# Tesco Uk (`dromb/tesco-uk`) Actor

Search Tesco UK groceries and collect normalized prices, unit prices, promotions, availability, images, ratings, and enriched product details

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dromb/tesco-uk.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".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **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

## Tesco UK Product Search & Item Scraper (Unofficial)

Search Tesco UK groceries and collect normalized prices, unit prices, promotions, availability, images, ratings, and enriched product details. Use it for price monitoring, assortment research, product matching, promotion tracking, and ecommerce analysis.

This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the retailer.

### Operations

- `search`: lightweight product cards for a shopper query. Requires `query`; optional `limit`.
- `item`: the richest exact public product card available. Provide `productId` or `url`.
- `batch`: bounded item lookups. Requires `productIds`; optional `limit`.

### Quick start

```json
{
  "operation": "search",
  "query": "milk",
  "limit": 10
}
```

Use the returned `id` with item:

```json
{
  "operation": "item",
  "productId": "ID_FROM_SEARCH"
}
```

### Normalized product card

Every dataset row follows one consumer contract:

- Identity: `id`, optional `sku` and `barcode`, `name`, `brand`, `source_url`.
- Price: `price` is the normal/base price. `discount_price` appears only for a verified lower selling price. `effective_price` is the lowest verified public/member selling price available in the row.
- Unit comparison: `price_per_unit_price`, `price_per_unit_quantity`, `price_per_unit_unit`, and `size`.
- Discovery: `category`, `category_id`, and `breadcrumbs` when exposed by the public source.
- Promotion: `promotion_type`, `promotion_label`, `multi_buy`, and promotion dates when exposed.
- Availability: `availability`, `stock_status`, `in_stock`, and explicit price/location scopes.
- Media and trust: `image`, `images`, `rating`, `review_count`, `source`, `retrieved_at`, and `data_quality_warnings`.
- Item enrichment: `description`, `ingredients`, `allergens`, `nutrition`, `specifications`, and `variants` only when the exact public item provides them.

Empty optional fields are omitted. The Actor never copies facts from a similar product and never invents a price, barcode, promotion, availability, ingredient, or specification.

### Search versus item

Search intentionally stays lightweight and fast. Item may make additional public requests to enrich the exact product. A warning explains when protection or source limitations force an item result to use verified listing-level data.

### Output and export

Product and offer rows are written to the default dataset. The `OUTPUT` key-value record contains run status, counts, source-call totals, warnings, and structured errors. Export the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS through Apify.

### Limitations

Tesco may protect individual product pages. When PDP enrichment is unavailable, item returns the verified public listing card and reports the limitation in data\_quality\_warnings.

Public websites change. Run bounded tests before depending on a field, respect the retailer's terms, and use the data only where lawful.

# Actor input Schema

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

Choose a consumer workflow. Search returns lightweight listing cards; item returns the richest public card available; batch performs bounded item lookups; offers returns promotional products where supported.

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

Required for search. Use the same words a shopper would enter on the retailer website.

## `productId` (type: `string`):

Required for item unless url is provided. Use the retailer product identifier returned as id.

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

Optional item input. A public product URL alternative to productId.

## `productIds` (type: `array`):

Required for batch. Up to 50 exact IDs or public URLs returned by search.

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

Maximum dataset rows. Search and offers are lightweight; item always returns at most one row.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional Apify proxy configuration. Use a country-matched residential proxy when the storefront blocks direct cloud traffic.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "operation": "search",
  "query": "milk",
  "limit": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "GB"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Normalized product or offer rows.

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

Status, counts, warnings, and structured errors stored under OUTPUT.

# 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 = {
    "query": "milk",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "GB"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dromb/tesco-uk").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 = {
    "query": "milk",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "GB",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dromb/tesco-uk").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 '{
  "query": "milk",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "GB"
  }
}' |
apify call dromb/tesco-uk --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

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/K5RibStMkQyridW5E/builds/8Rs1dVrXwK0AEYTPx/openapi.json