# Shopify New Products Monitor (`schnellscrapers/shopify-new-products-monitor`) Actor

Find new or changed Shopify products across public storefront feeds. Return titles, vendors, tags, timestamps, price ranges, compare-at prices, variants, SKUs, availability, images, and URLs; apply published/updated date filters before billing. No login, API key, browser, or proxy.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/schnellscrapers/shopify-new-products-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Nate Schnell](https://apify.com/schnellscrapers) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Integrations
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## 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.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

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

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# README

### What does Shopify New Products Monitor do?

Shopify New Products Monitor finds newly published or recently changed products from one or more Shopify storefronts. It returns one clean product record per match, including timestamps, price ranges, variants, availability, tags, images, and a canonical product URL. Use it for launch feeds, competitor catalog checks, supplier research, or scheduled assortment alerts.

### What data can you extract from Shopify stores?

- Product identity — product ID, title, handle, canonical URL, vendor, and product type
- Launch and change signals — created, published, updated, and actor scrape timestamps
- Pricing and stock — minimum and maximum current prices, compare-at prices, availability, variant counts, SKUs, and option values
- Catalog context — plain-text description, tags, image URLs, and the source feed URL

The nested `variants` array keeps each Shopify variant's ID, title, SKU, option values, price, compare-at price, and public availability flag together in the product row.

### How to use Shopify New Products Monitor

1. Open the actor and enter one or more public Shopify store URLs in the input box.
2. Choose `publishedAt` for new-product discovery or `updatedAt` for catalog-change monitoring.
3. Set `since` to an ISO timestamp, such as `2026-08-01T00:00:00Z`, and choose a page and product limit.
4. Click **Run**. The actor reads the public product feed and applies date and availability filters before writing results.
5. Download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, or another available format, or connect to the Apify Dataset API.

### How much does Shopify New Products Monitor cost?

The actor uses pay-per-event pricing: **$1.00 per 1,000 emitted product records**. A product is billable only after it passes the date and availability filters and is written to the dataset; pages fetched and products excluded by filters are not dataset events. Keep `maxItems` and `maxPagesPerStore` low for quick tests, then schedule a narrow `since` window for recurring runs.

### Input

Provide `storeUrls` as a list of Shopify storefront URLs. `dateField` and `since` control launch or change discovery, while `onlyAvailable` removes products with no available variants before billing. Use `dryRun` to inspect matching counts without writing records.

```json
{
  "storeUrls": ["https://gymshark.com", "https://allbirds.com"],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "maxPagesPerStore": 2,
  "dateField": "publishedAt",
  "since": "2026-08-01T00:00:00Z",
  "onlyAvailable": true,
  "dryRun": false
}
```

### Output

Each dataset item is one product. It includes product identity, normalized ISO timestamps, price ranges in the store's currency, availability, variant details, tags, image URLs, and the public source feed URL.

```json
{
  "storeUrl": "https://gymshark.com",
  "productId": "6806607986890",
  "productTitle": "Gymshark Everyday Mini Holdall - Black",
  "productHandle": "gymshark-everyday-mini-gym-bag-bags-black-aw26",
  "productUrl": "https://gymshark.com/products/gymshark-everyday-mini-gym-bag-bags-black-aw26",
  "description": "EVERYDAY FOR ANY DAY It's your fave gym bag, but mini.",
  "vendor": "Gymshark | Be a visionary.",
  "productType": "Unisex>Accessories>Bags>small_holdall",
  "tags": ["acc-lower-bucket", "accessories", "activity:Rest Day"],
  "createdAt": "2026-02-12T18:13:38.000Z",
  "publishedAt": "2026-08-24T12:32:48.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-24T14:03:57.000Z",
  "available": true,
  "priceMin": 34,
  "priceMax": 34,
  "compareAtPriceMin": null,
  "compareAtPriceMax": null,
  "variantCount": 1,
  "availableVariantCount": 1,
  "variants": [{"id": "39797331460298", "title": "One Size", "sku": "I2A5Q-BB2J-OS", "option1": "One Size", "option2": null, "option3": null, "available": true, "price": 34, "compareAtPrice": null}],
  "imageUrls": ["https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0156/6146/files/EverydayMiniHoldallBlackI2A5Q_BBBB_A2.jpg?v=1787048719"],
  "sourceUrl": "https://gymshark.com/products.json?limit=250&page=1",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-24T15:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Integrations

Use scheduled runs, webhooks, Make, Zapier, n8n, or the Apify API with the [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python) and [Node.js](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js) clients. The default dataset can feed a product database, CRM workflow, price alert, or catalog diff job.

### Related actors

- [Shopify Products Scraper](https://apify.com/trovevault/shopify-products-scraper) — full Shopify product catalog extraction when you need an unfiltered baseline
- [Shopify Products Scraper — Any Store, No Auth | $0.9/1K](https://apify.com/bovi/shopify-products-scraper) — low-cost catalog rows for broad product collection work
- [Shopify Scraper - Products, Collections, Analysis](https://apify.com/prodiger/shopify-scraper) — product and collection extraction with additional Shopify source modes

### FAQ

#### How does Shopify New Products Monitor work?

It requests each store's public `/products.json?limit=250&page=N` feed, normalizes products and variants, then checks the selected timestamp and availability filter before writing a dataset item. Pagination is bounded by `maxPagesPerStore` and `maxItems`.

#### Can I use Shopify New Products Monitor as an API?

Yes. Start the actor through the Apify API or client SDK and read the run's default dataset through the Dataset API. The Output tab links directly to the dataset items endpoint.

#### Can I use Shopify New Products Monitor in Python or Node.js?

Yes. Use the Apify client to start a run and download its dataset, for example `await apifyClient.actor('YOUR_USERNAME/shopify-new-products-monitor').call(input)` in Node.js.

#### What does this actor access?

It accesses the public Shopify storefront product feed at `/products.json`. No Shopify login, merchant API key, app installation, browser session, or proxy configuration is required for the default request path.

#### Is it legal to scrape Shopify stores?

The actor reads publicly served product data, but you are responsible for your use of the results. Review the target store's requirements and the laws that apply to your workflow before collecting or redistributing data.

#### Does it return inventory quantity?

No. Shopify's public product feed exposes per-variant availability, but it does not reliably expose inventory quantity or currency code. Prices are numeric values in the store's own currency.

### Your feedback

If a store's public feed changes shape or you need another launch filter, share the URL and a sample input in the actor's Issues tab. Feature requests for collection URLs, change snapshots, or additional normalization are welcome.

# Actor input Schema

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

Enter one or more public Shopify storefront URLs, such as https://gymshark.com. The actor reads each store's /products.json feed.

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

Stop after this many products match the filters across all stores. Use 20 for a bounded smoke run.

## `maxPagesPerStore` (type: `integer`):

Maximum /products.json pages fetched per store; each page requests up to 250 products.

## `dateField` (type: `string`):

Choose which Shopify timestamp to compare with Since. Use publishedAt for launches or updatedAt for catalog changes.

## `since` (type: `string`):

Keep products whose selected date is on or after this ISO timestamp, for example 2026-08-01T00:00:00Z. Omit it to return the feed without a date filter.

## `onlyAvailable` (type: `boolean`):

Exclude products whose public variants are all unavailable before dataset writes and result billing.

## `dryRun` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch, parse, filter, and validate products without writing the dataset. Logs matched and written counts separately.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "storeUrls": [
    "https://gymshark.com"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "maxPagesPerStore": 1,
  "dateField": "publishedAt",
  "since": "2026-08-01T00:00:00Z",
  "onlyAvailable": false,
  "dryRun": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `records` (type: `string`):

Filtered Shopify product records with launch/change timestamps, prices, variants, availability, tags, images, and URLs.

# 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": [
        "https://gymshark.com"
    ],
    "since": "2026-08-01T00:00:00Z"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("schnellscrapers/shopify-new-products-monitor").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": ["https://gymshark.com"],
    "since": "2026-08-01T00:00:00Z",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("schnellscrapers/shopify-new-products-monitor").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": [
    "https://gymshark.com"
  ],
  "since": "2026-08-01T00:00:00Z"
}' |
apify call schnellscrapers/shopify-new-products-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,schnellscrapers/shopify-new-products-monitor"
        }
    }
}

```

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/X505CqehNW66Gd0lH/builds/DsCtXRwOsX2kHr7nT/openapi.json