# ALDI Scraper — Grocery Prices, 14 Countries (`blackfalcondata/aldi-scraper`) Actor Scrape ALDI grocery products and prices across 14 countries — the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain and Poland. Every row carries the shelf price, the per-unit comparison price and pack size. - **URL**: https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/aldi-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Black Falcon Data](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? 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For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ### What does ALDI Scraper do? ALDI Scraper extracts grocery product data from **14 countries**, from [aldi.co.uk](https://aldi.co.uk) to aldi.pl. ALDI is two separate companies, ALDI NORD and ALDI SÜD, with different ranges and different prices. This actor covers both. Germany is served by each of them, so a German run returns both assortments, every row labelled with the banner that sells it. Each product carries the shelf price, the per-unit comparison price, pack size, promotions with their dates, deposits, categories and images. Prices come in the local currency and converted to USD, EUR and GBP. Where ALDI publishes no price, the row says so instead of leaving an empty field. ### How to use this actor - 👉 **Register for a free Apify account** — no credit card required. - 🎉 Just click **[Sign up free on Apify →](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=1h3gvi\&fp_sid=ctarich)** and complete a quick signup. - 💰 A free Apify account includes $5 in monthly credits — enough to test this actor. - ⏳ Scrape during the free trial, with no commitment or upfront payment required. ### Key features - **🌍 14 countries across 15 storefronts, in one run** — cover ALDI in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain and Poland, HOFER in Austria and Slovenia, and ALDI SUISSE in Switzerland — 14 countries served by 15 separate storefronts, because Germany has two. Pick them with `countries` (e.g. `["GB", "DE", "NL"]`). Every row is tagged with its `country`, `banner` and `currency`, so comparing the same article across borders is one run rather than fourteen. **Germany is served by two separate companies**, ALDI NORD in the north and ALDI SÜD in the south, with different ranges and different prices; picking `DE` returns both, each row labelled with the banner that sells it, and `banners` narrows to one if you only want that half. - **🏷️ Shelf price and unit price** — each product carries the shelf price, the per-unit comparison price (`£0.95/1 L`), the pack size, the struck-through was-price when the article is reduced, and the container deposit where the market charges one. Prices come in the market's own currency **and** converted to USD, EUR and GBP, so a nine-market run sorts on price without you holding FX data of your own. - **🥣 Ingredients and nutrition** — switch on full details and each product also brings its description, ingredients, storage instructions, the on-pack nutrition table and the allergen "free from" claims. Fill varies by market — the nutrition table runs at 76% in Germany — and `docs/FIELD_COVERAGE.md` records the measured rate for every field, per country. - **📅 Promotions before they hit the shelf** — every market publishes dated promotion pages, and the dates run into the future. Turn on upcoming promotions and a run returns the prices for offers that have not started yet — up to two weeks ahead in some markets. - **🔎 Filter by category, brand or theme** — narrow a run to categories ("Bakery"), brands ("COWBELLE") or seasonal themes, sort by price, and cap by price range or reduced-only. Give the names as they appear on the storefront; anything that does not exist in a market is reported rather than silently ignored. - **🔍 Says when there is no price** — ALDI does not publish a price for every article in every market, and how often varies sharply — near every article in Germany, roughly one in thirty in Poland. Every row carries `hasPrice`, so an absent price is a stated fact rather than an empty cell you have to guess about. `docs/FIELD_COVERAGE.md` records the measured rate for every field in every market, including which fields a storefront simply does not publish. - **♻️ Track price moves between runs** — incremental mode classifies each product as NEW, UPDATED or UNCHANGED against the previous run and tracks price changes, so a scheduled run returns what actually moved instead of the whole assortment again. ### What data can you extract from aldi.co.uk? Each result carries the article number, name, brand, pack size and canonical product URL, tagged with the country, the retail banner that sells it and that market's currency. On the price side: the shelf price, the per-unit comparison price and its measure, the struck-through was-price and promotion label where the article is reduced, the dates an offer runs, any container deposit charged on top, and the price converted to USD, EUR and GBP. `hasPrice` states whether ALDI published a price at all — the northern markets do not advertise one for every article, and Poland publishes one for roughly one article in thirty, so a null price is a stated fact rather than a gap. Categories arrive both as a readable breadcrumb and as the storefront's own slugs, alongside the full image gallery. The two companies do not publish identical data, and `docs/FIELD_COVERAGE.md` records the measured fill of every field in every market. Ingredients, the on-pack nutrition table, storage instructions and allergen claims come from the product page on the ALDI SÜD markets with detail enrichment switched on; the ALDI NORD storefronts do not publish them at all. Conversely, promotions published before they start, the per-unit measure as its own field and the second on-pack description come from the ALDI NORD side. In standard mode every field is present on every row — unavailable data points are `null`, never omitted. In compact mode only the identity and price fields are returned. ### Input The main inputs are a search keyword and a result limit. Additional filters and options are available in the input schema. Key parameters: - **`query`** — Product search keywords, e.g. "milk", "coffee", "chocolate". Paste a JSON array like \["milk","coffee"] to run several searches in one go. Leave empty to walk the market's entire assortment. - **`categories`** — Limit to categories, by name as shown on the storefront (e.g. \["Chilled Food","Bakery"]). Names are matched against that market's own category list; anything unmatched is reported and ignored rather than silently widening the run. Leave empty for the whole assortment. (default: `[]`) - **`brands`** — Limit to ALDI own-label or supplier brands, by name (e.g. \["COWBELLE","BARISSIMO"]). Leave empty for all brands. (default: `[]`) - **`themes`** — Limit to storefront themes — the seasonal and Specialbuys-style groupings (e.g. \["Beauty","Outdoor"]). Leave empty for all. (default: `[]`) - **`sortBy`** — Order the storefront returns products in. Matters when you cap the run: price\_asc with Max Results 100 gives the 100 cheapest products, not an arbitrary 100. - **`onSaleOnly`** — Keep only products showing a struck-through was-price. (default: `false`) - **`minPrice`** — Keep only products at or above this shelf price, in the market's own currency. - **`maxPrice`** — Keep only products at or below this shelf price, in the market's own currency. - **`includeUpcomingOffers`** — Scrape the dated promotion pages instead of the catalogue, for every date the market publishes from today onward. ALDI announces promotions up to two weeks ahead, so this returns prices that are not on the shelf yet. (default: `false`) - **`offerDates`** — Scrape specific promotion dates (YYYY-MM-DD), e.g. \["2026-08-06"]. Combines with Upcoming Promotions. Leave empty to scrape the catalogue instead. (default: `[]`) - **`startUrls`** — Paste product-listing or category URLs from the ALDI storefront. Each URL becomes its own task; results are merged and deduped by product across all URLs. When provided AND parseable, start URLs replace the search term and market fields. (default: `[]`) - **`countries`** — Countries to scrape — pick "All countries" for every market at once. Several can be combined to compare the same product across borders in one run; every row is tagged with its country, retail banner and currency. ALDI is two separate companies with separate assortments and separate prices, and Germany is served by BOTH: picking Germany returns the northern and southern ranges, each row labelled with the banner that sells it. Use the banner filter below to take only one. Clear this field entirely and the run stops immediately without scraping anything. - ...and 26 more parameters ### Input examples **Basic search** — Keyword-driven search with a result cap. → Full payload per result — all standard fields populated where the source provides them. ```json { "query": "milk", "maxResults": 50 } ``` **Incremental tracking** — Only emit products that changed since the previous run with this `stateKey`. → First run builds the baseline state. Subsequent runs emit only records that are new or whose tracked content changed. Set `emitUnchanged: true` to include unchanged records as well. ```json { "query": "milk", "maxResults": 200, "incrementalMode": true, "stateKey": "milk-tracker" } ``` **Compact output for AI agents** — Return only core fields for AI-agent and MCP workflows. → Small payload with the most important fields — ideal for piping into LLMs without token overhead. ```json { "query": "milk", "maxResults": 50, "compact": true } ``` ### Output Each run produces a dataset of structured product records. Results can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Dataset tab in Apify Console. ### Example product record ```json { "sku": "000000000723538001", "name": "Technology Accessories", "brand": "BAUHN", "fullName": "BAUHN Technology Accessories", "slug": "bauhn-technology-accessories", "productUrl": "https://www.aldi.co.uk/product/bauhn-technology-accessories-000000000723538001", "portalUrl": "https://www.aldi.co.uk/product/bauhn-technology-accessories-000000000723538001", "source": "www.aldi.co.uk", "country": "GB", "banner": "ALDI", "price": 6.99, "priceText": "£6.99", "currency": "GBP", "unitPrice": 6.99, "priceUsd": 9.38, "priceEur": 8.17, "priceGbp": 6.99, "unitPriceUsd": 9.38, "unitPriceEur": 8.17, "unitPriceGbp": 6.99, "fxRateDate": "2026-07-31", "unitPriceText": "£6.99/1 Each", "onOffer": false, "bottleDepositText": "£0.00", "hasPrice": true, "hasDeposit": false, "packSize": "1 Each", "quantityUnit": "ea", "availability": "listed", "inStock": true, "discontinued": false, "articleType": "standard", "category": "SpecialBuys", "subcategory": "Electricals", "categories": [ { "id": "1588161416584096", "name": "SpecialBuys", "slug": "specialbuys" }, { "id": "1588161416584101", "name": "Electricals", "slug": "specialbuys/electricals" } ], "categoryPath": [ "SpecialBuys", "Electricals" ], "imageUrl": "https://dm.emea.cms.aldi.cx/is/image/aldiprodeu/product/jpg/scaleWidth/2400/0c8e2246-2f8c-4b3a-bad3-3da7cc4977e4/bauhn-technology-accessories", "galleryUrls": [ "https://dm.emea.cms.aldi.cx/is/image/aldiprodeu/product/jpg/scaleWidth/2400/0c8e2246-2f8c-4b3a-bad3-3da7cc4977e4/bauhn-technology-accessories", "https://dm.emea.cms.aldi.cx/is/image/aldiprodeu/product/jpg/scaleWidth/2400/9b6b5015-4bcf-41d7-b648-59786e4c719b/bauhn-technology-accessories", "https://dm.emea.cms.aldi.cx/is/image/aldiprodeu/product/jpg/scaleWidth/2400/3794c81c-9e6b-4ae1-9563-53cfe071fe78/bauhn-technology-accessories" ], "onSaleDate": "In Store Thu 06 Aug", "scrapedDate": "2026-08-04", "scrapedAt": "2026-08-04T00:00:00Z", "parseStatus": "ok", "listingId": "252e35e7966cf7491b225ce1b22e880c4740427484162607355e4e85323930ed", "contentQuality": "serp_only", "detailFetched": false, "contentHash": "f714f649d68012399ebf3a3209cb2e72d683db9520e8f956210191f6bd5815b2" } ``` ### Incremental fields When incremental mode is on, each record also carries: - `changeType` — one of `NEW`, `UPDATED`, `UNCHANGED`, `REAPPEARED`, `EXPIRED`. Default output covers `NEW` / `UPDATED` / `REAPPEARED`; set `emitUnchanged: true` or `emitExpired: true` to opt into the others. - `isRepost`, `repostOfId`, `repostDetectedAt` — populated when a new listing matches the tracked content of a previously expired one. Set `skipReposts: true` to drop detected reposts from the output. ### How to scrape aldi.co.uk 1. Go to [ALDI Scraper](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/aldi-scraper?fpr=1h3gvi) in Apify Console. 2. Enter a search keyword. 3. Set `maxResults` to control how many results you need. 4. Enable `includeDetails` if you need full descriptions. 5. Click **Start** and wait for the run to finish. 6. Export the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel. ### Use cases - Compare the same product across borders: one run returns it from every market that stocks it, tagged with the banner, the local currency and a USD/EUR/GBP conversion. - Watch a price move: incremental mode returns what actually changed since the last run rather than the whole assortment again. - See next week's promotion before it starts — the northern storefronts publish offer prices ahead of the date they run. - Compare the two German ALDI companies directly: ALDI NORD and ALDI SÜD stock different ranges at different prices, and a German run returns both side by side. - Track own-label versus branded pricing across countries, or build a basket and keep the container deposit out of the shelf price. - Feed structured grocery data into AI agents, MCP tools, dashboards or a warehouse using compact mode. ### How much does it cost to scrape aldi.co.uk? ALDI Scraper uses [pay-per-event](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/paid-actors/pay-per-event) pricing. You pay a small fee when the run starts and then for each result that is actually produced. - **Run start:** $0.01 per run - **Per result:** $0.002 per product record Example costs: - 10 results: **$0.03** - 25 results: **$0.06** - 100 results: **$0.21** - 200 results: **$0.41** - 500 results: **$1.01** #### Example: recurring monitoring savings These examples compare full re-scrapes with incremental runs at different churn rates. Churn is the share of products that are new or whose tracked content changed since the previous run. Actual churn depends on your query breadth, source activity, and polling frequency — the scenarios below are examples, not predictions. Example setup: 100 products per run, daily polling (30 runs/month). Costs scale linearly with the number of products. | Churn rate | Full re-scrape run cost | Incremental run cost | Savings vs full re-scrape | Monthly cost after baseline | |---|---:|---:|---:|---:| | 5% — stable niche query | $0.21 | $0.02 | $0.19 (90%) | $0.60 | | 15% — moderate broad query | $0.21 | $0.04 | $0.17 (81%) | $1.20 | | 30% — high-volume aggregator | $0.21 | $0.07 | $0.14 (67%) | $2.10 | Full re-scrape monthly cost at the same cadence: $6.30. First month with incremental costs $0.79 / $1.37 / $2.24 for the 5% / 15% / 30% scenarios because the first run builds baseline state at full cost before incremental savings apply. Platform usage is included in the per-result fee shown above. ### FAQ #### How many results can I get from aldi.co.uk? A run returns as much as the selected markets hold. With the search box left empty the actor walks a market's whole assortment: about 32,400 products across all 14 countries, from 586 in Italy to 3,730 in the UK. A keyword narrows it. Both storefront platforms report an exact result count, so pagination ends because the catalogue is exhausted rather than at a guessed page limit — the only ceiling is the `maxResults` you set. #### Does ALDI Scraper support recurring monitoring? Yes. Enable incremental mode to only receive new or changed products on subsequent runs. This is ideal for scheduled monitoring where you want to track changes over time without re-processing the full dataset. #### Can I integrate ALDI Scraper with other apps? Yes. ALDI Scraper works with Apify's [integrations](https://apify.com/integrations?fpr=1h3gvi) to connect with tools like Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, Slack, and more. You can also use webhooks to trigger actions when a run completes. #### Can I use ALDI Scraper with the Apify API? Yes. You can start runs, manage inputs, and retrieve results programmatically through the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2). Client libraries are available for JavaScript, Python, and other languages. #### Can I use ALDI Scraper through an MCP Server? Yes. Apify provides an [MCP Server](https://apify.com/apify/actors-mcp-server?fpr=1h3gvi) that lets AI assistants and agents call this actor directly. Use compact mode, `descriptionMaxLength`, a single `descriptionFormat`, and `excludeEmptyFields` to keep payloads manageable for LLM context windows. #### Is it legal to scrape aldi.co.uk? This actor extracts publicly available product and price data from ALDI's own public storefronts in 14 countries — the same catalogue pages any visitor sees, with no login and no personal data involved. Web scraping of public information is generally considered legal, but you should always review the target site's terms of service and ensure your use case complies with applicable laws and regulations, including GDPR where relevant. #### Your feedback If you have questions, need a feature, or found a bug, please [open an issue](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/aldi-scraper/issues?fpr=1h3gvi) on the actor's page in Apify Console. Your feedback helps us improve. ### You might also like - [ALDI Nord Scraper — Grocery Prices, 5 Markets](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/aldi-nord-scraper?fpr=1h3gvi) — Scrape the full ALDI NORD grocery catalogue from aldi.nl, aldi.be, www.aldi-nord.de (northern. - [Bilka \[Just 💰$2\] — Danish Grocery Prices](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/bilka-scraper?fpr=1h3gvi) — 💰 $2 per 1,000 products. Scrape bilka.dk — Salling Group's Danish hypermarket chain — full product. - [Carrefour \[Just 💰$2\] — France Grocery Prices](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/carrefour-scraper?fpr=1h3gvi) — 💰 $2 per 1,000 products. Scrape carrefour.fr — Carrefour France groceries with current prices ·. - [Carrefour MAF \[Just 💰$2\] — Groceries (7 Markets)](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/carrefour-maf-scraper?fpr=1h3gvi) — 💰 $2 per 1,000 items. Scrape Carrefour MAF groceries across 7 Majid Al Futtaim markets — UAE ·. - [Coop365 \[Just 💰$2\] — Danish discount grocery](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/coop365-scraper?fpr=1h3gvi) — 💰 $2 per 1,000 products. Scrape 365discount.coop.dk — leaflet names & prices · unit quantities &. - [Føtex \[Just 💰$2\] — Danish Grocery Prices](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/foetex-scraper?fpr=1h3gvi) — 💰 $2 per 1,000 products. Scrape foetex.dk — Salling Group's Danish supermarket chain — full. - [Kvickly \[Just 💰$2\] — Danish grocery deals](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/kvickly-scraper?fpr=1h3gvi) — 💰 $2 per 1,000 products. Scrape kvickly.dk — leaflet names & prices · unit quantities & per-unit. - [Lidl \[Just 💰$2\] — European Grocery Prices](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/lidl-scraper?fpr=1h3gvi) — 💰 $2 per 1,000 listings. Scrape Lidl grocery products across 28 European markets — each row tagged. ### Getting started with Apify New to Apify? [Create a free account with $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=1h3gvi\&fp_sid=ctarich) — no credit card required. 1. Sign up — $5 platform credit included 2. Open this actor and configure your input 3. Click **Start** — export results as JSON, CSV, or Excel Need more later? [See Apify pricing](https://apify.com/pricing?fpr=1h3gvi). ### Disclaimer This actor accesses only publicly available product and price data on ALDI's own storefronts in the 14 countries it covers. No login is used and no personal data is collected. You are responsible for how you use the extracted data and for complying with ALDI's terms of use, applicable data-protection law (including the GDPR where it applies), and the rules of your jurisdiction. ALDI, ALDI NORD, ALDI SÜD, HOFER and ALDI SUISSE are trademarks of their respective owners; this actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by any of them. ### Search keywords aldi scraper, aldi api, apify aldi, aldi data extraction, aldi.co.uk scraper, aldi.co.uk data, aldi.co.uk api, aldi 🌍 all countries, aldi 🌍 all countries scraper, aldi united kingdom, aldi united kingdom scraper, aldi ireland, aldi ireland scraper, aldi germany, aldi germany scraper, aldi austria, aldi austria scraper, aldi switzerland, aldi switzerland scraper, aldi italy, aldi italy scraper, aldi slovenia, aldi slovenia scraper, aldi hungary, aldi hungary scraper, aldi australia, aldi australia scraper, aldi netherlands, aldi netherlands scraper, aldi belgium, aldi belgium scraper, aldi spain, aldi spain scraper, aldi poland, aldi poland scraper, aldi france, aldi france scraper, aldi prices, aldi nord scraper, aldi sud scraper. # Actor input Schema ## `query` (type: `string`): Product search keywords, e.g. "milk", "coffee", "chocolate". Paste a JSON array like \["milk","coffee"] to run several searches in one go. Leave empty to walk the market's entire assortment. ## `categories` (type: `array`): Limit to categories, by name as shown on the storefront (e.g. \["Chilled Food","Bakery"]). Names are matched against that market's own category list; anything unmatched is reported and ignored rather than silently widening the run. Leave empty for the whole assortment. ## `brands` (type: `array`): Limit to ALDI own-label or supplier brands, by name (e.g. \["COWBELLE","BARISSIMO"]). Leave empty for all brands. ## `themes` (type: `array`): Limit to storefront themes — the seasonal and Specialbuys-style groupings (e.g. \["Beauty","Outdoor"]). Leave empty for all. ## `sortBy` (type: `string`): Order the storefront returns products in. Matters when you cap the run: price\_asc with Max Results 100 gives the 100 cheapest products, not an arbitrary 100. ## `onSaleOnly` (type: `boolean`): Keep only products showing a struck-through was-price. ## `minPrice` (type: `integer`): Keep only products at or above this shelf price, in the market's own currency. ## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`): Keep only products at or below this shelf price, in the market's own currency. ## `includeUpcomingOffers` (type: `boolean`): Scrape the dated promotion pages instead of the catalogue, for every date the market publishes from today onward. ALDI announces promotions up to two weeks ahead, so this returns prices that are not on the shelf yet. ## `offerDates` (type: `array`): Scrape specific promotion dates (YYYY-MM-DD), e.g. \["2026-08-06"]. Combines with Upcoming Promotions. Leave empty to scrape the catalogue instead. ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Paste product-listing or category URLs from the ALDI storefront. Each URL becomes its own task; results are merged and deduped by product across all URLs. When provided AND parseable, start URLs replace the search term and market fields. ## `countries` (type: `array`): Countries to scrape — pick "All countries" for every market at once. Several can be combined to compare the same product across borders in one run; every row is tagged with its country, retail banner and currency. ALDI is two separate companies with separate assortments and separate prices, and Germany is served by BOTH: picking Germany returns the northern and southern ranges, each row labelled with the banner that sells it. Use the banner filter below to take only one. Clear this field entirely and the run stops immediately without scraping anything. ## `banners` (type: `array`): Optional. Keep only products sold under these retail banners. Mostly useful for Germany, where ALDI NORD and ALDI SÜD each serve half the country with different ranges and different prices — leave empty to get both. ## `companies` (type: `array`): Optional. ALDI is two independent companies. Pick one to scrape only its markets: ALDI SÜD covers the UK, Ireland, southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary and Australia; ALDI NORD covers the Netherlands, Belgium, northern Germany, France, Spain and Poland. Leave empty for both. This is the operating company, not the shop sign — most of these markets trade under a plain "ALDI" banner, so the banner filter below cannot express "all of one company". ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum total products (0 = unlimited). The largest market lists about 3,700 products. ## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`): Fetch each product page for ingredients, the on-pack nutrition table, storage instructions and allergen claims. This data exists only on the ALDI SÜD storefronts (UK, Ireland, southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Australia) — the ALDI NORD markets do not publish it at all, so turning this on costs nothing extra there and adds nothing. Off is faster and cheaper. ## `descriptionMaxLength` (type: `integer`): Truncate description to N chars. 0 = no truncation. ## `compact` (type: `boolean`): Core fields only (for AI-agent/MCP workflows). ## `incrementalMode` (type: `boolean`): Compare against previous run state. stateKey is optional — defaults to a signature of search inputs (queries, locations, startUrls, country) so different filter sets never share state. ## `stateKey` (type: `string`): Optional. Stable identifier for the tracked search universe. Leave empty to auto-generate from search inputs. ## `skipReposts` (type: `boolean`): When incremental, skip listings whose content matches an expired listing from a prior run (cross-run duplicate detection). ## `telegramToken` (type: `string`): Telegram bot token (from @BotFather). Required for Telegram notifications. ## `telegramChatId` (type: `string`): Telegram chat or channel ID (e.g. "-100123456789"). Required when telegramToken is set. ## `discordWebhookUrl` (type: `string`): Discord incoming webhook URL. Server Settings → Integrations → Webhooks → New Webhook. ## `slackWebhookUrl` (type: `string`): Slack incoming webhook URL. api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks. ## `notificationLimit` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of listings included in each notification message (1–20). ## `notifyOnlyChanges` (type: `boolean`): When Incremental Mode is on, only send notifications for NEW and UPDATED listings. Has no effect outside incremental mode. ## `whatsappAccessToken` (type: `string`): WhatsApp Cloud API permanent access token (System User token from Meta Business). Recipient must have messaged the business number within the last 24h (service-conversation window — free since Nov 2024). ## `whatsappPhoneNumberId` (type: `string`): Your WhatsApp Business phone-number ID (numeric, from Meta dashboard). Required when whatsappAccessToken is set. ## `whatsappTo` (type: `string`): Recipient phone in E.164 format without + (e.g. "436641234567"). Recipient must have messaged your business number within last 24h. ## `webhookUrl` (type: `string`): Receives a JSON POST with {metadata, items} after each run. Universal escape hatch for n8n / Make / Zapier / custom backends. ## `webhookHeaders` (type: `object`): Optional JSON object of custom headers (e.g. {"Authorization":"Bearer ..."}). ## `appConnector` (type: `string`): Optional. Pick a connected app under Settings → API & Integrations to receive your results (including any contact details). Best-effort across MCP connectors as Apify expands its catalog. ## `mcpIssueTeam` (type: `string`): Only when the connected app is an issue tracker: the team (name or ID) the summary issue is created under, if that app requires one. ## `descriptionFormat` (type: `string`): Pick a single description representation. `all` keeps every variant; `text` / `html` / `markdown` drop the others. ## `excludeEmptyFields` (type: `boolean`): Drop null, empty-string, and empty-array fields from each record before push. Smaller payloads for AI agents and dashboards. ## `emitUnchanged` (type: `boolean`): When incremental mode is on, also emit listings whose content has not changed since the last run. ## `emitExpired` (type: `boolean`): When incremental mode is on, also emit listings that were seen before but are no longer found. ## Actor input object example ```json { "query": "milk", "categories": [], "brands": [], "themes": [], "sortBy": "relevance", "onSaleOnly": false, "includeUpcomingOffers": false, "offerDates": [], "startUrls": [], "countries": [ "DE" ], "maxResults": 5, "includeDetails": true, "descriptionMaxLength": 0, "compact": false, "incrementalMode": false, "skipReposts": false, "notificationLimit": 5, "notifyOnlyChanges": false, "descriptionFormat": "all", "excludeEmptyFields": false, "emitUnchanged": false, "emitExpired": false } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "query": "milk", "sortBy": "relevance", "countries": [ "DE" ], "maxResults": 5, "descriptionFormat": "all", "excludeEmptyFields": false }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("blackfalcondata/aldi-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "query": "milk", "sortBy": "relevance", "countries": ["DE"], "maxResults": 5, "descriptionFormat": "all", "excludeEmptyFields": False, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("blackfalcondata/aldi-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "query": "milk", "sortBy": "relevance", "countries": [ "DE" ], "maxResults": 5, "descriptionFormat": "all", "excludeEmptyFields": false }' | apify call blackfalcondata/aldi-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=blackfalcondata/aldi-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/aG3BhkrhBs5Dg5ABO/builds/4cd8CAiR0aXVfZfXt/openapi.json