# Zavvi Product Scraper (`crawlerbros/very-scraper`) Actor Scrape Zavvi - a free UK pop-culture/entertainment retailer (Funko, LEGO, Blu-ray/DVD, trading cards, and more). Browse by category. Get titles, prices, discounts, images, and product URLs. - **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/very-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. 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 ## Zavvi Product Scraper Scrape **Zavvi** (zavvi.com) — a free UK pop-culture and entertainment retailer covering Funko Pop! figures, LEGO, Blu-ray/DVD, trading cards, anime merchandise, and collectibles. Browse by category and get titles, prices, discounts, images, and product URLs. No login, no account required to browse or see prices. ### Data Source & Usage Notes **Read this before running a large job.** - **No login required.** Zavvi's category pages are server-rendered and embed every product card's title, price, and image directly in the page's own HTML — no login, cookies, or API key needed. - **Conservative by design.** The actor only ever uses Apify's free datacenter (AUTO) proxy group — never a paid residential proxy. - **Not affiliated with Zavvi.** This is an independent third-party tool using the source's own public, no-login category pages. #### Why Zavvi instead of Very? This actor was originally scoped as a Very.co.uk (very.co.uk) general-merchandise retailer. Live verification (including from Apify's own cloud infrastructure) showed very.co.uk runs an Akamai Bot Manager deployment that non-deterministically blocks every listing/search/product-detail request, even with browser automation and session rotation already in place — an unreliable, intermittent block rather than a fixable code issue. Per this project's zero-cost reliability policy, the target was replaced with Zavvi — a comparable free, no-login UK retailer, confirmed live and returning real structured product data from Apify's cloud infrastructure. ### What this actor does - **16 curated categories** covering the site's main taxonomy (Funko, LEGO, Toys, Blu-ray/DVD, Trading Cards, and more), or type a custom category slug - **Sort by** relevance (the site's own order), price low-to-high, price high-to-low, name A-Z, or discount percentage high-to-low - **On-sale-only filter** - **Every field the category page itself publishes** — title, current price, RRP, savings amount, active promo banner text, image, and product URL - **Empty fields are omitted** ### Output per product - `productId`, `title`, `productUrl` — canonical Zavvi product page URL - `price`, `currency` (always `GBP`) - `wasPrice`, `savingAmount` — present only for currently-discounted products - `imageUrl` - `promotionText` — present only for products with an active site promo banner (e.g. "Extra 10% Off! Code: FUNKO10") - `searchCategory` — the category browsed to find this result - `recordType: "product"`, `scrapedAt` ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `category` | string | `funko` | One of 16 curated categories | | `customCategory` | string | – | Exact category slug not in the curated list | | `sortBy` | string | `relevance` | `relevance` / `priceLowToHigh` / `priceHighToLow` / `nameAtoZ` / `discountPercentage` | | `onSaleOnly` | boolean | `false` | Only return currently-discounted products | | `maxItems` | int | `12` | Cap (1–12, see Limitations) | #### Example: browse a category ```json { "category": "lego", "maxItems": 12 } ```` #### Example: browse a category, on-sale items only, cheapest first ```json { "category": "funko", "onSaleOnly": true, "sortBy": "priceLowToHigh", "maxItems": 12 } ``` ### Use cases - **Price monitoring** — track a category's pricing and discounts over time - **Deal discovery** — find currently-discounted products in a category - **Market research** — survey product range and pricing for pop-culture merchandise ### Limitations - **"Newest arrivals" sort not supported.** The site's own sort dropdown offers this option, but it depends on a server-side "date added" signal that isn't present in the category page's server-rendered HTML, so it can't be reproduced client-side. All other site sort options (relevance, both price directions, A-Z, discount percentage) are supported. - **Up to 12 products per category per run.** Zavvi's category page server-renders one batch of products (confirmed live: the page's own `?page=2` query parameter does not change the server-rendered result — the site relies on client-side infinite scroll for further pages, which is not something a zero-cost HTTP-only actor can trigger). This is a genuine site architecture constraint, not a code bug — the 12-item batch itself is always real, complete, current data. ### FAQ **What's the data source?** Zavvi's own free public product category pages at `zavvi.com`. This actor is an independent third-party tool and is not affiliated with Zavvi. **Why did my run return 0 results?** The category slug you typed doesn't exist on the site (a genuine 404, unlike some other sites this project covers, Zavvi does correctly error on an invalid category rather than silently falling back to unrelated results). **How fresh is the data?** Real-time — the search reflects the category page's live listings, including current discounts, as of the moment of the search. # Actor input Schema ## `category` (type: `string`): Product category to browse. Pick one of the curated categories, or choose 'Custom category' and type the exact category slug below. ## `customCategory` (type: `string`): Exact category slug not in the curated list above, as it appears in the site's own category URL (e.g. 'star-wars'). Takes priority over 'Category' when set. ## `sortBy` (type: `string`): How to order results. Applied client-side across the fetched batch. ## `onSaleOnly` (type: `boolean`): Only return products currently discounted from their RRP. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Cap on the number of products to return. Note: the site's own category page server-renders a single batch of up to 12 products per category (see README Limitations) -- this cannot exceed that. ## Actor input object example ```json { "category": "funko", "sortBy": "relevance", "onSaleOnly": false, "maxItems": 12 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `products` (type: `string`): Dataset containing all scraped Zavvi 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "category": "funko", "sortBy": "relevance", "onSaleOnly": false, "maxItems": 12 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/very-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 = { "category": "funko", "sortBy": "relevance", "onSaleOnly": False, "maxItems": 12, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("crawlerbros/very-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 '{ "category": "funko", "sortBy": "relevance", "onSaleOnly": false, "maxItems": 12 }' | apify call crawlerbros/very-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crawlerbros/very-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Zavvi Product Scraper", "description": "Scrape Zavvi - a free UK pop-culture/entertainment retailer (Funko, LEGO, Blu-ray/DVD, trading cards, and more). Browse by category. Get titles, prices, discounts, images, and product URLs.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "Q0shkEH576fkaHZTq" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/crawlerbros~very-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-crawlerbros-very-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~very-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-crawlerbros-very-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~very-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-crawlerbros-very-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "category" ], "properties": { "category": { "title": "Category", "enum": [ "custom", "funko", "lego", "toys", "clothing", "merchandise", "blu-ray-and-dvd", "blu-ray", "dvd", "music", "trading-card-games", "gifts", "art", "technology", "anime-shop", "new-in", "offers/outlet" ], "type": "string", "description": "Product category to browse. Pick one of the curated categories, or choose 'Custom category' and type the exact category slug below.", "default": "funko" }, "customCategory": { "title": "Custom category slug (overrides selection above)", "type": "string", "description": "Exact category slug not in the curated list above, as it appears in the site's own category URL (e.g. 'star-wars'). Takes priority over 'Category' when set." }, "sortBy": { "title": "Sort order", "enum": [ "relevance", "priceLowToHigh", "priceHighToLow", "nameAtoZ", "discountPercentage" ], "type": "string", "description": "How to order results. Applied client-side across the fetched batch.", "default": "relevance" }, "onSaleOnly": { "title": "On sale only", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only return products currently discounted from their RRP.", "default": false }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 12, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap on the number of products to return. Note: the site's own category page server-renders a single batch of up to 12 products per category (see README Limitations) -- this cannot exceed that.", "default": 12 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```