Use M.Video Russia Electronics Product & Review Scraper with Python

Search, browse categories, or fetch full product detail from mvideo.ru, including price, rating, specifications, images, seller info, and customer reviews.

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.

{
  "brands": [],
  "category": "1",
  "city": "Москва",
  "condition": "any",
  "failOnEmpty": false,
  "fromAbroad": false,
  "includeOtherOffers": false,
  "includeStoreStock": false,
  "maxItems": 3,
  "maxReviews": 0,
  "mode": "search",
  "productUrls": [
    "https://www.mvideo.ru/products/televizor-general-electronics-ge55lqs2-401211841"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  },
  "searchQuery": "телевизор",
  "sellers": [],
  "sortOrder": "popularity",
  "storeLimit": 20
}

Download input.example.json and save your reviewed copy as input.json.

Field	Type	Required	Description
`mode`	string	required	What to fetch.
`searchQuery`	string	optional	Free-text product search, e.g. телевизор, ноутбук, холодильник. The full result set is paginated automatically.
`city`	string	optional	Russian city name or mvideo city ID (e.g. Москва, Санкт-Петербург, CityCZ_975). City changes stock availability, pickup stores and delivery dates.
`category`	string	optional	Top-level mvideo.ru category to browse. Use `categoryUrl` for any sub-category not listed here.
`categoryUrl`	string	optional	Overrides `category`. Accepts a full mvideo.ru category URL (e.g. https://www.mvideo.ru/televizory-i-cifrovoe-tv-1/televizory-65) or a bare numeric category ID, for sub-categories not in the dropdown.
`productUrls`	array	optional	mvideo.ru product URLs (e.g. https://www.mvideo.ru/products/televizor-...-401211841) or bare numeric product IDs. Used by productDetails and reviews modes.
`sortOrder`	string	optional	Result ordering. Only popularity and price ordering are supported by the source; other orderings are not promised.
`brands`	array	optional	Only return products from these brands. Accepts brand names or mvideo.ru slugs (e.g. `Samsung`, `samsung`, `LG`). The matching facet is resolved from the live response, so no hardcoded IDs are needed. Multiple values are OR'd together.
`sellers`	array	optional	Only return products from these marketplace sellers. Accepts seller names or mvideo.ru seller slugs (e.g. `BQ.ru`, `bqru`). The seller facet exists in category browsing only; the search response has no seller facet, so a search run with sellers set stops with a clear message. Multiple values are OR'd together.
`minPrice`	integer	optional	Drop products cheaper than this (sale price, in Russian rubles). Applied server-side in search/category mode and client-side for detail records.
`maxPrice`	integer	optional	Drop products more expensive than this (sale price, in Russian rubles). Applied server-side in search/category mode and client-side for detail records.
`minRating`	number	optional	Drop products with a customer rating below this (0-5 stars). Applied after catalog fetches (the API has no rating facet). Products with no rating are excluded when this filter is set.
`minDiscount`	integer	optional	Drop products with a smaller discount than this (0-99 percent). Applied after catalog fetches (the API has no discount facet). Products without a discount are excluded when this filter is set.
`condition`	string	optional	Filter by item condition. The matching facet is resolved from the live response; if it is unavailable for a query/category, the run stops with a clear message instead of returning unfiltered results.
`fromAbroad`	boolean	optional	Only return parallel-import listings. Applies to search mode only; ignored in category mode.
`maxItems`	integer	optional	Hard cap on emitted records (products, or review rows in mode=reviews). Search covers the full result set across all pages, de-duplicated by product ID. Use 0 for all (up to the 10,000 cap).
`maxReviews`	integer	optional	Reviews to fetch per product in mode=productDetails (attached as `reviews[]`) and mode=reviews (one row per review). Paginated 20 at a time; 0 skips review fetching.
`includeStoreStock`	boolean	optional	Fetch per-store pickup availability for the selected city and attach a `stores[]` list.
`storeLimit`	integer	optional	Cap on `stores[]` entries per product when store stock is included.
`includeOtherOffers`	boolean	optional	Fetch the seller/buybox block and attach `otherOffers[]` with prices and seller details when available.
`failOnEmpty`	boolean	optional	Mark the run as failed when zero records are emitted (for example a blocked connection or an empty query).
`proxyConfiguration`	object	optional	Optional. The actor connects directly first and only escalates to Apify Proxy if mvideo.ru blocks a request. Change this only if you need a specific proxy setup.

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/L2mrRaxKqV5naozzW/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.

mvideo.ru product records with price, stock, rating, specifications, images, seller and store availability, plus standalone review records from reviews mode.

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.

Open on Apify Full Actor reference

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