Idealo search API reference

Each product carries Idealo's lowest offer price ("from"), the number of merchant offers and the product's Idealo page. Prices are in the domain's currency and usually exclude shipping. product_id feeds POST /v1/retail/idealo/offers for the per-merchant offers. A query with no match is an empty list and is not billed.

Request

POSThttps://api.scrapercompany.com/v1/retail/idealo/search

Authenticate with your API key in the x-api-key header (see Authentication).

Run this request on your own API key from this page, with the values you type. Signed out? Sign in or get an API key.

Body

JSON object. Unknown fields are rejected with 422.

domainstringdefault idealo.de
Idealo country site. Prices are in that site's currency: EUR on idealo.de/.at/.fr/.it/.es, GBP on idealo.co.uk.
One ofidealo.atidealo.co.ukidealo.deidealo.esidealo.fridealo.it
qstringrequiredmin length 1, max length 200
Search terms, as typed into Idealo's search box.

Example request

curl -X POST "https://api.scrapercompany.com/v1/retail/idealo/search" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SCRAPERCOMPANY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "q": "playstation 5"
  }'

Response

200 — One page of Idealo products with the lowest offer price. Metered responses carry x-credits-charged and x-credits-remaining headers (see credit headers).

200 response

{
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "idealo_search",
    "q": "playstation 5",
    "domain": "idealo.de"
  },
  "products": [
    {
      "product_id": "203554857",
      "title": "Sony PlayStation 5 Slim (PS5 Slim) Digital Edition",
      "price": 599.99,
      "currency": "EUR",
      "offer_count": 77,
      "url": "https://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/203554857_-playstation-5-slim-ps5-slim-digital-edition-sony.html"
    },
    {
      "product_id": "203721237",
      "title": "Sony PlayStation 5 Slim (PS5 Slim) Standard Edition",
      "price": 649.99,
      "currency": "EUR",
      "offer_count": 62,
      "url": "https://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/203721237_-playstation-5-slim-ps5-slim-standard-edition-sony.html"
    }
  ],
  "total": 2
}

Errors

Errors return a JSON body with a detail field. Failed requests are not charged. See Errors for the full list and retry advice.

Status	Meaning	Retry?
`401`Unauthorized	Missing or invalid API key. `{"detail":"missing or invalid API key"}`	No, fix the request
`402`Payment Required	Not enough credits for this request: the account's credits mode is `enforce` (`mode` in `GET /v1/billing`) and the request costs more than the available credits. Nothing is run or charged. `{"detail":"insufficient credits: this request costs 5, 0 available. Credits renew 2026-11-01."}`	No, fix the request
`422`Unprocessable Content	Request validation failed. `detail` is a list of problems for schema errors, or a string for semantic checks performed by the endpoint. `{"detail":[{"loc":["body","name"],"msg":"Field required","type":"missing"}]}`	No, fix the request
`429`Too Many Requests	Too many requests: the key's requests-per-minute limit was exceeded, or (in `enforce` credits mode) the plan's concurrent-request limit. No rate-limit or Retry-After headers are sent; back off and retry. `{"detail":"rate limit 60/min exceeded"}`	Yes, with backoff
`502`Bad Gateway	The upstream source failed, blocked the request or returned an unusable answer. Safe to retry later; failed requests are not charged. `{"detail":"RuntimeError"}`	Yes, with backoff
`503`Service Unavailable	Temporarily unavailable: a dependency of this endpoint is down, or the upstream source changed its contract. Retry later. `{"detail":"database unavailable: OperationalError"}`	Yes, with backoff

Try it

Press Try it above to run this request on your own key, with the values you type (sign in first). For a no-code walkthrough, use the workspace’s guided Try it.

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Copy the cURL example above and run it in a terminal.

Credits

13 credits per successful call. Failed, blocked and empty results are free.

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