Heads Up For Tails Catalog Scraper
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Heads Up For Tails Catalog Scraper
Scrapes pet product listings from Heads Up For Tails by collection handle. Returns each product as a flat row with title, price, and availability.
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Heads Up For Tails Catalog Scraper
Scrape Heads Up For Tails pet products from any collection, up to a million per run. Each product comes with its title, price, and availability. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.
Heads Up For Tails is India's largest online pet store, but its catalog is spread across dozens of Shopify collections. This Actor reads the public collection feeds directly, so you can pull dog food, cat litter, toys, or every product in one run without building a Shopify app or dealing with rate limits.
| Who uses it | What they scrape Heads Up For Tails for |
|---|---|
| Pet industry analysts | Track which brands and product types Heads Up For Tails is stocking this month |
| E-commerce managers | Monitor competitor pricing and assortment on Heads Up For Tails |
| Dropshippers | Build a product feed of pet supplies to list on their own store |
| SEO agencies | Audit product titles and descriptions for keyword coverage |
What it does
This Actor collects pet product listings from Heads Up For Tails by collection handle, and returns each product as a flat row.
- 🛍️ Collection scraping: pass a handle like 'dog-food' or 'cat-toys' to get every product in that collection
- 📦 Bulk extraction: set maxItems up to 1,000,000 to pull the entire catalog in one run
- 🧾 Flat schema: each product is returned as a single row with consistent fields, ready for spreadsheets
Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.
What you can do with Heads Up For Tails data
📊 Track pet food prices.
A pricing analyst runs the Actor weekly on the 'dog-food' collection to see which brands changed price and by how much.
🛒 Build a competitor assortment report.
An e-commerce manager scrapes all collections to compare Heads Up For Tails' catalog against their own store.
🔍 Audit product SEO.
An SEO specialist pulls the full catalog to check product titles and descriptions for missing keywords.
📦 Generate a dropshipping feed.
A dropshipper scrapes the 'all' collection and maps the rows to their own store's import format.
Why choose this scraper
| What you get | |
|---|---|
| No Shopify app required | Reads the public collection JSON directly, no authentication or API key |
| One handle, whole collection | Get every product in a category without paginating manually |
| Export anywhere | CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML for your existing workflow |
How it compares
No other Store actor targets Heads Up For Tails the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.
| Heads Up For Tails Catalog Scraper | Build it in-house | By hand | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup | Run it now, zero config | Days of engineering | None, but hours per pull |
| When Heads Up For Tails changes | Maintained for you | You fix it | You re-learn the page |
| Proxies, retries, anti-bot | Built in | Your problem | Browser only |
| Output | Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export | Whatever you build | Copy-paste |
| Cost | Pay per result | Engineering time | Analyst hours |
Configure the run
Drive the Actor with a single collection handle, and cap the number of products returned per run. The Input tab lists every parameter.
A first run with the defaults:
A larger pull:
Pricing
Pay-per-result: $0.01599 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.
| Results collected | Approximate cost |
|---|---|
| 100 results | $1.60 |
| 1,000 results | $15.99 |
| 10,000 results | $159.90 |
New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.
Free users
Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.
Run it
- Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
- Open the Heads Up For Tails Catalog Scraper.
- Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
- Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.
Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.
Use with AI agents (MCP)
Give an AI agent live access to Heads Up For Tails through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:
Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.
Troubleshooting
Why am I getting no results?
Check the collectionHandle. It must match exactly what appears in the URL, including hyphens. Try 'all' to confirm the site is reachable. If 'all' works but your handle does not, the collection may be empty or renamed.
Why did the run stop before reaching maxItems?
The Actor stops when it has read all products in the collection. If the collection has fewer products than maxItems, you will get fewer rows. Increase maxItems only if you expect more products.
Why are some products missing fields?
Not every product has every field. For example, a product may not have a compare-at price. The Actor returns whatever the website provides, so missing fields are normal.
Can I scrape multiple collections in one run?
No, the Actor takes one collection handle per run. To scrape multiple collections, run the Actor multiple times with different handles, or use Apify's scheduler to run them in sequence.
FAQ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a collection handle? | It is the part of the Heads Up For Tails URL after /collections/. For example, in https://headsupfortails.com/collections/dog-food, the handle is 'dog-food'. Use 'all' to scrape every product. |
| Can I scrape the entire catalog? | Yes. Set collectionHandle to 'all' and maxItems to a high number like 1000000. The Actor will return every product it finds. |
| Does this need an API key or login? | No. The Actor reads the public Shopify collection feeds that the website itself uses, so no authentication is required. |
| What data do I get for each product? | Each row includes the product title, price, availability, and other fields as shown in the sample output. The exact fields are listed in the dataset schema. |
| How often should I run this? | For price monitoring, weekly is usually enough. For new product alerts, you can schedule it daily. The Actor is fast and cheap to run. |
| Can I filter by product type or brand? | The Actor does not filter by type or brand directly. Scrape a collection that matches your interest, or filter the exported dataset in your own tools. |
| Is this legal? | You should only scrape public data in accordance with the website's terms of service and applicable laws. Apify provides the tool, you are responsible for how you use it. |
| What if a collection has no products? | The Actor will return an empty dataset. Double-check the collection handle for typos, or try 'all' to see if the site has any products at all. |
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🆘 Need help? Email parseforge@protonmail.com with your run ID, your input, and what you expected.
⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Heads Up For Tails. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.
