American Girl Product Scraper

Scrape American Girl product search results, categories, prices, and detailed item data from the public storefront. This actor provides comprehensive access to American Girl's product catalog through their SearchSpring API with HTML enrichment for detailed product information.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by American Girl. It is a third-party tool for accessing publicly available product information. Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with American Girl's terms of service and applicable laws.

Supported Operations

Operation	Description	Required Fields
probe	Check if SearchSpring API is accessible	query (optional)
categories	List all product categories from sitemap	include_hidden (optional), limit (optional)
search_filters	Get available facets and sort options	query (optional)
category	Browse products by category/collection	slug or url, page, limit, sort
search	Search products with filters	query, page, limit, sort, category, brand
item	Get detailed product information	slug or url, details

Input Guide

Common Fields

• operation (required): Select the operation to perform
• proxyMode: How to use proxies (auto, direct, apify, custom)
• includeRaw: Include raw API response in output
• disableFreeTrialGuard: Disable daily run limit (owner only)

Operation-Specific Fields

Probe

• query: Test query (default: *)

Categories

• include_hidden: Include internal/hidden categories (default: false)
• limit: Maximum number of categories to return

Search Filters

• query: Query to get filters for (default: *)

Category

• slug: Category/collection slug (e.g., dolls)
• url: Full category URL (alternative to slug)
• page: Page number (default: 1)
• limit: Results per page, max 60 (default: 20)
• sort: Sort order (default: relevance)
• details: Fetch HTML details (slower, default: false)

Search

• query (required): Search term
• page: Page number (default: 1)
• limit: Results per page, max 60 (default: 20)
• sort: Sort order (default: relevance)
• category: Filter by collection slug
• brand: Filter by brand name
• details: Fetch HTML details (slower, default: false)

Item

• slug (required): Product slug
• url: Full product URL (alternative to slug)
• details: Fetch HTML details (default: false)

Sort Options

• relevance: Best match
• new: Newest first
• bestsellers: Best selling
• price_asc: Price: Low to High
• price_desc: Price: High to Low
• name_asc: Name: A to Z
• name_desc: Name: Z to A

Example Inputs

Search for dolls

{
  "operation": "search",
  "query": "doll",
  "limit": 10
}

Browse a category

{
  "operation": "category",
  "slug": "dolls",
  "limit": 20,
  "sort": "price_asc"
}

Get item details

{
  "operation": "item",
  "slug": "wellie-wishers",
  "details": true
}

List categories

{
  "operation": "categories",
  "limit": 50
}

Check API availability

{
  "operation": "probe"
}

Output Fields

Product Item Fields

• id: Product ID/SKU
• slug: URL slug
• name: Product name
• brand: Brand name
• barcode: UPC/EAN barcode
• source_url: Product page URL
• category: Main category
• price: Current price
• discount_price: Sale/discount price
• price_info: Price breakdown array
• currency: Currency code (USD)
• short_description: Brief description
• usage_instructions: Care instructions
• specifications: Product specifications
• variants: Available variants
• image: Primary image URL
• images: All image URLs
• stock_status: Stock status string
• in_stock: Boolean stock availability
• stock: Inventory count
• attributes: Additional attributes (materials, etc.)
• features: Product features (when details=true)

Category Fields

• id: Category slug
• slug: Category slug
• name: Human-readable name
• source_url: Category page URL

Proxy Behavior

American Girl uses the SearchSpring API which is generally accessible without proxies. The actor uses a smart fallback strategy:

• Default mode: Direct connection with proxy fallback on block
• Proxy modes: auto, direct, apify, custom
• Fallback methods: httpx, tls_client, cloudscraper, curl_cffi
• Recommendation: Start with auto mode, use proxies only if blocked

Limitations

• Rate limiting: Excessive requests may trigger rate limits
• API changes: SearchSpring API structure may change without notice
• Autocomplete: Autocomplete may be unstable or unavailable for some queries
• HTML parsing: Product page structure may change, affecting details=true results
• Categories: Sitemap structure may change, affecting category listing
• Maximum limit: 60 items per page for search/category operations

Free Trial Limit

Free/trial users are limited to 10 runs per day. This limit can be disabled by the actor owner using the disableFreeTrialGuard input field.

Monetization

This actor is configured for pay-per-event monetization:

• Model: Pay-per-event
• Result event name: result-item
• Recommended actor start: ~$0.005
• Recommended result item: ~$0.0003-0.0005
• Charge limit: Stops automatically when budget limit reached

Technical Details

• API: SearchSpring (nwq1tg.a.searchspring.io)
• Base URL: https://www.americangirl.com
• Methods: httpx, tls_client, cloudscraper, curl_cffi (with fallback)
• Autocomplete: Smart autocomplete for short queries
• HTML enrichment: BeautifulSoup parsing for detailed product data

Support

For issues, questions, or contributions, please refer to the actor repository or contact the maintainer.