# Croma Catalogue by Category (`ikmal_suzali_atr/croma-catalog`) Actor

Every product on a Croma category listing (croma.com, India): id, name, brand, price, MRP, rating and stock, page by page, optionally with subcategories. Croma exposes no sponsored signal, so is\_sponsored is always false. Dual-mode: also an ATR BullMQ worker.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ikmal\_suzali\_atr/croma-catalog.md
- **Developed by:** [AtTheRate AI](https://apify.com/ikmal_suzali_atr) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.50 / 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.

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.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Croma Catalogue by Category

Pulls every product on a Croma category listing (croma.com, India), page by page, with price, MRP, discount, ratings, review counts and stock. Use it to mirror an electronics category, track price moves on TVs, phones or appliances, or compare Croma against other Indian electronics retailers.

### What you get

- One row per product: `id`, `name`, `brand`, `price`, `original_price` (the MRP), `discount_percent`, `currency` and `product_url`.
- Rich review data: `rating`, `rating_count` and a separate `review_count`.
- `page` and `position` for exact placement inside the category listing.
- `in_stock` plus `stores_in_stock`, the number of Croma stores holding the item.
- Croma's own taxonomy on every row: `category_l0`, `category_l1` and `category_l2`.
- `offer_text` for the promotional line on the tile and `live_date` for when the product went live.
- Optional subcategory crawling from Croma's own category facets.

### Input

Give one or more category ids, URLs or names.

```json
{
  "categories": ["997", "Smart TVs"],
  "locale": "in",
  "maxPages": 1,
  "expandSubcategories": false,
  "delayMs": 1200,
  "callsPerSession": 60,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "IN"
  }
}
```

- `categories` (required): `"997"`, `"https://www.croma.com/televisions-accessories/c/997"` or a name such as `"Smart TVs"`. Names resolve through Croma's category facets.
- `maxPages`: pages per category. `0` means every page. Croma serves 21 products a page.
- `expandSubcategories`: also crawl the child categories of each entry.
- `delayMs` and `callsPerSession`: pacing and session rotation.
- `proxyConfiguration`: egress for the run. An Indian residential proxy is the default.

### Output

One dataset row per product per page.

```json
{
  "platform": "croma",
  "locale": "in",
  "category": "997",
  "category_title": "Televisions & Accessories",
  "breadcrumbs": "Television & Accessories > Televisions",
  "page": 1,
  "position": 1,
  "id": "273404",
  "name": "Croma 108 cm (43 inch) 4K Ultra HD LED Google TV",
  "brand": "Croma",
  "price": 26990,
  "original_price": 44900,
  "discount_percent": 39,
  "currency": "INR",
  "rating": 4.3,
  "rating_count": 1180,
  "review_count": 214,
  "in_stock": true,
  "stores_in_stock": 37,
  "is_sponsored": false,
  "category_l1": "Televisions",
  "offer_text": "Extra 10% off on HDFC cards",
  "product_url": "https://www.croma.com/croma-108-cm-43-inch-4k-ultra-hd-led-google-tv/p/273404",
  "fetched_at": "2026-09-12T03:35:09.757Z"
}
```

`is_sponsored` is always `false`. Croma exposes no sponsored or featured marker on listings, so every position is organic. `seller` is always null.

### Use cases

- Daily price tracking on high-value electronics from `price`, `original_price` and `discount_percent`.
- Assortment and share-of-shelf analysis by `brand` inside `category_l1` and `category_l2`.
- Review-strength benchmarking from `rating`, `rating_count` and `review_count`.
- Stock depth monitoring from `in_stock` and `stores_in_stock`.
- Promotion tracking from `offer_text`, and new-model detection from `live_date` and `id`.

### Notes and limits

- Exactly 21 products a page, whatever page size is requested. Croma's service ignores the page-size parameter.
- Ratings are rich here and worth using. This is one of the few Indian electronics storefronts that publishes both rating counts and review counts on listings.
- Croma exposes no sponsored signal, so `is_sponsored` is always false by construction, not by observation of one run.
- A category name that matches nothing returns zero rows with a warning, and the run continues.
- Only the India storefront exists.
- An Indian residential proxy is the default and is recommended. Other egress can be met with an access-denied page.

### FAQ

**Do I need a proxy?** Yes, use an Indian residential proxy. That is the actor default.

**How many results can I get?** Everything Croma lists for the category, 21 products a page. `maxPages` caps it, `0` means no cap.

**Does it need a login or an API key?** No. No account and no key.

**Can I see which products are ads?** No, and neither can a shopper: Croma publishes no paid-placement marker in its listing data, so `is_sponsored` is always false.

**Can I pass a category name instead of an id?** Yes. Names are matched against Croma's own category facets, and a numeric id or a `/c/<id>` URL is always accepted.

# Actor input Schema

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

Croma category ids, URLs or names, e.g. "997", "https://www.croma.com/televisions-accessories/c/997" or "Smart TVs" (resolved from the category facets).

## `locale` (type: `string`):

Which storefront / locale.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

0 = all pages.

## `expandSubcategories` (type: `boolean`):

Also crawl each category's subcategories when the site exposes them.

## `delayMs` (type: `integer`):

Pause between page fetches.

## `callsPerSession` (type: `integer`):

Re-mint the session after this many page fetches.

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

On the Apify platform this decides egress. A residential proxy in the storefront's country is recommended (IN for the default). On our own servers it is ignored and our residential proxy is used.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "997"
  ],
  "locale": "in",
  "maxPages": 0,
  "expandSubcategories": false,
  "delayMs": 1200,
  "callsPerSession": 60,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "IN"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

One row per product.

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

Counts for the run: what was requested, captured, skipped and failed.

# 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 = {
    "categories": [
        "997"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ikmal_suzali_atr/croma-catalog").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 = { "categories": ["997"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ikmal_suzali_atr/croma-catalog").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 '{
  "categories": [
    "997"
  ]
}' |
apify call ikmal_suzali_atr/croma-catalog --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/qW87qeiMITIJawqo7/builds/wOa022kaUohE49Wiv/openapi.json