml

## ===================================
## Allows
## ===================================

User-agent: *
Allow:/preisvergleich/
Allow:/details/

## ===================================
## Ausschluss
## ===================================

User-agent: *
Disallow: /go/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/wtr/

User-agent: WebReaper
User-agent: WebCopier
User-agent: Offline Explorer
User-agent: HTTrack
User-agent: Microsoft.URL.Control
User-agent: EmailCollector
User-agent: penthesilea
Disallow: /
```

# Actor input Schema

## `categoryEans` (type: `array`):

Enter EAN numbers, grouped by category. Each input field corresponds to a category name below.

## `categoryNames` (type: `array`):

Enter names of product categories (e.g., tv, smartphone, etc.). Each input field corresponds to the EAN numbers above.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categoryEans": [
    "8806084530097, 8806095474885",
    "0195949821967, 8806097113157"
  ],
  "categoryNames": [
    "tv",
    "smartphone"
  ]
}
```

# 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 = {
    "categoryEans": [
        "8806084530097, 8806095474885",
        "0195949821967, 8806097113157"
    ],
    "categoryNames": [
        "tv",
        "smartphone"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("m3web/german-price-tracker").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 = {
    "categoryEans": [
        "8806084530097, 8806095474885",
        "0195949821967, 8806097113157",
    ],
    "categoryNames": [
        "tv",
        "smartphone",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("m3web/german-price-tracker").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 '{
  "categoryEans": [
    "8806084530097, 8806095474885",
    "0195949821967, 8806097113157"
  ],
  "categoryNames": [
    "tv",
    "smartphone"
  ]
}' |
apify call m3web/german-price-tracker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,m3web/german-price-tracker"
        }
    }
}
```

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/B8kwI0nX81xXHR8wp/builds/p0TRazMr1ScO0warw/openapi.json