Woolworths Australia Scraper: Products, Prices & Specials

What does Woolworths Australia Scraper do?

Woolworths Australia Scraper extracts products, prices and specials from Woolworths (woolworths.com.au), Australia's largest supermarket. Give it search terms, category or specials pages (half price, multibuy, "prices dropped"...) or product URLs, and get one clean dataset item per product: current price, was-price, whether it is really on special, promotion text ("2 for $5.00"), unit price, availability, barcode, category and, optionally, full product details (ingredients, nutrition, allergens, images).

• ✅ Search, aisles, specials pages and product pages, with automatic pagination up to 2,000 products per search or category
• ✅ A reliable isOnSpecial flag: only real discounts (special price or multibuy), never "everyday low price" badges
• ✅ Unit price as a number plus the raw text ("$2.25 / 1L"), so you can compare products of different sizes
• ✅ Optional product details: description, ingredients, nutrition panel, allergens, country of origin, up to 10 images
• ✅ Works on Apify's standard datacenter proxy, no login and no account needed
• ✅ You only pay for products returned. Failed inputs are reported as error items and never charged

Why scrape Woolworths?

• Price monitoring: track the price of your basket or your brand every day and get alerted when it changes.
• Specials tracking: pull the full half-price and multibuy catalogue each week.
• Basket comparison: compare Woolworths with other supermarkets product by product, using barcodes and unit prices.
• Market research: see which brands are on promotion, how deep the discounts are and how ranges change.

Running on the Apify platform gives you an API, scheduling (for example every morning), webhooks, and integrations with Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n and more.

What data does it extract?

Field	Type	Description
productId	string	Woolworths stockcode
name, brand, size	string	Product name (with size), brand and package size
url, image	string	Product page and main image
price	number	Current price in AUD (null when the product is unavailable)
wasPrice	number	Previous price when the product is on special
isOnSpecial	boolean	true only for a real discount: special price or multibuy offer
isHalfPrice	boolean	Woolworths' half-price flag
promotionType, promotionText	string	Raw promotion label (Special, Multibuy, LowerShelfPrice...) and its text (Save $0.55, 2 for $5.00)
unitPrice, unitPriceText	number, string	Comparable unit price and its raw text ($2.25 / 1L)
isAvailable	boolean	Available to buy online
category	string	Department > category > subcategory
barcode	string	EAN/GTIN barcode
position	integer	Rank in the search or category listing
isSponsored	boolean	Promoted placement in the listing
source, query / categoryUrl / productUrl	string	Which input returned the item
storeContext	string	Store the price is for: default, or postcode 3000 / store 3813 ... with Postcode
description, ingredients, nutrition, allergens, allergensMayBePresent, countryOfOrigin, images		Product details (with Include product details or Product URLs)
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp

How to scrape Woolworths

1. Click Try for free and open the Input tab.
2. Add Search terms (milk, tim tam...), Category or specials URLs copied from woolworths.com.au, and/or Product URLs or IDs.
3. Set Max items per search or category (default 100, up to 2,000).
4. Optionally turn on Include product details or Only specials.
5. Click Start, then download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read them through the API.

How much does it cost?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. Platform usage (compute and proxy) is included.

Event	Price	When
apify-actor-start	US$ 0.004	Once per run (default 512 MB memory)
product	US$ 0.0006	Per product returned from a search or category listing
product-detail	US$ 0.0005	Per product page read: each product from Product URLs, or each listed product when Include product details is on

Examples:

• 1,000 products from searches or specials pages: US$ 0.604 (start + 1,000 × 0.0006).
• The same 1,000 products with details: US$ 1.104 (adds 1,000 × 0.0005).
• 50 product URLs: US$ 0.029 (start + 50 × 0.0005).

Error items (invalid input, unknown category, removed product, blocked request) are never charged. You can cap the spend of a run with Maximum cost per run: the Actor stops cleanly and marks the inputs it didn't reach as not_processed (free).

Input

See the Input tab for every option. Example:

{
    "searchQueries": ["milk", "tim tam", "a2 milk 2l"],
    "categoryUrls": [
        "https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/browse/specials/half-price",
        "https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/browse/fruit-veg/fruit"
    ],
    "productUrls": ["https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/44528/norco-full-cream-milk", "888137"],
    "maxItemsPerQuery": 200,
    "includeDetails": false,
    "onlySpecials": false,
    "postcode": "3000"
}

• Postcode (optional): prices, specials and availability for the Woolworths store nearest to that postcode (for example 2000 Sydney, 3000 Melbourne, 6000 Perth) instead of the default online store. storeContext says which store was used, e.g. postcode 3000 / store 3813 Melbourne Square (Southbank). Woolworths only gives a store's own prices on the product page, so with a postcode every listed product is read with its details and charged as product + product-detail (like Include product details). Store prices really differ: in our test, all 10 products checked had a different price or availability between Sydney (2000), Melbourne (3000) and Perth (6000), mostly fresh produce, meat, eggs, dairy and liquor. A postcode Woolworths doesn't know stops the run with an invalid_postcode error item (free).

• Category URLs can be any /shop/browse/... page: an aisle (/shop/browse/pantry), a sub-aisle, or a specials page (/shop/browse/specials/half-price, /shop/browse/specials/buy-more-save-more...). A group page with no products of its own, such as /shop/browse/specials, is expanded into its sub-pages. Search-result URLs (/shop/search/products?searchTerm=...) work too.

• Only specials keeps products with isOnSpecial = true. For searches it also asks Woolworths for its "specials" filter, so you get more specials per page.

• Products are de-duplicated by productId within each search or category.

Output

Example item from a search (includeDetails off):

{
    "store": "woolworths",
    "source": "search",
    "query": "milk",
    "position": 3,
    "productId": "44528",
    "name": "Norco Full Cream Milk 2L",
    "brand": "Norco",
    "size": "2L",
    "url": "https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/44528/norco-full-cream-milk",
    "image": "https://cdn1.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/large/044528.jpg",
    "price": 4.5,
    "wasPrice": 5.05,
    "isOnSpecial": true,
    "isHalfPrice": false,
    "promotionType": "Special",
    "promotionText": "Save $0.55",
    "unitPrice": 2.25,
    "unitPriceText": "$2.25 / 1L",
    "isAvailable": true,
    "isSponsored": false,
    "category": "Dairy, Eggs & Fridge > Milk > Full Cream Milk",
    "barcode": "9322042000048",
    "storeContext": "default",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-29T12:00:00.000Z"
}

With Include product details (and for every Product URL) the item also has:

{
    "description": "Our full cream milk is still brought to you by a co-operative of passionate Norco dairy farmers...",
    "ingredients": "Pasteurised homogenised Milk",
    "nutrition": {
        "Energy": { "perServing": "678.0kJ", "per100": "271.0kJ" },
        "Protein": { "perServing": "8.2g", "per100": "3.3g" },
        "servingSize": "250.0 ML",
        "servingsPerPack": "8.0"
    },
    "allergens": "Egg Free,Fish Free,Gluten Free,Soy Free,Wheat Free",
    "allergensMayBePresent": null,
    "countryOfOrigin": "Australian Milk",
    "images": ["https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/large/044528.jpg", "https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/large/044528_2.jpg"]
}

An input that failed (never charged):

{
    "store": "woolworths",
    "source": "product",
    "productUrl": "999999999",
    "productId": "999999999",
    "error": "not_found",
    "errorMessage": "Woolworths has no product with this ID (removed or never existed).",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-29T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Error codes: invalid_input, category_not_found, not_found, blocked (Woolworths refused every retry), http_<status>, not_processed (maximum cost per run reached). The dataset has three views: Products, Product details and Errors (not charged). Run statistics are saved in the RUN_STATS key-value record.

Tips

• Batch many searches and categories in one run: the start fee is charged once per run.
• For a weekly specials feed, schedule the half-price and buy-more-save-more pages with Max items at 2,000.
• Use barcode to match products across supermarkets, and unitPrice to compare different pack sizes.
• A search that returns nothing (for example a misspelling) is not an error: it simply yields no items.
• The run fails only when every input failed; otherwise failures are listed as error items.

Limits

• Without a postcode, prices are for Woolworths' default online store (storeContext: "default"), as seen by an anonymous visitor. With Postcode, they are for the nearest store Woolworths lists for that postcode (its store finder for Pick up / Direct to boot), not for a delivery address.
• With Postcode, a product the chosen store doesn't sell comes back with price: null and isAvailable: false. If its product page can't be read, the item keeps the default-store values, with storeContext: "default" and a detailError.
• An unavailable product may come without a price (price: null, isAvailable: false). That is what the site shows, not an error.
• Up to 2,000 products per search or category (Woolworths lists 36 per page).
• Member-only prices and personalised offers ("My specials", Everyday Rewards boosts) need an account and are not collected. The Actor never logs in.
• Some fields exist only for some products: unitPrice is missing for items sold "each" without a comparable measure, and details such as nutrition or country of origin depend on what Woolworths publishes.

FAQ and support

Is it legal to scrape Woolworths? This Actor only reads publicly available product and price information that any visitor can see, without logging in. It does not collect personal data. You should still check that your use complies with the site's terms and the laws that apply to you, and consult a lawyer if you are unsure.

Can I use it from code or an AI agent? Yes: see the API tab for ready-made calls (HTTP, JavaScript, Python, CLI), or use it through the Apify MCP server.

Found a problem or need a feature? Open an issue in the Issues tab.