# Bol.com API Alternative: Product Data by Category

**Use case:** 

Get bol.com product data without the bol.com Retailer API: paste a category page, here children's books, and get every product's title, product ID, price, discount, rating, reviews, delivery promise, availability and images as JSON, CSV or Excel, or call it via the Apify API.

## Input

```json
{
  "categoryUrls": [
    "https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/l/kinderboeken/24421/"
  ],
  "searchTerms": [
    "laptop"
  ],
  "country": "nl",
  "language": "nl",
  "totalPages": 2,
  "includeSponsored": true,
  "includeOffers": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": []
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "id": {
    "label": "Product ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "offer_uid": {
    "label": "Offer UID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Product Name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "link": {
    "label": "Product URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "image": {
    "label": "Image",
    "format": "image"
  },
  "secondary_images": {
    "label": "Secondary Images",
    "format": "json"
  },
  "seller": {
    "label": "Seller",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "sponsor_ad_id": {
    "label": "Sponsor Ad ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "retailer_id": {
    "label": "Retailer ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "price": {
    "label": "Price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "discount_price": {
    "label": "Discount Price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "select_price": {
    "label": "Select Price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "select_label": {
    "label": "Select Label",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "select_discount": {
    "label": "Select Discount",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "refurbished_price": {
    "label": "Refurbished Price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "condition": {
    "label": "Condition",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "orderable": {
    "label": "Orderable",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "summary": {
    "label": "Summary",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "reviews_average": {
    "label": "Avg. Reviews",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "reviews_total": {
    "label": "Total Reviews",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "delivery_description": {
    "label": "Delivery",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "release_date": {
    "label": "Release Date",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "delivered_within_48h": {
    "label": "48h Delivery",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "bundle_prices": {
    "label": "Bundle Prices",
    "format": "json"
  },
  "promotional_labels": {
    "label": "Promotions",
    "format": "json"
  },
  "is_scarce": {
    "label": "Low Stock",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "purchase_type": {
    "label": "Purchase Type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "energy_label": {
    "label": "Energy Label",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "explicit": {
    "label": "Content Warning",
    "format": "boolean"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Bol.com Scraper Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Bol.com API Alternative: Product Data by Category". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/2F4P5Glck3DSi8WVq) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Bol.com API Alternative: Product Data by Category" task

The Bol.com Scraper Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like category urls or ids, search terms, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Bol.com API Alternative: Product Data by Category" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as product id, offer uid, product name, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Bol.com API Alternative: Product Data by Category" task via API](https://apify.com/muhammetakkurtt/bol-com-scraper.md).

## FAQ

### Does bol.com have a public API for product data?

Bol.com's official Retailer API is meant for sellers managing their own offers and orders. This task works as a product data API: paste a category and get its products as JSON.

### How do I get all products in a bol.com category?

Paste the category page URL or ID and set how many pages to scrape, at 24 products per page. Categories can go deeper than search, which stops after 10 pages.

### How do I call it from my app?

Call this task through the Apify API or the apify-client library for Python or JavaScript and read the dataset as JSON; schedule it to keep your data fresh.

### Can I get more details per product?

Yes. Pass product IDs or URLs from the results back into Product IDs to get full product records with specifications, reviews and every seller's offer.

### Does it work for bol.com Belgium in French?

Yes. Set Country to Belgium and Language to French or Dutch; this example uses the Netherlands in Dutch.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Bol.com Scraper](https://apify.com/muhammetakkurtt/bol-com-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/muhammetakkurtt/bol-com-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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