DigitalOcean Marketplace Scraper

Extract the complete catalog of apps, 1-Click Droplets, Kubernetes deployments, and add-ons from the DigitalOcean Marketplace. Each record includes the app name, vendor, category, description, pricing model, bundled software, and direct URL — ready for competitive intelligence, market analysis, or cloud-stack research.

What You Get

Field	Description
app_name	App or droplet name
slug	URL slug (e.g. wordpress, prometheus-kubernetes)
vendor	Publisher or vendor name
category	Marketplace category (1-Click Apps, Kubernetes Apps, Add-ons)
tagline	Short summary of the app
description	Full description (HTML stripped)
pricing_model	Free, Paid, or BYOL
rating	Average rating (when available)
review_count	Number of reviews (when available)
software_included	Comma-separated list of bundled software components
app_url	Canonical app detail URL

Usage

Scrape the full catalog

Leave all filters blank to retrieve all ~386 apps and add-ons:

{
  "maxItems": 0
}

Filter by category

Set category to one of: 1-Click Apps, Kubernetes Apps, Add-ons, Droplets, Databases, CMS, Developer Tools, Security, Analytics.

{
  "category": "Kubernetes Apps",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Filter for add-ons only

{
  "category": "Add-ons",
  "maxItems": 0
}

Input Schema

Field	Type	Default	Description
category	string	(empty = all)	Filter by marketplace category
maxItems	integer	200	Max apps to return. 0 for unlimited.

Coverage

The DigitalOcean Marketplace sitemap lists approximately 386 app/add-on detail pages, covering:

• 1-Click Droplets — pre-configured server images (WordPress, LAMP, Ghost, etc.)
• Kubernetes Apps — Helm chart deployments (Prometheus, cert-manager, etc.)
• Add-ons — SaaS integrations (third-party services billed through DigitalOcean)

Use Cases

• ISV competitive intelligence — track which 1-Click apps are available and who publishes them
• Cloud-stack research — discover vetted open-source stacks available on DigitalOcean infrastructure
• Marketplace monitoring — periodically scrape to detect new app listings or removed ones
• Pricing model analysis — compare Free vs Paid vs BYOL distribution across categories

Performance

Full catalog scrape (~386 URLs) typically completes in under 2 minutes. Memory usage stays under 256 MB.