# JioMart Catalogue by Subcategory & Pincode (`ikmal_suzali_atr/jiomart-catalog`) Actor

Every product on a JioMart subcategory listing per pincode: id, name, brand, price, MRP, discount, rating, stock, sponsored flag and store. Pure HTTP on the Fynd catalog API with the ad server merged in. Dual-mode: the same code runs as an ATR BullMQ worker.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ikmal\_suzali\_atr/jiomart-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?

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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.

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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

## JioMart Catalogue by Subcategory & Pincode

Pulls every product on a JioMart subcategory listing, priced and stocked for the Indian pincode you give, with sponsored slots identified. Track grocery and general-merchandise assortment, pricing and paid placements on one of India's largest retailers, city by city.

### What you get

- Shelf order in `page` and `position`, with price economics in `price`, `original_price`, `discount_percent` and `pack_size`.
- A real sponsored flag: `is_sponsored`, with `ad_rank` and `ad_track_id` for the paid slots JioMart serves.
- Category context at every level: `l1_category`, `l2_category`, `l3_category`, `category_name` and `breadcrumbs`.
- Identity and merchant signals: `id`, `item_code`, `sku_code`, `name`, `brand`, `image_url`, `product_url`, `in_stock`, `seller` (1p or 3p) and `store_id`.
- Location honesty: every row carries its `pincode`, and an unserved pincode is skipped with a warning, never answered with another area's data.

### Input

Both `categories` and `pincodes` are required.

```json
{
  "categories": ["milk"],
  "pincodes": ["400001"],
  "maxPages": 0,
  "expandSubcategories": false,
  "concurrency": 2,
  "delayMs": 600,
  "callsPerSession": 150,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "IN"
  }
}
```

- `categories`: leaf slugs such as `milk`, collection URLs, or wider levels written `l2:milk-milk-products` and `l1:fresh-l1`.
- `pincodes`: 6-digit Indian pincodes. `maxPages` is pages per subcategory, 0 meaning all, at 12 products a page.
- `expandSubcategories`: also crawl each subcategory's children from the category tree, around 1,061 grocery leaves.
- `proxyConfiguration`: residential country IN is the default.

### Output

One row per product, per subcategory, per pincode. The verified run above returned 12 rows for `milk` at `400001`.

```json
{
  "pincode": "400001",
  "store_id": "13641",
  "category": "l3:milk",
  "category_title": "Milk",
  "page": 1,
  "position": 1,
  "id": "490005853",
  "name": "Amul Taaza Toned Fresh Milk 500 ml",
  "brand": "Amul",
  "pack_size": "500 ml",
  "price": 28,
  "original_price": null,
  "discount_percent": null,
  "rating_count": null,
  "in_stock": true,
  "is_sponsored": false,
  "seller": "1p",
  "product_url": "https://www.jiomart.com/p/amul-taaza-toned-fresh-milk-500-ml",
  "fetched_at": "2026-09-12T10:14:02.117Z"
}
```

`rating_count` is always null: JioMart listings publish a rating but no count. `original_price` and `discount_percent` are null on undiscounted items, and `ad_rank` and `ad_track_id` are null on organic rows.

### Use cases

- Daily price and discount tracking per city from `price` and `discount_percent`.
- Ad-slot share of voice from `is_sponsored` per `brand`, with `ad_rank` for slot quality.
- Assortment and availability gaps from the `id` set and `in_stock` across pincodes, and first-party versus third-party mix through `seller`.
- Pack and price-per-unit comparisons from `pack_size` against `price`.

### Notes and limits

- Grocery coverage depends on the store serving the pincode. Listings are not store-filtered, so they come back complete either way, but sponsored slots resolve from the stores serving your exact point and can differ between two addresses in one pincode.
- A slug JioMart does not recognise yields a landing page, not a listing, reported with a warning and zero rows.
- Sponsored slots come from a separate ad request matched back to products. If it fails, the run continues and logs that the slots are unknown, so treat `is_sponsored` as unreliable for that listing.
- A pincode that is not 6 digits, or that JioMart does not serve, is reported and skipped. Sessions re-mint after 150 page fetches, with a 600 ms pause between calls.

### FAQ

**Do I need a proxy?** A residential proxy in India is recommended and is the default. JioMart answers 403 to egress it dislikes, and the run stops with that message rather than half-scraping.

**How many results can I get?** Whole subcategories, 12 per page with no cap when `maxPages` is 0. With `expandSubcategories` you can walk around 1,061 grocery leaves.

**Does it need login or an API key?** No JioMart account or key of your own is required.

**How is sponsored detected?** Paid slots are requested from JioMart's own ad server for that category and matched by product id, so `is_sponsored` reflects a real billed placement, its slot number in `ad_rank`.

# Actor input Schema

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

JioMart L3 category slugs ("milk", "flavoured-milk"), collection URLs (https://www.jiomart.com/collection/milk) or "l2:milk-milk-products" / "l1:fresh-l1" for wider levels. Enable "Include subcategories" to crawl children from JioMart's category tree (~1,061 grocery leaves).

## `pincodes` (type: `array`):

Indian 6-digit pincodes. Each is resolved to coordinates and JioMart's location headers are set from them. Note: which dark store JioMart picks depends on the exact point inside the pincode — grocery listings are complete either way, but the sponsored slots come from the stores that serve the point; unresolvable or unserved pincodes are skipped with a warning. Every row carries its pincode.

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

0 = all (12 products per page).

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

Also crawl each subcategory's children from the category tree.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

1–4.

## `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 India is recommended. On our own servers it is ignored and our residential proxy is used.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "milk"
  ],
  "pincodes": [
    "400001"
  ],
  "maxPages": 0,
  "expandSubcategories": false,
  "concurrency": 2,
  "delayMs": 600,
  "callsPerSession": 150,
  "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": [
        "milk"
    ],
    "pincodes": [
        "400001"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ikmal_suzali_atr/jiomart-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": ["milk"],
    "pincodes": ["400001"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ikmal_suzali_atr/jiomart-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": [
    "milk"
  ],
  "pincodes": [
    "400001"
  ]
}' |
apify call ikmal_suzali_atr/jiomart-catalog --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ikmal_suzali_atr/jiomart-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/AGLdaFeKIj8XlIAgl/builds/GzZIgzgbmjTEJ3HC2/openapi.json