# Universal E-commerce Offerings Monitor API (`lavgroup/universal-ecommerce-price-stock-monitor-7850175`) Actor

Site-agnostic universal e-commerce product price, stock and promotion monitoring Actor. Accepts product URLs, scrapes price and stock heuristically, posts results optionally to a webhook. Designed for pricing teams and e-commerce analysts to track competitive pricing and availability changes with mi

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lavgroup/universal-ecommerce-price-stock-monitor-7850175.md
- **Developed by:** [Taku Anan](https://apify.com/lavgroup) (community)
- **Categories:** AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $100.00 / 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?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Universal E-commerce Offerings Monitor API

This Actor aggregates price, inventory, and promotion data changes for any e-commerce product URL to enable real-time competitive pricing and stock monitoring.

### Features

- Site-agnostic scraping with simple heuristics for detecting price, stock status, and promotions
- API-based usage accepting product URLs and cron schedule
- Optional webhook notification for scraped results

### Usage

#### Input schema

```json
{
  "product_urls": ["https://shop.example.com/products/12345"],
  "check_frequency": "0 * * * *",
  "notification_webhook": "https://webhook.site/example"
}
```

- `product_urls`: Array of product page URLs to monitor
- `check_frequency`: Cron expression for scheduling runs (not internally scheduled by Actor)
- `notification_webhook`: (optional) Webhook URL to post scraped results

#### Output dataset items

Each dataset item includes:

- `url` (string): product URL
- `price` (number): extracted price or 0.0 if not found
- `stock_status` (string): One of `in stock`, `out of stock`, `limited`
- `promotion_details` (string|null): Detected promotion text or null
- `last_checked` (string): ISO8601 UTC timestamp of scraping

#### Running

```bash
apify run
```

### Notes

- This Actor uses heuristic regex patterns and simple text search to detect price and stock. It works best for straightforward e-commerce pages.
- For more advanced needs, custom site-specific Actors or APIs are recommended.

### Support

For issues or feature requests, please create an issue on the repository or contact support.

# Actor input Schema

## Actor input object example

```json
{}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Results stored in the default dataset.

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lavgroup/universal-ecommerce-price-stock-monitor-7850175").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lavgroup/universal-ecommerce-price-stock-monitor-7850175").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 '{}' |
apify call lavgroup/universal-ecommerce-price-stock-monitor-7850175 --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lavgroup/universal-ecommerce-price-stock-monitor-7850175"
        }
    }
}

```

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/oO9nZjvJrVtiXG3hZ/builds/1eJAaMOL8f2nhzwbT/openapi.json