# Clarins Product Scraper (`dromb/clarins-product-scraper`) Actor

The Clarins Product Scraper is a powerful tool designed to extract comprehensive product information from the Clarins AU storefront. It is ideal for price monitoring, market research, competitor analysis, and tracking product availability.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dromb/clarins-product-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Dmitriy Gyrbu](https://apify.com/dromb) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, E-commerce, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.30 / 1,000 results

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## 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.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## Clarins Product Scraper

The **Clarins Product Scraper** is a powerful tool designed to extract comprehensive product information from the Clarins AU storefront. It is ideal for price monitoring, market research, competitor analysis, and tracking product availability.

### 🚀 Features

- **Search Products**: Find products using keywords.
- **Category Scraping**: Extract all products from a specific category URL.
- **Item Details**: Get deep product data, including ingredients, usage instructions, and variants.
- **Category Discovery**: List all available product categories.
- **Store Probe**: Quickly check if the store is accessible.

### 🛠 How to Use

#### 🚀 Quick Start Examples
If you are unsure what to enter, use these values:
- **Search**: Operation `search`, Query `double serum`
- **Category**: Operation `category`, URL `https://www.clarins.com.au/skincare-face/200/`
- **Item**: Operation `item`, URL `https://www.clarins.com.au/double-serum/80103087.html`

#### 1. Search for Products
- **Operation**: `search`
- **Query**: Enter a keyword (e.g., "Double Serum")
- **Page**: Specify the page number (starts at 1).
- **Sort**: Choose between `relevance`, `bestsellers`, `price_low_to_high`, `price_high_to_low`, `top_rated`.

#### 2. Scrape a Category
- **Operation**: `category`
- **URL**: Enter a category URL (e.g., `https://www.clarins.com.au/skincare-face/200/`).
- **Page**: Specify the page number.

#### 3. Get Product Details
- **Operation**: `item`
- **URL/Slug**: Enter a product URL or slug (e.g., `double-serum/80103087`).

#### 4. Discover Categories
- **Operation**: `categories`
- This operation will return a list of all discoverable categories with their IDs and URLs.

### 📊 Output Fields

The scraper provides a rich set of normalized fields:
- `id`: Unique product identifier.
- `name`: Full product name.
- `price` & `discount_price`: Current and original pricing.
- `currency`: Currency code (e.g., AUD).
- `image` & `images`: Product imagery.
- `description` & `short_description`: Product details.
- `ingredients`: Full list of ingredients.
- `usage_instructions`: How to use the product (including structured steps).
- `in_stock`: Boolean availability.
- `variants`: Detailed list of product sizes/variants.
- `rating` & `review_count`: Customer feedback metrics.
- `attributes`: Texture, trademark, and other specifications.

### 🌐 Proxy and Bot Protection

The scraper uses a robust proxy strategy to avoid blocks:
- **Auto**: Automatically selects the best proxy (recommended).
- **Apify**: Uses Apify's standard proxy pool.
- **Direct**: No proxy (use with caution).
- **Custom**: Custom proxy configuration.

It employs TLS fingerprinting via `curl-cffi` to mimic real browser requests.

### ⚖️ Disclaimer

This scraper is an unofficial tool and is not affiliated with, authorized, or endorsed by Clarins. Please use it responsibly and in accordance with the site's terms of service.

### 🏷 Categories
`ECOMMERCE`, `AUTOMATION`, `DEVELOPER_TOOLS`

# Actor input Schema

## `operation` (type: `string`):

The scraping operation to perform.
## `query` (type: `string`):

Keyword to search for products (required for 'search' operation).
## `url` (type: `string`):

Product URL or Category URL (required for 'item' or 'category' operations).
## `slug` (type: `string`):

Product slug (optional for 'item' operation).
## `page` (type: `integer`):

Page number for pagination (1-based).
## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum items to return per page.
## `sort` (type: `string`):

Sorting option: relevance, bestsellers, price_low_to_high, price_high_to_low, top_rated.
## `proxy` (type: `string`):

Proxy strategy to use.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "operation": "search",
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "sort": "relevance",
  "proxy": "auto"
}
````

# Actor output Schema

## `id` (type: `string`):

Unique product identifier

## `slug` (type: `string`):

Product slug

## `name` (type: `string`):

Product name

## `brand` (type: `string`):

Brand name

## `source_url` (type: `string`):

URL of the product page

## `barcode` (type: `string`):

EAN/UPC barcode

## `breadcrumbs` (type: `string`):

Category breadcrumbs (comma separated)

## `category` (type: `string`):

Primary category

## `description` (type: `string`):

Full product description

## `short_description` (type: `string`):

Short product description

## `ingredients` (type: `string`):

Product ingredients

## `usage_instructions` (type: `string`):

How to use the product

## `price` (type: `string`):

Current price

## `discount_price` (type: `string`):

Original price if discounted

## `currency` (type: `string`):

Currency code (e.g., AUD)

## `size` (type: `string`):

Product size (e.g., 50ml)

## `unit_quantity` (type: `string`):

Numeric part of size

## `unit` (type: `string`):

Unit of measure (e.g., ml)

## `image` (type: `string`):

Primary product image URL

## `images` (type: `string`):

Comma separated list of all product images

## `in_stock` (type: `string`):

Availability status (true/false)

## `stock` (type: `string`):

Stock quantity if available

## `stock_status` (type: `string`):

Stock status (in\_stock, out\_of\_stock)

## `rating` (type: `string`):

Average product rating

## `review_count` (type: `string`):

Number of reviews

## `variants` (type: `string`):

JSON string of product variants

## `attributes` (type: `string`):

JSON string of additional attributes

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dromb/clarins-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dromb/clarins-product-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call dromb/clarins-product-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=dromb/clarins-product-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
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        "description": "The Clarins Product Scraper is a powerful tool designed to extract comprehensive product information from the Clarins AU storefront. It is ideal for price monitoring, market research, competitor analysis, and tracking product availability.",
        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "CwkVKGN8gfz17cGB0"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/dromb~clarins-product-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-dromb-clarins-product-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/dromb~clarins-product-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-dromb-clarins-product-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/dromb~clarins-product-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-dromb-clarins-product-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "operation"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "operation": {
                        "title": "Operation",
                        "enum": [
                            "search",
                            "category",
                            "item",
                            "categories",
                            "probe"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "The scraping operation to perform.",
                        "default": "search"
                    },
                    "query": {
                        "title": "Search Query",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Keyword to search for products (required for 'search' operation)."
                    },
                    "url": {
                        "title": "URL",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Product URL or Category URL (required for 'item' or 'category' operations)."
                    },
                    "slug": {
                        "title": "Product Slug",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Product slug (optional for 'item' operation)."
                    },
                    "page": {
                        "title": "Page",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Page number for pagination (1-based).",
                        "default": 1
                    },
                    "limit": {
                        "title": "Items per Page",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum items to return per page.",
                        "default": 20
                    },
                    "sort": {
                        "title": "Sort Order",
                        "enum": [
                            "relevance",
                            "bestsellers",
                            "price_low_to_high",
                            "price_high_to_low",
                            "top_rated"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Sorting option: relevance, bestsellers, price_low_to_high, price_high_to_low, top_rated.",
                        "default": "relevance"
                    },
                    "proxy": {
                        "title": "Proxy Configuration",
                        "enum": [
                            "auto",
                            "apify",
                            "direct",
                            "custom"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Proxy strategy to use.",
                        "default": "auto"
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```