📸 B&H Product Scraper

Scrape complete product intelligence from B&H Photo & Video in a single run.
Collect pricing, availability, images, reviews, warranty, and key commercial signals from product or category URLs, all cleanly structured and ready for analysis, dashboards, and automation.

📚 Table of Contents

• 🧾 What This Actor Does
• 📦 What Data You Get
• 👥 Who This Actor Is For
• 🔥 Use Cases
• ⚡ Quick Start
• ⬇️ Input Format
• 🧪 Example Input
• 📥 Example Output (JSON)
• 🧪 Troubleshooting (You Rarely Need This)
• 🔗 Related Scrapers

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🧾 What This Actor Does

You provide:

• One or more B&H product URLs
• Or category URLs, where the actor automatically discovers and processes individual products
• Optional limits for the number of products and reviews to collect

The actor returns:

• One normalized dataset item per product
• Stable identifiers such as SKU, item codes, and canonical URLs
• Pricing, availability, media, reviews, warranty, and SEO signals
• A schema built for commercial and analytical use cases, not raw page scraping

🧠 This actor mirrors how B&H internally represents products, resulting in data that is unusually clean, complete, and trustworthy.

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📦 What Data You Get

Each dataset item represents one product.

Category	What’s Included
🆔 Product Identity	sku name itemCode manufacturerCatalogNumber upc
🏷 Brand & Trust	brandName brandAuthorizedDealer brandUrl
💰 Pricing & Deals	price strikethroughPrice discountAmount discountPercent hasDiscount instantSavingsAmount
🛒 Commercial Rules	soldInKitOnly callForPrice mapItem hasSessionPricing
📦 Inventory & Availability	stockStatus stockMessage stockShipTime freeShipping maxSellQuantity
🖼 Images & Media	mainImageUrl images[] (all sizes) imageCount hasVideos videoCount
⭐ Reviews & Reputation	rating reviewCount hasReviews isHighlyRated
🛡 Warranty & Protection	hasManufacturerWarranty manufacturerWarrantyPeriod hasProtectionPlans
🗂 Category & Market Context	categoryPrimary categoryPath categoryDepth
🔍 SEO & Metadata	seoInfo pageTitle canonicalUrl seoShortDescription
🧑‍💻 Developer Signals	scrapedAt hasImages hasWarranty dataCompletenessScore

💡 All fields are normalized, nullable, and safe for analytics pipelines.

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👥 Who This Actor Is For

This actor is built for teams that care about how products are positioned, priced, and sold, not just listed.

It captures commercial intent, availability pressure, and merchandising signals, rather than static product attributes alone.

📊 Data & Analytics Teams

Useful for:

• 💰 Price tracking and discount analysis
• 📉 MAP and promotion monitoring
• ⭐ Review volume vs rating correlation
• 🧮 Category-level aggregation

Key fields: price, discountPercent, stockStatus, rating, reviewCount, categoryPath

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🔥 Use Cases

📊 Pricing & Discount Intelligence

Track price changes, holiday savings, MAP enforcement, and discount depth across products and categories.

🛒 Competitive Product Analysis

Compare similar products across brands using pricing, media richness, reviews, and availability pressure.

📈 Market & Category Research

Analyze how different categories behave in terms of:

• Stock volatility
• Discount frequency
• Review maturity
• Warranty coverage

⭐ Review & Reputation Signals

Correlate ratings, review volume, and stock movement to identify winning and struggling products.

🧩 Dashboards, Alerts & Automation

Feed clean data into:

• BI dashboards
• Internal tools
• Price alert systems
• Market monitoring pipelines

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⚡ Quick Start

• Provide one or more B&H product or category URLs

• Set optional limits

• Run the actor

Category URLs automatically expand into individual product pages.

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⬇️ Input Format

Input	Description
productUrls	Product (/product/) or category (/buy/) URLs
productsLimit	Max products per category URL
includeReviews	Include customer reviews and ratings
reviewsLimit	Reviews per product (default: 100)

💡 Disabling reviews skips review requests and speeds up execution.

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🧪 Example Input

Here is a sample JSON input you can provide when running the scraper:

{
  "includeReviews": false,
  "productUrls": [
    "https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/light-panels/ci/48383",
    "https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/79497-REG/Sennheiser_MKH50_P48_MKH_50_Microphone.html"
  ],
  "productsLimit": 20
}

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📥 Example output (JSON):

{
    "sku": 1667228,
    "itemSource": "REG",
    "name": null,
    "shortDescription": "Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Sony E",
    "upc": null,
    "brandName": "Sigma",
    "brandAuthorizedDealer": true,
    "brandUrl": "/c/browse/Sigma/ci/5545/N/4232860402",
    "itemCode": "SI185028DCEM",
    "manufacturerCatalogNumber": "585965",
    "productUrl": "/c/product/1667228-REG/sigma_18_50mm_f_2_8_dg_dn.html",
    "shortUrl": "https://bhpho.to/3vhUahU",
    "pageTitle": "Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Sony E 585965",
    "canonicalUrl": "https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1667228-REG/sigma_18_50mm_f_2_8_dg_dn.html",
    "seoShortDescription": "Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary",
    "price": 555,
    "currencyPrice": null,
    "strikethroughPrice": null,
    "soldInKitOnly": false,
    "callForPrice": false,
    "mapItem": false,
    "hasSessionPricing": false,
    "hasDiscount": false,
    "hasSavings": false,
    "instantSavingsAmount": null,
    "instantSavingsPercent": null,
    "instantSavingsEndDate": null,
    "taxNote": null,
    "stockStatus": "IN_STOCK",
    "stockImportance": "LOW",
    "stockMessage": "Temporarily Out of Stock",
    "stockShipTime": null,
    "shipsAlone": false,
    "freeShipping": false,
    "maxSellQuantity": 20,
    "minSellQuantity": 1,
    "sellsInMultipleOf": 1,
    "rating": 5,
    "reviewCount": 247,
    "hasReviews": true,
    "isHighlyRated": true,
    "mainImageUrl": "https://static.bhphoto.com/images/images345x345/1634631630_1667228.jpg",
    "images": [
      {
        "url": "https://static.bhphoto.com/images/images345x345/1634631630_1667228.jpg",
        "width": 345,
        "height": 345,
        "type": "main",
        "isMain": true,
        "note": null
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/images500x500/sigma_18_50mm_f_2_8_dg_dn_1634631630_1667228.jpg",
        "width": 500,
        "height": 500,
        "type": "gallery",
        "isMain": false,
        "note": null
      },
      {
        "url": "https://static.bhphoto.com/images/multiple_images/images500x500/1634631378_IMG_1623592.jpg",
        "width": 500,
        "height": 500,
        "type": "gallery",
        "isMain": false,
        "note": null
      },
      {
        "url": "https://static.bhphoto.com/images/multiple_images/images500x500/1634631378_IMG_1623593.jpg",
        "width": 500,
        "height": 500,
        "type": "gallery",
        "isMain": false,
        "note": null
      },
      {
        "url": "https://static.bhphoto.com/images/multiple_images/images500x500/1634631378_IMG_1623602.jpg",
        "width": 500,
        "height": 500,
        "type": "gallery",
        "isMain": false,
        "note": null
      },
      {
        "url": "https://static.bhphoto.com/images/multiple_images/images500x500/1634631378_IMG_1623603.jpg",
        "width": 500,
        "height": 500,
        "type": "gallery",
        "isMain": false,
        "note": "Sample Photo"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://static.bhphoto.com/images/multiple_images/images500x500/1634631378_IMG_1623604.jpg",
        "width": 500,
        "height": 500,
        "type": "gallery",
        "isMain": false,
        "note": "Sample Photo"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://static.bhphoto.com/images/multiple_images/images500x500/1634631378_IMG_1623605.jpg",
        "width": 500,
        "height": 500,
        "type": "gallery",
        "isMain": false,
        "note": "Sample Photo"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://static.bhphoto.com/images/multiple_images/images500x500/1634631378_IMG_1623606.jpg",
        "width": 500,
        "height": 500,
        "type": "gallery",
        "isMain": false,
        "note": "Sample Photo"
      }
    ],
    "imageCount": 9,
    "hasImages": true,
    "hasSecondaryImages": true,
    "hasVideos": true,
    "has3DImages": true,
    "isUsed": false,
    "isRefurbished": false,
    "isOpenBox": false,
    "isNewArrival": false,
    "isNewRelease": false,
    "isExclusive": false,
    "conditionLabel": null,
    "hasManufacturerWarranty": true,
    "manufacturerWarrantyPeriod": "Year",
    "hasProtectionPlans": true,
    "protectionPlanCount": 3,
    "lowestProtectionPlanPrice": 71.99,
    "hasWarranty": true,
    "sellingPoints": [
      "E-Mount Lens/APS-C Format",
      "27-75mm (35mm Equivalent)",
      "Aperture Range: f/2.8 to f/22",
      "Minimum Focusing Distance: 4.8\"",
      "Three Aspherical Elements",
      "Special Low Dispersion Element",
      "Rounded 7-Blade Diaphragm",
      "Dust- and Splash-Proof Design",
      "Includes LH582-02 Lens Hood"
    ],
    "categoryExperts": [
      {
        "profileTitle": "Rafael D., B&H Photo Expert",
        "imageUrl": "https://static.bhphotovideo.com/explora/sites/default/files/exp/rafael-d.png",
        "categoryName": "Photography"
      },
      {
        "profileTitle": "Vilson L., B&H Photo Expert",
        "imageUrl": "https://static.bhphotovideo.com/explora/sites/default/files/exp/vilson-l.png",
        "categoryName": "Photography"
      },
      {
        "profileTitle": "Leonard E., B&H Photo Expert",
        "imageUrl": "https://static.bhphotovideo.com/explora/sites/default/files/exp/leonard-e.png",
        "categoryName": "Photography"
      },
      {
        "profileTitle": "Marisa P., B&H Photo Expert",
        "imageUrl": "https://static.bhphotovideo.com/explora/sites/default/files/exp/marisa-p.png",
        "categoryName": "Photography"
      },
      {
        "profileTitle": "Gerry R., B&H Photo Expert",
        "imageUrl": "https://static.bhphotovideo.com/explora/sites/default/files/exp/gerry-r.png",
        "categoryName": "Photography"
      },
      {
        "profileTitle": "Boyd H., B&H Photo Expert",
        "imageUrl": "https://static.bhphotovideo.com/explora/sites/default/files/exp/boyd-h.png",
        "categoryName": "Photography"
      },
      {
        "profileTitle": "Gil R., B&H Expert",
        "imageUrl": "https://static.bhphotovideo.com/explora/sites/default/files/exp/gil-r.png",
        "categoryName": "Photography"
      },
      {
        "profileTitle": "Jeannette G., B&H Photo Expert",
        "imageUrl": "https://static.bhphotovideo.com/explora/sites/default/files/exp/jeannette_g.png",
        "categoryName": "Photography"
      },
      {
        "profileTitle": "Jamie P., B&H Photo Expert",
        "imageUrl": "https://static.bhphotovideo.com/explora/sites/default/files/exp/jamie_p.png",
        "categoryName": "Photography"
      },
      {
        "profileTitle": "Patrick D., B&H Photo Expert",
        "imageUrl": "https://static.bhphotovideo.com/explora/sites/default/files/exp/patrick_d_1.png",
        "categoryName": "Photography"
      }
    ],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-01-19T09:10:01.322537",
    "rawPayloadVersion": "v1"
  },

🧭 Output Views in Apify

The actor includes predefined output overviews in the Apify UI, tailored for different user needs such as pricing analysis, inventory monitoring, and market research.
You can explore these directly in the Apify Dataset → Output tab without writing any code.

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🧪 Troubleshooting (You Rarely Need This)

• The Actor is built to handle transient issues, including occasional failed requests or network hiccups.

• Failed requests are automatically retried using a smart exponential backoff strategy.

• Proper proxy rotation and session management ensure that data extraction remains consistent and uninterrupted.

• What this means for you: occasional warnings in logs are normal and do not indicate a failure — the Actor will continue fetching until the requested data is collected or retries are exhausted.

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• 🚚 Blinkit Search Results Scraper – Quick-commerce pricing and availability
• ⚡ Zepto Product Scraper – Hyperlocal delivery intelligence