Cashbuild South Africa Product & Price Scraper

Fast, high-performance scraper for Cashbuild South Africa (cashbuild.co.za). Extract live building material prices, timber, cement, roofing, SKUs, and product details with sub-second execution.

Source site: cashbuild.co.za | Coverage: building materials, timber, cement and roofing

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What it does

Searches Cashbuild for each keyword you provide and returns structured product data: title, live price in ZAR, stock status and the direct product link. Prices are collected as shown on the site at the time of the run.

Features

• Search by one or many keywords in a single run
• Prices in ZAR
• Stock availability where the site exposes it
• Direct product URLs
• Clean JSON, CSV or Excel export from the Apify dataset
• Works with the Apify API, schedules, webhooks and integrations

Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
searchTerms	array	Keywords or building materials to search on Cashbuild (e.g. 'cement 50kg', 'timber', 'corrugated iron', 'paint 20l', 'wheelbarrow').	-
maxItems	integer	Maximum number of product results to scrape per search keyword.	20
proxyConfiguration	object	Optional proxy settings. Cashbuild SA is directly accessible, but residential proxies can be used for high-frequency runs.	{"useApifyProxy":false}

Example input

{
  "searchTerms": [
    "cement",
    "roof sheet"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20
}

Output

Each product is one dataset item.

{
  "title": "Example building material",
  "price": 89.9,
  "formattedPrice": "R 89.90",
  "currency": "ZAR",
  "sku": "CB-0001",
  "store": "Cashbuild",
  "searchTerm": "cement"
}

Fields can be empty when the store does not publish them for a product.

Pricing

This Actor uses pay per result: you pay only for products returned. Platform usage is included in the result price.

$2.00 per 1,000 results (Light (direct HTTP / API)).

Tip: set maxItems to control cost. A run returning 20 products costs about $0.04.

Use cases

• Construction tender costing
• Material price comparison
• Supplier price tracking

Notes and limits

• Data comes from the public cashbuild.co.za website. Site changes can occasionally affect results; please report issues through the Actor's Issues tab.
• Prices and stock change frequently. Treat results as a snapshot, not a binding quote.
• Please use the data in line with cashbuild.co.za's terms and applicable law.

Support

Found a bug or need another South African store? Open an issue on this Actor and it will be looked at.