# Target.com Scraper \[From $1.3/1K💰] | Prices | Reviews | Stock (`ahmed_jasarevic/target-scraper`) Actor

Extract Target.com product data — prices, ratings, reviews, UPC, DPCI, images and store-level pickup/shipping availability — for price monitoring, market research and retail price intelligence. No API key or proxy required for products.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ahmed\_jasarevic/target-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ahmed Jasarevic](https://apify.com/ahmed_jasarevic) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.27 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Target.com Scraper — Product Prices, Reviews & Store Stock Data

Scrape **Target.com product data at scale** — prices, ratings, reviews, images, categories and (optionally) store-level pickup/shipping availability — from **Target's own server-rendered SEO HTML** (schema.org JSON-LD) plus Target's internal JSON APIs. No browser rendering, no DOM scraping: pure HTTP, no proxy required by default, pay per result from **$1.3 per 1,000 products**.

### Main Use Cases

- **Target price monitoring** — track price drops, sales and save-percent across thousands of SKUs
- **Competitor price intelligence** — build retail comparison datasets (Target vs Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
- **Target reviews research** — pull full review text, ratings, authors and verified flags for product research and sentiment analysis
- **Store stock & pickup availability checks** — see shipping vs. in-store pickup status per store and ZIP
- **Market & brand monitoring** — track competitor pricing, discounts, ratings and stock levels over time
- **Catalog enrichment** — enrich your own product lists by TCIN, UPC, DPCI or product URL

### How It Works

1. Enter **search keywords** (e.g. `headphones`) or paste **product URLs** such as `https://www.target.com/p/.../-/A-90953852` (or both).
2. The actor fetches Target's **crawler-view SEO pages** with a Googlebot-like user-agent — these ship complete schema.org JSON-LD (`ItemList` on search, `Product`/`ProductGroup` on product pages) and are **PerimeterX-free even from Apify Cloud IPs**.
3. Product reviews come from Target's `r2d2` community API — plain HTTP, no proxy.
4. Optional shipping/pickup (fulfillment) enrichment uses your custom US residential proxy; runs still succeed without one — those fields simply stay empty.
5. Results land in a structured dataset you can download as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML.

### No Proxy or API Key Required for Target Product Data

Target's developer program is **partner/vendor-only** — there is no public API key you can request. This actor reads the SEO pages Target serves to legitimate search crawlers, so keyword search, full product detail and reviews work **without an API key and without a proxy**. The r2d2 reviews API is plain HTTP too. No Apify proxy, no residential proxy, **no proxy cost** for a full search/review run.

### Monitor Target Prices and Catch Price Drops

Capture `currentPrice`, `salePrice`, `regularPrice`, `savePercent` and `saveDollar` on every product, run on a schedule, and you have a complete **Target price history and price-drop alert system**. Pair with `maxItems` and recurring runs for daily price tracking across your catalog.

### Extract Target Customer Reviews for Product Research

Set `includeReviews: true` and control volume with `maxReviews` (up to **500 per product**, with no fixed 50 limit). Each review returns rating, title, full text, author, date and verified flag — ready for sentiment analysis, product quality research or brand monitoring.

### Track Target Clearance, Deals & Discounts

`savePercent` / `saveDollar` let you rank products by current discount. Search keywords like `clearance` or scan whole categories to build deal lists and markdown research datasets.

### Check Target Store Stock & Pickup Availability

Provide `storeId` and `zipCode` (plus a clean US residential `proxyUrl` for the PX-protected fulfillment endpoints) and each record includes `fulfillment.pickupStatus` and `fulfillment.shippingStatus` — useful for inventory research, local availability checks and shopping apps.

### Input

All input fields are optional and have defaults. Full reference:

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `searchKeywords` | string\[] | No | `[]` | Keywords to search on Target.com; each keyword returns up to `maxSearchResults` products, paginated (24/page) automatically |
| `productUrls` | object\[] | No | `[]` | Direct product URLs (`https://www.target.com/p/.../-/A-90953852`); TCINs extracted automatically |
| `storeId` | string | No | `3991` | Target store ID for pricing/fulfillment context |
| `zipCode` | string | No | `10001` | ZIP for shipping/fulfillment estimates |
| `state` | string | No | `NY` | US state code (e.g. `NY`, `CA`) |
| `latitude` / `longitude` | string | No | NYC coords | Store location coordinates |
| `maxSearchResults` | integer | No | `48` | Max products per search keyword (max **500**) |
| `maxItems` | integer | No | `100` | Total product cap (max **10,000**; free tier: 10) |
| `includeReviews` | boolean | No | `true` | Fetch reviews from the r2d2 API |
| `maxReviews` | integer | No | `10` | Max reviews per product (max **500**) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | No | **Off** | Optional; not needed for search/detail/reviews |
| `proxyUrl` | string | No | — | Custom US residential proxy, used **only** for shipping/pickup fulfillment fields |

#### JSON example

```json
{
  "searchKeywords": ["headphones", "air fryer"],
  "productUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.target.com/p/beats-solo-buds-true-wireless-bluetooth-earbuds/-/A-92148487" }],
  "storeId": "3991",
  "zipCode": "10001",
  "includeReviews": true,
  "maxReviews": 10,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

### Output

Each product becomes one dataset record:

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `tcin` | Target canonical product ID (variants map to their parent — deduped) |
| `title` | Product name (HTML entities resolved) |
| `brand`, `upc`, `dpci` | Brand, Universal Product Code, DPCI |
| `currentPrice`, `regularPrice`, `salePrice` | Prices as shown on target.com |
| `savePercent`, `saveDollar` | Discount amount (when the API provides it) |
| `rating`, `ratingCount`, `reviewCount`, `questionCount` | Review metrics |
| `description`, `bulletDescriptions` | Product description & bullets |
| `imageUrl`, `allImageUrls` | Product images |
| `category` | Product category |
| `fulfillment` | `shippingStatus`, `pickupStatus`, ETA (requires US residential proxy) |
| `reviews` | Up to `maxReviews` reviews (rating, title, text, author, date, verified) |
| `partialData` | `true` when only r2d2 review/rating data was available |
| `productUrl`, `scrapedAt` | Link and extraction timestamp |

### Pricing / Cost to Scrape Target

- **Free tier:** up to 10 products per run.
- **Paid tier:** up to 10,000 items per run.
- Each product needs ~2 plain-HTTP requests (search + PDP) plus review pages — **no proxy**. A 100-product run makes ~250 requests, finishes in under two minutes, and costs roughly **0.14 Compute Units** on default memory.
- Billing is pay-per-event: `$0.0005` run start + `$0.0013` per product result ($1.3 per 1K) + per fetched review (e.g. `$0.001`). If a user's budget runs out mid-run, the actor stops billing and trims excess reviews instead of over-delivering.

### Example Output

```json
{
  "tcin": "92148487",
  "title": "Beats Solo Buds True Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds - Arctic Purple",
  "upc": "196589643290",
  "dpci": "056-05-0056",
  "currentPrice": "$69.99",
  "regularPrice": "$79.99",
  "salePrice": "$69.99",
  "savePercent": 12.5,
  "rating": 3.41,
  "ratingCount": 1971,
  "reviewCount": 823,
  "imageUrl": "https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_12345678-90ab-4cde-f012-34567890abcd",
  "category": "Wireless Earbuds",
  "fulfillment": { "shippingStatus": "Ships by Fri", "pickupStatus": "Pickup today" },
  "reviews": [{
    "rating": 5,
    "title": "Great sound!",
    "text": "Love the bass...",
    "author": "TechFan123",
    "date": "2026-01-10T12:00:00Z",
    "verified": true
  }],
  "partialData": false,
  "productUrl": "https://www.target.com/p/beats-solo-buds-true-wireless-bluetooth-earbuds/-/A-92148487",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Integrations & Automation

- **Apify API** — pull Target data into your price-tracking app, BI dashboard or e-commerce pipeline
- **Webhooks** — push price changes or new reviews to Slack, Google Sheets, Airtable or your own API
- **Zapier / Make** — no-code automations for price alerts and deal lists
- **Scheduling** — run daily to maintain price history and stock monitoring; recurring runs also improve Apify Store recommendations

### Related Actors

- [Target Scraper](https://apify.com/automation-lab/target-scraper) — the most-used Target.com scraping actor on Apify
- [Walmart Scraper](https://apify.com/automation-lab/walmart-scraper) — collect Walmart product data for cross-retailer price comparison
- [Best Buy Scraper](https://apify.com/ahmed_jasarevic/bestbuy-scraper) — US electronics retailer data with price & deal tracking
- [Wayfair Scraper](https://apify.com/ahmed_jasarevic/wayfair-scraper) — home & furniture retailer data
- [Idealo Scraper](https://apify.com/ahmed_jasarevic/idealo-scraper) — cross-retailer price history & comparisons (6 markets)

These actors form a US retail price-intelligence cluster: Target for general merchandise, Best Buy for electronics, Wayfair for home goods, and Walmart/Idealo for cross-retailer comparisons.

### FAQ

#### Does Target have an official API?

No public API. Target's developer program is **partner/vendor-only** — individuals and most businesses can't get an API key. That's the main reason teams use this actor to get Target product, review and stock data directly.

#### Do I need a proxy to scrape Target.com?

**No, not by default.** Keyword search, product detail and reviews use Target's crawler-view SEO pages and the r2d2 API, which are PerimeterX-free even from Apify Cloud IPs. A custom US residential proxy is only needed for the optional shipping/pickup (fulfillment) enrichment.

#### Can I track Target price drops over time?

Yes — run this actor on a schedule and collect `currentPrice`, `regularPrice`, `salePrice` and `savePercent` at each interval to build a price history for any product, keyword or category.

#### What are alternatives to this actor / to a Target API?

- [Target Scraper](https://apify.com/automation-lab/target-scraper) (the most-used competitor actor, from $1.80/1K products)
- Third-party Target APIs (e.g. realdataapi, RedCircle) — key-based, often URL-restricted
- Bright Data / other dataset providers — pre-collected Target datasets (typically ~$0.0025/record)
- This actor is the proxy-free, per-result priced option

#### Does the actor bypass Target's anti-bot protection?

It consumes the SEO-optimized pages Target already serves to legitimate crawlers (Googlebot view) — data arrives as schema.org JSON-LD without attacking anything. Product detail falls back to Target's internal `planners` JSON APIs with consistent browser headers and a valid visitor token. No JavaScript is executed, which is what keeps runs proxy-less and cheap.

#### How do I scrape Target reviews?

Set `includeReviews: true` and `maxReviews` (up to 500 per product). Reviews are fetched from Target's `r2d2` community API over plain HTTP and include rating, title, text, author, date and verified flag.

#### Can I check in-store stock or pickup availability?

Yes — provide `storeId` and `zipCode` plus a clean US residential `proxyUrl`, and each record returns `fulfillment.pickupStatus` and `shippingStatus`. Runs still succeed without a proxy; those fields simply stay empty.

#### Is scraping Target legal?

This actor reads publicly accessible API endpoints that Target's own storefront uses; the data is publicly displayed on target.com. Review Target's Terms of Service and consult counsel for your specific use case. Use responsibly, at moderate request rates (pacing is built in).

### Competitive Positioning

Verified from actor pages (at time of writing):

| Capability | Other Target scrapers | This actor |
|---|---|---|
| Per-1K-product price | from $0.97 (datascrapers), $1.80 (automation-lab), $2.81 (bovi) | **$1.3 per 1K** |
| Proxy required for products/reviews | Yes, proxy sessions/residential (datascrapers, bovi) | **No — pure HTTP, no proxy cost** |
| API key needed | No (but third-party APIs need keys) | **No** |
| Store-level stock/pickup fields | Rarely structured | **Yes — `fulfillment` with `pickupStatus` / `shippingStatus`** |
| UPC / DPCI enrichment | Varies | **Yes, built-in** |
| Free tier | 10 items | **10 items** |

### For AI Agents & LLM Apps

- **Purpose:** Returns structured Target.com product data — one dataset row per product with price, ratings, review metrics, images, category, optional full reviews and (with proxy) store stock/pickup status.
- **Minimal working input:**
  ```json
  { "searchKeywords": ["headphones"], "maxItems": 10 }
  ```
- **Variant inputs:**
  ```json
  { "productUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.target.com/p/beats-solo-buds-true-wireless-bluetooth-earbuds/-/A-92148487" }], "includeReviews": true, "maxReviews": 25 }
  ```
  ```json
  { "searchKeywords": ["air fryer"], "storeId": "3991", "zipCode": "10001", "includeReviews": false, "maxItems": 50 }
  ```
- **Output field list:** `tcin`, `title`, `brand`, `upc`, `dpci`, `currentPrice`, `regularPrice`, `salePrice`, `savePercent`, `saveDollar`, `rating`, `ratingCount`, `reviewCount`, `questionCount`, `description`, `bulletDescriptions`, `imageUrl`, `allImageUrls`, `category`, `fulfillment`, `reviews`, `partialData`, `productUrl`, `scrapedAt`.
- **Behaviors an agent should know:**
  - `includeReviews` defaults to `true` — review fetching adds extra billed events on PPE-priced deployments, so set it to `false` for pure product/price runs to minimize cost.
  - `maxReviews` caps at 500 per product; each fetched review is a separate billed event when the actor uses pay-per-event pricing.
  - `fulfillment` fields (shipping/pickup status) only fill in when a clean US residential proxy is set via `proxyUrl`; otherwise they come back empty — the run still succeeds.
  - `productUrls` mode extracts TCINs automatically and returns detail (canonical parent) products, deduplicating variants.
  - `maxItems` hard-caps total items at 10,000; free-tier runs are capped at 10 items.
- **Billing model:** pay-per-event — $0.0005 run start + $0.0013 per product result + per fetched review (e.g. $0.001). No proxy cost for search/detail/reviews.

### Legal & Compliance Disclaimer

This actor is an independent tool and is **not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Target Brands, Inc. or Target.com**. It accesses only publicly available SEO pages and public JSON APIs that Target.com serves to its own storefront — it does not bypass login, authentication, payment or access controls. Users are responsible for complying with Target's Terms of Service and applicable law; do not use any extracted personal data (e.g. reviewer names) for unsolicited commercial outreach. Keep request rates moderate — pacing is built in, and use a custom residential proxy for fulfillment enrichment only.

### SEO Keywords

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# Actor input Schema

## `searchKeywords` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search on Target.com. Each keyword produces up to `maxSearchResults` products via Target's SEO/JSON-LD search pages, paginated automatically (no proxy required).

## `productUrls` (type: `array`):

Direct Target.com product page URLs (e.g. https://www.target.com/p/.../-/A-90953852). TCINs are extracted automatically.

## `storeId` (type: `string`):

Target store ID used for pricing/fulfillment context. 3991 matches the NYC/NY default ZIP.

## `zipCode` (type: `string`):

ZIP code for shipping/fulfillment estimates.

## `state` (type: `string`):

US state code for fulfillment (e.g. NY, CA).

## `latitude` (type: `string`):

Latitude for store location.

## `longitude` (type: `string`):

Longitude for store location.

## `maxSearchResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products to fetch per search keyword. The SEO search pages paginate automatically (24 per page) up to this limit (max 500).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total products to scrape across all keywords/URLs. Hard cap for free-tier safety.

## `includeReviews` (type: `boolean`):

Whether to fetch product reviews from the r2d2 API.

## `maxReviews` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of reviews to fetch per product. Allows up to 500 (20 r2d2 pages); no fixed 50 limit. Higher values cost more time/requests.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. Search, product detail and reviews work WITHOUT a proxy via Target's crawler-view SEO pages and PX-free APIs. Enable the proxy only when you also need shipping/pickup fulfillment fields ΓÇö note that Apify residential egress may still be challenged by Target, so a custom clean residential proxy (proxyUrl) is the reliable choice for fulfillment.

## `proxyUrl` (type: `string`):

Residential/ISP proxy URL used ONLY for the shipping/pickup (fulfillment) enrichment, e.g. http://user:pass@host:port. Not needed for keyword search, product detail or reviews.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchKeywords": [
    "headphones",
    "laptop stand"
  ],
  "productUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.target.com/p/beats-solo-buds-true-wireless-bluetooth-earbuds/-/A-92148487"
    }
  ],
  "storeId": "3991",
  "zipCode": "10001",
  "state": "NY",
  "latitude": "40.7128",
  "longitude": "-74.0060",
  "maxSearchResults": 48,
  "maxItems": 100,
  "includeReviews": true,
  "maxReviews": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchKeywords": [
        "headphones",
        "laptop stand"
    ],
    "productUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.target.com/p/beats-solo-buds-true-wireless-bluetooth-earbuds/-/A-92148487"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ahmed_jasarevic/target-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchKeywords": [
        "headphones",
        "laptop stand",
    ],
    "productUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.target.com/p/beats-solo-buds-true-wireless-bluetooth-earbuds/-/A-92148487" }],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ahmed_jasarevic/target-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchKeywords": [
    "headphones",
    "laptop stand"
  ],
  "productUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.target.com/p/beats-solo-buds-true-wireless-bluetooth-earbuds/-/A-92148487"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call ahmed_jasarevic/target-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ahmed_jasarevic/target-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/MCEgfkMHTYMkdbkfe/builds/ZCq22oIegj067xdqk/openapi.json