# Shopify Store Products Scraper & Price Monitor (`datapulse-labs/shopify-store-monitor`) Actor

Scrape every product from any Shopify store (prices, discounts, variants, stock, images) or monitor competitor stores and get only what changed: new products, price drops, restocks and sales. Pay only for results.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datapulse-labs/shopify-store-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [DataPulse Labs](https://apify.com/datapulse-labs) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Shopify Store Products Scraper & Price Monitor

Two tools in one:

1. **Scrape any Shopify store.** Get every product with price, original (compare-at) price, discount %, stock, variants (size, color, SKU), images, vendor, tags and dates.
2. **Monitor competitor stores.** Turn on *Monitor mode*, schedule it, and get **only what changed** since the last run: new products, price drops, price increases, restocks, sell-outs, sales started or ended, and removed products.

Works with any public Shopify store (millions of brands: Allbirds, Gymshark, Kylie Cosmetics and others). It uses the store's public product feed, so runs are fast and reliable, with no browser and no proxies.

### Use cases

- **Competitor price tracking** for e-commerce brands and agencies.
- **Restock and drop alerts** for resellers and deal sites. Connect to Slack, Discord, email or Google Sheets.
- **Product research and catalog enrichment.** Full catalogs with variants and images.
- **AI agents.** Clean JSON ready for analysis.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| **Shopify stores** | Store URLs (`allbirds.com`) or a collection URL (`store.com/collections/sale`). |
| **Monitor mode** | 1st run saves a baseline (no product charges). Next runs return only changes. |
| **Changes to report** | New product, price drop or increase, back in stock, out of stock, sale started or ended, removed. |
| **Keywords** | Filter by title, vendor, type or tags. |
| **Only in-stock / Only on sale** | Quick filters. |
| **Include variants / description** | Extra detail. |
| **Max products** | Per store and in total. |

### Output

```json
{
    "store": "Example Store",
    "storeUrl": "https://www.example.com",
    "productId": 7340901859408,
    "title": "Classic Runner - Navy",
    "url": "https://www.example.com/products/classic-runner-navy",
    "vendor": "Example",
    "productType": "Shoes",
    "tags": ["mens", "running"],
    "price": 79,
    "maxPrice": 89,
    "compareAtPrice": 110,
    "discountPercent": 28,
    "currency": "USD",
    "available": true,
    "variantsCount": 12,
    "variantsAvailable": 9,
    "imageUrl": "https://cdn.shopify.com/...",
    "variants": [{ "variantId": 4123, "title": "9 / Navy", "sku": "CR-NV-9", "price": 79, "compareAtPrice": 110, "available": true }],
    "changeType": ["price_drop", "sale_started"],
    "previousPrice": 110,
    "createdAt": "2026-03-01T10:00:00-05:00",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-07T08:12:00-04:00"
}
```

`changeType` and `previousPrice` appear in monitor mode.

### Pricing

- **Catalog mode:** pay per product returned.
- **Monitor mode:** pay per change found. Quiet days cost almost nothing, and the baseline run is free of product charges.

Set a maximum cost per run and the Actor stops on its own when it gets there.

### FAQ

**"Not a Shopify store"?** Some stores disable their public product feed or are not on Shopify. Try another store or a collection URL.

**How often should I monitor?** Daily is enough for prices. Hourly works for restock alerts on hyped drops.

**Is it legal?** It only reads public product data that the store publishes for everyone. No login and no personal data.

# Actor input Schema

## `stores` (type: `array`):

Store URLs, one per line (e.g. allbirds.com). You can also paste a collection URL (https://store.com/collections/sale) to scrape only that collection.

## `monitorChanges` (type: `boolean`):

The first run saves a baseline (no results, no product charges). Every next run returns only products that changed since the previous run. Schedule it daily or hourly.

## `reportChanges` (type: `array`):

Which changes to return in monitor mode.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Optional. Comma-separated, matches title, vendor, product type and tags.

## `onlyAvailable` (type: `boolean`):

Skip products with no available variant.

## `onlyOnSale` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only products with a compare-at (original) price.

## `includeVariants` (type: `boolean`):

Adds each variant (size, color) with SKU, price and stock.

## `includeDescription` (type: `boolean`):

Adds the product description as plain text.

## `maxProductsPerStore` (type: `integer`):

0 = no limit.

## `maxProducts` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many results.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "stores": [
    "https://www.allbirds.com"
  ],
  "monitorChanges": false,
  "reportChanges": [
    "new_product",
    "price_drop",
    "back_in_stock",
    "sale_started"
  ],
  "onlyAvailable": false,
  "onlyOnSale": false,
  "includeVariants": true,
  "includeDescription": false,
  "maxProductsPerStore": 0,
  "maxProducts": 5000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `products` (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 = {
    "stores": [
        "https://www.allbirds.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datapulse-labs/shopify-store-monitor").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 = { "stores": ["https://www.allbirds.com"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datapulse-labs/shopify-store-monitor").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 '{
  "stores": [
    "https://www.allbirds.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call datapulse-labs/shopify-store-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,datapulse-labs/shopify-store-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

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/3Cd4WwT2QHQnNL1k2/builds/bW63F1N6HEOMGJji0/openapi.json