# Ulta Beauty Scraper (`bovi/ulta-scraper`) Actor

Collect Ulta Beauty product listings and product-page details, including brand, categories, prices, selected SKU, ratings, reviews, and available media.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bovi/ulta-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Vitalii Bondarev](https://apify.com/bovi) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, E-commerce, 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 ulta beauty 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?

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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?

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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

## Ulta Beauty Scraper

Collect product records from Ulta Beauty category, brand, sale, and product pages on ulta.com. The actor reads product cards and, when available, enriches them from their product pages. Records include the product ID and URLs, brand, title, category path, observed promotional tags, listed prices, selected SKU, rating, and review count. Product-page descriptions, size, stock status, and images are included when Ulta exposes them in the returned page data.

### Input

- startUrls: required list of Ulta category, brand, sale, or product URLs. The prefilled example is the Face makeup category.
- maxResults: maximum number of product records to save; defaults to 50.
- proxyConfiguration: optional. The prefill uses the Apify proxy in the United States. Set useApifyProxy to false, or omit proxy configuration, to connect directly.

The actor stops after maxResults unique product records. A category URL can provide a next-page link, which is followed only while the result limit has not been reached.

### Example output

A product record may include:

{
"source": {
"id": "pimprod2057355",
"crawlUrl": "https://www.ulta.com/p/double-wear-stay-in-place-longwear-matte-foundation-pimprod2057355?sku=2651970",
"canonicalUrl": "https://www.ulta.com/p/double-wear-stay-in-place-longwear-matte-foundation-pimprod2057355",
"retailer": "ulta",
"currency": "USD",
"language": "en-US"
},
"brand": "Estée Lauder",
"title": "Double Wear Stay-in-Place Longwear Matte Foundation",
"categories": \["Makeup", "Face"],
"price": {"list": 5200, "listFormatted": "$52.00"},
"stats": {"rating": 4.3, "reviewCount": 10207}
}

Prices are represented in integer cents alongside their displayed text when the page provides a single exact price. A displayed size range is retained as text rather than converted into a guessed variant price. Missing values are omitted.

### Pricing

The actor uses pay-per-result billing through dataset items. The champion listing metadata specifies $0.005 per saved product on the Free tier; platform tier rates may vary. There is no separate actor charge call.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Ulta category, sale, brand, or product URLs to collect.

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

Maximum number of product records to save.

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

Optional proxy settings. Apify proxy is enabled in the prefill; set useApifyProxy to false to connect directly.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.ulta.com/shop/makeup/face"
    }
  ],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.ulta.com/shop/makeup/face"
        }
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bovi/ulta-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 = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.ulta.com/shop/makeup/face" }],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bovi/ulta-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 '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.ulta.com/shop/makeup/face"
    }
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call bovi/ulta-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bovi/ulta-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/hrropZTjeuA7MbkcU/builds/eedJvDrrahrOoYJQN/openapi.json