# SalonCentric Products Scraper (`parseforge/saloncentric-products-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes SalonCentric product listing pages and returns each product as a flat row with name, price, brand, and availability. Supports any category, brand, or search URL.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/saloncentric-products-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $90.88 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

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### SalonCentric Products Scraper

**Scrape SalonCentric product listings from any category, brand, or search URL, up to thousands of items per run.** Every product comes with its name, price, brand, and availability. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

SalonCentric's official site has no public API, and manual browsing is slow. This reads the public product listing pages directly, filtered by category, brand, or search query, and returns each match in one fixed schema. It is built for salon owners, distributors, and market analysts who need current product data without writing code.

| Who uses it | What they scrape SalonCentric for |
|---|---|
| Salon owners | Monitor which professional products are in stock and at what price |
| Beauty distributors | Track competitor pricing and product assortment across categories |
| Market researchers | Analyze brand presence and product trends in the professional beauty market |
| E-commerce managers | Keep their own catalog synchronized with SalonCentric's latest offerings |

### What it does

This Actor collects SalonCentric product records from listing pages and returns each one as a flat row.

- 🔗 **Start URLs:** paste any SalonCentric listing page, category, brand, or search results URL
- 🔢 **Max items:** cap the total number of product records collected across all pages
- 📦 **Flat output:** each product is returned as a single row with consistent fields
- ⚡ **Fast scraping:** parallel requests with automatic retries and proxy rotation

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

### What you can do with SalonCentric data

**📊 Monitor product availability.**

A salon owner runs the scraper on a category URL daily to see which professional products are in stock and adjust their order list.

**💰 Track competitor pricing.**

A beauty distributor scrapes brand pages weekly to compare SalonCentric's prices with their own wholesale catalog.

**🔍 Analyze brand assortment.**

A market researcher collects all products from a brand page to measure how many SKUs that brand offers and at what price points.

**🛒 Sync e-commerce catalogs.**

An e-commerce manager scrapes the full shop listing to update their own store with the latest product names and prices.

### Why choose this scraper

|  | What you get |
|---|---|
| **No API needed** | Scrapes the public website directly, no registration or tokens |
| **Flexible input** | Start from any category, brand, or search URL |
| **Structured data** | Returns clean JSON with product name, price, brand, and more |
| **Scalable** | Collect up to thousands of products in a single run |

### How it compares

No other Store actor targets SalonCentric the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.

| | SalonCentric Products Scraper | Build it in-house | By hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup | Run it now, zero config | Days of engineering | None, but hours per pull |
| When SalonCentric 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 from any SalonCentric listing page URL, and set a maximum number of items to collect. Filters run as each page is read so only matching products reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.saloncentric.com/shop/"
    }
  ]
}
```

A larger pull:

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.saloncentric.com/shop/"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

### Pricing

Pay-per-result: **$0.10044 per result** collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

| Results collected | Approximate cost |
|---|---|
| 100 results | $10.04 |
| 1,000 results | $100.44 |
| 10,000 results | $1004.40 |

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](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp) to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

### Run it

1. [Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp).
2. Open the [SalonCentric Products Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/saloncentric-products-scraper?fpr=vmoqkp).
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click **Start**.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the **Dataset** tab.

Run it programmatically through the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2) (`run-sync-get-dataset-items`) or the [ApifyClient](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js) for JavaScript and Python.

### Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to SalonCentric through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/saloncentric-products-scraper"
```

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

### Troubleshooting

**Why am I getting no results?**

Check that the Start URLs point to valid SalonCentric listing pages. Also ensure the Max items is set to a number greater than zero.

**The scraper stops before reaching Max items.**

SalonCentric may block requests if you scrape too fast. Try reducing the concurrency or using a proxy. The actor includes automatic retries.

**Some product fields are empty.**

Not all products have every field, such as a sale price or rating. Empty fields are normal for products that lack that data.

**I get a timeout error.**

The website may be slow. Increase the timeout in the actor settings or retry the run.

### FAQ

| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Do I need a SalonCentric account or API key? | No. The scraper reads the public website, so no login or API key is required. |
| Can I scrape a specific brand or category? | Yes. Paste any SalonCentric listing page URL, such as a brand page or category page, into the Start URLs field. |
| How many products can I scrape in one run? | You can set the Max items field to any number. The default is 100, but you can increase it to collect thousands of products. |
| What data fields are returned for each product? | Each product record includes fields like name, price, brand, and availability. The exact fields are shown in the sample output. |
| Can I export the results to Excel or CSV? | Yes. You can export the dataset to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML from the Apify platform. |
| Does the scraper handle pagination? | Yes. It automatically follows pagination links on listing pages until the Max items limit is reached. |
| Is this scraper legal to use? | You should only scrape publicly available data and comply with SalonCentric's terms of service. Apify provides tools for responsible scraping. |
| Can I schedule this scraper to run automatically? | Yes. You can set up a schedule in Apify to run the actor at regular intervals, such as daily or weekly. |

### Related actors

Browse the full [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge?fpr=vmoqkp) for more scrapers.

🆘 **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 SalonCentric, Inc. 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.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

One or more SalonCentric product listing page URLs to begin scraping. Default uses the main shop page.

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

Maximum number of product records to collect from all listing pages combined.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.saloncentric.com/shop/"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.saloncentric.com/shop/"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/saloncentric-products-scraper").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 = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.saloncentric.com/shop/" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/saloncentric-products-scraper").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 '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.saloncentric.com/shop/"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call parseforge/saloncentric-products-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,parseforge/saloncentric-products-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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/joNpke1I0I2vGIcfO/builds/c8r3BkjbvNxMzEx0H/openapi.json