Mercadona Product Scraper - Efficient Product Data Extraction for Market Research, Price Comparison, and Inventory Tracking

Overview

The Mercadona Product Scraper efficiently scrapes product data from Mercadona’s online store, allowing users to gather comprehensive information based on a specific postal code in Spain. Whether you’re conducting market research, price comparison, or tracking inventory, this tool provides valuable insights into product availability, pricing, and categories across different regions.

Features

With the Mercadona Product Scraper, you can retrieve detailed data, including:

• Product Name: Accurate and up-to-date product titles.
• Product Categories: Organize items based on their respective categories.
• Pricing Information: Get detailed pricing, including unit prices, bulk prices, and VAT.
• Product Images: URLs for product images for visual reference.
• Product Availability: Check if products are in stock or limited in quantity.
• Product Packaging Details: Learn about the packaging types and unit sizes.
• Shareable URLs: Direct links to each product on Mercadona's website for easy access.

Use Cases

Market Research Businesses and researchers can track product trends and pricing changes in different regions of Spain, providing valuable insights for decision-making.

Price Comparison Consumers and businesses alike can compare prices across Mercadona stores in different regions, helping them find the best deals or understand regional pricing variations.

Inventory Tracking Keep track of product availability and stock levels at specific Mercadona locations, allowing businesses to monitor inventory trends and make data-driven decisions.

Regional Product Scraping Extract detailed product data by targeting specific regions or cities using postal codes, helping you focus on localized markets.

Input

The Mercadona Product Scraper requires a postal code to scrape product data from the nearest Mercadona warehouse. The first two digits of the postal code determine the region.

Supported Postal Code Prefixes and Corresponding Cities

Postal Code Prefix	City/Region
01	Álava
02	Albacete
03	Alicante
04	Almería
05	Ávila
06	Badajoz
07	Balearic Islands
08	Barcelona
09	Burgos
10	Cáceres
11	Cádiz
12	Castellón
13	Ciudad Real
14	Córdoba
15	A Coruña
16	Cuenca
17	Girona
18	Granada
19	Guadalajara
20	Guipúzcoa
21	Huelva
22	Huesca
23	Jaén
24	León
25	Lleida
26	La Rioja
27	Lugo
28	Madrid
29	Málaga
30	Murcia
31	Navarra
32	Ourense
33	Asturias
34	Palencia
35	Las Palmas
36	Pontevedra
37	Salamanca
38	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
39	Cantabria
40	Segovia
41	Seville
42	Soria
43	Tarragona
44	Teruel
45	Toledo
46	Valencia
47	Valladolid
48	Biscay
49	Zamora
50	Zaragoza
51	Ceuta
52	Melilla

Example Input Format

The input postal code can be given in JSON format or directly via the Apify form. Here is an example in JSON format.

1{
2  "postalCode": "28001",   // Postal code for Madrid
3}

All products within the warehouse associated with the postal code will be scraped.

Output

The output is delivered in JSON format, containing detailed information about the products in the specified Mercadona store. Example structure with all fields returned by the scraper:

1[
2     {
3    "id": "69066",
4    "slug": "patata-pieza",
5    "limit": 999,
6    "badges": {
7      "is_water": false,
8      "requires_age_check": false
9    },
10    "status": null,
11    "packaging": "Pieza",
12    "published": true,
13    "share_url": "https://tienda.mercadona.es/product/69066/patata-pieza",
14    "thumbnail": "https://prod-mercadona.imgix.net/images/df649ff24352a75b9e4e741de8533ba2.jpg?fit=crop&h=300&w=300",
15    "categories": [
16      {
17        "id": 1,
18        "name": "Fruta y verdura",
19        "level": 0,
20        "order": 306
21      }
22    ],
23    "display_name": "Patata",
24    "unavailable_from": null,
25    "price_instructions": {
26      "iva": 0,
27      "is_new": false,
28      "is_pack": false,
29      "pack_size": null,
30      "unit_name": null,
31      "unit_size": 0.23,
32      "bulk_price": "1.99",
33      "unit_price": "0.46",
34      "approx_size": true,
35      "size_format": "kg",
36      "total_units": null,
37      "unit_selector": true,
38      "bunch_selector": false,
39      "drained_weight": null,
40      "selling_method": 0,
41      "price_decreased": false,
42      "reference_price": "1.990",
43      "min_bunch_amount": 1,
44      "reference_format": "kg",
45      "previous_unit_price": null,
46      "increment_bunch_amount": 1
47    },
48    "unavailable_weekdays": []
49  }
50]

Data Fields:

• ID: Unique identifier for each product.
• Display_name: The official name of the product.
• Categories: Info about the category such as name and ID.
• Price_instructions: Info about price, bulk price, unit price and more.
• Thumbnail: Link to the product image.
• Packaging: Packaging details.
• Share URL: A direct link to the product on the Mercadona website.

Cost

The cost of scraping Mercadona product data with this Actor is minimal, around 0.32$ for each 10,000 products.

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