# Aldi Scraper | European Grocery Prices (`ratatoskr/aldi-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Aldi and Hofer across Europe, Germany's Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd included: prices, old prices, offer dates, price per kg or litre, brand, pack size and categories, as JSON. Whole catalogue, categories or search. No login, no proxy.

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

## Pricing

from $1.30 / 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.

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# README

## Aldi Scraper | European Grocery Prices

Get Aldi's and Hofer's prices across Europe as clean JSON: price, old price, offer dates, price per kg or litre, brand, pack size and category. Germany's Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd are both here, with 15 more shops. Read the whole catalogue, chosen categories, or products by name. No login, no proxy to configure.

### Shops

| Shop | Country | Currency | Products in a full run |
|---|---|---|---|
| `de-sued` | Germany, Aldi Süd | EUR | about 5,100 |
| `de-nord` | Germany, Aldi Nord | EUR | about 2,300 |
| `gb` | United Kingdom | GBP | about 5,300 |
| `ie` | Ireland | EUR | about 4,500 |
| `nl` | Netherlands | EUR | about 3,100 |
| `es` | Spain | EUR | about 2,700 |
| `be-nl`, `be-fr` | Belgium, in Dutch or French | EUR | about 2,600 |
| `ch` | Switzerland (Aldi Suisse) | CHF | about 2,500 |
| `lu` | Luxembourg | EUR | about 2,300 |
| `fr` | France | EUR | about 1,900 |
| `at` | Austria (Hofer) | EUR | about 1,100 |
| `hu` | Hungary | HUF | about 800 |
| `si` | Slovenia (Hofer) | EUR | about 750 |
| `it` | Italy | EUR | about 750 |
| `pt` | Portugal | EUR | about 450 |
| `pl` | Poland | PLN | about 150 |

### What you get

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `name`, `brand`, `packSize` | Squeezie kwark, 4 st., MILSANI®, 4 x 80 g |
| `price`, `currency`, `deposit` | 1.79, EUR, 0.25 |
| `wasPrice`, `discountPercent`, `promotionLabel` | 3.7, 25, 2e aan -50% |
| `unitPrice`, `unitOfMeasure` | 5.59, kg |
| `priceFrom`, `priceUntil`, `upcoming` | 2026-11-06, 2026-11-13, true |
| `category`, `categoryPath` | Vers fruit |
| `description`, `details`, `image`, `images`, `url` | |
| `shop`, `country`, `language` | be-nl, BE, nl |

### Next week's offers, before they start

Aldi publishes its offers ahead of time, so a run can show you prices that have not reached the shelf yet. Each of those rows has `upcoming: true` and its first and last day. Turn on **On sale now only** to see today's prices alone.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Shops | Any mix of the shops above. Default: Belgium in Dutch. |
| Category pages | Category URLs from any of these shops. |
| Search terms | Products with all these words in their name. |
| Promotions only | Only products with an old price or a promotion label. |
| On sale now only | Leave out prices that start later. |
| Include products without a price | Also return products Aldi lists without a price. |
| Max products | Per shop, category or search term. Default 100; enter a higher number such as 100000 for everything. |

```json
{ "shops": ["de-sued", "de-nord"], "searchTerms": ["kaffee"], "maxItems": 200 }
```

### How the prices work

`price` is the price Aldi shows for the pack in `packSize`, and `wasPrice` is the old price on the tag. A deal such as "2e aan -50%" is in `promotionLabel`, and `price` is then the deal's price for the pack shown. `deposit` is the bottle deposit where a shop shows it. Prices are national: Aldi publishes one price per country, and in Germany one per company.

### Pricing

Pay per product, with no monthly fee. You pay only for the rows you receive.

Not affiliated with or endorsed by Aldi or Hofer.

# Actor input Schema

## `shops` (type: `array`):

Which Aldi shops to read. Germany has two separate companies, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd, with their own ranges and prices. Pick several to compare them in one run. Category pages below name their own shop.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Category page URLs from any Aldi or Hofer shop, such as https://www.aldi.be/producten/aardappelen-groenten-fruit/vers-fruit.html. Leave empty, with no search terms, for the whole catalogue.

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

Only products with all these words in their name, in the shop's language (e.g. koffie, or café for France).

## `promotionsOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only products with an old price or a promotion label.

## `onSaleNowOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Leave out prices that start on a later date. Off, you also get next week's offers, marked with upcoming: true.

## `includeUnpriced` (type: `boolean`):

Also return products Aldi lists with no price on its site, with price empty. Off, only priced products are returned.

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

Stop after this many products for each shop, category or search term. Default 100; enter a higher number such as 100000 for everything.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "shops": [
    "be-nl"
  ],
  "promotionsOnly": false,
  "onSaleNowOnly": false,
  "includeUnpriced": false,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `products` (type: `string`):

One row per product: EAN, name, brand, price, member price, promotion, unit price, nutrition and stock.

# 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 = {
    "shops": [
        "be-nl"
    ],
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ratatoskr/aldi-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 = {
    "shops": ["be-nl"],
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ratatoskr/aldi-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 '{
  "shops": [
    "be-nl"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call ratatoskr/aldi-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ratatoskr/aldi-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/7IpCWWLr5UWxQm7si/builds/GWUmDDVJH7hRdb1Qh/openapi.json