RS Online Scraper — Stock Numbers, Prices & Datasheets

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Scrape RS Online (RS Components) products by RS Stock Number, keyword / MPN search, product URL, or product sitemap. Export tier prices (ex-VAT), MOQ, brand, MPN, category path, datasheets, and optional stock status as clean JSON — built for BOM enrichment, price monitoring, and procurement research across regional catalogs.

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Key Features

• Stock number enrichment — RS Stock# → MPN, title, brand, prices, MOQ, pack step, datasheet
• Keyword / MPN search — autocomplete discover (top hits per term), then full product enrichment
• Product URL mode — parse stock numbers from PDP paths and enrich
• Sitemap crawl — bulk discovery from regional product sitemaps
• Multi-locale — UK, DE, FR, IE, AU, SG, JP, NL, ES, IT, PL, SE, CZ, AT, CH
• Fast HTTP — Datagraph GraphQL via curl_cffi TLS impersonation; no headless browser for v1
• Optional stock status — discover enrichment per SKU (toggleable)

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Use Cases

Use case	What you get	Why it helps
BOM enrichment	RS Stock# ↔ MPN, brand, datasheet	Fill ERP / PLM component libraries
Price monitoring	Quantity-break tables (ex-VAT)	Track unit cost vs volume by locale
Catalog harvest	Sitemap or search → product rows	Build shortlists by region
Sourcing research	MOQ, order multiple, stock status	Procurement and availability checks

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When to use this Actor

• Enrich known RS Stock Numbers with pricing and documents
• Resolve MPNs / keywords to RS catalog hits, then enrich
• Bulk-discover products from a regional product sitemap
• Compare locale-specific prices and currency (pick the correct locale)

When not to use this Actor

• Full technical attribute tables, exact warehouse qty, or manufacturer lead time (not exposed in v1 GraphQL product-card fields)
• Full PLP / search pagination beyond autocomplete top results
• Cart, checkout, or quote automation
• Other distributors — this Actor covers RS Online / RS Components only

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
locale	String	uk	Regional site (uk, de, fr, ie, au, sg, jp, nl, es, it, pl, se, cz, at, ch)
mode	String	stockNumbers	stockNumbers | search | productUrls | sitemap
stockNumbers	Array	—	RS Stock Numbers to enrich
searchTerms	Array	—	Keywords or MPNs (search mode)
productUrls	Array	—	Full product detail URLs
maxItems	Integer	100	Maximum dataset items per run
sitemapMaxFiles	Integer	1	Max product sitemap files to parse (sitemap mode)
includeStockStatus	Boolean	true	Extra discover call per SKU (outside search mode)
concurrency	Integer	5	Parallel warm sessions (1–20)
requestDelaySecs	Number	0.25	Delay after each product scrape
proxyConfiguration	Object	—	Optional Apify Proxy

Input Example — stock numbers

{
  "locale": "uk",
  "mode": "stockNumbers",
  "stockNumbers": ["2670007", "7615860", "2351607"],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "includeStockStatus": false,
  "concurrency": 3,
  "requestDelaySecs": 0.2
}

Input Example — keyword / MPN search

{
  "locale": "uk",
  "mode": "search",
  "searchTerms": ["LM358", "photoelectric sensor"],
  "maxItems": 25,
  "includeStockStatus": true
}

Input Example — sitemap bulk

{
  "locale": "uk",
  "mode": "sitemap",
  "maxItems": 400,
  "sitemapMaxFiles": 1,
  "includeStockStatus": false,
  "concurrency": 8,
  "requestDelaySecs": 0.15
}

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Output Format

Each successful dataset item includes identity, pricing, and documents. Failed lookups include an error field and are not billed as product results.

Field	Description
rs_stock_number	RS Stock Number
mpn	Manufacturer part number
title	Product title
brand / brand_slug	Brand name and slug
url / slug	Product path / URL for the selected locale
image_url	Primary image when available
category_hierarchy	Category levels (slug + level)
moq / order_multiple	Minimum order qty and pack step
price_breaks	Quantity tiers (ex-VAT)
currency / country_code	Locale currency and country
datasheet_url	Primary datasheet when present
documents	Document list (title, type, url, languages)
stock_status	Stock status when enrichment enabled
locale	Locale key used for the run
scraped_at	ISO-8601 timestamp

Output Example (abbreviated)

{
  "rs_stock_number": "2351607",
  "mpn": "1SCA022008R7650",
  "title": "ABB Switch Disconnector Auxiliary Switch, OT Series",
  "brand": "ABB",
  "moq": 1,
  "order_multiple": 1,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "country_code": "GB",
  "price_breaks": [
    {
      "from_qty": 1,
      "item_price": "51.37",
      "item_price_formatted": "£51.37"
    }
  ],
  "datasheet_url": null,
  "documents": [],
  "locale": "uk",
  "source": "datagraph_getArticle"
}

Prices are excluding tax as returned by the RS Datagraph product-card API.

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Notes

• Prefer matching locale to the market you care about — prices and stock differ by region.
• Search mode returns autocomplete top results only (not full listing pagination).
• v1 does not scrape blocked PDP HTML for tech-spec tables or warehouse quantities.
• Recommended start: 512–1024 MB memory; raise concurrency carefully on large sitemap runs.