# Coles Scraper - Australian Grocery Prices & Specials (`datadeltas/coles-scraper`) Actor

Scrape coles.com.au products into clean JSON: prices, was-prices, unit prices, half-price and multi-buy specials, availability and category paths. Search by keyword or category URL.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datadeltas/coles-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Daniel Matthee](https://apify.com/datadeltas) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 product scrapeds

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?

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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).
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Coles Scraper — Australian Grocery Prices & Specials

Scrape products, live prices, specials and availability from **coles.com.au** into clean JSON — search by keyword or category URL, fresh on every run.

### Example output (one real record)

```json
{
  "sku": "8638285",
  "name": "Shapes Original Chicken Crimpy Crackers",
  "brand": "Arnott's",
  "description": "ARNOTTS SHAPES CHICKEN CRIMPY 175G",
  "priceNow": 2.0,
  "priceWas": 4.0,
  "unitPrice": "$1.14/ 100g",
  "isOnSpecial": true,
  "specialType": "1/2 Price",
  "categoryPath": "Pantry > Biscuits & Crackers > Crackers",
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn.productimages.coles.com.au/productimages/8/8638285.jpg",
  "productUrl": "https://www.coles.com.au/product/shapes-original-chicken-crimpy-crackers-8638285",
  "available": true,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-31T00:52:11+00:00",
  "storeId": null
}
```

Multi-buy specials keep the raw offer text, e.g. `"specialType": "Buy 2 for $4.80"`.

### Input options

| Option | Type | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| `queries` | array | — | Search terms, e.g. `["milk", "bread"]` |
| `categoryUrls` | array | — | Coles browse URLs, e.g. `https://www.coles.com.au/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge` — pagination handled automatically |
| `storeId` | string | national online store | Coles store ID for regional pricing (see note below) |
| `maxItems` | integer | 200 | Hard cap across all queries/categories — respected exactly, keeps test runs cheap |
| `includeSpecialsOnly` | boolean | false | Only output products currently on special |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify residential (AU) | Coles uses bot protection; residential AU proxies are the reliable path |

**Store-dependent fields:** `priceNow`, `priceWas`, `unitPrice`, `isOnSpecial`, `specialType` and `available` can vary by store when a `storeId` is set. Without one you get the national online-store view. `sku`, `name`, `brand`, `description`, `categoryPath`, `imageUrl` and `productUrl` do not vary by store.

### Use cases

- **Price tracking & repricing** — schedule daily runs on your categories and feed competitor grocery prices straight into your pricing engine or dashboard.
- **Specials & half-price alerts** — run with `includeSpecialsOnly: true` and get every half-price and multi-buy deal as structured data for deal sites, newsletters or bargain-alert bots.
- **Market & basket research** — pull whole categories (unit prices included) to compare Coles vs Woolworths pricing, track shrinkflation via `unitPrice`, or build a grocery price index.

### Pricing (pay per event)

- Actor start: **$0.005** per run
- Product scraped: **$0.003** per record, tiering down to **$0.0015** at volume

### Update promise

Coles changes its storefront regularly. The site's build ID is discovered fresh on every run (never hardcoded), the output schema is checked weekly, and schema changes are logged as warnings — a field going missing never crashes your run.

### Changelog

- **0.1.0** (2026-08-31) — Initial release: keyword search + category URLs, pagination, specials detection (percent-off and raw multi-buy offers), store ID support, exact `maxItems` cap, residential-proxy support.

# Actor input Schema

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

Keywords to search on coles.com.au, e.g. "milk", "bread". Use this and/or Category URLs.

## `categoryUrls` (type: `array`):

Coles browse/category URLs, e.g. https://www.coles.com.au/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge. Pagination is handled automatically.

## `storeId` (type: `string`):

Optional Coles store ID. Coles prices and availability can vary by store; leave empty for the national/default online store.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on products scraped across all queries and categories. Keeps test runs cheap.

## `includeSpecialsOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only output products currently on special (half price, percent off, multi-buy).

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

Coles uses Imperva bot protection - Apify residential proxies (AU) are strongly recommended.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "milk"
  ],
  "maxItems": 200,
  "includeSpecialsOnly": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "AU"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `records` (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 = {
    "queries": [
        "milk"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "AU"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datadeltas/coles-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": ["milk"],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "AU",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datadeltas/coles-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": [
    "milk"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "AU"
  }
}' |
apify call datadeltas/coles-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,datadeltas/coles-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/hkbm8BDTTDhbutKla/builds/WzComL2ObbBbWoTwQ/openapi.json