# Google Shopping Scraper (`datacortex/google-shopping-scraper`) Actor

Search Google Shopping and export product title, price, merchant, rating, and listing URL.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datacortex/google-shopping-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [datacortex](https://apify.com/datacortex) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 shopping results

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?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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

## Google Shopping Scraper

Search Google Shopping and download structured **product listings**: **title, price, merchant, rating, listing URL**.

Built for Apify Console, API, MCP agents, and integrations (Make, Zapier, n8n). One dataset row per product — ready for CSV, Excel, or JSON export.

### What you get

| Field | Example |
| --- | --- |
| `title` | Google Pixel 9 Pro XL |
| `price` | 899 |
| `url` | https://www.google.com/shopping/product/… |
| `type` | grid |
| `position` | 1 |

Default is **one page per query**.

#### Sample output (live)

```json
{
  "query": "google pixel",
  "type": "grid",
  "position": 1,
  "page": 1,
  "title": "Google Pixel 10a",
  "url": "https://www.google.com/search?ibp=oshop&q=google+pixel&udm=28",
  "price": 499,
  "currency": "USD",
  "rating": 4.6,
  "reviews": 1300
}
```

Listing URLs are Google Shopping pages, not always the merchant checkout URL. `productToken` is an opaque listing token when present.

### How to run

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console.
2. Enter one product search term per line under **Search queries**.
3. Optional: pages, location, language, max results.
4. Click **Start**. Open the **Output** tab when the run finishes.

#### Example input

```json
{
  "queries": ["google pixel"],
  "pages": 1,
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

#### API

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/datacortex~google-shopping-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"queries":["google pixel"],"pages":1}'
```

Replace `YOUR_TOKEN` with an Apify API token.

### Use with MCP / agents

This is a normal Apify Actor. Agents call it through [Apify MCP](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp) — you do not run a separate MCP process.

Pin this Actor as a tool (after it is public):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=datacortex/google-shopping-scraper"
    }
  }
}
```

The agent should `fetch-actor-details` on `datacortex/google-shopping-scraper`, then run it with the same JSON as **Example input** above.

### Pricing

**$0.50 per 1,000 results** + $0.001 per run.

| Event | When it fires | Price |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `apify-actor-start` | Once when the run starts | **$0.001** |
| `apify-default-dataset-item` | Once per dataset row | **$0.0005** ($0.50 / 1,000) |

| Job | Rows | You pay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 query, 10 products | 10 | $0.001 + $0.005 = **$0.006** |
| 10 queries | ~100 | $0.001 + $0.050 = **$0.051** |
| 20 queries | ~200 | $0.001 + $0.100 = **$0.101** |
| 70 queries | ~700 | $0.001 + $0.350 = **$0.351** |

Set a **max total charge per run** so a long list cannot overrun budget.

### Limitations

- Merchant, rating, and `productToken` are omitted when the parser does not return them.
- Failed queries write one `type: "error"` row.

### Changelog

See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md).

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

One product search term per line.

## `pages` (type: `integer`):

Result pages per query (1–10). Page 2 is a second lookup.

## `geoLocation` (type: `string`):

Optional city, state, country, or coordinates for localized results.

## `locale` (type: `string`):

Optional Accept-Language value (Google page language).

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

Stop after this many dataset rows across every query. Leave empty to keep every listing.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "google pixel"
  ],
  "pages": 1
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset of flattened Google Shopping listings.

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "google pixel"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datacortex/google-shopping-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 = { "queries": ["google pixel"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datacortex/google-shopping-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 '{
  "queries": [
    "google pixel"
  ]
}' |
apify call datacortex/google-shopping-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,datacortex/google-shopping-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/p5PN36aPcGojs2Y1A/builds/tVKQCaLlRftDVQFUG/openapi.json