# Coles Product Scraper (`distinct_readjustment/coles-product-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Coles Australia products and prices by category: name, brand, size, price, was price, unit price, specials, availability and image.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/distinct_readjustment/coles-product-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [try mersianto](https://apify.com/distinct_readjustment) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 1,000 products

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
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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

## Coles Product Scraper

Scrape products and prices from [Coles](https://www.coles.com.au) (Australia) by category or by search term. One row per product: name, brand, size, price, was price, unit price, specials, availability, image and category.

### What you get

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | Coles product ID |
| `name` | string | Product name without brand |
| `brand` | string | Brand name |
| `description` | string | Short description as shown by Coles |
| `size` | string | Pack size, for example `3L` or `500g` |
| `url` | string | Product page URL |
| `price` | number | Current price in AUD |
| `was_price` | number or null | Previous price in AUD when discounted |
| `unit_price` | string | Comparable unit price, for example `$1.65/ 1L` |
| `on_special` | boolean | True when the product has a promotion or a was price |
| `available` | boolean | Whether Coles lists the product as available |
| `image_url` | string | Product image URL |
| `category` | string | Category path |
| `scraped_at` | string | UTC time the product was scraped, ISO 8601 |

### Input

- `categoryUrls`: Coles category pages, copied from the browser address bar. Sub-categories work too.
- `searchTerms`: keywords to search on Coles.

Give at least one category URL or one search term.

- `maxItems`: stop after this many products in total. Default 100.
- `proxyConfiguration`: proxy used for all requests.

```json
{
  "categoryUrls": ["https://www.coles.com.au/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge/milk"],
  "searchTerms": ["oat milk"],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "id": "1054581",
  "name": "Protein Smoothie Chocolate",
  "brand": "Dairy Farmers",
  "description": "DAIRY FARMERS PROTEIN SMOOTHIE CHOCOLATE 400ML",
  "size": "400mL",
  "url": "https://www.coles.com.au/product/dairy-farmers-protein-smoothie-chocolate-400ml-1054581",
  "price": 3.3,
  "was_price": 4.55,
  "unit_price": "$8.25/ 1L",
  "on_special": true,
  "available": true,
  "image_url": "https://cdn.productimages.coles.com.au/productimages/1/1054581.jpg",
  "category": "Dairy, Eggs & Fridge > Milk > Flavoured Milk",
  "scraped_at": "2026-10-12T13:11:52+00:00"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per result: one `product` event per product saved. Products without a price are skipped and not charged. The run stops cleanly when your maximum charge per run is reached.

### Limitations

- Prices and availability are the ones Coles shows to a visitor who has not chosen a store. Store-specific prices and stock are not included.
- No reviews and no personal data.

### For AI agents

Minimal input:

```json
{ "categoryUrls": ["https://www.coles.com.au/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge"], "maxItems": 20 }
```

Each dataset item is one product with the fields listed under "What you get". `price` and `was_price` are numbers in AUD.

# Actor input Schema

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

Coles category pages to scrape, copied from the browser address bar. Sub-categories work too. Example: https://www.coles.com.au/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge/milk

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search on Coles, one per line. Example: milk

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

Stop after this many products in total, across all category URLs and search terms. Example: 20.

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

Proxy used for all requests. Example: Apify Proxy with country AU.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categoryUrls": [
    "https://www.coles.com.au/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyCountry": "AU"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `products` (type: `string`):

Scraped products with price, was price, unit price, special flag and availability.

# 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 = {
    "categoryUrls": [
        "https://www.coles.com.au/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge"
    ],
    "maxItems": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyCountry": "AU"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("distinct_readjustment/coles-product-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 = {
    "categoryUrls": ["https://www.coles.com.au/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge"],
    "maxItems": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyCountry": "AU",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("distinct_readjustment/coles-product-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 '{
  "categoryUrls": [
    "https://www.coles.com.au/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyCountry": "AU"
  }
}' |
apify call distinct_readjustment/coles-product-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,distinct_readjustment/coles-product-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/yDrxd1oXXSz7Nh1rM/builds/fvcsu2uctflX4FDyI/openapi.json