Coles Scraper: Products, Prices, Specials & Unit Prices

Coles Australia products, logged out: search words, Coles search, category or specials URLs, the specials list by kind, or product URLs in, one row per product out — the product id and URL, name, brand and size, the price with the was-price and the saving, the half-price or multi-buy special with its text, the unit price, availability, the purchase limits, the image URL and the department, category and aisle — several searches in one run, a max per search. One free query row per input carries a completeness verdict: COMPLETE (every product of Coles' count), CAPPED (your limit), TRUNCATED (Coles' own depth limit, with its count) or PARTIAL. No login, no API key, no browser, proxies handled for you.

Why this Coles scraper

• Searches, categories, specials and products in one run. Give search words (milk), search URLs from your browser with the sort and filters you set there, category URLs (/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge/milk), the specials list by kind (all, half price, multi-buy, online only), or product URLs and product ids. Each list gets its own cap (maxItemsPerQuery), and the run's cap sits on top (maxItems).
• Prices and specials as Coles shows them. The shelf price, the was-price and the saving in dollars and percent when the product is on special, the special's kind and its label (1/2 Price, Pick any 2 for $6), the multi-buy quantity, the unit price with its measure ($1.65/ 1L), availability and the retail and promotional purchase limits.
• Every product of a list, checked. Coles' own order, 48 products a page, until every product of Coles' count is met: the free query row says COMPLETE with the count. Coles shows a reader about 100 pages of a list (about 4,900 products) whatever its count says (the specials: 7,307, measured 2026-10-23); a run that reaches that end says TRUNCATED with Coles' count. A product a later page or another search repeats is delivered and charged once; sponsored products are kept and flagged.
• Honest runs. A product Coles does not know is a free not_found row, checked twice; a search with no match a free no_results row; a URL that is not Coles a free invalid row. Every input gets a row.

Who it's for

• Grocery price analysts — the prices, was-prices and unit prices of a category or a search's products, read again every week to follow specials and price moves.
• Brands and suppliers — where their products and their competitors' sit in Coles' search for their words, with the special, the saving and the sponsored placements.
• Deal and catalogue sites — the half-price and multi-buy specials of the week with their labels, images and product URLs.

Quick start

The first 100 products of a search

{
  "searchTerms": [
    "milk"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 100
}

This week's half-price specials

{
  "specials": "halfprice",
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 500
}

A whole category and two products by URL and by id

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.coles.com.au/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge/milk",
    "https://www.coles.com.au/product/coles-full-cream-milk-3l-8150288",
    "6450214"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 0
}

Output

One row per product (and one free query row per input):

field	meaning
row_type	product (one product, charged) or query (the input's row with the walk's verdict; free).
input_index	The 1-based position of the input this row answers: startUrls first, then searchTerms, then specials.
input_value	The input as you gave it (the URL, the search words or the specials kind).
input_kind	Which input it came from: url (startUrls), query (searchTerms) or specials.
search_url	The list (or the product) on coles.com.au, as a URL you can open.
status	A query row: ok, no_results, not_found, invalid, duplicate, failed or not_read (see the FAQ). A product row: ok.
status_detail	Why a query row is not ok, in a sentence.
scraped_at	When the row was read (UTC).
position	The product's place among this input's delivered products (1 = first); 1 for a product URL.
page	The list page the product was on (empty for a product URL).
product_id	Coles' product id (the number at the end of the product URL).
url	The product's page on coles.com.au.
name	The product's name, without the brand and the size.
brand	The brand.
description	Coles' short product line (COLES FULL CREAM MILK 3L).
size	The pack size as Coles writes it (3L, 675g, 10 Pack).
price	The current shelf price, in currency (empty when Coles shows no price: an unavailable product).
currency	The price's currency (AUD).
was_price	The earlier price Coles strikes through when the product is on special.
save_amount	The saving against the was-price, in dollars.
save_percent	The saving in percent, when Coles states one (50 for half price).
on_special	True when the product is on special (a price cut or a multi-buy offer).
promotion_type	Coles' promotion type: SPECIAL, EVERYDAY (an everyday low price), BONUSCOLLECTABLE, NEW, or empty.
special_type	The kind of special: PERCENT_OFF, MULTI_SAVE (a multi-buy), REDUCED_TO_CLEAR, WHILE_STOCKS_LAST, or empty.
special_text	The special's label as Coles shows it (1/2 Price, Pick any 2 for $6, save $0.50).
multibuy_quantity	A multi-buy offer: how many to buy for the offer price.
online_special	True when the special is online only.
unit_price	The price per unit_measure, in AUD.
unit_measure	The measure the unit price is for (1 l, 100 g, 1 ea).
unit_price_text	The unit price as the shelf label writes it ($1.65/ 1L).
available	True when Coles shows the product as available to buy.
availability_type	Where it is sold (InStoreAndOnline), from a list page.
available_quantity	The quantity Coles' list page shows as available (its default online store), when it shows one.
retail_limit	The most of this product one order may hold.
promotional_limit	The most of this product one order may hold at the special price.
image_url	The product's main image.
department	The department (Dairy, Eggs & Fridge).
category	The category inside the department (Milk).
aisle	The aisle inside the category (Full Cream Milk).
category_path	Department > category > aisle.
sponsored	True when the product was a sponsored placement in the list (false for a product URL).
products_count	A query row: Coles' own count of products for the list (sponsored ones included).
products_delivered	A query row: the product rows this input delivered.
pages_read	A query row: the list pages read.
repeats_skipped	A query row: products skipped because an earlier page or another input of the run already delivered them.
verdict	A query row: COMPLETE (every product of Coles' count, or Coles' own end of the list), CAPPED (your limit), TRUNCATED (the list ended below Coles' count: Coles shows a reader about 100 pages of a list) or PARTIAL (a refusal or the time limit stopped it).
verdict_detail	A query row: the verdict in a sentence, with the counts.

Example record:

{
  "row_type": "product",
  "input_index": 7,
  "input_value": "halfprice",
  "input_kind": "specials",
  "search_url": "https://www.coles.com.au/on-special?filter_Special=halfprice",
  "status": "ok",
  "status_detail": null,
  "scraped_at": "2026-10-23T04:00:41Z",
  "position": 1,
  "page": 1,
  "product_id": "6538290",
  "url": "https://www.coles.com.au/product/oreo-mini-original-cookies-multipack-10-pack-204g-6538290",
  "name": "Mini Original Cookies Multipack 10 Pack",
  "brand": "Oreo",
  "description": "OREO MULTIPACK ORIGINAL MINI COOKIES:.:204 GRAM",
  "size": "204g",
  "price": 2.5,
  "currency": "AUD",
  "was_price": 5.0,
  "save_amount": 2.5,
  "save_percent": 50.0,
  "on_special": true,
  "promotion_type": "SPECIAL",
  "special_type": "PERCENT_OFF",
  "special_text": "1/2 Price",
  "multibuy_quantity": null,
  "online_special": false,
  "unit_price": 1.23,
  "unit_measure": "100 g",
  "unit_price_text": "$1.23/ 100g",
  "available": true,
  "availability_type": "InStoreAndOnline",
  "available_quantity": 3276,
  "retail_limit": 20,
  "promotional_limit": 12,
  "image_url": "https://cdn.productimages.coles.com.au/productimages/6/6538290.jpg",
  "department": "Chips, Chocolates & Snacks",
  "category": "Biscuits & Cookies",
  "aisle": "Multipack Biscuits",
  "category_path": "Chips, Chocolates & Snacks > Biscuits & Cookies > Multipack Biscuits",
  "sponsored": false,
  "products_count": null,
  "products_delivered": null,
  "pages_read": null,
  "repeats_skipped": null,
  "verdict": null,
  "verdict_detail": null
}

Pricing

Pay for the products a run delivers, plus one run start; no platform usage is billed to you. The product price falls with your Apify plan.

event	unit	Free	Starter	Scale	Business
Product (product)	per 1,000	$1.00	$0.85	$0.70	$0.50
Run start (start)	per run	$0.008	$0.008	$0.008	$0.008

A product is $1.00 per 1,000 on the Free plan ($0.001 a product). Each run that delivers a charged product also pays the run start, $0.008 once; a run that delivers no charged product pays nothing at all. So one search of 100 products costs $0.108 on the Free plan, and several searches in one run share one start. The free query row of every input, a value that is not a Coles URL (invalid), a product Coles does not know (not_found), a search with no match (no_results), a repeated input (duplicate), an input left at the cap or the time limit (not_read) and a refusal the run could not pass (failed) are never charged. A product is charged once a run, also when several searches list it. A run that stops early (a timeout, an abort) is charged for the products it delivered. maxItems counts the charged rows; before the first request the log names the price of each row at your plan and the most the run can cost. Enterprise plans have their own rates: the Actor's Pricing tab shows the price for your plan.

Usage patterns

• Searches, categories, specials and products — searchTerms takes words, one search a line. startUrls takes search URLs as your browser shows them (their sort and filters are kept), category URLs (/browse/<department>/<category>/<aisle>), the specials page (/on-special, with ?filter_Special=halfprice, multibuy or onlineonly) and product URLs (/product/<name>-<id>) or bare product ids. specials adds the specials list of one kind. coles.com.au only.
• What a row is — row_type = product: one product, in Coles' order (position, and the page it was on). row_type = query: the free row of one input value — products_count (Coles' own count), products_delivered, pages_read, repeats_skipped, the verdict with its verdict_detail, and the status with its reason.
• How far a list goes — maxItemsPerQuery (default 100; 0 = every product the list serves) stops each list after that many new products. Coles shows a reader about 100 pages of a list, about 4,900 products, whatever its count says; a run that reaches that end says TRUNCATED with Coles' count, and a category or a special kind reads a narrower list. maxItems caps the charged rows of the whole run.

Input configuration

field	type	default	what it does
searchTerms	array		Words to search on coles.com.au, one search a line (milk, tim tam), as you would type them in Coles' search box. Each line is one list, read page after page. Words Coles matches with nothing give a free row with no product.
startUrls	array		Coles pages to read, one a line: a search URL (https://www.coles.com.au/search/products?q=milk, with any sort or filter you set in your browser), a category URL (https://www.coles.com.au/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge/milk), the specials (https://www.coles.com.au/on-special, or ?filter_Special=halfprice), or a product URL (https://www.coles.com.au/product/<name>-<id>, or the product id alone). A URL that is not a coles.com.au list or product gets a free invalid row; a URL given twice a free duplicate row.
specials	none / allspecials / halfprice / multibuy / onlineonly	"none"	Read Coles' specials list too: every special, the half-price specials, the multi-buy offers or the online-only specials. None = no specials list (search words and URLs only).
maxItemsPerQuery	integer	100	Stop each search, category or specials list after this many new products. 0 = every product the list serves: Coles shows a reader about 100 pages of a list (about 4,900 products), whatever its count says. Product URLs are not counted here.
maxItems	integer	0	Stop the whole run after this many product rows (the charged rows). 0 = no run cap; each list still stops at its own limit above.

Errors

A run does not fail because of your input. When an input cannot be used — a date that is not a date, an id in the wrong form, two settings that contradict each other — the run ends Succeeded, charges nothing, and says what to change:

• the status message starts with INPUT REJECTED;
• the dataset holds one row, {"error": true, "code": "…", "message": "…"}, and no results;
• the key-value store record ERROR holds the same object.

From code, check error on the first row before reading results.

A URL that is not a Coles search, category, specials or product URL (an account page, a catalogue, another shop) is not an error: it gets one free query row with status invalid that says why, and the run goes on with the others. A run that ends Failed is a fault on our side, never your input; it charges nothing, and we are alerted.

FAQ

Which status is which?

A query row's status is ok (products served), no_results (Coles lists no product for it; read on two connections), not_found (Coles has no product at that URL; checked on two connections), invalid (an empty value, or a URL that is not a Coles search, category, specials or product URL), duplicate (the same list or product again in the input: read once; or a product another input already delivered), failed (Coles refused every try; free) or not_read (left at maxItems, the charge limit or the run's time limit). A product row's status is ok.

Are the prices for my store?

No. The prices and availability are the ones coles.com.au shows a visitor who has not chosen a store (Coles' default online store). Prices per store or postcode are not read.

Does it give the barcode, nutrition and ingredients?

No. Those sit on each product's own page; the row has what Coles' lists show: the price, the special, the unit price, the size, availability, the image and the category.

Why are some products marked sponsored?

Coles places sponsored products in its own lists; they count in Coles' count of the list and keep their place, with sponsored true. Filter on it if you want the organic results only.

Does it need a Coles account or API key?

No. Everything is read from Coles' public pages, logged out.

Integration

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('hyperbach/coles-scraper').call({"searchTerms": ["milk"], "maxItemsPerQuery": 100});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient('YOUR_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('hyperbach/coles-scraper').call(run_input={'searchTerms': ['milk'], 'maxItemsPerQuery': 100})
items = client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).list_items().items

CLI

$apify call hyperbach/coles-scraper --input '{"searchTerms": ["milk"], "maxItemsPerQuery": 100}'

REST

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/hyperbach~coles-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"searchTerms": ["milk"], "maxItemsPerQuery": 100}'

Support

apify@hyperbach.com

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