# APMEX Scraper - Gold, Silver & Coin Bullion Prices (`lulzasaur/apmex-scraper`) Actor

Scrape APMEX.com bullion & coins. Get titles, metal, product type (coin/bar/round), weight, purity, price, volume pricing tiers, premium over spot, availability, image, URL. Search any product. Structured JSON output.

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

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 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.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#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.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## APMEX Scraper — Gold, Silver & Coin Bullion Prices

Scrape live product data from [APMEX.com](https://www.apmex.com), one of the largest online precious-metals and coin retailers. Search any bullion or numismatic product and get clean, structured JSON: prices, metal, product type, weight, purity, **premium over spot**, volume pricing tiers, availability, and more.

### What you get

Per product:

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `title` | Product name |
| `metal` | Gold / Silver / Platinum / Palladium |
| `productType` | Coin / Bar / Round / Note |
| `productSeries` | Product line (e.g. American Eagles) |
| `weight` | Troy oz of metal content |
| `weightLabel` | Display weight (e.g. "1 oz", "10 grams") |
| `purity` | Fineness (e.g. .999, 24k) when available |
| `price` | Current selling price (USD) |
| `priceRange` | Bucketed price range |
| `premiumOverSpot` | Price minus melt value (live spot × weight) |
| `premiumPercent` | Premium as % over melt value |
| `spotPriceUsed` | Live spot price used for the premium calc |
| `grade`, `condition`, `mintYear`, `brand`, `countryRegion` | Numismatic attributes |
| `inStock`, `quantityOnHand` | Availability |
| `rating`, `numberOfReviews` | Reviews |
| `upc`, `ngcCertNumber`, `pcgsCertNumber` | Identifiers / grading certs |
| `iraApproved`, `specialOffers` | Merchandising flags |
| `image`, `url`, `productId` | Media & links |
| `volumePricing` | (optional) Quantity tiers × payment method (Check/Wire, Crypto, CC/PayPal) |

### Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["silver eagle", "gold bar"],
  "metal": "Silver",
  "productType": "Coin",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "minPrice": 0,
  "maxPrice": 500,
  "inStockOnly": true,
  "scrapeDetails": false
}
```

- **searchQueries** — one or more search terms. Empty defaults to `silver eagle`.
- **metal** — Any / Gold / Silver / Platinum / Palladium.
- **productType** — Any / Coin / Bar / Round / Note.
- **maxResults** — max products per query.
- **minPrice / maxPrice** — price filters (USD).
- **inStockOnly** — only currently in-stock products.
- **scrapeDetails** — also fetch each product page for quantity volume-pricing tiers (slower).

### Use cases

- Track bullion prices and premiums across dealers for arbitrage.
- Feed a precious-metals price index or alerting bot.
- Build coin-collecting / stacking tools with live pricing and premium-over-spot.
- Monitor product availability and volume discounts.

No proxy required — the actor works out of the box.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Search terms to look up on APMEX (e.g. 'silver eagle', 'gold bar', 'morgan dollar', 'krugerrand'). Leave empty to use the default.

## `metal` (type: `string`):

Filter results by metal.

## `productType` (type: `string`):

Filter results by product type.

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

Maximum number of products to scrape per query (each API page returns up to 60).

## `minPrice` (type: `number`):

Filter: only return products at or above this price (USD).

## `maxPrice` (type: `number`):

Filter: only return products at or below this price (USD).

## `inStockOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only return products that are currently in stock.

## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each product's detail page to add quantity-based volume pricing tiers (Check/Wire, Crypto, CC/PayPal). Slower.

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

Proxy settings. APMEX works without proxies (the open Unbxd search API passes Cloudflare directly).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "silver eagle"
  ],
  "metal": "Any",
  "productType": "Any",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "inStockOnly": false,
  "scrapeDetails": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "silver eagle"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/apmex-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 = { "searchQueries": ["silver eagle"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/apmex-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "silver eagle"
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/apmex-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lulzasaur/apmex-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/dmj58dvsaD5wTsNYe/builds/A2XHkbbhE6S4sISYs/openapi.json