# Shopify & WooCommerce Products Scraper + Price Tracker (`despottt/shop-products-scraper`) Actor

Export full product catalogs from any Shopify or WooCommerce store: prices, sale prices, discounts, stock, variants, images. Optional price and stock change tracking between runs. No browser, no login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/despottt/shop-products-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Luca Despot](https://apify.com/despottt) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.80 / 1,000 products

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Shopify & WooCommerce Products Scraper + Price Tracker

**Export the full product catalog of any Shopify or WooCommerce store** in seconds: prices, sale prices, % discount, stock, variants and SKUs, images, tags and categories. Turn on **change tracking** and schedule it, and every run tells you which products went **down or up in price, sold out, came back in stock, or are new**.

- ✅ **Two platforms, one schema.** Shopify (millions of stores) and WooCommerce (Store API). The platform is detected from the URL.
- ✅ **Fast and cheap.** It reads the public storefront JSON that the store serves to every visitor, with no browser and no proxy. About 250 products per request on Shopify.
- ✅ **Price and stock monitor built in.** `trackChanges` + `outputOnlyChanges`: you pay only for products that changed.
- ✅ **Filters:** keywords, exclude words, product type or category, vendor or brand, price range, in stock only, on sale only.
- ✅ **REST API** (Standby mode). Call it from your app, Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n or an AI agent.
- ✅ **Polite by design.** It checks robots.txt, retries with backoff and never logs in or touches carts or checkout.

### Use cases

- **Competitor price monitoring** for e-commerce brands and resellers
- **Dropshipping and product research:** find best-sellers, new arrivals and discount patterns
- **Catalog migration or backup:** export your own store to CSV or Excel
- **Deal sites and affiliate feeds:** "on sale only" + schedule = fresh deals
- **Market research:** price ranges by brand, category or currency

### Input example

```json
{
  "storeUrls": ["allbirds.com", "https://colourpop.com", "porterandyork.com"],
  "onlyOnSale": true,
  "maxPrice": 100,
  "includeVariants": true,
  "trackChanges": true,
  "outputOnlyChanges": false
}
```

### Output (one item per product)

```json
{
  "platform": "shopify",
  "store": "https://colourpop.com",
  "storeName": "ColourPop",
  "productId": "7035012177987",
  "title": "Neutral Swipe",
  "url": "https://colourpop.com/products/neutral-swipe-shadow-stix-set",
  "vendor": "ColourPop",
  "productType": "Shadow Stix",
  "tags": ["..."],
  "price": 77.0,
  "priceMax": 77.0,
  "compareAtPrice": 90.0,
  "discountPct": 14.4,
  "onSale": true,
  "currency": "USD",
  "available": true,
  "variantsCount": 1,
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn.shopify.com/...",
  "changeType": "price_down",
  "previousPrice": 90.0,
  "priceChange": -13.0,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-27T21:40:00+00:00"
}
```

`changeType` is one of `new`, `unchanged`, `price_down`, `price_up`, `out_of_stock` or `back_in_stock`. It appears only when change tracking is on. The snapshot is saved in your account in the named key-value store `shop-products-state`, one record per store list.

### API (Standby) example

```
GET https://<your-standby-url>/?storeUrls=allbirds.com&keywords=wool&onlyAvailable=true&maxItems=20
Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>
```

### Pricing

Pay per product returned. Set *Maximum cost per run* and the Actor stops cleanly at that budget.

### FAQ

**Does it work on every store?** On every Shopify store that keeps the standard `/products.json` storefront endpoint (almost all of them), and on WooCommerce stores where the Store API is enabled (the default since WooCommerce 6.x). Headless or custom stores, and stores that block it in robots.txt, are skipped and logged.

**Is it legal?** It reads public product information that the store publishes to every visitor, at a low request rate, and it respects robots.txt. It collects no personal data. You are responsible for how you use the data, for example with respect to trademarks and image copyright.

**Why is currency missing on WooCommerce?** It isn't. It comes from the Store API (`currency_code`). On Shopify it comes from the store's `/meta.json`.

**Issues or feature requests:** use the *Issues* tab.

# Actor input Schema

## `storeUrls` (type: `array`):

Home page or any URL of Shopify / WooCommerce stores, e.g. <code>allbirds.com</code>, <code>https://colourpop.com</code>. The platform is detected automatically.

## `platform` (type: `string`):

Leave on auto unless detection fails.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Keep products whose title, type, tags or categories contain any of these words.

## `excludeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Drop products whose title contains any of these words.

## `productTypes` (type: `array`):

Exact product type (Shopify) or category name (WooCommerce).

## `vendors` (type: `array`):

Exact vendor or brand names.

## `minPrice` (type: `integer`):

Lowest price in store currency (whole units).

## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`):

Highest price in store currency (whole units).

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

Skip sold-out products.

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

Only products with a compare-at / regular price higher than the current price.

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

Add every variant (size, colour, SKU, price, stock).

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

Add the plain-text product description.

## `trackChanges` (type: `boolean`):

Keep a snapshot between runs (same store list) and add changeType, previousPrice and priceChange to each product. Ideal with an Apify Schedule.

## `outputOnlyChanges` (type: `boolean`):

With change tracking on, output only new or changed products (you pay only for those).

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

0 = whole catalog.

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

0 = no limit. Also see Maximum cost per run in the run options.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "storeUrls": [
    "allbirds.com",
    "colourpop.com"
  ],
  "platform": "auto",
  "keywords": [],
  "excludeKeywords": [],
  "productTypes": [],
  "vendors": [],
  "onlyAvailable": false,
  "onlyOnSale": false,
  "includeVariants": false,
  "includeDescription": false,
  "trackChanges": false,
  "outputOnlyChanges": false,
  "maxProductsPerStore": 0,
  "maxItems": 0
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All dataset items produced by the run

# 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 = {
    "storeUrls": [
        "allbirds.com",
        "colourpop.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("despottt/shop-products-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 = { "storeUrls": [
        "allbirds.com",
        "colourpop.com",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("despottt/shop-products-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 '{
  "storeUrls": [
    "allbirds.com",
    "colourpop.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call despottt/shop-products-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,despottt/shop-products-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/lmUyUAS1zUuSCjck8/builds/J3X79b2rLFOyOiDlx/openapi.json