MercadoLibre product data API

ShopAPIS returns structured MercadoLibre product data — title, price, original price, currency, available and sold quantity, structured attributes, seller reputation and Mercado Envíos shipping — as clean JSON across all 18 countries MercadoLibre operates. Because MercadoLibre publishes an open REST API (/sites/{id}/search, /items/{id}, /categories), it is the single highest catalog-richness, lowest-parse-friction target in Latin America — and ShopAPIS normalizes its output into the same schema you use everywhere else.

MercadoLibre is the most valuable LatAm target by a wide margin: ~160M monthly visits in Brazil alone, 107M unique active buyers region-wide (Q3 2025), and ~1.8B items shipped through Mercado Envíos in 2024 (MELI SEC filings ). One platform spans Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru and twelve more markets.

Why MercadoLibre is the easiest LatAm data path

MercadoLibre is the only major Latin American marketplace with a genuinely open, documented developer REST API. Per-item endpoints return JSON with title, price, original_price, currency_id, available_quantity, sold_quantity, condition, a structured attributes array (brand, model, GTIN, specs), pictures[], seller_id with reputation, shipping (free / Mercado Envíos) and category_id (MELI dev docs ). The token-based rate limit is generous (~1,500 req/min per seller), but it remains seller-scoped — it will not hand you arbitrary competitor catalogs at scale or unify the 18 country sites. ShopAPIS handles tokens, pagination, the per-country site IDs (MLB, MLM, MLA, MLC, MCO, MPE) and the installment block, returning one consistent schema.

Data fields returned

• Identity — item ID, title, condition (new/used), category path, brand/model from attributes, GTIN where present
• Pricing — price, original price, currency (BRL/MXN/ARS/CLP/COP/PEN), discount
• Installments — number of installments, per-installment amount, interest-free flag (12x sem juros / cuotas sin interés)
• Availability — available quantity, sold quantity
• Seller — seller ID, nickname, reputation level, transactions count
• Shipping — free shipping flag, Mercado Envíos / logistic type
• Media & attributes — image gallery, full structured attribute list, permalink

Sample response

{
  "platform": "mercadolibre",
  "site_id": "MLB",
  "item_id": "MLB1234567890",
  "url": "https://www.mercadolivre.com.br/p/MLB1234567890",
  "title": "Smart TV LG 50 4K UHD ThinQ AI 50UR8750",
  "category": ["Eletrônicos", "TVs", "Smart TVs"],
  "condition": "new",
  "price": 2199.00,
  "original_price": 2799.00,
  "currency": "BRL",
  "installments": { "quantity": 12, "amount": 183.25, "interest_free": true },
  "available_quantity": 47,
  "sold_quantity": 1280,
  "attributes": [
    { "id": "BRAND", "name": "Marca", "value": "LG" },
    { "id": "MODEL", "name": "Modelo", "value": "50UR8750" },
    { "id": "GTIN", "name": "GTIN", "value": "8806096012345" },
    { "id": "SCREEN_SIZE", "name": "Tamanho da tela", "value": "50 polegadas" }
  ],
  "seller": { "id": 98765432, "nickname": "LG_OFICIAL", "reputation": "platinum" },
  "shipping": { "free_shipping": true, "logistic_type": "fulfillment" },
  "images": ["https://http2.mlstatic.com/.../tv.jpg"]
}

Markets and domains covered

MercadoLibre runs 18 country marketplaces on one platform, each with its own site ID and TLD: mercadolivre.com.br (MLB), mercadolibre.com.mx (MLM), mercadolibre.com.ar (MLA), mercadolibre.cl (MLC), mercadolibre.com.co (MCO), mercadolibre.com.pe (MPE), plus Uruguay, Ecuador and more. ShopAPIS resolves any item by URL or by site ID and item ID and returns prices in the local currency.

Use cases

• Pan-LatAm price monitoring — track one SKU across 18 country sites in local currency (/solutions/price-monitoring).
• Seller and reputation intel — map competitor sellers, their catalog and reputation tier.
• Installment competitiveness — compare interest-free plans, the decisive LatAm field.
• Catalog enrichment — ingest GTIN-keyed attributes into your master catalog (/solutions/catalog-enrichment).

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