Sephora Scraper

Sephora Scraper is a professional-grade Apify actor designed to extract high-fidelity product data from Sephora's international stores. Built for reliability and scale, it intelligently handles anti-scraping measures, manages sessions, and delivers detailed structured data for your e-commerce analytics.

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🚀 Features

• Deep Product Extraction: Retrieves detailed product specifications, including:
  • Multiple variants (shades, sizes) with individual pricing and stock status.
  • High-resolution image galleries and media assets.
  • Rich HTML descriptions, ingredients, and "how to use" guides.
  • Review counts, ratings, and "loves" metrics.
• Smart URL Parsing: Automatically converts standard web URLs (e.g., www.sephora.com/shop/...) into efficient API calls.
• Multi-Region Support: Seamlessly supports en-US, en-CA, and fr-CA stores based on input URLs.
• Anti-Blocking Architecture:
  • Built-in Apify Proxy integration with session rotation.
  • Smart retries (up to 5 times) for failed requests.
  • Mimics real-user behavior to bypass security checks.
• Scalable Performance: Configurable concurrency to balance speed and stability.

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📋 Input Parameters

The actor accepts a JSON object with the following configuration:

Field	Type	Description	Default
startUrls	Array	Required. A list of Sephora URLs to scrape. Supports: • Category Pages: https://www.sephora.com/shop/... • Product Pages: https://www.sephora.com/product/... • International URLs: sephora.com/ca/en/...	[]
proxy	Object	Proxy configuration. Residential proxies are highly recommended for Sephora.	{ "useApifyProxy": true }
maxConcurrency	Integer	Maximum number of parallel requests. Reduce this if you encounter blocking.	5
maxRequestsPerCrawl	Integer	Limit the total number of requests. Set to 0 for unlimited crawling.	0

Input Example

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.sephora.com/shop/clean-makeup" },
    { "url": "https://www.sephora.com/product/glossier-cloud-paint-gel-cream-blush-P468600" }
  ],
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  },
  "maxConcurrency": 2,
  "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 100
}

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📦 Output Data

Data is stored in the default dataset in JSON format. Each item represents a unique product.

Data Schema

Field	Type	Description
source	Object	Metadata about the crawl (ID, URL, Retailer, Currency).
brand	String	Product brand name.
title	String	Product title.
description	String	Full HTML description.
variants	Array	List of all SKUs/variants for this product.
price	Object	Pricing details inside each variant (current, original, stock).
medias	Array	All images and media associated with the product.
stats	Object	Review count, rating, and loves count.

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🔧 Advanced Configuration

Proxy Configuration

Sephora employs strict anti-scraping measures.

• Residential Proxies: Mandatory for consistent success. Datacenter proxies are often blocked.
• Session Persistence: The scraper uses intelligent session rotation (cookies & headers) to maintain access.

Performance Tuning

• Default Concurrency: Set to 5 to be safe.
• Scaling Up: If using high-quality residential proxies, you can increase maxConcurrency to 10-20 for faster speeds.
• Debugging: Set maxRequestsPerCrawl to a low number (e.g., 10) to verify your configuration before a full run.

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❓ FAQ & Troubleshooting

Q: I'm getting 403 Forbidden errors. A: This usually means your IP is blocked. Ensure you are using Residential Proxies. If the issue persists, try reducing concurrency.

Q: Can I scrape reviews? A: Currently, this actor fetches review stats (count, average rating) but not individual review text. Review text extraction is on the roadmap.

Q: Does it support other countries? A: Yes! The scraper automatically detects the region from your input URL (e.g., sephora.com/ca).

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TODO / Roadmap

• Video Extraction: Fetch product video URLs.
• Reviews: Extract full text of user reviews.
• Ingredients Analysis: Structured breakdown of ingredients.