# ALDI Australia Product Catalog & Special Buys Scraper (`nishat.nahar/aldi-au-product-catalog`) Actor

Get every ALDI Australia product with price, normalised unit price (per 100g / 100ml / each), Special Buys dates, discounts, categories and images. Fast JSON API, no browser, no proxies.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nishat.nahar/aldi-au-product-catalog.md
- **Developed by:** [Mst Nishat Nahar](https://apify.com/nishat.nahar) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.30 / 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## ALDI Australia Product Catalog & Special Buys Scraper

Extract high-fidelity product data, live prices, normalized unit pricing (per 100g / 100ml / each), and rotating weekly Special Buys from **ALDI Australia** (`aldi.com.au`).

Unlike slow, brittle HTML scrapers, this Actor reads the same public JSON product-search endpoint that aldi.com.au itself uses (no login, no browser):

- ⚡ **Blazing Fast:** No headless browsers, no rendering lag. Fetches 60 products per HTTP request in milliseconds.
- 🛡️ **Zero Residential Proxy Waste:** Plain HTTP requests at a polite rate; no headless browser or residential proxy needed.
- 📐 **Normalized Unit Pricing:** Automatically converts irregular price comparison strings (e.g. `"$4.66 per 100 g"` or `"$1.25 per 1 l"`) into standardized base units (`unitPrice` per `100g` / `100ml` / `each`) for seamless price-comparison and inflation modeling.
- 🏷️ **Special Buys Tracking:** Dedicated flags and on-sale dates for ALDI's famous Wednesday and Saturday rotating Special Buys catalogs.

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### 🚀 Use Cases

1. **Grocery Price Comparison:** Build real-time price monitoring dashboards comparing ALDI AU against Coles and Woolworths.
2. **Special Buys Trackers & Deal Alerts:** Monitor upcoming Wednesday/Saturday specials and clearance items before they sell out.
3. **Inflation & FMCG Market Research:** Track basket price changes, package downsizing, and unit price dynamics over time.
4. **App & E-Commerce Catalog Aggregation:** Fuel grocery delivery and recipe meal-planning apps with structured Australian food catalog data.

***

### 📥 Input Options

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `searchTerms` | Array of Strings | `["milk"]` | List of search keywords. Leave empty (with no category IDs) to extract the entire catalog (~3,300 items). |
| `categoryIds` | Array of Strings | `[]` | Category IDs (e.g. `970000000` for Pantry). Results across queries are automatically merged and de-duplicated. |
| `onlySpecialBuys` | Boolean | `false` | When enabled, filters out standard everyday items and only extracts Special Buys or discounted products. |
| `minDiscountPercent`| Integer | `null` | Returns only products discounted by at least this percentage. |
| `maxItems` | Integer | `100` | Maximum number of products to return (set `0` for unlimited). |

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### 📤 Output Format

Each extracted product in the Apify dataset contains:

```json
{
  "sku": "107053",
  "name": "1/2m Chocolate Tube 300g",
  "brand": "KINDER",
  "size": "300 g",
  "price": 13.99,
  "priceDisplay": "$13.99",
  "wasPrice": null,
  "discountPercent": null,
  "unitPrice": 4.66,
  "unitPriceBase": "100g",
  "unitPriceDisplay": "$4.66 per 100 g",
  "currency": "AUD",
  "isSpecialBuy": true,
  "specialBuyDate": "2026-11-04",
  "specialBuyLabel": "On Sale Wed 04 Nov",
  "availableOnline": false,
  "isAlcohol": false,
  "categoryPath": "Pantry > Confectionery",
  "categoryIds": ["970000000", "1111111181"],
  "badges": [],
  "imageUrl": "https://dm.apac.cms.aldi.cx/is/image/aldiprodapac/product/jpg/scaleWidth/800/71886ef4-2357-4aa7-ba26-6b2f28444e88/kinder-1-2m-chocolate-tube-300g",
  "productUrl": "https://www.aldi.com.au/product/kinder-1-2m-chocolate-tube-300g-000000000000107053",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-22T04:50:00Z"
}
```

***

### 💻 API & Integration Code Snippets

#### Python (via `apify-client`)

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

## Initialize client
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

## Run the actor
run_input = {
    "searchTerms": ["milk", "cheese"],
    "maxItems": 50,
}
run = client.actor("<ACTOR_ID>").call(run_input=run_input)

## Fetch and print results from dataset
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"{item['name']} | {item['priceDisplay']} | {item['unitPriceDisplay']}")
```

#### Node.js / JavaScript (via `apify-client`)

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' });

const run = await client.actor('<ACTOR_ID>').call({
    searchTerms: ['milk', 'cheese'],
    maxItems: 50,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Fetched ${items.length} products:`, items[0]);
```

***

### 💰 Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing

- **Actor Start Fee:** $0.005 per run
- **Per Result Item:** $0.0003 per product
- *Compute & bandwidth usage are covered directly by user credits with zero residential proxy surcharge.*

***

### ⚖️ Disclaimer

This Actor is **unofficial** and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by ALDI. "ALDI" is a trademark of its owner and is used here only to describe the data source. The Actor collects only publicly visible product and price information (no personal data, no login) at a polite request rate. If ALDI changes its website, the Actor may need an update; we monitor it daily.

# Changelog

This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/nishat.nahar/aldi-au-product-catalog/changelog.md

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Products to search for, e.g. 'milk', 'coffee'. Leave empty (with no categories) to get the whole catalogue.

## `categoryIds` (type: `array`):

ALDI category IDs, e.g. 970000000 = Pantry. Results from all terms and categories are merged and de-duplicated.

## `onlySpecialBuys` (type: `boolean`):

Return only items with a Special Buys date or a 'was' price.

## `minDiscountPercent` (type: `integer`):

Only items discounted by at least this percentage (needs a 'was' price).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many products (0 = no limit). Controls cost: you pay per product returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "milk"
  ],
  "onlySpecialBuys": false,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `products` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all scraped ALDI products.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "milk"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nishat.nahar/aldi-au-product-catalog").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchTerms": ["milk"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nishat.nahar/aldi-au-product-catalog").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "milk"
  ]
}' |
apify call nishat.nahar/aldi-au-product-catalog --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nishat.nahar/aldi-au-product-catalog"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/FiCQkeIgwCBqRMcC4/builds/GmbKYUK6fEnbgYj2Q/openapi.json