Coles Grocery Scraper (Australia)

Scrape Coles (coles.com.au) supermarket products by category or product URL and get clean, structured rows: current price, was price, unit price, specials, stock quantity, retail limits, category and aisle, and with product details on: barcode (GTIN), ingredients, allergens, dietary claims, nutrition panel, storage instructions and country of origin.

Coles protects its site with Imperva bot protection. This actor handles that for you: it obtains an access token with a real browser, then collects data quickly, rotating proxy exits when Coles pushes back.

What data you get

Field	Example	Notes
id	8150288	Coles product id
name, brand, size	Full Cream Milk, Coles, 3L
price	4.95	Current shelf price (AUD)
wasPrice, onSpecial	null, false	Was price when on special
unitPrice, unitOfMeasure, unitPriceText	1.65, l, $1.65/ 1L	Comparable unit price
available, availabilityType, stockQuantity	true, InStoreAndOnline, 2083	Stock as reported by Coles online
retailLimit, promotionalLimit	20, 12	Purchase limits
department, category, aisle	Dairy, Eggs & Fridge, Milk, Full Cream Milk
image, url	product image and page
gtin	9300601186945	With product details on
ingredients, allergens, dietary, storage	text	With product details on
nutrition	servings, serving size, per-serving / per-100 values	With product details on
countryOfOrigin, originStatement	Australian, Australian Milk	With product details on
saveAmount, savePercent, promotionType	specials detail	With product details on
storeId, scrapedAt	7674, ISO time	Prices are Coles online prices for its default store

Use cases

• Price monitoring and competitor pricing: schedule daily category crawls to track shelf prices, specials and unit prices.
• Brand and category management: see your range, stock levels, purchase limits and promotions across a category.
• Grocery and nutrition apps: barcode-keyed product data with ingredients, allergens and nutrition panels.
• Research and journalism: food-price inflation and unit-price comparisons over time.

Input

Field	Description
categories	Coles category paths or URLs, e.g. dairy-eggs-fridge/milk or https://www.coles.com.au/browse/bakery. Use * for every category.
productUrls	Product page URLs like https://www.coles.com.au/product/coles-full-cream-milk-3l-8150288 (always scraped with details).
maxItems	Maximum number of products to return.
includeDetails	Fetch each product page for barcode, ingredients, nutrition and origin.
proxyConfiguration	Rotating proxies (Australian residential recommended).

Keyword search is not offered: browse by category (Coles' own category tree covers the full range) or pass product URLs.

Example input

{
  "categories": ["dairy-eggs-fridge/milk", "bakery"],
  "maxItems": 200,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {"useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "AU"}
}

Example output

{
  "id": 8150288,
  "url": "https://www.coles.com.au/product/coles-full-cream-milk-3l-8150288",
  "name": "Full Cream Milk",
  "brand": "Coles",
  "size": "3L",
  "price": 4.95,
  "wasPrice": null,
  "onSpecial": false,
  "unitPriceText": "$1.65/ 1L",
  "stockQuantity": 2083,
  "category": "Milk",
  "gtin": "9300601186945",
  "ingredients": "Homogenised and Pasteurised Full Cream Milk.",
  "allergens": "Contains Milk",
  "countryOfOrigin": "Australian",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-04T07:07:10Z"
}

Scheduling and integrations

Run it on an Apify schedule (for example every morning) and send results to Google Sheets, a webhook, S3 or your database with Apify integrations. Each run resumes from its checkpoint if the platform restarts it, without duplicates.

Use with AI assistants (MCP)

Call this actor from Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client through the Apify MCP server to answer questions such as "what does a 2 L milk cost at Coles today?" with live data.

FAQ

Which store's prices are these? Coles online prices for its default store. Store-by-store pricing is not supported yet.

How long does a run take? A run starts with a real browser obtaining the Coles access token (about a minute, longer if an exit is rejected and the actor switches to a new one), then data is collected at a few pages per minute.

How fresh is the data? Live: every run reads the current Coles site.

Why do I need proxies? Coles uses Imperva bot protection that blocks an IP after a handful of requests without a valid token. The actor gets the token automatically and rotates exits; Australian residential proxies work best.

What happens if Coles blocks the run? The actor switches to new proxy exits; if every attempt is blocked it stops with a clear message instead of returning partial or empty data silently.

Is it legal? The actor collects publicly available product information and does not log in or access personal data. You are responsible for how you use the data and for complying with Coles' terms and applicable law.