# Woolworths Australia Scraper · No Browser (`bibian/woolworths-products-scraper`) Actor

Extract Woolworths Australia grocery products: name, brand, department, category, price, unit (cup) price and special offers, discovered via the product sitemap.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bibian/woolworths-products-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Vivien MORVAN](https://apify.com/bibian) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 product listings

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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

## Woolworths Australia Scraper

Scrape grocery products from [Woolworths Australia](https://www.woolworths.com.au) and get clean structured data: name, brand, department, category, price, unit (cup) price and special offers.

### What you can do with it

- **Track grocery prices**: compare `price` and `cupString` across brands and categories to see what a litre of milk or a kilo of biscuits actually costs.
- **Find specials**: set `onSpecialOnly` to keep only products that carry a previous ("was") price, with the exact `savingsAmount`.
- **Watch a brand's range**: set `brand` to list every product Woolworths carries under a given label, with its current price and stock status.
- **Search by keyword**: set `query` to match products by name, for example "chocolate biscuits" or "olive oil".

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Search text | Text matched against the product name (accents and case ignored). Empty means no filter. |
| Brand | Keep only this brand. Case is ignored. |
| On special only | Keep only products that show a previous ("was") price. |
| In stock only | Keep only products the site marks as available. |
| Maximum number of products | The run stops once this many products are saved. |

### Output

One record per product:

```json
{
  "sku": "904881",
  "url": "https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/904881/arnott-s-timtams-inspired-by-jatz",
  "barcode": "9310072034942",
  "name": "Arnott's TimTams Inspired By Jatz 165g",
  "brand": "Arnott's",
  "department": "GROCERIES",
  "category": "BISCUITS",
  "subCategory": "BISCUITS - SWEET",
  "packageSize": "165g",
  "currency": "AUD",
  "price": 3,
  "onSpecial": true,
  "wasPrice": 6,
  "savingsAmount": 3,
  "cupPrice": 1.82,
  "cupString": "$1.82 / 100G",
  "inStock": true,
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/large/904881.jpg"
}
```

Export the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it through the Apify API.

### Good to know

- Products are discovered through Woolworths' own product sitemap (over 100,000 products across three shards), opened in the order the site lists them.
- `wasPrice` and `savingsAmount` are empty for products that are not currently discounted. `onSpecial` is `true` only when a previous price is shown.
- `cupPrice` / `cupString` are Woolworths' own per-unit comparison price (for example per 100 g or per litre); no conversion is applied.
- No login or browser is needed: product pages are read directly, with an automatic retry through a datacenter proxy on the rare request the site blocks.
- A handful of sitemap entries are discontinued products still indexed by the site: `inStock` is `false` and `price` / `cupPrice` are `0` for those. Set `inStockOnly` to skip them.
- This is an unofficial tool, not affiliated with Woolworths. Check the site terms that apply to your use.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Text to match against the product name, for example "chocolate biscuits". Accents and case are ignored. Leave empty for no filter.

## `brand` (type: `string`):

Keep only this brand, for example "Arnott's". Case is ignored.

## `onSpecialOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only products that show a previous ("was") price.

## `inStockOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only products the site marks as available.

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

The run stops once this many products are saved.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

For scheduled runs. Skip the results that an earlier run of this same search already delivered, so each run returns, and charges, only what is new. The memory is kept in the key-value store "only-new-memory-bibian" of your account.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "onSpecialOnly": false,
  "inStockOnly": false,
  "maxItems": 50,
  "onlyNew": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `products` (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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bibian/woolworths-products-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bibian/woolworths-products-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 '{}' |
apify call bibian/woolworths-products-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bibian/woolworths-products-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/7J2bDuccv2m31DSHi/builds/4NWwKRk4OuKJBKjd5/openapi.json