# Woolworths & Coles Scraper: Australian grocery prices, specials (`pikoulas/woolworths-coles`) Actor

Get Australian supermarket products and prices from Woolworths: searches, categories, specials and product pages. Price, was price, savings, half-price and multibuy offers, unit price, stock, barcode, brand, size and image. Coles isn't read. No login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pikoulas/woolworths-coles.md
- **Developed by:** [Spyridon Pikoulas](https://apify.com/pikoulas) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation, AI
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 products

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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

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`).

# README

## Woolworths & Coles Scraper

Get products and prices from Woolworths, Australia's biggest supermarket, without an account or a
browser. **Coles isn't read:** only the name still says so, and a Coles URL or store option in an
input is skipped with a line in the log.

- **Search:** the products Woolworths shows for a keyword, in its order.
- **Categories:** any category or aisle page, by URL.
- **Specials:** every product on special, or one specials page, such as half-price, by URL.
- **Products:** single product pages, by URL.

Every product comes with its price, was price and savings, whether it's on special or half
price, the offer (Save $1.60, 2 for $9.00, Pick any 3 for $5.10), the multibuy quantity and
price, the unit price ($1.75 / 100G), stock, brand, size, department and category, image and
link, and its barcode.

It is fast: 137 products from a search, a category and all specials took 21 seconds. It costs **$1 per 1,000 products** on Apify's paid plans ($2 on
the free plan).

### What people use it for

- **Price tracking:** a run a week on a category or a basket of searches, for price history and
  inflation research.
- **Specials alerts:** what's half price this week, in a category or across the whole store.
- **Retail and brand analytics:** a brand's range, shelf prices and promotions.

### How to scrape Woolworths

1. Click **Try for free**; Apify's free plan covers a first run.
2. Fill in **Search terms**, **URLs** or turn on **All specials**, and how many products you want
   from each.
3. Click **Start**, then download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read them through
   the API.

**Only products on special** leaves out the rest, from searches and categories too.

```json
{
  "searchTerms": ["tim tam", "full cream milk 2l"],
  "urls": [
    "https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge/milk",
    "https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/browse/specials/half-price"
  ],
  "maxProductsPerSource": 200
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "store": "Woolworths",
  "id": "84628",
  "name": "Arnott's Tim Tam Original Chocolate Biscuits Large Pack",
  "brand": "Arnott's",
  "size": "365g",
  "price": 6.4,
  "wasPrice": 8,
  "savings": 1.6,
  "onSpecial": true,
  "halfPrice": false,
  "promotion": "Save $1.60",
  "multibuyQuantity": null,
  "multibuyPrice": null,
  "unitPrice": 1.75,
  "unitMeasure": "100G",
  "unitPriceText": "$1.75 / 100G",
  "inStock": true,
  "department": "Snacks & Confectionery",
  "category": "Biscuits & Cookies",
  "barcode": "9310072010816",
  "isSponsored": false,
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn1.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/large/084628.jpg",
  "url": "https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/84628/arnott-s-tim-tam-original-chocolate-biscuits-large-pack",
  "input": "search: tim tam"
}
```

Prices are in Australian dollars. `multibuyPrice` is the price of `multibuyQuantity` items
together. `isSponsored` marks the products Woolworths shows as ads among its results.

### Use it as an API

One call runs it and returns the results as JSON (for runs under 5 minutes; longer ones start a
run and read its dataset). Apify's Python and JavaScript clients, and its Make, Zapier and n8n
integrations, work the same way.

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/pikoulas~woolworths-coles/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchTerms": ["tim tam"], "maxProductsPerSource": 20}'
```

AI agents can call it as a tool through Apify's MCP server: `https://mcp.apify.com?tools=pikoulas/woolworths-coles`.

### How much does it cost to scrape Woolworths?

You pay **$0.001 per product** on Apify's paid plans, which is $1 per 1,000, and $0.002 on the
free plan. In a run where Woolworths refuses Apify's own IPs, the run moves to Apify's residential
proxy, paid at $0.0012 per 100 KB. There are no monthly fees.

### Good to know

- Prices are Woolworths' online prices for a visitor who hasn't picked a store; they can differ
  from store to store.
- A product found by several searches or URLs is given once per run.
- Woolworths' Everyday Market, its other sellers' products, comes last in All specials.

### FAQ

#### Is it legal to scrape Woolworths?

It collects only what Woolworths shows publicly, without logging in. Personal data is also protected by laws such as the GDPR and the CCPA, and Woolworths' terms may limit how you use what you collect. If you're unsure, ask a lawyer; Apify's
[Is web scraping legal?](https://blog.apify.com/is-web-scraping-legal/) is a good start.

#### Something missing or not working?

Open an issue on the **Issues** tab with the input you used, or ask there for a field you need.

# Actor input Schema

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

Searched at Woolworths, products in its order.

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Woolworths pages: a search, a category (woolworths.com.au/shop/browse/...), specials (woolworths.com.au/shop/browse/specials/half-price) or a product. Coles isn't read: a Coles URL is skipped.

## `allSpecials` (type: `boolean`):

Every product on special at Woolworths, department by department.

## `specialsOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Leaves out the products that aren't on special, from searches and categories too.

## `maxProductsPerSource` (type: `integer`):

Products from each search term, each URL, and All specials.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Not needed. Woolworths is read from the run's own IP, moving to Apify's residential proxy only if it refuses that one.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "tim tam"
  ],
  "allSpecials": false,
  "specialsOnly": false,
  "maxProductsPerSource": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "tim tam"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pikoulas/woolworths-coles").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": ["tim tam"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pikoulas/woolworths-coles").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": [
    "tim tam"
  ]
}' |
apify call pikoulas/woolworths-coles --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pikoulas/woolworths-coles"
        }
    }
}
```

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/7tBwmZBgDq5g2FUeh/builds/3khbSJNbsK6khXc3U/openapi.json