# Target US Product Scraper (Unofficial) (`dromb/target-us-wave3`) Actor

Scrape Target US product search, categories, pricing, offers, and normalized item data for price monitoring, retail research, and ecommerce workflows.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dromb/target-us-wave3.md
- **Developed by:** [Dmitriy Gyrbu](https://apify.com/dromb) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, E-commerce
- **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. 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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".

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- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Target US Products & Prices Scraper

Collect Target products, store-aware prices, promotions, ratings, images, and detailed product information in a structured Dataset. Use it for price monitoring, retail research, product matching, assortment analysis, and ecommerce automation.

This is an unofficial Actor and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Target.

### What you can do

- Search Target products by keyword
- Retrieve detailed information for an exact product
- Compare prices using a selected Target store
- Collect promotions, ratings, images, and product variants when available
- Discover filters and categories for broader catalogue research

### Popular use cases

- Track prices for everyday essentials and consumer products
- Compare Target products with other retailers
- Build product-research and catalogue-enrichment datasets
- Monitor ratings, offers, and assortment changes
- Feed dashboards, spreadsheets, alerts, and scheduled workflows

### Quick start

Search for products:

```json
{
  "operation": "search",
  "query": "toothpaste",
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "store_id": 3991
}
```

Get an exact product:

```json
{
  "operation": "item",
  "tcin": "75557360",
  "store_id": 3991
}
```

### Input guide

| Operation | Required input | Optional input |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `search` | `query` | `page`, `limit`, `sort`, `filter`, `store_id` |
| `item` | Product `tcin`, `url`, or `slug` | `store_id` |
| `category` | `category_id`, category `url`, or `slug` | `page`, `limit`, `sort`, `filter`, `store_id` |
| `search_filters` | Search query or category | `store_id` |
| `categories` | Nothing | `depth`, `max_parents`, `max_children` |

`store_id` controls the pricing context. Keep the default value if you do not need a particular store.

### Output

Each product is saved as a separate Dataset item. Fields can include:

- TCIN and product name
- Brand and description
- Current and regular price
- Promotions and unit price
- Rating and review count
- Images and product URL
- Category and breadcrumbs
- Variants, highlights, and availability context

### Automation and export

Run the Actor from Apify Console, through the API, or on a schedule. Export results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS, or connect them to Google Sheets, Airtable, Make, n8n, a database, or a custom application.

### Good to know

- Search and exact product lookup are the recommended workflows.
- Category and filter endpoints may be temporarily unavailable when Target restricts catalogue access.
- Prices, promotions, and availability depend on the selected store and can change throughout the day.
- Collect only public data and use it in accordance with applicable laws and the retailer's terms.

# Actor input Schema

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

Actor operation to execute. The Console form shows all possible fields at once, so use the README examples to see which fields are required for each operation.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Required for `search`. Optional for `search_filters` when you want keyword-specific filters.

## `category_id` (type: `string`):

Optional for `category` or `search_filters`. Target category identifier (e.g., 5xt1a).

## `categoryId` (type: `string`):

Alias for `category_id`.

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

Optional for `category` or `item`. Category or product path.

## `url` (type: `string`):

Optional for `category` or `item`. Full Target URL alternative to ID fields.

## `categoryUrl` (type: `string`):

Alias for `url` when using category operation.

## `tcin` (type: `string`):

Optional for `item`. Target TCIN (numeric product ID).

## `page` (type: `integer`):

Optional for `search` and `category`. One-based page index.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Optional for `search` and `category`. Maximum rows returned from the current page (max 120).

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Optional for `search` and `category`. Example values: relevance, price\_asc, price\_desc, rating\_desc, bestselling.

## `filter` (type: `string`):

Optional for `search` and `category`. Repeatable filter tokens from `search_filters`.

## `store_id` (type: `integer`):

Optional for all operations. Pricing store ID (default: 3991).

## `depth` (type: `integer`):

Optional for `categories`. 1=top-level only, 2=include one child level.

## `max_parents` (type: `integer`):

Optional for `categories`. Maximum number of top-level categories.

## `max_children` (type: `integer`):

Optional for `categories`. Maximum children per parent for depth=2.

## `includeRaw` (type: `boolean`):

Optional for any operation. Include the unnormalized source payload in the OUTPUT summary.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "operation": "categories"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Normalized dataset items returned by the actor.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Run summary JSON stored under the OUTPUT key.

# 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/target-us-wave3").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/target-us-wave3").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 '{}' |
apify call dromb/target-us-wave3 --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dromb/target-us-wave3"
        }
    }
}

```

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/h3AK3dvgexi8uzhjt/builds/NktPtRGFteUBodZkR/openapi.json