Academy Sports + Outdoors Scraper

Scrape public Academy Sports + Outdoors search, category, and product pages into structured catalog records for product research, price monitoring, and retail intelligence workflows.

What it extracts

Each record can include the product name, public SKU/MPN, brand, description, product URL, price and currency, price range, availability, images, aggregate rating, review count, source URL, and collection timestamp. Values that are not published are returned as null.

Input

Use searchQueries for terms such as running shoes or camp chairs, or supply public Academy URLs in startUrls such as https://www.academy.com/search?searchTerm=running%20shoes. maxResults defaults to 25 and is capped at 200. maxPagesPerInput defaults to one page and is capped at 10.

{
  "searchQueries": ["running shoes"],
  "maxResults": 25,
  "maxPagesPerInput": 1
}

Pricing

The actor defines a $0.00005 start event and a $0.005 product-extracted event for each unique product record written. A 25-product run has a listed event cap of $0.12505 before any platform usage or proxy costs. The actor does not manually charge the synthetic start event.

Reliability and limitations

The actor uses Academy’s public product-listing search endpoint first, then public HTML and embedded JSON-LD as fallbacks. It tries direct access and automatically escalates to the configured Academy-compatible Apify Unblocker route when available. Academy may still return a human-verification page or deny automated requests; in that case the actor reports a blocked summary with zero fabricated records and no result charges. It does not log in, bypass CAPTCHA or access controls, use checkout/account pages, or perform purchases.

Compliance

Use only public pages and confirm that collection and downstream use comply with Academy’s terms, applicable law, and your authorization. Do not submit credentials, cookies, or private account data.

Use cases

• Monitor public products, prices, availability, sellers, and catalog changes.
• Schedule repeatable collection and export results to downstream workflows.
• Run a one-off research job and export the structured result as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS from Apify.
• Schedule the same input to monitor changes over time and send completed datasets to a webhook or integration.
• Feed schema-shaped records into a database, spreadsheet, BI tool, or AI workflow with the source URL retained for verification.

Output example

{
  "productId": "Example Product ID",
  "name": "Example Product name",
  "url": "Example Product URL",
  "brand": "Example Brand",
  "sku": "Example SKU/MPN",
  "description": "Example Description",
  "price": 1,
  "priceCurrency": "Example Currency",
  "lowPrice": 1,
  "highPrice": 1,
  "availability": "Example Availability",
  "imageUrls": []
}

The exact fields depend on the selected input and what the public source exposes. Use the dataset schema as the machine-readable contract and retain source URLs for verification.

Run Academy Sports + Outdoors Scraper with the Apify API

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('muhammadafzal/academy-sports-outdoors-scraper').call({
  "searchQueries": [
    "running shoes"
  ],
  "startUrls": [],
  "maxResults": 25,
  "maxPagesPerInput": 1,
  "maxRequestRetries": 2,
  "proxyConfiguration": {}
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

You can also run the Actor from Apify Console, schedules, webhooks, the REST API, Make, Zapier, n8n, or the hosted Apify MCP server.

Support

When reporting a problem, include the Actor run ID, a redacted input, the expected result, and a small public example URL when applicable. Do not post API tokens, cookies, credentials, or personal data in an issue.

Frequently asked questions

Can I schedule Academy Sports + Outdoors Scraper?

Yes. Use an Apify schedule to run the same saved input at a chosen interval, then connect a webhook or integration to process the dataset when the run finishes.

How should I test a new input?

Begin with the prefilled example or a small limit. Confirm that the output fields, source coverage, runtime, and live charges match your workflow before increasing the scope.

How do I export the results?

Open the run's default dataset in Apify Console and export JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS. Applications can retrieve the same records through the Apify API client or REST dataset endpoint.

Can an AI agent call this Actor?

Yes. Add muhammadafzal/academy-sports-outdoors-scraper through the hosted Apify MCP server or call it through the API. The Actor's input and dataset schemas help agents construct valid requests and interpret returned records.