# ALDI Australia Scraper - $0.90 / 1000 Products (`scrapeunblocker/aldi-au-scraper`) Actor

Scrape ALDI Australia products: search, categories (Lower Prices, Super Savers ...), Special Buys drops with their themes, or product pages. Price, was-price, unit price, size, badges, categories, plus ingredients, allergens and images. $0.90 per 1000 products.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapeunblocker/aldi-au-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapeunblocker](https://apify.com/scrapeunblocker) (community)
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## Pricing

from $0.90 / 1,000 results

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

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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 Australia Scraper

Scrape **ALDI Australia** (aldi.com.au) products as clean JSON: **search results, whole categories** (including Lower Prices, Super Savers and Limited Time Only), **Special Buys drops** with their themes, or **product pages**. Every product comes with price, was-price, **unit price**, size, bottle deposit, the Special Buy on-sale date, badges, availability, image and categories; product pages add the description, **ingredients, allergens, claims**, storage, usage, warnings and all images. Prices are ALDI's in-store prices in AUD (ALDI Australia does not sell groceries online).

### Features

- **Search mode** - products matching each search term (`queries`).
- **Category mode** - every product of each category (`categories`: category link or key).
- **Specials mode** - the products of each Special Buys drop (`specialBuys`: drop date or link; the current drop when empty), optionally one `theme`. The `LISTINGS` record lists every announced drop with its themes.
- **Product mode** - one product page per input (`products`: product link or SKU) with ingredients, allergens and images.
- **Up to 2000 products per listing** - pages are followed automatically.
- **Many inputs per run** - search terms, categories or products in parallel.

### Use cases

- **Price comparison** - ALDI prices next to Woolworths and Coles (see our Woolworths and Coles scrapers).
- **Special Buys tracking** - every drop, its themes and products.
- **Ingredient and allergen databases** - ingredients, allergens and claims.
- **Retail analytics** - assortment and pricing by category.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `mode` | string | `search` | `search`, `category`, `specials` or `product`. |
| `queries` | array | `milk` | Search terms (search mode). |
| `categories` | array | - | Category links or keys (`1111111160`) (category mode). |
| `specialBuys` | array | - | Special Buys drop dates (`2026-10-14`) or links; empty = current drop (specials mode). |
| `theme` | string | - | Specials: one theme of the drop, e.g. `Gardening`. |
| `products` | array | - | Product links or SKUs (product mode). |
| `maxResults` | integer | `60` | Products per listing (1-2000). |
| `sort` | string | `relevance` | `relevance`, `price_asc`, `price_desc`, `name_asc`, `name_desc`. |
| `proxyCountry` | string | - | Optional exit-IP country (ISO-2). |
| `concurrency` | integer | `3` | Inputs processed at the same time (1-5). |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "mode": "category",
  "categories": [
    "https://www.aldi.com.au/products/dairy-eggs-fridge/milk/k/1111111160",
    "1588161425841179"
  ],
  "maxResults": 300,
  "sort": "price_asc"
}
```

### Output

One dataset item per product. A listing item (search, category, specials):

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "input": "milk",
  "position": 1,
  "id": "000000000538441002",
  "name": "Milk Mouse - Milk Chocolate 168g",
  "brand": "CHOCEUR",
  "size": "168 g",
  "url": "https://www.aldi.com.au/product/choceur-milk-mouse-milk-chocolate-168g-000000000538441002",
  "price": 3.99,
  "priceText": "$3.99",
  "wasPrice": null,
  "currency": "AUD",
  "onSale": false,
  "savings": null,
  "unitPrice": {
    "price": 2.38,
    "per": "100 g",
    "text": "$2.38 per 100 g"
  },
  "bottleDeposit": null,
  "specialBuy": null,
  "badges": [],
  "available": true,
  "soldOnline": false,
  "ageRestricted": false,
  "image": "https://dm.apac.cms.aldi.cx/is/image/aldiprodapac/product/jpg/scaleWidth/1000/d0097d9d-25d6-4cd1-b1dd-1ea5f7a154ba/choceur-milk-mouse-milk-chocolate-168g",
  "categories": [
    "Pantry",
    "Confectionery"
  ],
  "categoryKeys": [
    "970000000",
    "1111111181"
  ]
}
```

A product-mode item adds the product page's details (lists shortened):

```json
{
  "mode": "product",
  "input": "000000000000398691",
  "id": "000000000000398691",
  "name": "Light Milk 2L",
  "brand": "FARMDALE",
  "size": "2 l",
  "url": "https://www.aldi.com.au/product/farmdale-light-milk-2l-000000000000398691",
  "price": 3.39,
  "priceText": "$3.39",
  "wasPrice": null,
  "currency": "AUD",
  "onSale": false,
  "savings": null,
  "unitPrice": {
    "price": 1.7,
    "per": "1 L",
    "text": "$1.70 per 1 L"
  },
  "bottleDeposit": null,
  "specialBuy": null,
  "badges": [],
  "available": true,
  "soldOnline": false,
  "ageRestricted": false,
  "image": "https://dm.apac.cms.aldi.cx/is/image/aldiprodapac/product/jpg/scaleWidth/1000/93645b60-eb11-4046-b28e-2b441f8585a4/farmdale-light-milk-2l",
  "categories": [
    "Dairy, Eggs & Fridge",
    "Milk"
  ],
  "categoryKeys": [
    "960000000",
    "1111111160"
  ],
  "description": "Reduced fat milk that is a good source of calcium and permeate free.",
  "ingredients": "Reduced Fat†† Milk (100%).",
  "allergens": [],
  "claims": [
    {
      "label": "Contains",
      "value": "Gluten, wheat"
    },
    {
      "label": "May contain",
      "value": "Crustacean"
    }
  ],
  "storage": "Chilled: Keep refrigerated. Store below 4°C.",
  "usage": null,
  "warnings": null,
  "countryOfOrigin": null,
  "legalDisclaimer": "In a small number of products, information displayed on the ALDI website may differ from the product available at your nearest ALDI store.",
  "images": [
    "https://dm.apac.cms.aldi.cx/is/image/aldiprodapac/product/jpg/scaleWidth/1000/93645b60-eb11-4046-b28e-2b441f8585a4/farmdale-light-milk-2l",
    "https://dm.apac.cms.aldi.cx/is/image/aldiprodapac/product/jpg/scaleWidth/1000/3179b931-650a-453c-a82b-3ac344442f53/farmdale-light-milk-2l"
  ]
}
```

The key-value store also holds:

- `LISTINGS` - per search term, category or specials listing: total results, pages fetched and products collected.
- `ERRORS` - inputs that returned no products (no match, unknown product or category, blocked) with the reason. These are **not billed**.

### Pricing

**$0.90 per 1000 products.** You pay only for products delivered; inputs without products are not charged.

### Notes

- ALDI shows 60 products per page; a listing returns at most `maxResults` products, sometimes a few less when pages repeat products.
- Prices are in-store prices; `soldOnline` tells which products can be bought online (mostly Special Buys).
- This actor is not affiliated with ALDI Australia.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Search: products for each search term. Category: every product of each category. Specials: the products of each Special Buys drop. Product: one product page each, with description, ingredients, allergens, claims and images.

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Used when What to scrape = Search. What to search on ALDI, e.g. milk, chocolate, nappies. One per line.

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

Used when What to scrape = Category. Category links (https://www.aldi.com.au/products/dairy-eggs-fridge/milk/k/1111111160) or category keys (1111111160; 1588161425841179 = Lower Prices). One per line.

## `specialBuys` (type: `array`):

Used when What to scrape = Specials. Drop dates (2026-10-14) or links (https://www.aldi.com.au/special-buys/2026-10-14), one per line. Empty = the current drop. The LISTINGS record lists every announced drop with its themes.

## `theme` (type: `string`):

Specials: only one theme of the drop, e.g. Gardening.

## `products` (type: `array`):

Used when What to scrape = Product. Product links (https://www.aldi.com.au/product/farmdale-light-milk-2l-000000000000398691) or SKUs (000000000000398691). One per line.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Upper limit of products for each search term, category or drop (1-2000). ALDI lists 60 products per page.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Order of the listings.

## `proxyCountry` (type: `string`):

Optional exit-IP country (ISO-2, e.g. AU, US). Leave empty: ALDI answers every country and the service spreads the load.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many search terms, categories, specials pages or products to process at the same time (1-5).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "queries": [
    "milk"
  ],
  "theme": "",
  "maxResults": 60,
  "sort": "relevance",
  "proxyCountry": "",
  "concurrency": 3
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

One item per product with the input it came from and its position

## `listings` (type: `string`):

Per search, category or specials page: total results, pages fetched and products collected

## `errors` (type: `string`):

Inputs that returned no products (no match, unknown product or category, blocked), with the reason (not billed)

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "milk"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapeunblocker/aldi-au-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 = { "queries": ["milk"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapeunblocker/aldi-au-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 '{
  "queries": [
    "milk"
  ]
}' |
apify call scrapeunblocker/aldi-au-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapeunblocker/aldi-au-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/BDCIwWQXaaApHQ9Cw/builds/i8J3UFdLNTqpKN9F2/openapi.json