# Shopify & WooCommerce Products & Price Monitor (`liora-tools/shopify-woocommerce-products`) Actor

Scrape products, prices, variants and stock from any Shopify or WooCommerce store. Track price drops and back-in-stock changes. $0.80 per 1,000 products.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/liora-tools/shopify-woocommerce-products.md
- **Developed by:** [Liora Blyth](https://apify.com/liora-tools) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Marketing, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.80 / 1,000 product saveds

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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Shopify & WooCommerce Products Scraper and Price Monitor

Export the **full product catalog of any Shopify or WooCommerce store**, including prices, compare-at and sale prices,
stock status, variants, SKUs, images, tags and categories. Run it on a schedule to get **only price drops, price rises,
back-in-stock, out-of-stock, new and removed products**.

It reads the stores' **public catalog JSON** (`/products.json` on Shopify, the WooCommerce **Store API** `/wp-json/wc/store/v1/products`).
No browser, no proxies, no login, so runs are fast and cheap.

### Use cases

- Competitor price monitoring and MAP (minimum advertised price) checks
- Product research and dropshipping or catalog analysis
- Feeding product data into spreadsheets, BI tools or LLM pipelines
- Back-in-stock and new-product alerts

### Input

```json
{
  "storeUrls": ["https://www.allbirds.com", "colourpop.com", "https://www.yithemes.com"],
  "platform": "auto",
  "outputMode": "products",
  "maxProductsPerStore": 0,
  "includeDescription": false,
  "trackChanges": true,
  "onlyChanges": false,
  "stateKey": "my-competitors",
  "respectRobotsTxt": true,
  "requestDelayMs": 500
}
```

- `platform`: `auto` (tries Shopify, then WooCommerce), `shopify` or `woocommerce`
- `outputMode`: `products` (variants nested) or `variants` (one row per Shopify variant)
- `trackChanges` / `onlyChanges` + `stateKey`: compare against the previous run with the same key
- `respectRobotsTxt` (default **on**): stores that disallow the catalog endpoint are skipped

#### Filters and collections

- **Collection / category URLs**: paste `https://store.com/collections/sale` (Shopify) or
  `https://store.com/product-category/shoes/` (WooCommerce) to scrape just that collection.
- `searchQuery`: keep products matching all words (title, brand, type, tags, categories, description);
  WooCommerce uses the store's own search.
- `vendors`, `productTypes`, `minPrice`, `maxPrice`, `onlyAvailable`, `onlyOnSale`.
- Every product now has `discountPercent` (compare-at vs current price) and `collection`.
- Not offered on purpose: exact stock counts (Shopify only exposes them through cart tricks, which we do not use)
  and "related products" (Shopify's recommendations endpoint is disallowed in its default robots.txt).

### Output

```json
{
  "platform": "shopify", "store": "https://www.allbirds.com", "storeName": "Allbirds", "currency": "USD",
  "productId": "7340901859408", "title": "Women's Allbirds Flip Flop - Dusty Pink",
  "url": "https://www.allbirds.com/products/womens-allbirds-flip-flop-dusty-pink",
  "vendor": "Allbirds", "productType": "Shoes", "tags": ["…"],
  "price": 25.0, "maxPrice": 25.0, "compareAtPrice": 50.0, "onSale": true, "available": true,
  "variantCount": 7, "variants": [{"variantId": 42146889039952, "title": "5", "sku": "A12513W050", "price": 25.0,
  "compareAtPrice": 50.0, "available": false, "options": ["5"]}],
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn.shopify.com/…", "createdAt": "…", "updatedAt": "…",
  "changeType": "new", "previousPrice": null, "scrapedAt": "…"
}
```

`changeType` values: `new`, `price_down`, `price_up`, `back_in_stock`, `out_of_stock`, `removed`, `unchanged`
(or `null` when tracking is off). WooCommerce items also carry `sku`, `rating` and `reviewCount` (aggregates only).
Samples: `sample_output.json`, `sample_output_variants.json`, and `sample_changes.json`, a real price change caught
between two runs a few minutes apart (tentree.com, 178 → 198 USD).

### Pricing (pay per result)

- **$0.0008 per product item** ($0.80 per 1,000). In `variants` mode each variant row counts as one item.
- With `onlyChanges` you pay only for changed products, so daily monitoring of a 2,000-product competitor
  usually costs cents.

### Performance (measured locally, 2026-10-21)

- 4 stores, 3,733 products (Allbirds 692, ColourPop 1,063, tentree 1,849, YITH 129) in about 23 s
- WooCommerce.com, 300 products: about 18 s

### Limitations

- Stores behind Cloudflare or similar bot challenges, or that disable the public endpoints, are **skipped and
  reported**. This Actor never bypasses anti-bot protection.
- Headless or custom storefronts that removed `/products.json` are not supported.
- Shopify's `products.json` does not expose inventory quantities, only whether each variant is available.

### Legal

Only public product and price data published by the store is collected. No customer data, no reviews' text or
reviewer names, nothing behind a login. robots.txt is respected by default. Use the data in line with the
target store's terms and your local laws.

# Actor input Schema

## `storeUrls` (type: `array`):

Shopify or WooCommerce storefront URLs or domains, e.g. https://www.allbirds.com or colourpop.com. You can also paste a Shopify collection URL (https://store.com/collections/sale) or a WooCommerce category URL (https://store.com/product-category/shoes/) to scrape only that collection.

## `platform` (type: `string`):

Auto-detect tries Shopify first, then the WooCommerce Store API.

## `outputMode` (type: `string`):

One item per product (variants nested) or one item per Shopify variant.

## `maxProductsPerStore` (type: `integer`):

0 = all products.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Only products matching all words (title, vendor, type, tags, categories, description). WooCommerce uses the store's own search.

## `vendors` (type: `array`):

Shopify vendor field.

## `productTypes` (type: `array`):

Shopify product type or WooCommerce category.

## `minPrice` (type: `number`):

In the store's currency (lowest variant price).

## `maxPrice` (type: `number`):

In the store's currency (lowest variant price).

## `onlyAvailable` (type: `boolean`):

Skip sold-out products.

## `onlyOnSale` (type: `boolean`):

Keep products with a compare-at / regular price above the current price.

## `includeDescription` (type: `boolean`):

Add the product description as plain text.

## `trackChanges` (type: `boolean`):

Compare with the previous run (same state key) and set changeType: new, price_down, price_up, back_in_stock, out_of_stock, removed, unchanged.

## `onlyChanges` (type: `boolean`):

Only output products that changed since the previous run. Implies tracking. Ideal for scheduled price monitoring.

## `stateKey` (type: `string`):

Name of the saved state used for change tracking. Use different keys for different monitors.

## `respectRobotsTxt` (type: `boolean`):

Skip stores whose robots.txt disallows the catalog endpoint.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Polite pause between catalog page requests to the same store.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many stores are fetched at the same time.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "storeUrls": [
    "https://www.allbirds.com",
    "https://www.yithemes.com"
  ],
  "platform": "auto",
  "outputMode": "products",
  "maxProductsPerStore": 0,
  "vendors": [],
  "productTypes": [],
  "onlyAvailable": false,
  "onlyOnSale": false,
  "includeDescription": false,
  "trackChanges": false,
  "onlyChanges": false,
  "stateKey": "default",
  "respectRobotsTxt": true,
  "requestDelayMs": 500,
  "maxConcurrency": 3
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Products saved by this run (one dataset item each).

# 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 = {
    "storeUrls": [
        "https://www.allbirds.com",
        "https://www.yithemes.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("liora-tools/shopify-woocommerce-products").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 = { "storeUrls": [
        "https://www.allbirds.com",
        "https://www.yithemes.com",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("liora-tools/shopify-woocommerce-products").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 '{
  "storeUrls": [
    "https://www.allbirds.com",
    "https://www.yithemes.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call liora-tools/shopify-woocommerce-products --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,liora-tools/shopify-woocommerce-products"
        }
    }
}
```

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/gl2ZH4b0JBqDhy6Ng/builds/Q2jRem9vHdZAorA7Q/openapi.json