Boots UK Product Search & Catalog (Unofficial)

Search Boots UK products and fetch category, filter, search, and item data in normalized output.

This is an unofficial actor and is not affiliated with Boots.

Proxy behavior

This actor uses the shared Apify proxy contract used across the workspace. boots_uk works in direct mode from this environment, so auto is a good default. If your cloud runs start getting blocked, switch to APIFY_WAVE1_PROXY_MODE=custom and provide UK-located proxy URLs in APIFY_WAVE1_CUSTOM_PROXY_URLS.

Supported operations

• categories
• search_filters
• search
• category
• item

Operation guide

The Apify Console form shows the union of all supported fields, so the visible inputs do not change when you switch operation. Use the guide below to know which fields are required.

• categories Required: none Optional: includeRaw
• search_filters Required: none Optional: query, categoryId, categorySlug, categoryUrl, includeRaw
• search Required: query Optional: page, limit, sort, includeRaw
• category Required: categoryId or categorySlug or categoryUrl Optional: query, page, limit, sort, includeRaw
• item Required: itemId or productId or itemSlug or url Optional: includeRaw

Example inputs

These starter examples were validated locally against the live site.

{
  "operation": "categories",
  "includeRaw": false
}

{
  "operation": "search",
  "query": "vitamin c",
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "sort": "relevance_desc",
  "includeRaw": false
}

{
  "operation": "category",
  "categoryId": "beauty & skincare > skincare > facial skincare > face moisturisers",
  "categorySlug": "beauty/skincare/facial-skincare/moisturiser",
  "categoryUrl": "https://www.boots.com/beauty/skincare/facial-skincare/moisturiser",
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "sort": "relevance_desc",
  "includeRaw": false
}

{
  "operation": "item",
  "itemId": "2351529",
  "productId": "2351529",
  "itemSlug": "boots-vitamin-c-500-mg-90-tablets-10274975",
  "url": "https://www.boots.com/boots-vitamin-c-500-mg-90-tablets-10274975",
  "includeRaw": false
}

{
  "operation": "search_filters",
  "query": "vitamin c",
  "categoryId": "beauty & skincare > skincare > facial skincare > face moisturisers",
  "categorySlug": "beauty/skincare/facial-skincare/moisturiser",
  "categoryUrl": "https://www.boots.com/beauty/skincare/facial-skincare/moisturiser",
  "includeRaw": false
}

Output

• Dataset: normalized products or structured category/filter rows
• Key-value store OUTPUT: run summary with source, operation, success, total, errors, proxy, and monetization