# Blinkit Product Scraper (`jocular_quisling/blinkit-product-scraper`)

Powerful Blinkit scraper to extract real-time product data — prices, stock, ratings & variants by location. Supports multi-query search, pagination & Apify proxy for 403 bypass. Ideal for price tracking, market research & inventory analytics.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jocular\_quisling/blinkit-product-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scraper Master](https://apify.com/jocular_quisling) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 5 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per result. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for dataset items the Actor outputs.

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

# README

## Blinkit Product Scraper

Extract detailed product information from **Blinkit** (formerly Grofers) - India's leading quick commerce platform for groceries and daily essentials.

### ⚠️ Important: Apify Proxy Required

**This actor REQUIRES Apify Proxy** to work properly. Blinkit blocks requests from datacenter IPs, so you must enable Apify's residential proxy in your actor settings. Without proxy, all requests will fail with 403 errors.

### Features

- 🔍 **Multiple Search Queries**: Scrape products for multiple search terms in a single run
- 📍 **Location-Based Scraping**: Get accurate pricing and availability for specific coordinates
- 📦 **Product Variants**: Automatically extracts all variants of a product
- 🔄 **Pagination Support**: Fetches multiple pages of results per query
- 📊 **Comprehensive Data**: Extracts 15+ data points per product
- 🛡️ **Proxy Support**: Uses curl-cffi with Apify proxy for reliable scraping

### Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `queries` | Array | ✓ | - | List of search queries (e.g., \['chocolate', 'milk']) |
| `lat` | String | - | 28.4511202 | Latitude coordinate for location |
| `lon` | String | - | 77.0965147 | Longitude coordinate for location |
| `max_pages` | Integer | - | 10 | Maximum pages to scrape per query (1-50) |
| `use_proxy` | Boolean | ✓ | true | **REQUIRED**: Enable Apify proxy (essential for bypassing 403 errors) |

#### Input Example

```json
{
  "queries": ["chocolate", "milk", "coffee"],
  "lat": "28.4511202",
  "lon": "77.0965147",
  "max_pages": 10,
  "use_proxy": true
}
```

### Output Data

Each product in the dataset contains:

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `platform` | String | Always 'blinkit' |
| `search_query` | String | Search query that found this product |
| `product_id` | String | Unique product identifier |
| `variant_id` | String | Variant identifier (same as product\_id if no variants) |
| `name` | String | Product name |
| `brand` | String | Brand name |
| `price` | Number | Current selling price (₹) |
| `mrp` | Number | Maximum Retail Price (₹) |
| `quantity` | String | Product quantity/size (e.g., "500 g", "1 L") |
| `in_stock` | Boolean | Stock availability |
| `inventory` | Number | Available inventory count |
| `max_allowed_quantity` | Number | Maximum quantity per order |
| `category` | String | Product category |
| `sub_category` | String | Product sub-category |
| `images` | Array | List of product image URLs |
| `organic_rank` | Number | Position in search results |
| `rating` | Number | Product rating (0-5) |
| `store_id` | String | Merchant/store identifier |

#### Output Example

```json
{
  "platform": "blinkit",
  "search_query": "chocolate",
  "product_id": "123456",
  "variant_id": "123456",
  "name": "Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar",
  "brand": "Cadbury",
  "price": 45,
  "mrp": 50,
  "quantity": "55 g",
  "in_stock": true,
  "inventory": 100,
  "max_allowed_quantity": 10,
  "category": "Snacks & Beverages",
  "sub_category": "Chocolates",
  "images": [
    "https://cdn.blinkit.com/product-image1.jpg",
    "https://cdn.blinkit.com/product-image2.jpg"
  ],
  "organic_rank": 1,
  "rating": 4.5,
  "store_id": "store_123"
}
```

### How to Find Coordinates

To get accurate local pricing and availability, you need latitude and longitude coordinates:

#### Method 1: Google Maps

1. Open [Google Maps](https://maps.google.com)
2. Right-click on your location
3. Click on the coordinates to copy them
4. Format: First number is latitude, second is longitude

#### Method 2: GPS Coordinates Website

1. Visit [gps-coordinates.net](https://www.gps-coordinates.net/)
2. Search for your address
3. Copy the decimal coordinates

#### Example Coordinates

- **Delhi**: lat: `28.4511202`, lon: `77.0965147`
- **Mumbai**: lat: `19.0760`, lon: `72.8777`
- **Bangalore**: lat: `12.9716`, lon: `77.5946`
- **Kolkata**: lat: `22.5726`, lon: `88.3639`

### Use Cases

- **Price Monitoring**: Track product prices over time
- **Market Research**: Analyze product availability and pricing trends
- **Inventory Tracking**: Monitor stock levels across locations
- **Competitive Analysis**: Compare products across different locations
- **Product Discovery**: Find all variants and options available
- **Data Analysis**: Build datasets for price prediction and demand forecasting

### Technical Details

- **Proxy Required**: Uses Apify residential proxy to bypass IP blocks
- **HTTP Client**: curl-cffi with Chrome 110 impersonation for better success rates
- **Rate Limiting**: Built-in delays between requests (1-5 seconds)
- **Retry Logic**: Automatic retries on failures (3 attempts per page)
- **Pagination**: Automatically follows pagination links
- **Related Products**: Stops extraction at "Showing related products" section

### Limitations

- **Requires Apify Proxy**: This actor will not work without Apify's residential proxy enabled
- Only works for locations where Blinkit operates (primarily India)
- Maximum 50 pages per query recommended
- Some products may be region-specific
- Requires valid coordinates within serviceable areas
- Apify Proxy subscription needed (additional cost)

### Error Handling

The scraper includes robust error handling:

- Invalid queries are logged and skipped
- Failed pages are retried up to 3 times
- Final summary shows successful and failed queries
- Empty results are logged as warnings

### Support

For issues or questions:

- **Getting 403 errors?** Ensure Apify Proxy is enabled in actor settings
- Check Apify logs for detailed error messages
- Ensure coordinates are within Blinkit's service area
- Verify search queries are valid
- Make sure you have an active Apify Proxy subscription
- Contact support with run ID for assistance

### Version History

- **v1.0** (2025-01-11): Initial release
  - Multi-query support
  - Location-based scraping
  - Pagination support
  - Comprehensive product data extraction

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

List of search queries to scrape products for (e.g., \['chocolate', 'milk', 'bread'])

## `lat` (type: `string`):

Latitude coordinate for location-based pricing and availability (optional). Default: Delhi, India (28.4511202)

## `lon` (type: `string`):

Longitude coordinate for location-based pricing and availability (optional). Default: Delhi, India (77.0965147)

## `max_pages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of pages to scrape per query (default: 10)

## `use_proxy` (type: `boolean`):

Enable Apify's residential proxy (REQUIRED for Blinkit to work). Blinkit blocks datacenter IPs, so proxy is essential. Requires Apify Proxy subscription.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "chocolate",
    "milk",
    "coffee"
  ],
  "lat": "28.4511202",
  "lon": "77.0965147",
  "max_pages": 10,
  "use_proxy": true
}
```

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "chocolate"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jocular_quisling/blinkit-product-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 = { "queries": ["chocolate"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jocular_quisling/blinkit-product-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 '{
  "queries": [
    "chocolate"
  ]
}' |
apify call jocular_quisling/blinkit-product-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jocular_quisling/blinkit-product-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Blinkit Product Scraper",
        "description": "Powerful Blinkit scraper to extract real-time product data — prices, stock, ratings & variants by location. Supports multi-query search, pagination & Apify proxy for 403 bypass. Ideal for price tracking, market research & inventory analytics.",
        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "xCXJUY5uuf46zeuv9"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/jocular_quisling~blinkit-product-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jocular_quisling-blinkit-product-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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/jocular_quisling~blinkit-product-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-jocular_quisling-blinkit-product-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/jocular_quisling~blinkit-product-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-jocular_quisling-blinkit-product-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": [
                    "queries",
                    "use_proxy"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "queries": {
                        "title": "Search Queries",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of search queries to scrape products for (e.g., ['chocolate', 'milk', 'bread'])",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "lat": {
                        "title": "Latitude",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Latitude coordinate for location-based pricing and availability (optional). Default: Delhi, India (28.4511202)",
                        "default": "28.4511202"
                    },
                    "lon": {
                        "title": "Longitude",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Longitude coordinate for location-based pricing and availability (optional). Default: Delhi, India (77.0965147)",
                        "default": "77.0965147"
                    },
                    "max_pages": {
                        "title": "Maximum Pages",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 50,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of pages to scrape per query (default: 10)",
                        "default": 10
                    },
                    "use_proxy": {
                        "title": "Use Apify Proxy",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Enable Apify's residential proxy (REQUIRED for Blinkit to work). Blinkit blocks datacenter IPs, so proxy is essential. Requires Apify Proxy subscription.",
                        "default": true
                    }
                }
            },
            "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": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "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": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
