BCF Product Scraper

This Apify Actor allows you to scrape high-quality product data from BCF (https://www.bcf.com.au). It is designed for e-commerce monitoring, market research, and price tracking.

🚀 Use Cases

• Price Monitoring: Track price changes and discounts for your competitors' products.
• Product Research: Gather detailed specifications, variants, and availability.
• Market Analysis: Analyze product ranges, categories, and brand presence.
• E-commerce Automation: Feed product data into your own databases or analytics tools.

🛠 Supported Operations

Operation	Description	Required Inputs
search	Search the BCF catalog for specific products.	query
category	List products within a specific category or slug.	url or slug
item	Fetch full details for a specific product.	url or slug
categories	Retrieve the full category tree from BCF.	None
probe	A lightweight check for site availability/blocking.	None

📖 Examples & Quick Start

Below are working examples for each operation. You can copy and paste these directly into the JSON input field in the Apify Console.

1. Product Search

Find all fishing rods in the catalog.

{
  "operation": "search",
  "query": "fishing rod",
  "limit": 10,
  "page": 1
}

2. Category Listing

Get products from the "Fishing" category.

{
  "operation": "category",
  "slug": "fishing",
  "limit": 20
}

3. Product Details

Fetch everything about a specific product (specs, barcodes, price).

{
  "operation": "item",
  "url": "https://www.bcf.com.au/fishing/rods/spinning-rods/shimano- vanquish-spinning-rod/"
}

4. Full Category Tree

Get a map of all available categories on the site.

{
  "operation": "categories"
}

5. Health Check

Quickly verify if the site is reachable and not blocking the actor.

{
  "operation": "probe"
}

📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
operation	string	Yes	One of: search, category, item, categories, probe.
query	string	Conditionally	Search term (required for search).
url	string	Conditionally	Full URL (required for category or item).
slug	string	Conditionally	Product or category slug (e.g., fishing/12345).
page	integer	No	Page number (default: 1).
limit	integer	No	Number of results per page (1-60, default: 30).
proxy	string	No	Proxy strategy: direct, apify, custom, auto (default: auto).

📤 Output Data

The actor returns a normalized dataset including:

• Product Basics: id, slug, name, brand, source_url
• Pricing: price, discount_price, currency, price_info
• Categorization: category, breadcrumbs
• Details: description, short_description, specifications, variants, options
• Stock & IDs: stock_status, in_stock, barcode
• Media: image, images

🛡️ Proxy & Anti-Bot

This actor uses advanced browser impersonation (curl_cffi) and a multi-phase fallback mechanism to ensure stability.

• Recommended: Use apify or auto proxy settings for the best reliability.
• For high-volume scraping, apify proxies are highly recommended to avoid IP blocks.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This scraper is for educational and research purposes only. We are not affiliated with BCF. Users are responsible for complying with the website's Terms of Service and all applicable local laws regarding web scraping.

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Categories: ECOMMERCE, AUTOMATION, DEVELOPER_TOOLS