# DealNews Deals Scraper (`lulzasaur/dealnews-scraper`) Actor Scrape deals from DealNews.com. Get prices, stores, coupon codes, categories, discount info, and merchant links. Browse by category or search by keyword. - **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/dealnews-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 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/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 ## DealNews Deals Scraper Scrape deals from [DealNews.com](https://www.dealnews.com), one of the web's largest deal aggregation sites. Extract prices, stores, coupon codes, categories, discount percentages, and merchant links. ### Features - **Browse by category**: Electronics, Computers, Home & Garden, Clothing, Gaming, Travel, and more - **Search by keyword**: Find deals for specific products like "laptop", "headphones", or "tv" - **Rich deal data**: Prices, original prices, discount percentages, coupon codes, shipping info - **Embedded JSON extraction**: Leverages DealNews's embedded deal data for precise pricing and merchant URLs - **Automatic pagination**: Follows pagination to collect as many deals as you need ### Input | Field | Type | Description | Default | |-------|------|-------------|---------| | `searchQuery` | string | Search for specific deals | (empty) | | `category` | string | Filter by category | All deals | | `maxResults` | integer | Maximum number of deals | 50 | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Optional proxy | (none) | #### Available Categories - `electronics` — TVs, headphones, cameras, phones, wearables - `computers` — Laptops, desktops, GPUs, monitors, tablets - `home-garden` — Furniture, kitchen, tools, appliances, food - `clothing-accessories` — Clothes, shoes, jewelry, luggage - `gaming-toys` — Video games, consoles, PC games - `travel-entertainment` — Flights, hotels, car rentals, cruises - `health-beauty` — Supplements, health products - `financial` — Credit cards, financial services - `automotive` — Auto accessories and electronics ### Output Each deal includes: ```json { "dealId": "21824149", "title": "Damaged Screw Extractor Set", "summary": "It's $13 under list price.", "price": "$4", "priceNumeric": 4.03, "originalPrice": "$17", "originalPriceNumeric": 17, "discount": "76%", "store": "Amazon", "couponCode": "", "shipping": "free shipping w/ Prime", "category": "Tools & Hardware", "categoryPath": "Home & Garden > Tools & Hardware", "dealUrl": "https://www.dealnews.com/Damaged-Screw-Extractor-Set-for-4-free-shipping-w-Prime/21824149.html", "merchantUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BTNT4225/", "imageUrl": "https://d.dlnws.com/64599/1776673276-silver-screw-extractor-set-case-fy7s.jpeg?h=250&w=175", "hotness": 5, "editorsChoice": false, "expired": false, "commentCount": 0, "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T10:00:00.000Z", "scrapedAt": "2026-04-25T12:00:00.000Z", "searchQuery": null, "inputCategory": "all" } ```` ### Example Usage #### Get latest deals across all categories ```json { "maxResults": 100 } ``` #### Search for laptop deals ```json { "searchQuery": "laptop", "maxResults": 30 } ``` #### Browse electronics deals ```json { "category": "electronics", "maxResults": 50 } ``` ### Cost This scraper uses Apify's pay-per-event pricing. You are charged per result returned. Running with the default 50 results uses minimal compute resources. ### Notes - DealNews is fully server-side rendered, so no browser is needed - The scraper extracts both HTML content and embedded JSON deal data for maximum accuracy - Pagination uses DealNews's native `start` parameter (20 items per page) - Rate limiting is built in to be respectful of the server # Actor input Schema ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): Search for specific deals (e.g. 'laptop', 'headphones', 'tv'). Leave empty to browse all or a category. ## `category` (type: `string`): Filter deals by category. Ignored when search query is provided. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of deals to scrape. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional proxy to use. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQuery": "", "category": "", "maxResults": 50 } ``` # 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 = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/dealnews-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 = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("lulzasaur/dealnews-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 '{}' | apify call lulzasaur/dealnews-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lulzasaur/dealnews-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "DealNews Deals Scraper", "description": "Scrape deals from DealNews.com. Get prices, stores, coupon codes, categories, discount info, and merchant links. Browse by category or search by keyword.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "LPEJA8EWrLKVLBrbc" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/lulzasaur~dealnews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-lulzasaur-dealnews-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/lulzasaur~dealnews-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-lulzasaur-dealnews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/lulzasaur~dealnews-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-lulzasaur-dealnews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "properties": { "searchQuery": { "title": "Search Query", "type": "string", "description": "Search for specific deals (e.g. 'laptop', 'headphones', 'tv'). Leave empty to browse all or a category.", "default": "" }, "category": { "title": "Category", "enum": [ "", "electronics", "computers", "home-garden", "clothing-accessories", "gaming-toys", "travel-entertainment", "health-beauty", "financial", "automotive" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter deals by category. Ignored when search query is provided.", "default": "" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max Results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of deals to scrape.", "default": 50 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional proxy to use." } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```