# Crutchfield Car & Home Audio Product Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/crutchfield-car-home-audio-product-spec-scraper`) Actor Scrape product specs, pricing, ratings, and availability for car audio and home theater gear from Crutchfield.com. Extracts product name, manufacturer, SKU, price, MSRP, stock status, ratings, feature bullets, what's-in-the-box, and Crutchfield editorial scores. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/crutchfield-car-home-audio-product-spec-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. 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 ## Crutchfield Car & Home Audio Product Scraper Scrape car audio and home audio product specs, pricing, ratings, and availability from Crutchfield.com — the US authority for car audio and home theater gear since 1974. ### What It Does This actor scrapes product data from Crutchfield's entire car audio and home audio catalog. It discovers products via Crutchfield's product sitemaps and scrapes each product detail page for structured product data including: - Product name, manufacturer, and SKU (Crutchfield item number) - Manufacturer part number - Department, category, and sub-category (from breadcrumb) - Current selling price and MSRP (strikethrough price) - Stock availability - Outlet / open-box flag - Customer rating and review count - Crutchfield editorial score (Recommended / Outstanding badge) - Feature bullets - What's in the box - Product URL and image URLs - Scrape timestamp ### Why Crutchfield Crutchfield is the dominant US car audio and home theater retailer with 368,000+ monthly branded searches. Despite massive demand, zero Apify actors existed for it — Cloudflare bot protection had gated competitors out. This actor uses CapSolver + DataImpulse residential proxy to bypass Cloudflare and deliver comprehensive product data. ### Input | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | `startUrls` | Array | Both car + home audio | Category hint URLs. Use a car audio URL (e.g. `https://www.crutchfield.com/g_300/All-Car-Stereos.html`) for car audio only, or a home audio URL (e.g. `https://www.crutchfield.com/g_111600/Receivers.html`) for home audio only. When omitted, both catalogs are scraped. | | `maxItems` | Integer | 500 | Maximum number of product records to return | ### Output Each record in the default dataset contains: ```json { "product_name": "Sony XAV-AX4000", "manufacturer": "Sony", "sku": "158XAV4000", "mfr_part_number": "XAVAX4000", "department": "Car audio & video", "category": "Car stereos", "sub_category": "Digital multimedia car stereos", "price_usd": 448, "msrp_usd": 598, "in_stock": true, "is_outlet": false, "rating": 4.5, "review_count": 361, "crutchfield_score": null, "feature_bullets": ["7\" touchscreen", "Apple CarPlay & Android Auto", "Built-in WebLink"], "what_in_the_box": ["Receiver", "Wiring harness", "Mounting hardware"], "product_url": "https://www.crutchfield.com/p_158XAV4000/Sony-XAV-AX4000.html", "image_urls": ["https://images.crutchfieldonline.com/..."], "scraped_at": "2026-06-05T10:51:15.000Z" } ```` ### Coverage - **Car audio**: ~14,600 products (car stereos, amplifiers, speakers, subwoofers, navigation, dash cams, etc.) - **Home audio**: ~4,100 products (receivers, tower speakers, subwoofers, amplifiers, soundbars, etc.) - **Total**: ~18,700 unique products ### Use Cases - **Price monitoring**: Track pricing trends on car audio and home theater gear - **Competitive intelligence**: Compare Crutchfield's catalog against other retailers - **AI / ML datasets**: Build training data for audio product recommendation engines - **Market research**: Analyze brand distribution, category coverage, and pricing tiers - **Outlet arbitrage**: Identify discounted B-stock and open-box deals via the `is_outlet` flag ### Technical Notes - Cloudflare bypass via CapSolver AntiCloudflareTask + DataImpulse residential proxy - Product discovery via Crutchfield's official product sitemaps (no listing page scraping required) - Extraction via JSON-LD Product schema (rich structured data on all product pages) - Memory: 4096 MB recommended (large sitemap parsing + sequential PDP fetches) # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): List of Crutchfield category page URLs to scrape. Format: https://www.crutchfield.com/g\_{group-id}/{slug}.html Leave blank to use the built-in default category set (car audio + home audio). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of product records to scrape (across all categories) ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.crutchfield.com/g_22600/Car-Stereos.html" }, { "url": "https://www.crutchfield.com/g_113000/Tower-Speakers.html" } ], "maxItems": 10 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # 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 = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.crutchfield.com/g_22600/Car-Stereos.html" }, { "url": "https://www.crutchfield.com/g_113000/Tower-Speakers.html" } ], "maxItems": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/crutchfield-car-home-audio-product-spec-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 = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.crutchfield.com/g_22600/Car-Stereos.html" }, { "url": "https://www.crutchfield.com/g_113000/Tower-Speakers.html" }, ], "maxItems": 10, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/crutchfield-car-home-audio-product-spec-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 '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.crutchfield.com/g_22600/Car-Stereos.html" }, { "url": "https://www.crutchfield.com/g_113000/Tower-Speakers.html" } ], "maxItems": 10 }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/crutchfield-car-home-audio-product-spec-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/crutchfield-car-home-audio-product-spec-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Crutchfield Car & Home Audio Product Scraper", "description": "Scrape product specs, pricing, ratings, and availability for car audio and home theater gear from Crutchfield.com. Extracts product name, manufacturer, SKU, price, MSRP, stock status, ratings, feature bullets, what's-in-the-box, and Crutchfield editorial scores.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "0PFob00oIn7DIAYi7" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~crutchfield-car-home-audio-product-spec-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-crutchfield-car-home-audio-product-spec-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/jungle_synthesizer~crutchfield-car-home-audio-product-spec-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-crutchfield-car-home-audio-product-spec-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/jungle_synthesizer~crutchfield-car-home-audio-product-spec-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-crutchfield-car-home-audio-product-spec-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": [ "maxItems" ], "properties": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler." }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements." }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "startUrls": { "title": "Category URLs", "type": "array", "description": "List of Crutchfield category page URLs to scrape. Format: https://www.crutchfield.com/g_{group-id}/{slug}.html Leave blank to use the built-in default category set (car audio + home audio).", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of product records to scrape (across all categories)" } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```