Walmart Search Scraper 🛍️

A high-performance Walmart product scraper built with Playwright and the Apify SDK. Scrapes Walmart search results and extracts complete product data including list page information and detailed product specifications from individual product pages.

Features ✨

• 🔍 Search Walmart using keywords with flexible search URLs
• 📋 Extract product list data: position, title, price, rating, review count, thumbnail, and link
• 🔗 Automatic tracking URL decoding for /sp/track?rd=... links
• 📄 Deep product detail extraction from individual product pages
• 📊 Complete product data merge: list data + detail specifications
• ⚡ Multi-page pagination support with configurable item limits
• 🔄 Auto-retry on failed requests (up to 2 retries per URL)
• 🌐 Proxy rotation using Apify Proxy (optional)
• 💾 Redux state extraction for accurate detail data
• 🖼️ Image collection from product pages (up to 40 per product)
• ⭐ Rating and review count extraction from aria-labels
• 📤 Dataset output compatible with JSON, CSV, and Excel export via Apify
• 👻 Headless browser support (configurable)

How It Works 🛠️

1. Set your search URLs and parameters in the Actor input
2. The scraper navigates to Walmart search result pages
3. Extracts product list items
4. Stores list data temporarily in memory
5. Navigates to each product detail page (up to maxItems)
6. Extracts product specifications from Redux state and DOM
7. Merges list + detail data and outputs complete product records
8. Handles pagination automatically until reaching maxItems limit

Input Parameters 📝

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
startUrls	object[]	Array of URLs to search (e.g., https://www.walmart.com/search?q=laptop)	Required
maxItems	integer	Maximum products to extract per search	50
includeDetails	boolean	Extract detailed product information from detail pages	true
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify proxy config (groups, country, etc.)	Optional

Input Example

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.walmart.com/search?q=laptop"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.walmart.com/search?q=gaming+monitor"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

Output 📊

Each product result is saved as a separate dataset item with merged list and detail data.

Field	Description
position	Product rank/position on search page (1-based)
title	Product title from search result
price	Product price from detail page (finalPrice)
rating	Average rating (e.g., 4.5)
reviewCount	Total number of reviews
link	Original tracking URL from search result
thumbnail	Product thumbnail image URL
listPageUrl	The search page URL
productUrl	Decoded product detail page URL
details	Object containing detailed product information

Details Object

Field	Description
title	Full product title from detail page
brand	Product brand/manufacturer
model	Product model number/name
finalPrice	Product price with formatting
rating	Average star rating
reviewCount	Number of customer reviews
availability	Stock status (In stock / Out of stock)
description	Product description text
sellerName	Selling merchant name
shippingInfo	Shipping details
returnPolicy	Return policy text
highlights	Array of product highlights/features
specifications	Object of product specifications
images	Array of product image URLs (up to 40)
rawReduxExists	Boolean indicating if Redux data was available

Output Example

{
  "position": 1,
  "title": "Lenovo IdeaPad 5 16\" Touchscreen 2-in-1 Laptop",
  "price": "$679.00",
  "rating": 4.5,
  "reviewCount": 730,
  "link": "https://www.walmart.com/sp/track?rd=...",
  "thumbnail": "https://i5.walmartimages.com/seo/product-image.jpeg",
  "listPageUrl": "https://www.walmart.com/search?q=laptop",
  "productUrl": "https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lenovo-IdeaPad-5-16-Touchscreen-2-in-1-Laptop-Ryzen-7-16GB-1TB-SSD-83DS0056US/13186557746",
  "details": {
    "title": "Lenovo IdeaPad 5 16\" Touchscreen 2-in-1 Laptop, Ryzen 7, 16GB, 1TB SSD",
    "brand": "Lenovo",
    "model": "IdeaPad 5",
    "finalPrice": "$679.00",
    "rating": 4.5,
    "reviewCount": 730,
    "availability": "In stock",
    "description": "Powerful performance with AMD Ryzen processor...",
    "sellerName": "Walmart",
    "shippingInfo": "Free 2-day shipping on orders over $35",
    "returnPolicy": "Free 30-day returns",
    "highlights": [
      "16-inch FHD touchscreen display",
      "AMD Ryzen 7 processor",
      "16GB RAM for multitasking",
      "1TB SSD for fast storage"
    ],
    "specifications": {
      "Processor": "AMD Ryzen 7",
      "RAM": "16GB",
      "Storage": "1TB SSD",
      "Display": "16-inch FHD"
    },
    "images": [
      "https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/image1.jpeg",
      "https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/image2.jpeg"
    ],
    "rawReduxExists": true
  }
}

Proxy Configuration 🌐

For best results, use the RESIDENTIAL proxy group to avoid blocks:

{
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

Note: When running locally, Apify Proxy requires a proxy password or an APIFY_TOKEN environment variable.

Use Cases 💡

• 🛒 E-commerce price monitoring and competitor analysis
• 📊 Product data aggregation and catalog building
• 💰 Price comparison and market research
• 📈 Trend analysis on product availability and ratings
• 🏷️ Deal discovery and price tracking
• 📱 Mobile app data feeds
• 🤖 Machine learning datasets for product classification

Anti-Detection Measures 🛡️

• Masks navigator.webdriver to avoid bot detection
• Uses Apify RESIDENTIAL proxies for real IP rotation
• Random delays between scroll and navigation actions
• Blocks heavy media resources to reduce fingerprint
• Automatic retry on timeout or network errors
• Session rotation on repeated failures

Running Locally

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run the scraper
npm start

Reads input from INPUT.json when no Actor input is provided.

INPUT.json Example

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.walmart.com/search?q=laptop"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includeDetails": true
}