# ASOS API Scraper (`rl1987/asos-api-scraper`) Actor Search and browse ASOS products by keyword or category. Returns product name, brand, price, colour, images, and availability. Powered by the reverse-engineered ASOS mobile API (v5.96.0). Requires a proxy (residential/mobile) — ASOS blocks datacenter IPs via Akamai. - **URL**: https://apify.com/rl1987/asos-api-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [R.L.](https://apify.com/rl1987) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 77.8% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.50 / 1,000 plp product rows This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## ASOS API Scraper **Extract product data from [ASOS](https://www.asos.com) by keyword search or category browse** — name, brand, price, colour, images, stock, ratings, and full size/SKU breakdown. Runs against ASOS's own mobile app API (reverse-engineered, v5.96.0), so it's fast and returns clean structured JSON instead of scraped HTML. Get results via the Apify API, schedule runs, or plug straight into Make/Zapier/Google Sheets. ### Why use this ASOS scraper? - **Price monitoring** — track markdowns, RRP drops, and outlet pricing across competitor or your own catalog. - **Market research** — pull assortment, brand mix, and pricing by category and region. - **Stock tracking** — check size-level availability (SKU/EAN) before a drop sells out. - **Feed building** — power a price-comparison site, deal alert bot, or affiliate feed with live ASOS data. ### How to use the ASOS API Scraper 1. Click **Try for free** and open the **Input** tab. 2. Enter a search keyword (e.g. `"dress"`, `"Nike sneakers"`) *or* pick a category from the dropdown — category overrides keyword search. 3. Pick your store/locale (`store`, `currency`, `lang`, `sizeSchema`) to match the ASOS region you care about. 4. Set **Max items** (0 = everything matching) and optionally turn on **Include product details** for full size/SKU/EAN availability, ratings, and description per product (slower — one extra request per item). 5. Click **Start** and grab results from the **Dataset** tab, or via API in JSON, CSV, Excel, etc. No coding needed, but everything here is also driveable via the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2) for scheduled or automated runs. ### Input | Field | Description | |---|---| | `q` | Search keyword. Leave empty to browse by category instead. | | `category` | Category ID to browse (dropdown of common men's/women's categories). Overrides `q`. | | `store` / `currency` / `lang` / `sizeSchema` | Locale settings (e.g. `US`/`USD`/`en-US`/`US`, or `GB`/`GBP`/`en-GB`/`UK`). | | `maxItems` | Max products to return. `0` = all matches. | | `limit` | Results per page from ASOS (max 72). | | `includeDetails` | Fetch each product's detail page for full size/SKU/EAN stock, ratings, and description. Off by default — costs one extra request per product. | | `detailConcurrency` | Parallel detail-page requests when `includeDetails` is on (1–20). | | `proxyConfiguration` | Proxy to use. **Residential proxy is required** — ASOS blocks datacenter IPs via Akamai — and is preselected for you. | See the **Input** tab in Apify Console for the full schema. ### Output Each dataset item is one product. Example: ```json { "id": 205123456, "name": "ASOS DESIGN oversized hoodie", "brandName": "ASOS DESIGN", "currentPrice": 28.0, "priceText": "$28.00", "previousPrice": 40.0, "isMarkedDown": true, "colour": "Black", "productCode": "205123456", "productType": "Hoodies", "url": "https://www.asos.com/us/asos-design/asos-design-oversized-hoodie/prd/205123456", "images": ["https://images.asos-media.com/products/.../image1.jpg"], "isNew": false, "gender": "women", "averageRating": 4.5, "totalReviewCount": 128, "inStockSizes": ["XS", "S", "M", "L"] } ```` You can download the dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML from the Console or API. #### Main fields | Field | Description | |---|---| | `id` / `productCode` | Product identifiers | | `name` / `brandName` | Product title and brand | | `currentPrice` / `previousPrice` / `priceText` / `currency` | Pricing | | `isMarkedDown` / `isOutletPrice` / `isPromotion` | Sale/pricing flags | | `colour` / `colourWayId` | Colourway info | | `productType` / `gender` | Category classification | | `url` / `images` | Product page URL and image URLs | | `isSellingFast` / `isRestockingSoon` / `isNew` | Stock/status flags | | `averageRating` / `totalReviewCount` | Reviews | | `inStockSizes` | Available sizes (basic search) | | `description` | Full description (only with `includeDetails: true`) | ### Cost and performance This actor uses ASOS's own API rather than rendering pages, so it's cheap and fast — no browser overhead. Basic search/browse runs use minimal compute. Turning on **Include product details** adds one request per product, so cost and runtime scale roughly linearly with `maxItems` when that's enabled. A residential proxy is required and is billed per Apify's proxy pricing. ### Tips - Leave `maxItems` at a reasonable value while testing — set to `0` only once you know the category/keyword size. - Skip `includeDetails` unless you need per-size SKU/EAN stock or full descriptions — it roughly doubles request volume. - Raise `detailConcurrency` for faster detail fetches, but watch for proxy/rate-limit errors if you push it too high. ### FAQ **Is this legal?** This actor only fetches publicly accessible product data from ASOS's own API. You're responsible for complying with ASOS's Terms of Service and applicable law in your jurisdiction, especially around commercial reuse of the data. **Why do I need a residential proxy?** ASOS blocks datacenter IP ranges via Akamai bot protection. Residential proxy is preselected in the input and required for reliable results. **The reverse-engineered API changed / broke.** ASOS's mobile API isn't public and can change without notice. If results stop coming back, open an issue in the Actor's Issues tab and we'll investigate. **Can I get a custom version?** Yes — for custom fields, additional endpoints (e.g. reviews, related products), or bespoke integrations, reach out via the Issues tab. # Actor input Schema ## `q` (type: `string`): Search ASOS products by keyword (human-friendly input, e.g. 'dress', 'Nike sneakers'). Leave empty to use category browse instead. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of products to return. 0 = all matching products. ## `store` (type: `string`): Store code for localization (e.g., US, GB, DE) ## `currency` (type: `string`): Currency code (e.g., USD, GBP, EUR) ## `lang` (type: `string`): Locale (e.g., en-US, en-GB, de-DE) ## `sizeSchema` (type: `string`): Size schema (e.g., US, UK, EU) ## `limit` (type: `integer`): Results per page (max 72) ## `category` (type: `string`): Browse a category instead of searching. Overrides search keyword. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Route requests through a proxy. ASOS blocks datacenter IPs (Akamai), so RESIDENTIAL Apify Proxy is selected by default. ## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`): Fetch each product's PDP for description, all size variants (SKU/EAN/availability), ratings, and care info. Slower (one extra request per product). ## `detailConcurrency` (type: `integer`): How many product-detail (PDP) requests to fetch in parallel when "Include product details" is on. Higher = faster but heavier on the proxy/target. ## Actor input object example ```json { "q": "dress", "maxItems": 100, "store": "US", "currency": "USD", "lang": "en-US", "sizeSchema": "US", "limit": 72, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] }, "includeDetails": false, "detailConcurrency": 8 } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "q": "dress", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("rl1987/asos-api-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "q": "dress", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("rl1987/asos-api-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "q": "dress", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }' | apify call rl1987/asos-api-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=rl1987/asos-api-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "ASOS API Scraper", "description": "Search and browse ASOS products by keyword or category. Returns product name, brand, price, colour, images, and availability. Powered by the reverse-engineered ASOS mobile API (v5.96.0). Requires a proxy (residential/mobile) — ASOS blocks datacenter IPs via Akamai.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "7yEuK4m7tINBMPOoW" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/rl1987~asos-api-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-rl1987-asos-api-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/rl1987~asos-api-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-rl1987-asos-api-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/rl1987~asos-api-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-rl1987-asos-api-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "q": { "title": "Search keyword", "type": "string", "description": "Search ASOS products by keyword (human-friendly input, e.g. 'dress', 'Nike sneakers'). Leave empty to use category browse instead.", "default": "dress" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of products to return. 0 = all matching products.", "default": 100 }, "store": { "title": "Store", "type": "string", "description": "Store code for localization (e.g., US, GB, DE)", "default": "US" }, "currency": { "title": "Currency", "type": "string", "description": "Currency code (e.g., USD, GBP, EUR)", "default": "USD" }, "lang": { "title": "Language", "type": "string", "description": "Locale (e.g., en-US, en-GB, de-DE)", "default": "en-US" }, "sizeSchema": { "title": "Size schema", "type": "string", "description": "Size schema (e.g., US, UK, EU)", "default": "US" }, "limit": { "title": "Page size", "maximum": 72, "type": "integer", "description": "Results per page (max 72)", "default": 72 }, "category": { "title": "Category", "enum": [ "4209", "4210", "6456", "4172", "4174", "8799", "4169", "7616", "7078", "4208", "2640", "5668", "2637", "3606", "2641", "2238", "13210", "6046", "26091", "26090", "6458", "6455", "5775", "5774", "1314", "19517", "5034", "4175", "9265", "8730", "3630", "4910", "9263", "15200", "3602", "5678", "13632", "4545", "6519" ], "type": "string", "description": "Browse a category instead of searching. Overrides search keyword." }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Route requests through a proxy. ASOS blocks datacenter IPs (Akamai), so RESIDENTIAL Apify Proxy is selected by default.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }, "includeDetails": { "title": "Include product details", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fetch each product's PDP for description, all size variants (SKU/EAN/availability), ratings, and care info. Slower (one extra request per product).", "default": false }, "detailConcurrency": { "title": "Detail fetch concurrency", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20, "type": "integer", "description": "How many product-detail (PDP) requests to fetch in parallel when \"Include product details\" is on. Higher = faster but heavier on the proxy/target.", "default": 8 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```