Chowdeck Scraper

Search Chowdeck restaurants, pharmacies, supermarkets and convenience stores across Nigeria and Ghana, and pull full vendor menus with prices, categories, and stock status. Uses Chowdeck's own public consumer API (api.chowdeck.com) -- no login, no API key, no CAPTCHA.

What this actor does

• Two modes: search (vendors by location, with type/rating/open-now filters) and menu (full menu by vendor ID)
• 16 covered locations across Nigeria and Ghana
• 4 vendor types to filter by: restaurant, pharmacy, supermarket, chowstore (grocery/convenience)
• Full menu detail: item names, descriptions, prices, categories, stock status, dietary tags, images
• Empty fields are omitted

Output per vendor (mode = search)

• vendorId, name, description, slug, vendorType
• location, city, state, currency
• rating -- { average, count }
• minimumOrderAmount, deliveryPrice -- in the local currency (NGN/GHS)
• minDeliveryTimeMinutes, maxDeliveryTimeMinutes
• isOpen, offersPickup, offersDelivery, isTemporarilyUnavailable, hasActiveMenu, canPreOrder
• verificationStatus, likes, distanceKm
• tags[], logoUrl, coverImageUrls[], defaultHours -- { opening, closing }
• vendorUrl -- canonical Chowdeck store page
• recordType: "vendor", scrapedAt

Output per menu item (mode = menu)

• vendorId, itemId, name, popularName, description
• price, currency, priceDescription
• inStock, isActive
• category, tags[], imageUrls[], prepTimeMinutes
• recordType: "menuItem", scrapedAt

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search	search / menu
location	string	surulere	A covered Nigeria/Ghana location (mode=search)
vendorType	string	restaurant	any / restaurant / pharmacy / supermarket / chowstore
openNowOnly	boolean	false	Only vendors currently open
minRating	int	--	Drop vendors below this average rating (1-5)
vendorIds	array	--	Vendor IDs to fetch menus for (mode=menu)
maxItems	int	20	Hard cap on emitted records (1-500)
proxyConfiguration	object	off	Optional Apify proxy (not required; no CAPTCHA)

Example: restaurants in Surulere, Lagos

{
  "mode": "search",
  "location": "surulere",
  "vendorType": "restaurant",
  "maxItems": 30
}

Example: open pharmacies rated 4+ in Ikeja

{
  "mode": "search",
  "location": "ikeja",
  "vendorType": "pharmacy",
  "openNowOnly": true,
  "minRating": 4,
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example: fetch a vendor's full menu

{
  "mode": "menu",
  "vendorIds": ["161563"]
}

Use cases

• Market research -- compare vendor coverage, pricing, and cuisine variety by neighborhood
• Menu intelligence -- track menu items, prices, and stock status for competitor benchmarking
• Delivery-time benchmarking -- compare ETAs and delivery fees by area
• Lead generation -- find restaurants/pharmacies in a given area for partnership outreach
• Local commerce research -- study Nigeria/Ghana quick-commerce adoption across categories

Data source / limitations

• Data comes from Chowdeck's public consumer API (api.chowdeck.com), the same API their own web app uses. This actor is not affiliated with Chowdeck.
• Coverage is limited to the 16 locations Chowdeck currently serves (10 in Nigeria, 6 in Ghana) -- see the location dropdown for the full list.
• vendorType filters the emitted records client-side; vendors with no type data on a given response always pass through.
• Menu availability depends on hasActiveMenu -- some vendors (e.g. newly onboarded ones) may return an empty menu.

FAQ

Is this an official Chowdeck tool? No. This is a third-party actor that reads Chowdeck's own public API, the same one used by their website and app.

Do I need a login or API key? No.

Why does location only support specific neighborhoods? Chowdeck's search API is location-scoped to the areas they actively serve; these are the confirmed, currently-covered locations.

Why did my search return 0 vendors? Either the location has no active vendors of the selected type right now, or every vendor was filtered out by minRating/openNowOnly -- try widening the filters.

How fresh is the data? Every run fetches live data from Chowdeck's API -- ratings, opening status, stock, and menu prices reflect what the API returns at request time.

Are prices accurate? Prices are converted from Chowdeck's minor currency unit to the standard NGN/GHS amount and reflect what the API returns; promotional discounts shown separately by Chowdeck at checkout may not be reflected here.