# Boots (`datasaurus/boots`) Actor
Scrape products from Boots.com website. Includes reviews and Q\&As. Fast and efficient.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/datasaurus/boots.md
- **Developed by:** [datasaurus](https://apify.com/datasaurus) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
from $5.00 / 1,000 product-pages
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/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.md):
```bash
npm install apify-client
```
In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.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/platform/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
## Boots Products Scraper
Scrapes Boots product data and reviews for:
- UK (`boots.com`)
- Ireland (`boots.ie`)
### Supported URL Types
| URL Pattern | Example |
|---|---|
| Main site | `https://www.boots.com` |
| Category | `https://www.boots.com/beauty/skincare` |
| Brand | `https://www.boots.com/brands/no7` |
| Product | `https://www.boots.com/no7-future-renew-uv-defence-shield-spf50-40ml-10311153` |
| Search | `https://www.boots.com/sitesearch?searchTerm=moisturiser` |
Both `boots.com` (UK) and `boots.ie` (Ireland) domains are supported and automatically detected from the URL.
### Example Inputs
```json
{
"start_urls": [
{ "url": "https://www.boots.com/beauty/skincare" },
{ "url": "https://www.boots.com/brands/no7" },
{ "url": "https://www.boots.ie/beauty/skincare" }
{ "url": "https://www.boots.com/sitesearch?searchTerm=moisturiser" }
],
"max_products": 20
}
````
### Example Output
```json
{
"name": "The Ordinary The Clear Set",
"brand": "The Ordinary",
"sku": "2891120",
"pid": "2891119",
"price": 15.1,
"rrp": 15.1,
"currency": "GBP",
"link": "https://www.boots.com/the-ordinary-the-clear-set-10335052",
"imageUrl": "https://boots.scene7.com/is/image/Boots/10335052?op_sharpen=1",
"description": "The Ordinary The Clear Set",
"highlights": [
"anti-pollution",
"deep cleansing",
"travel-size",
"soothing",
"oil control",
"cleansing"
],
"category": [
"gift",
"beauty & skincare",
"toiletries",
"wellness"
],
"promotions": [
"Receive a free gift when you spend Β£25 on selected The Ordinary - online only, while stock lasts"
],
"reviewRating": 4.41,
"reviewCount": 139,
"availability": "In stock",
"fullDescription": "The Clear Set from The Ordinary offers a targeted regimen, with Salicylic Acid 2% Solution formulated for blemish-prone skin.\n\nIt includes the Glucoside Foaming Cleanser - a gel-like foaming cleanser that effectively helps remove dirt and environmental impurities. Glucoside Foaming Cleanser respects even the most delicate skin - including babiesβ. Over time it also improves the look of skin clarity, texture, radiance, and suppleness.\n\nThe set also contains the Salicylic Acid 2% Solution - a water-based serum made with an optimal concentration of salicylic acid which targets textural irregularities while removing dead skin cells that can clog pores. This serum is suitable for teens and adults with blemish-prone skin. It promotes exfoliation to reduce congestion, giving way to brighter, clearer-looking skin.\n\nFinally, the Natural Moisturizing Factors + Beta Glucan is a lightweight gel moisturizer designed to provide all day hydration after just one application. It is formulated with natural moisturizing factors, beta glucan and ceramides and works to help strengthen the skin barrier.",
"fullDescriptionHtml": "The Clear Set from The Ordinary offers a targeted regimen, with Salicylic Acid 2% Solution formulated for blemish-prone skin.
It includes the Glucoside Foaming Cleanser - a gel-like foaming cleanser that effectively helps remove dirt and environmental impurities. Glucoside Foaming Cleanser respects even the most delicate skin - including babiesβ. Over time it also improves the look of skin clarity, texture, radiance, and suppleness.
The set also contains the Salicylic Acid 2% Solution - a water-based serum made with an optimal concentration of salicylic acid which targets textural irregularities while removing dead skin cells that can clog pores. This serum is suitable for teens and adults with blemish-prone skin. It promotes exfoliation to reduce congestion, giving way to brighter, clearer-looking skin.
Finally, the Natural Moisturizing Factors + Beta Glucan is a lightweight gel moisturizer designed to provide all day hydration after just one application. It is formulated with natural moisturizing factors, beta glucan and ceramides and works to help strengthen the skin barrier.",
"reviews": [
{
"id": "180606155",
"rating": 4,
"title": "Great Product",
"text": "Bought this product for the 1st time after hearing how good it was.\nGifted to my daughter for her birthday, she found the products is very kind to skin and leaves her face feeling refreshed and rejuvenated.\nWould recommend",
"author": "Natalie",
"date": "2026-03-26T09:07:26.000+00:00",
"freeSample": "No",
"bootsReviewPanel": "No"
}
],
"productType": [
"serum",
"gift set",
"moisturiser",
"cleanser"
]
}
```
### Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)
This Actor uses pay-per-event billing. You are only charged for what you actually scrape.
| Event | Price | When charged |
|---|---|---|
| `product-listing` | $0.002 | Each product discovered from a category, brand, or search listing (Algolia API) |
| `product-page` | $0.005 | Each product enriched with full detail from the product page (description, ingredients, directions) |
| `review` | $0.0005 | Per individual customer review fetched |
| `question-answer` | $0.0005 | Per individual Q\&A item fetched |
Reviews and Q\&A require the product page to be fetched.
# Actor input Schema
## `start_urls` (type: `array`):
Boots.com URLs to scrape.
Website: https://www.boots.com/
Category: https://www.boots.com/beauty/skincare
Brand: https://www.boots.com/brands/no7
Product: https://www.boots.com/no7-future-renew-uv-defence-shield-spf50-40ml-10311153
Search: https://www.boots.com/sitesearch?searchTerm=moisturiser
## `scrape_product_page` (type: `boolean`):
Fetch the individual product detail page for every product. Adds full description, ingredients and specifications to each output item.
## `scrape_reviews` (type: `boolean`):
Scraping reviews requires fetching the product detail page for every product, so will charge the product-detail event rate per product. Reviews are charged at the review event rate.
## `scrape_question_answers` (type: `boolean`):
Scraping Q\&As requires fetching the product detail page for every product, so will charge the product-detail event rate per product. Q\&As are charged at the question-answer event rate.
## `max_products_per_category` (type: `integer`):
Maximum number of products to scrape per category when scraping the whole site. Use lower numbers for testing. Leave empty to fetch all products.
## `max_products` (type: `integer`):
Maximum number of products to scrape per start URL. Use lower numbers for testing. Leave empty to fetch all products.
## `max_reviews` (type: `integer`):
Total number of reviews to fetch per product. Leave empty to fetch all available reviews. Reviews are charged at the review event rate.
## `max_question_answers` (type: `integer`):
Total number of questions and answers to fetch per product. Leave empty to fetch all available Q\&As. Q\&As are charged at the question-answer event rate.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"start_urls": [
{
"url": "https://www.boots.com/beauty/skincare"
}
],
"scrape_product_page": true,
"scrape_reviews": true,
"scrape_question_answers": true,
"max_products": 10,
"max_reviews": 10,
"max_question_answers": 10
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `results` (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 '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"start_urls": [
{
"url": "https://www.boots.com/beauty/skincare"
}
],
"max_products": 10,
"max_reviews": 10,
"max_question_answers": 10
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datasaurus/boots").call(input);
// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`πΎ 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);
});
// π Want to learn more π? Go to β 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 = {
"start_urls": [{ "url": "https://www.boots.com/beauty/skincare" }],
"max_products": 10,
"max_reviews": 10,
"max_question_answers": 10,
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datasaurus/boots").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("πΎ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item)
# π Want to learn more π? Go to β https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"start_urls": [
{
"url": "https://www.boots.com/beauty/skincare"
}
],
"max_products": 10,
"max_reviews": 10,
"max_question_answers": 10
}' |
apify call datasaurus/boots --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=datasaurus/boots",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
{
"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "Boots",
"description": "Scrape products from Boots.com website. Includes reviews and Q&As. Fast and efficient.",
"version": "0.1",
"x-build-id": "gUj8ZAp9xkMSP4iIo"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/datasaurus~boots/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-datasaurus-boots",
"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": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
"/acts/datasaurus~boots/runs": {
"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-datasaurus-boots",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$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": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/acts/datasaurus~boots/run-sync": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-datasaurus-boots",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$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": [
"start_urls"
],
"properties": {
"start_urls": {
"title": "Start URLs - main site, category, brand, product, or search page",
"uniqueItems": true,
"type": "array",
"description": "Boots.com URLs to scrape.\nWebsite: https://www.boots.com/\nCategory: https://www.boots.com/beauty/skincare\nBrand: https://www.boots.com/brands/no7\nProduct: https://www.boots.com/no7-future-renew-uv-defence-shield-spf50-40ml-10311153\nSearch: https://www.boots.com/sitesearch?searchTerm=moisturiser",
"default": [
{
"url": "https://www.boots.com/beauty/skincare"
}
],
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"url"
],
"properties": {
"url": {
"type": "string",
"title": "URL of a web page",
"format": "uri"
}
}
}
},
"scrape_product_page": {
"title": "Scrape Product Page β includes full description, ingredients, specifications.",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Fetch the individual product detail page for every product. Adds full description, ingredients and specifications to each output item.",
"default": true
},
"scrape_reviews": {
"title": "Scrape Reviews.",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Scraping reviews requires fetching the product detail page for every product, so will charge the product-detail event rate per product. Reviews are charged at the review event rate.",
"default": true
},
"scrape_question_answers": {
"title": "Scrape Q&As.",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Scraping Q&As requires fetching the product detail page for every product, so will charge the product-detail event rate per product. Q&As are charged at the question-answer event rate.",
"default": true
},
"max_products_per_category": {
"title": "Max Products per Category β applies when scraping the whole site",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 10000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum number of products to scrape per category when scraping the whole site. Use lower numbers for testing. Leave empty to fetch all products."
},
"max_products": {
"title": "Max Products per start URL",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 10000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum number of products to scrape per start URL. Use lower numbers for testing. Leave empty to fetch all products."
},
"max_reviews": {
"title": "Max Reviews per product",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Total number of reviews to fetch per product. Leave empty to fetch all available reviews. Reviews are charged at the review event rate."
},
"max_question_answers": {
"title": "Max Q&As per product",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Total number of questions and answers to fetch per product. Leave empty to fetch all available Q&As. Q&As are charged at the question-answer event rate."
}
}
},
"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
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```