Use Ecwid App Market Pricing & Category Scraper with Python
Scrape apps from the Ecwid (Lightspeed E-Series) App Market - name, developer, description, categories, pricing type, and icon. Browse the whole market, filter by category, or search by keyword.
1. Choose the data you need
Review the published README for supported collection modes, examples, and limits. The recipe below uses the current published input definition.
2. Prepare a source-based input
This JSON contains published prefills and required-field defaults. Review every value for your task before running it; it is not a promise of successful collection.
{
"appIds": [
"the-printful"
],
"category": "all",
"emitReviewRecords": false,
"includeDetails": false,
"includeFreeOnly": false,
"includeReviews": false,
"maxItems": 3,
"maxReviewsPerApp": 10,
"mode": "browse",
"pricingType": "all",
"sortBy": "default"
}
Download input.example.json and save your reviewed copy as input.json.
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
mode | string | required | Browse all apps, filter by category, search by keyword, fetch exact apps, or collect reviews. |
category | string | optional | Marketplace category or collection (mode=byCategory). Legacy names are accepted. |
searchQuery | string | optional | Keyword matched against app name, tagline, description, developer and categories (mode=search). |
appIds | array | optional | App namespaces or Ecwid marketplace URLs (mode=byApp or mode=reviews). |
includeFreeOnly | boolean | optional | Keep only apps whose listing is marked completely free. Overrides pricingType. |
pricingType | string | optional | Filter by free, freemium or paid pricing. |
minRating | number | optional | Keep apps rated at or above this value (0-5). Apps without a rating are excluded when set. |
minReviewCount | integer | optional | Keep apps with at least this many reviews. Apps without a review count count as zero. |
includeDetails | boolean | optional | Fetch each app's detail page for developer website, support contact, feature bullets and screenshots. |
includeReviews | boolean | optional | Attach up to maxReviewsPerApp reviews to each app record (app modes only). |
maxReviewsPerApp | integer | optional | Review cap per app, 1-100 (includeReviews and reviews modes). |
emitReviewRecords | boolean | optional | Also emit one dataset record per review when includeReviews is on. |
sortBy | string | optional | Sort app records by source order, name, rating or review count. |
maxItems | integer | optional | Maximum app records in app modes, or review records in reviews mode (1-1000). |
3. Start an Actor run
Set APIFY_TOKEN in your environment. Python 3.10 or newer is sufficient; this recipe uses no third-party packages.
Execution may incur charges. Review current pricing on Apify. The request asks for a 120-second timeout and a charge limit; these settings are subject to Apify’s pricing and do not guarantee an all-inclusive spending cap.
import json
import os
import urllib.request
# Save the schema-derived example as input.json; review and edit it first.
with open("input.json", encoding="utf-8") as stream:
actor_input = json.load(stream)
token = os.environ["APIFY_TOKEN"]
request = urllib.request.Request(
"https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/1HhF1jdDY6OOB3f9b/runs?timeout=120&maxTotalChargeUsd=0.50",
data=json.dumps(actor_input).encode("utf-8"),
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + token, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
method="POST",
)
# This starts a potentially billable run. Do not automatically retry this POST.
with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=40) as response:
run = json.load(response)["data"]
print("Run ID:", run["id"])
print("Status:", run["status"])
# Inspect and download results in Apify Console once the run succeeds.
4. Inspect the actual results
Open the run in Apify Console and wait for a successful completion. Use the published output schema to locate results and the dataset schema to understand declared views. Missing or optional record fields must not be treated as guaranteed values.
Apps and reviews from the Ecwid App Market — developer, categories, pricing, free trials, ratings, review counts, logos, screenshots and reviews.
Questions before you run
Which inputs are required?
The published required fields are mode
What does this guide verify?
The fields, prefills, and schema links are rendered from the published build. This is a usage recipe, not a paid live extraction test. Source availability and collection results can vary.
What if the run request times out?
Check Apify Console before retrying. The first request may already have created a run. Do not automatically repeat a run-creation POST.
Generated from source build yvjWtmKgfbyDV6FVY and its README and schemas. Source changes regenerate this guide; no third-party editorial claims are inferred.