# Ecommerce Price Scraper (`fipper_ai/ecommerce-price-scraper`) Actor Scrape product prices, ratings, and details from e-commerce websites in real-time. Ideal for price tracking, competitor analysis, dropshipping research, and market insights. Fast, reliable, and easy to use for automation and data collectionWeb scraping E-commerce Developer tools - **URL**: https://apify.com/fipper\_ai/ecommerce-price-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Josh Baker](https://apify.com/fipper_ai) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, E-commerce - **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.00005 / actor start 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/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 ## Commerce Price Monitor Monitor public e-commerce pages for products, prices, availability, screenshots, and changes over time. This Actor is built for stores, agencies, resellers, SEO teams, and price-monitoring workflows where the user is allowed to crawl the target pages. ### What it does - Crawls store, category, collection, and product URLs - Renders pages with Playwright - Detects product pages by URL patterns and structured data - Extracts product title, price, currency, availability, brand, SKU, image, and page hash - Reads JSON-LD Product data when available - Falls back to common price and title selectors - Captures optional screenshots - Compares results against previous runs - Marks price, availability, and content changes - Saves structured records to the default Apify Dataset ### Best use cases - Price monitoring - Product availability monitoring - Competitor product tracking - Store catalog discovery - Client site audit snapshots - Reseller listing watchlists ### Input The Actor uses `INPUT_SCHEMA.json`. Important settings: - `start_urls`: store, category, collection, or product URLs - `max_pages`: total pages to visit - `max_products`: total product records to save - `max_depth`: link depth from the start URLs - `product_url_patterns`: URL fragments that identify product pages - `price_selectors`: optional CSS selectors for price fallback - `title_selectors`: optional CSS selectors for title fallback - `capture_screenshots`: save product screenshots - `detect_changes`: compare against previous run state ### Output Each product record includes: - `url` - `title` - `price.raw` - `price.amount` - `price.currency` - `availability` - `brand` - `sku` - `image` - `images` - `content_hash` - `previous_price` - `price_changed` - `availability_changed` - `content_changed` - `changed` - `screenshot_key` The final Dataset item is a summary with crawl totals. ### Monetization Recommended Apify pricing: - keep `apify-actor-start` - keep `apify-default-dataset-item` - price per product/result item This Actor has a clear paid use case: users pay to monitor products and price changes without building their own crawler. ### Responsible use Use this Actor only on websites you own, manage, or are allowed to crawl. It does not bypass CAPTCHA, paywalls, logins, or access controls. # Actor input Schema ## `start_urls` (type: `array`): Store home pages, collection pages, category pages, or direct product URLs. ## `max_pages` (type: `integer`): Hard limit for pages visited. ## `max_products` (type: `integer`): Hard limit for product records saved. ## `max_depth` (type: `integer`): How many link levels to follow from each start URL. ## `same_domain_only` (type: `boolean`): Only follow links on the same domain as the start URLs. ## `product_url_patterns` (type: `array`): URL fragments that usually identify product pages. ## `include_patterns` (type: `array`): Optional regex patterns URLs must match. ## `exclude_patterns` (type: `array`): Regex patterns to skip. ## `price_selectors` (type: `array`): Optional CSS selectors for price text. ## `title_selectors` (type: `array`): Optional CSS selectors for product title. ## `capture_screenshots` (type: `boolean`): Save product page screenshots to the key-value store. ## `detect_changes` (type: `boolean`): Compare price, availability, and content hash with the previous run. ## `snapshot_store_name` (type: `string`): Key-value store used to remember previous product state. ## `wait_ms` (type: `integer`): Extra wait before extracting product data. ## Actor input object example ```json { "start_urls": [ { "url": "https://example.com/products/sample-product" } ], "max_pages": 500, "max_products": 250, "max_depth": 4, "same_domain_only": true, "product_url_patterns": [ "/products/", "/product/", "/p/", "/item/", "/dp/" ], "include_patterns": [], "exclude_patterns": [ "/cart", "/checkout", "/account", "/login", "/logout", "/search", "sort=", "filter=" ], "price_selectors": [ "[itemprop='price']", ".price", ".product-price", "[class*='price']" ], "title_selectors": [ "h1", "[itemprop='name']", ".product-title" ], "capture_screenshots": true, "detect_changes": true, "snapshot_store_name": "commerce-price-monitor-snapshots", "wait_ms": 1000 } ```` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "start_urls": [ { "url": "https://example.com/products/sample-product" } ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("fipper_ai/ecommerce-price-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "start_urls": [{ "url": "https://example.com/products/sample-product" }] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("fipper_ai/ecommerce-price-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 '{ "start_urls": [ { "url": "https://example.com/products/sample-product" } ] }' | apify call fipper_ai/ecommerce-price-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fipper_ai/ecommerce-price-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Ecommerce Price Scraper", "description": "Scrape product prices, ratings, and details from e-commerce websites in real-time. Ideal for price tracking, competitor analysis, dropshipping research, and market insights. Fast, reliable, and easy to use for automation and data collectionWeb scraping\nE-commerce\nDeveloper tools", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "qmteS1jo2ogGaknWg" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/fipper_ai~ecommerce-price-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-fipper_ai-ecommerce-price-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/fipper_ai~ecommerce-price-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-fipper_ai-ecommerce-price-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/fipper_ai~ecommerce-price-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-fipper_ai-ecommerce-price-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "start_urls" ], "properties": { "start_urls": { "title": "Store or category URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Store home pages, collection pages, category pages, or direct product URLs.", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "url": { "title": "URL", "type": "string", "description": "Store, category, collection, or product page URL to start crawling from.", "editor": "textfield", "pattern": "^https?://.+" } }, "required": [ "url" ], "additionalProperties": false } }, "max_pages": { "title": "Max pages", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard limit for pages visited.", "default": 500 }, "max_products": { "title": "Max products", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard limit for product records saved.", "default": 250 }, "max_depth": { "title": "Max crawl depth", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "How many link levels to follow from each start URL.", "default": 4 }, "same_domain_only": { "title": "Same domain only", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only follow links on the same domain as the start URLs.", "default": true }, "product_url_patterns": { "title": "Product URL patterns", "type": "array", "description": "URL fragments that usually identify product pages.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "default": [ "/products/", "/product/", "/p/", "/item/", "/dp/" ] }, "include_patterns": { "title": "Include URL patterns", "type": "array", "description": "Optional regex patterns URLs must match.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "default": [] }, "exclude_patterns": { "title": "Exclude URL patterns", "type": "array", "description": "Regex patterns to skip.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "default": [ "/cart", "/checkout", "/account", "/login", "/logout", "/search", "sort=", "filter=" ] }, "price_selectors": { "title": "Price selectors", "type": "array", "description": "Optional CSS selectors for price text.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "default": [ "[itemprop='price']", ".price", ".product-price", "[class*='price']" ] }, "title_selectors": { "title": "Title selectors", "type": "array", "description": "Optional CSS selectors for product title.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "default": [ "h1", "[itemprop='name']", ".product-title" ] }, "capture_screenshots": { "title": "Capture screenshots", "type": "boolean", "description": "Save product page screenshots to the key-value store.", "default": true }, "detect_changes": { "title": "Detect changes", "type": "boolean", "description": "Compare price, availability, and content hash with the previous run.", "default": true }, "snapshot_store_name": { "title": "Snapshot store name", "type": "string", "description": "Key-value store used to remember previous product state.", "default": "commerce-price-monitor-snapshots" }, "wait_ms": { "title": "Wait after load", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Extra wait before extracting product data.", "default": 1000 } } }, "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": 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