# Shopify Scraper & Price Monitor (`polunga/shopify-scraper`) Actor

Scrape every product of any Shopify store: prices, variants, SKU, stock and images. Schedule it to catch new products, price drops and restocks between runs. No API key, no login. $1 per 1,000 products.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/polunga/shopify-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [jérémy PINSON](https://apify.com/polunga) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$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.

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.
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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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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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

## Shopify Scraper & Price Monitor: Products, Prices, Stock & Changes

**Shopify Scraper & Price Monitor** extracts the **full product catalog of any Shopify store** (prices, variants, SKU, stock, images) and tells you **what changed since the last run**: new products, price drops, price increases, restocks and sold-out items.

No API key, no browser, no login: it reads the public product feed that every Shopify store exposes, so it is fast, cheap and very reliable. A 10,000-product catalog is scraped in minutes.

### What does Shopify Scraper & Price Monitor do?

- 🛍️ Scrapes **all products** of one or hundreds of Shopify stores: title, vendor, product type, tags, description, images, options.
- 💰 Returns **min/max price, compare-at price, discount %** and whether the product is on sale.
- 📦 Returns **stock status** per product and per variant (size, color, SKU).
- 🔔 Detects **changes between runs**: `NEW`, `PRICE_DROP`, `PRICE_INCREASE`, `BACK_IN_STOCK`, `OUT_OF_STOCK`, `VARIANTS_CHANGED`, `REMOVED`.
- 💸 **Pay only for changes**: enable *Output only changed products* and schedule it daily.

### Who is it for?

- **E-commerce brands and dropshippers**: monitor competitor prices and promotions every day.
- **Product researchers**: spot the new launches and bestsellers of successful Shopify stores.
- **Resellers and collectors**: get restock alerts for limited drops (sneakers, collectibles, fashion).
- **Agencies and analysts**: sync catalogs or run market studies across hundreds of stores.

### How much does it cost to scrape a Shopify store?

You pay **$1 per 1,000 products** in the output (see the *Pricing* tab for the exact price of your plan).

| Use case | Products in output | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Try it on one store, 50 products | 50 | $0.05 |
| Full catalog of a 1,000-product store | 1,000 | $1 |
| Daily price monitor of a 1,000-product store, *Output only changed products* on | usually 10 to 50 per day | a few cents per day |

Apify's free plan includes monthly credits, which are enough to test the Actor on several stores.

### How to scrape a Shopify store

1. Paste one or more **store URLs** (any page of the store works, e.g. `https://www.allbirds.com`).
2. Keep **Track changes between runs** enabled.
3. Click **Start**. The first run creates the baseline: every product is marked `FIRST_SEEN`.
4. [Schedule](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules) it daily or hourly. Each run reports what changed.
5. Get alerts with a webhook, Slack, email or Google Sheets [integration](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations).

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `storeUrls` | Shopify stores to scrape, any page of the store |
| `maxProductsPerStore` | Limit per store, `0` = whole catalog (needed to detect `REMOVED`) |
| `trackChanges` | Compare with the previous run and flag changes |
| `onlyChanges` | Output only new or changed products (cheaper monitoring) |
| `includeVariants` | Add the list of variants with price, SKU and stock |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Usually not needed |

```json
{
    "storeUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.allbirds.com" }, { "url": "https://gymshark.com" }],
    "trackChanges": true,
    "onlyChanges": true,
    "includeVariants": true
}
```

### Output

You can download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read it with the API.

```json
{
    "store": "https://www.allbirds.com",
    "productId": 6604351651920,
    "title": "Men's Tree Runners",
    "url": "https://www.allbirds.com/products/mens-tree-runners",
    "vendor": "Allbirds",
    "priceMin": 79,
    "priceMax": 98,
    "compareAtPriceMax": 98,
    "onSale": true,
    "discountPercent": 19,
    "available": true,
    "variantsCount": 14,
    "variantsAvailable": 11,
    "changeType": "PRICE_DROP",
    "changes": ["min price 98 -> 79"],
    "previousPriceMin": 98,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-27T08:00:00.000Z"
}
```

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `store`, `productId`, `url`, `handle` | Where the product lives |
| `title`, `vendor`, `productType`, `tags`, `description`, `images` | Product details |
| `priceMin`, `priceMax`, `compareAtPriceMax`, `onSale`, `discountPercent` | Pricing |
| `available`, `variantsCount`, `variantsAvailable`, `variants` | Stock, per product and per variant |
| `changeType`, `changes`, `previousPriceMin` | What changed since the previous run |

### Integrations and API

- Run it from your code with the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2) or the JavaScript and Python clients.
- Connect it to **Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack** or any webhook.
- AI agents can find and run it through the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp).

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("<username>/shopify-scraper").call(run_input={"storeUrls": [{"url": "https://www.allbirds.com"}], "maxProductsPerStore": 50})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["title"], item["priceMin"], item["available"])
```

### FAQ

**Does it work with every store?** It works with any store running on Shopify whose catalog is public, which is the vast majority. Password-protected stores and non-Shopify sites are skipped with a warning.

**Is it legal to scrape Shopify stores?** The Actor only reads public product information that the store publishes for every visitor. It does not collect personal data. Check the terms of the stores you monitor for your own use case.

**How is "REMOVED" detected?** By comparing with the snapshot of the previous run. It is only reported when the whole catalog is fetched (*Max products per store* = 0), and a sudden drop of more than half the catalog is treated as a fetch error rather than a mass removal.

**Do I need proxies?** Usually not. Enable Apify Proxy if a store rate-limits you.

**Can I monitor hundreds of stores?** Yes. Paste all the URLs in one run, or split them across several scheduled tasks.

### Support

Found a bug or need a field? Open an issue in the **Issues** tab, I usually reply within 24 h.

# Actor input Schema

## `storeUrls` (type: `array`):

Home page URLs of the Shopify stores to monitor. Any page of the store works, only the domain is used.

## `maxProductsPerStore` (type: `integer`):

0 = the whole catalog. Removed-product detection only works with 0.

## `trackChanges` (type: `boolean`):

Saves a snapshot of each store and flags NEW, PRICE_DROP, PRICE_INCREASE, BACK_IN_STOCK, OUT_OF_STOCK, VARIANTS_CHANGED and REMOVED products on the next run. Schedule the Actor daily to get a price and stock monitor.

## `onlyChanges` (type: `boolean`):

Skip UNCHANGED products in the output (you pay only for the changes). The first run always outputs the full catalog as a baseline.

## `includeVariants` (type: `boolean`):

Include the full list of variants (size, color, SKU, price, stock) for each product.

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

Usually not needed. Use Apify Proxy if a store rate-limits you.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "storeUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.allbirds.com"
    }
  ],
  "maxProductsPerStore": 0,
  "trackChanges": true,
  "onlyChanges": false,
  "includeVariants": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Every product of the store with prices, variants, stock, images and the change since the last run, shown in the overview table.

# 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 = {
    "storeUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.allbirds.com"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("polunga/shopify-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 = { "storeUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.allbirds.com" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("polunga/shopify-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 '{
  "storeUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.allbirds.com"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call polunga/shopify-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,polunga/shopify-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/mKlgJDY8aJ7MtdPPI/builds/DV0zHbtj0mjchZVrd/openapi.json