ProductReview.com.au Scraper

A fast, lean scraper for productreview.com.au, Australia's largest consumer reviews portal. Pulls listing summaries (rating, review counts, contact info, FAQs) and full review bodies with author, attachments, and replies. Pure HTTP, ~100× cheaper than browser-based actors and finishes most runs in seconds.

Why This Scraper

• Two input modes. Filter mode lets you pick a category plus filters. URL mode lets you paste explicit URLs (search, category, or direct listing) and ignores filters.
• Two output shapes. Listings output emits one row per listing with up to 10 preview reviews embedded. Reviews output emits one row per review with a sourceListing pointer.
• Multi-URL. URL mode accepts a list. Each URL is auto-routed by shape (/c/, /search, or /listings/<slug>).
• HTTP-only. Reads the same SSR JSON the site ships to its own front-end. Around 80 to 256 MB peak memory, no Chromium.
• Honest per-page cap. productreview.com.au caps category and search results at 30 per URL and doesn't paginate via URL grammar. The actor surfaces this in logs and caps limit accordingly in listings output.
• Apify-native proxy. Optional Apify residential proxy lets you push concurrency without tripping per-IP throttles.

Data You Get

Sample shape. Values are illustrative placeholders, not from a live listing.

Listings output (one row per listing)

Field	Example
id	00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001
name	Sample Lighting Co.
slug	sample-lighting-co
detailsUrl	https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/sample-lighting-co
brand.name	Sample Brand
categories[].name	Lighting Shops
locations[].name	Victoria
statistics.rating	4.5
statistics.numberOfReviews	1234
isDiscontinued	false
featuredReview.title	Sample featured review title
contact.email	support@example.com
contact.phone	+61000000000
address.formatted	Sample St, Sample Suburb, VIC 0000, Australia
description	Full company description appears here.
faqs[].question	Sample question?
logoUrl	https://cdn.productreview.com.au/resize/brand-logo/00000000
pictureUrl	https://cdn.productreview.com.au/resize/listing/00000000
totalReviews	1234
pagesScraped	1
reviewPages	42
reviews[]	up to 10 preview reviews from page 1

Reviews output (one row per review)

Field	Example
id	aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa
rating	5
title	Sample review title
body	Sample review body text.
submittedAt	2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
hasVerifiedPurchase	true
images[].url	https://cdn.productreview.com.au/resize/review-attachment/00000000
author.displayName	Reviewer Name
author.locationName	Sample City
comments[]	array of replies and follow-ups
sourceListing.id	00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001
sourceListing.name	Sample Lighting Co.
sourceListing.slug	sample-lighting-co
sourceListing.detailsUrl	https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/sample-lighting-co
sourceListing.brand	Sample Brand
sourceListing.rating	4.5
sourceListing.numberOfReviews	1234

How to Use

1. Filter mode + listings output. Preview shops in a category.

{
  "mode": "search",
  "outputType": "listings",
  "category": "home-garden-shops",
  "limit": 20,
  "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "AU" }
}

2. Filter mode + reviews output. Top reviews from a filtered category.

{
  "mode": "search",
  "outputType": "reviews",
  "category": "lighting",
  "location": "victoria_au",
  "sortBy": "rating",
  "limit": 200,
  "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "AU" }
}

3. URL mode. Every review for one listing.

{
  "mode": "url",
  "outputType": "reviews",
  "urls": ["https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/sample-lighting-co"],
  "limit": 1000,
  "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "AU" }
}

4. URL mode. Multi-URL with mixed shapes.

{
  "mode": "url",
  "outputType": "listings",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.productreview.com.au/c/home-garden-shops",
    "https://www.productreview.com.au/search?q=lighting",
    "https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/sample-lighting-co"
  ],
  "limit": 10
}

URLs are auto-routed: /c/<cat> and /search are processed as search-result pages. /listings/<slug> skips straight to a listing detail. Filter-mode fields (category, searchQuery, location, etc.) are ignored in URL mode.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	enum search | url	search	Input dispatch. search builds a URL from filters. url uses the urls[] list.
outputType	enum listings | reviews	listings	Row shape. Listings is one row per listing with embedded preview reviews. Reviews is one row per review with sourceListing pointer.
category	string	home-garden-shops	Filter mode only. Category slug. The actor builds /c/<slug>.
searchQuery	string	(empty)	Filter mode only. Appended as ?q=.
location	string	(empty)	Filter mode only. Slug like victoria_au. Inserted as /c/<cat>/l/<loc>.
showDiscontinued	boolean	false	Filter mode only. Include discontinued entries.
sortBy	enum	(default)	Filter mode only. One of relevance, rating, numberOfReviews, popularity, lowestPrice, highestPrice.
urls	string[]	one direct listing URL	URL mode only. Each URL auto-routed by shape.
limit	int	20	Universal cap on output rows. Listings: max listings (per-URL hard cap of 30 from the site). Reviews: max review rows.
maxConcurrency	int (1 to 50)	4	Max in-flight requests. With residential proxy you can push 8 to 10.
proxy	object	(none)	Apify proxy config. Recommended: RESIDENTIAL, country AU.

Send results into your apps (MCP connectors)

Optionally pipe the scraped results into the apps you already use, via Model Context Protocol (MCP) connectors. This is an extra delivery step after the scrape — the Apify dataset is never changed.

What gets written to the connector: a condensed, human-readable summary of each record — not the full JSON. Each item becomes one entry with a title and its key fields flattened to plain text. The complete record always stays in the Apify dataset.

1. Authorize a connector once under Apify → Settings → Integrations (Notion, Linear, Airtable, or Apify).
2. Select it in the "Pipe results into your apps" input field. (If the picker is empty, you haven't authorized a connector yet.)
3. For Notion, also set notionParentPageUrl to the page where items should be created.

The connection is mediated by Apify's MCP proxy, so this actor never sees your third-party credentials. Leave the field empty to skip.

Output Example

Sample shape. Values are illustrative placeholders.

Listings output

{
  "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001",
  "name": "Sample Lighting Co.",
  "slug": "sample-lighting-co",
  "detailsUrl": "https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/sample-lighting-co",
  "brand": { "id": null, "name": "Sample Brand", "slug": "sample-brand", "url": "https://example.com", "isManaged": false },
  "contact": { "email": "support@example.com", "phone": "+61000000000", "website": "https://example.com" },
  "categories": [{ "name": "Lighting Shops", "level": "leaf", "hook": null, "ancestors": [] }],
  "locations": [{ "name": "Victoria", "shortName": "VIC", "slug": "victoria_au", "level": "state" }],
  "statistics": { "rating": 4.5, "numberOfReviews": 1234, "numberOfQuestions": 12, "ratingDistribution": [700, 300, 100, 80, 54] },
  "isDiscontinued": false,
  "featuredReview": null,
  "highlightedReviews": [],
  "address": { "streetAddress": "Sample St", "suburb": "Sample Suburb", "state": "VIC", "postcode": "0000", "country": "Australia", "formatted": "Sample St, Sample Suburb, VIC 0000, Australia" },
  "businessHours": null,
  "description": "Full company description appears here.",
  "faqs": [],
  "specifications": {},
  "logoUrl": "https://cdn.productreview.com.au/resize/brand-logo/00000000",
  "pictureUrl": "https://cdn.productreview.com.au/resize/listing/00000000",
  "pictures": [],
  "createdAt": "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "totalReviews": 1234,
  "reviewPages": 42,
  "pagesScraped": 1,
  "reviews": [],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Reviews output

{
  "id": "aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "rating": 5,
  "title": "Sample review title",
  "body": "Sample review body text.",
  "submittedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "hasVerifiedPurchase": true,
  "attachments": [],
  "images": [],
  "author": { "id": null, "displayName": "Reviewer Name", "locationName": "Sample City" },
  "comments": [],
  "sourceListing": {
    "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001",
    "name": "Sample Lighting Co.",
    "slug": "sample-lighting-co",
    "detailsUrl": "https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/sample-lighting-co",
    "brand": "Sample Brand",
    "rating": 4.5,
    "numberOfReviews": 1234
  }
}

Plan Requirement

Apify plan	Default setup	Recommended for larger runs
Free	Datacenter proxy (default). Fine for small runs at maxConcurrency: 2 to 4.	(residential not available on free)
Paid	Datacenter proxy (default).	Switch to residential for higher throughput: apifyProxyGroups: ["RESIDENTIAL"], apifyProxyCountry: "AU". You can then push maxConcurrency: 8 to 10.

The site throttles bursts from a single IP, so datacenter (small IP pool) with high concurrency may trigger 403 retries. Residential (large pool) absorbs the burst.