{
  "id": 18350040,
  "title": "Getting eBay search results and prices as JSON with Python (no API key, no browser)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/getting-ebay-search-results-and-prices-as-json-with-python-no-api-key",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-05T18:18:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/rel8ble/getting-ebay-search-results-and-prices-as-json-with-python-no-api-key-no-browser-5h0k"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The eBay Search Scraper is a Python tool that converts eBay search results into clean rows of data without requiring an API key or browser. This tool allows users to easily access information on second-hand and new-in-box products such as phones, LEGO sets, watches, car parts, and graphics cards. eBay's official APIs typically require a developer account and OAuth process, but this scraper makes it possible to retrieve this data quickly and efficiently.",
  "summary": "I built this actor; it's a paid tool on Apify with a free trial credit. eBay is still the biggest open price list for second-hand and new-in-box products: phones, LEGO sets, watches, car parts, graphics cards. If you flip things, price your own stock, or want to know what a used iPhone 13 actually goes for in the UK versus Germany, its search pages are the data. eBay's official APIs need a…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}