# Get alerted when a Shopify store launches or removes products

**Use case:** 

A daily new-product tracker for any Shopify store: each run compares the catalog with the previous snapshot and emits only product-added and product-removed events (plus price and stock changes), one record per product. The first run writes the baseline. Schedule it and add a webhook to follow a competitor's launches, drops and sell-outs without visiting the store.

## Input

```json
{
  "storeUrls": [
    "www.deathwishcoffee.com"
  ],
  "mode": "changes",
  "granularity": "product",
  "maxProductsPerStore": 50,
  "includeCollections": false,
  "maxSecondsPerStore": 900,
  "stateStoreName": "shopify-new-products-launch-monitor"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "storeDomain": {
    "label": "Store",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "recordType": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "changeType": {
    "label": "Change",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "productTitle": {
    "label": "Product",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "variantTitle": {
    "label": "Variant",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "price": {
    "label": "Price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "available": {
    "label": "In stock",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "productUrl": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## How it works

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

The Shopify Catalog Monitor & Price Tracker — Products Scraper Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Get alerted when a Shopify store launches or removes products". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/fxnbESIFe6IfZyUwl) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Get alerted when a Shopify store launches or removes products" task

The Shopify Catalog Monitor & Price Tracker — Products Scraper Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like shopify store urls, mode, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Get alerted when a Shopify store launches or removes products" 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 store, type, change, 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 "Get alerted when a Shopify store launches or removes products" task via API](https://apify.com/owlabee/shopify-catalog-monitor.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Shopify Catalog Monitor & Price Tracker — Products Scraper](https://apify.com/owlabee/shopify-catalog-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/owlabee/shopify-catalog-monitor.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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/owlabee/shopify-catalog-monitor.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).
