# Screwfix Product Scraper (`bovi/screwfix-scraper`) Actor

Collect Screwfix product listings and optional detail pages. Extract GBP prices, ratings, images, stock eligibility, promotions, specifications and product documents.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bovi/screwfix-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Vitalii Bondarev](https://apify.com/bovi) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.50 / 1,000 screwfix product scrapers

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Screwfix Product Scraper

Collect product listings from screwfix.com by keyword, category path, or both. Overview mode returns the fields available on search and category cards: SKU, product title, brand, category, GBP prices including and excluding VAT, previous price and savings when shown, rating, review count, images, availability and promotions. Detail mode also visits each product page for its longer description, full image gallery, technical specifications, supplied contents, item condition and manual or datasheet links.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| keywords | string list | Product searches, such as cordless drill or kitchen tap. | cordless drill |
| categoryPaths | string list | Optional category paths copied from a Screwfix URL after /c/. | — |
| scrapeMode | select | overview or detail. | overview |
| maxResults | integer | Maximum number of records across all supplied searches and categories. | 50 |
| proxyConfiguration | object | Optional Apify Proxy settings. Omit or disable it to connect directly. | — |

For example, the category path tools/combi-drills/cat830832 opens Screwfix's Combi Drills listing. The actor follows listing pagination, removes duplicate SKUs across inputs, and stops at maxResults. It reads public product pages without requiring an account. Fields that Screwfix does not provide for an individual item are omitted from that record.

### Example result

```
{
  "item_id": "906KV",
  "productTitle": "DEWALT DCD778P2T-SFGB 18V 2 x 5.0Ah Li-Ion XR Brushless Cordless Combi Drill",
  "brand": "DEWALT",
  "product_type": "Combi Drills",
  "url": "https://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dcd778p2t-sfgb-18v-2-x-5-0ah-li-ion-xr-brushless-cordless-combi-drill/906kv",
  "source": "overview",
  "price": 249.99,
  "price_ex_vat": 208.32,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "rating": 4.9,
  "review_count": 617
}
```

Detail mode adds product-page data to the same record when Screwfix supplies it. Prices, ratings, availability and the catalogue can change; each run returns the values present when it was collected.

### Pricing

The actor is intended for pay-per-result billing: the platform charges for each product record accepted into the dataset. Check the actor's Apify Store page for the current price per result before running it.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Product searches to run, such as cordless drill or kitchen tap.

## `categoryPaths` (type: `array`):

Optional Screwfix category paths copied from URLs after /c/, such as tools/combi-drills/cat830832.

## `scrapeMode` (type: `string`):

Overview returns listing data. Detail also fetches product pages for descriptions, specifications, contents and downloads.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of product records to return across all searches and categories.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional Apify Proxy settings. Omit this field or set useApifyProxy to false to connect without a proxy.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "cordless drill"
  ],
  "scrapeMode": "overview",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset with the collected Screwfix products.

# 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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "cordless drill"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bovi/screwfix-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 = {
    "keywords": ["cordless drill"],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bovi/screwfix-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 '{
  "keywords": [
    "cordless drill"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call bovi/screwfix-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bovi/screwfix-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/nYv9y5DXYiji80XSl/builds/EqgnElairC1K7iMtj/openapi.json