# Woolworths Australia Scraper — Products, Prices & Specials (`fabrikit/woolworths-au-scraper`) Actor

Scrape woolworths.com.au: search keywords, browse categories, or list every special. Gets price, was price, unit price, promotion text, availability, category path, barcode, image and URL. No login. From US$0.80 per 1,000 products.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fabrikit/woolworths-au-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Fabrikit](https://apify.com/fabrikit) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.80 / 1,000 product scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Woolworths Australia Scraper — Products, Prices & Specials

Collect product data from **woolworths.com.au** without a browser and without logging in: search by keyword, browse any category, list every current special, or fetch single products by URL or stockcode.

**From US$0.80 per 1,000 products.** Pay only for products saved to the dataset.

### What you get

For every product: stockcode, name, brand, pack size, current price, was price, savings, unit price (per 100 g / 1 L ...), special flag and promotion text (Half Price, 20% Off, 2 for $10.00...), availability, stock flag, department / category / subcategory path, barcode (GTIN), image, product URL, description, ingredients, country of origin and health star rating when Woolworths publishes them.

### Input

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `searchTerms` | One search per keyword (about 2,400 results deep per keyword). |
| `categories` | Names, slugs or browse URLs, e.g. `dairy-eggs-fridge/milk`. Subcategories are included. |
| `productUrls` | Product URLs or plain stockcodes. |
| `onlySpecials` | Only products on special. With nothing else filled in, collects all current specials. |
| `excludeUnavailable` | Hide products that cannot be bought. |
| `sortBy` | Relevance, price, name or unit price. |
| `maxItems` / `maxItemsPerQuery` | Overall and per-query limits (exact). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Datacenter by default; switches to a residential Australian IP automatically if Woolworths blocks it. |

Example:

```json
{ "searchTerms": ["milk", "bread"], "onlySpecials": true, "maxItems": 200 }
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "stockcode": "204746",
  "name": "Pauls Smarter White Low Fat Milk 2L",
  "brand": "Pauls",
  "packageSize": "2L",
  "price": 4.6,
  "wasPrice": 4.95,
  "savingsAmount": 0.35,
  "cupString": "$2.30 / 1L",
  "isOnSpecial": true,
  "promotionText": "Special",
  "savingsText": "Save $0.35",
  "isAvailable": true,
  "categoryPath": "Dairy, Eggs & Fridge > Milk > Full Cream Milk",
  "barcode": "9310036039488",
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn1.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/large/204746.jpg",
  "url": "https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/204746/pauls-smarter-white-low-fat-milk"
}
```

### Pricing

| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| Product scraped (`product-result`) | US$0.0008 (US$0.80 per 1,000) |

Plus the standard Apify actor-start charge. Runs are cheap: about 500 products in 30–40 seconds.

### FAQ

**Which prices are returned?** Woolworths' national online prices (the same ones shown to a visitor who has not chosen a store).

**Does it need a proxy?** An Australian residential IP is the most reliable. The actor starts on the default datacenter proxy and upgrades itself if it is blocked.

**How many products per keyword?** Around 2,400 (Woolworths' own search depth). Use several keywords or categories for more; duplicates are removed by stockcode.

**Is any personal data collected?** No. Only public product and price information.

### Use cases

Price monitoring and comparison, specials alerts, catalogue and barcode enrichment, market research, grocery apps.

### En español

Extrae productos de Woolworths Australia (precios, precio anterior, precio por unidad, ofertas, categoría, código de barras, imagen) por palabra clave, categoría, URL de producto o solo ofertas. Sin login. Desde US$0.80 por 1.000 productos. Si Woolworths bloquea el proxy datacenter, el actor cambia solo a un proxy residencial de Australia.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

One search per entry (for example: milk, nappies, vitamin c). Up to ~2,400 results per keyword.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Category names, slugs or browse URLs, one per entry (for example: dairy-eggs-fridge, dairy-eggs-fridge/milk, https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/browse/pantry). Subcategories are included.

## `productUrls` (type: `array`):

Product page URLs (…/shop/productdetails/204746/…) or plain stockcodes to fetch directly.

## `onlySpecials` (type: `boolean`):

With keywords or categories: only specials. With nothing else filled in: collect all current specials across the grocery departments.

## `excludeUnavailable` (type: `boolean`):

Skip products that are out of range or unavailable.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Result ordering for searches and categories.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Total products to save across all queries.

## `maxItemsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Optional cap for each keyword or category, so one broad query does not use the whole budget.

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

Datacenter proxy by default; the actor switches to a residential Australian proxy automatically if Woolworths blocks it.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "milk"
  ],
  "onlySpecials": false,
  "excludeUnavailable": false,
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `products` (type: `string`):

All products collected during the run

# 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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "milk"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fabrikit/woolworths-au-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 = {
    "searchTerms": ["milk"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fabrikit/woolworths-au-scraper").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 '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "milk"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call fabrikit/woolworths-au-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,fabrikit/woolworths-au-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/GfxdynBTbieV1muc7/builds/QtXeWaj1WEcSwBUnp/openapi.json