Caterpillar Equipment Catalog Scraper

Free-plan limit: Apify free-plan runs can return at most 5 dataset records per run from this Actor, even if you request more.

Extract public Cat® equipment models, descriptions, specifications, equipment lists, images, and brochure links from Caterpillar product pages. The Actor is designed for equipment research, catalog monitoring, procurement analysis, and structured AI workflows.

This Actor covers the public new-equipment catalog on Cat.com. It does not scrape the authenticated Cat Parts Store, serial-number fitment diagrams, dealer-only data, used inventory, rental inventory, private pricing, or account data.

What it extracts

Field	Description
productId	Numeric Cat.com product identifier when present in the URL
model, title	Model name and full product-page title
category, subcategory	Equipment taxonomy parsed from the public URL
description	Public metadata or lead description
keySpecifications	Prominent specification name/value pairs
specificationGroups	Detailed specifications grouped by page section
standardEquipment, optionalEquipment	Public equipment lists, when shown
images	Public product image URLs
downloads	Public brochure and technical PDF links
sourceUrl, scrapedAt	Source provenance and collection time

When to use it

Use the Actor to build equipment comparison tables, monitor product-page changes, populate procurement research, find public technical documents, or give an AI agent structured model specifications. Supply one or more direct product URLs when you need deterministic records; category-page discovery is not enabled because Cat.com's regional catalog application did not expose stable product links during validation.

Do not use it for parts compatibility, PIN/serial-number diagrams, dealer quotes, checkout, logged-in data, or inventory. Those surfaces have different access and data contracts.

Input

Field	Default	Notes
startUrls	D7 product page in Console prefill	One or more Cat.com new-equipment product detail URLs
maxResults	20	1–500 delivered product records
includeSpecifications	true	Extract key and grouped specifications
includeEquipment	true	Extract standard and optional equipment
includeDownloads	true	Return document links without downloading files

Minimal deterministic input:

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/equipment/dozers/medium-dozers/102647.html" }
  ],
  "maxResults": 1
}

API example:

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_ACTOR_ID/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"startUrls":[{"url":"https://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/equipment/excavators/large-excavators/127105.html"}],"maxResults":1}'

Keep API tokens in request headers or your secret manager in production; do not commit or log them.

Output example

{
  "productId": "102647",
  "model": "D7",
  "title": "D7 Medium Dozers",
  "category": "dozers",
  "subcategory": "medium dozers",
  "description": "The Cat D7 dozer delivers performance and technology.",
  "keySpecifications": [
    { "name": "Power - Net", "value": "265 hp | 197 kW" },
    { "name": "Operating Weight", "value": "65644 lb | 29776 kg" }
  ],
  "specificationGroups": [],
  "standardEquipment": ["Cat C9.3B diesel engine"],
  "optionalEquipment": ["Multi-shank ripper"],
  "images": ["https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/Caterpillar/CM20200819-abc"],
  "downloads": [
    { "title": "D7 technical specifications", "url": "https://www.cat.com/content/dam/catDotCom/example.pdf" }
  ],
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/equipment/dozers/medium-dozers/102647.html",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z"
}

The default dataset contains only product records. Run-level outcome, warnings, request counts, and block diagnostics are stored in the OUTPUT key-value record. This separates truthful failures from business data.

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. These are the current Apify Store event prices:

Event	Price (USD)	When it is charged
apify-default-dataset-item	FREE: $0.05; BRONZE: $0.049; SILVER: $0.048; GOLD: $0.045; PLATINUM: $0.045; DIAMOND: $0.045	Caterpillar product — One schema-valid Caterpillar equipment product record written to the default dataset.
apify-actor-start	$0.05	Actor Start — Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event). — Charged once per run.

Apify platform usage for this Actor run is included alongside the event prices above; no separate per-run platform-usage fee is passed to users.

This covers Apify platform usage for this Actor run. Other Apify products or usage outside this Actor run may still follow your account plan.

Reliability and limits

Cat.com uses Akamai and rejected measured bare HTTP and direct headless requests. The Actor therefore uses a coherent browser identity, sticky session cookies, bounded retries, low concurrency, and the DataImpulse proxy configured by the Actor owner. Proxy settings are not part of the Actor input. A challenged session is retired rather than mixed with a new fingerprint.

Cat.com category pages load model discovery through a regional application that did not reliably expose product links in validation, so this version deliberately accepts product detail URLs only. If access is denied, the Actor writes a blocked diagnostic to OUTPUT, returns no fabricated products, and charges no product events. Successfully extracted partial records are preserved if later pages fail.

The Actor accepts only public cat.com/.../products/new/equipment/.../<product-id>.html URLs. It caps products and browser requests at 500. Linked PDFs are not downloaded or parsed.

Legal and responsible use

Caterpillar and Cat are trademarks of Caterpillar Inc. This independent Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Caterpillar. Scrape only public data, respect website terms, robots guidance, applicable law, rate limits, and intellectual-property rights. Do not use the Actor to bypass authentication, CAPTCHAs, access controls, or geographic restrictions. Product specifications and availability can change; verify purchasing decisions with Caterpillar or an authorized dealer.

For support, include the Actor run ID, redacted input, expected outcome, and a short description of the problem. Never post tokens, proxy URLs, cookies, or account information.