# Coles Scraper - $0.90 / 1000 Products (`scrapeunblocker/coles-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Coles Australia groceries: search, categories, specials (half price, multibuy, online only) or product pages. Price, was-price, unit price, promotions, stock count, purchase limits, categories, plus nutrition, ingredients and allergens. $0.90 per 1000 products.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapeunblocker/coles-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapeunblocker](https://apify.com/scrapeunblocker) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
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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

## Coles Scraper

Scrape **Coles Australia** (coles.com.au) groceries as clean JSON: **search results, whole categories, the products on special** (all, half price, multibuy, online only) or **product pages**. Every product comes with price, was-price, savings, **unit price**, the promotion (half price, special, multibuy), availability and **stock count**, purchase and promotional limits, image, categories and minimum shelf life; product pages add the description, **ingredients, allergens, nutrition panel**, storage, dimensions, country of origin, image gallery and variants. Prices are Coles' online prices in AUD.

### Features

- **Search mode** - products matching each search term (`queries`); `specialType` keeps only products on that kind of special.
- **Category mode** - every product of each category (`categories`: browse link or path).
- **Specials mode** - the products on special (`specialType`: all, half price, multibuy or online only).
- **Product mode** - one product page per input (`products`: product link or id) with nutrition and ingredients.
- **Up to 2000 products per listing** - pages are followed automatically.
- **Many inputs per run** - search terms, categories or products in parallel.

### Use cases

- **Price monitoring** - shelf prices, specials and unit prices across categories.
- **Promotions research** - every half price and multibuy deal.
- **Stock tracking** - available quantity and purchase limits.
- **Nutrition and ingredient databases** - nutrition panels and allergens.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `mode` | string | `search` | `search`, `category`, `specials` or `product`. |
| `queries` | array | `milk` | Search terms (search mode). |
| `categories` | array | - | Browse links or paths (`dairy-eggs-fridge/milk`) (category mode). |
| `products` | array | - | Product links or ids (product mode). |
| `maxResults` | integer | `48` | Products per listing (1-2000). |
| `sort` | string | `relevance` | `relevance`, `price_asc`, `price_desc`, `unit_price_asc`. |
| `specialType` | string | `none` | `none`, `all`, `half-price`, `multibuy`, `online-only`: which specials to list, or a search filter. |
| `proxyCountry` | string | - | Optional exit-IP country: AU, NZ, US or CA. |
| `concurrency` | integer | `3` | Inputs processed at the same time (1-5). |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "mode": "specials",
  "specialType": "half-price",
  "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": "8150288",
  "name": "Full Cream Milk",
  "brand": "Coles",
  "size": "3L",
  "url": "https://www.coles.com.au/product/coles-full-cream-milk-3l-8150288",
  "barcode": null,
  "price": 4.95,
  "wasPrice": null,
  "currency": "AUD",
  "onSale": false,
  "savings": null,
  "promotion": null,
  "unitPrice": {
    "price": 1.65,
    "per": "1l",
    "text": "$1.65/ 1L"
  },
  "priceDescription": null,
  "inStock": true,
  "available": true,
  "availableQuantity": 2749,
  "purchaseLimit": 20,
  "promotionalLimit": 12,
  "onlineOnly": false,
  "sponsored": false,
  "image": "https://cdn.productimages.coles.com.au/productimages/8/8150288.jpg",
  "categories": [
    "Dairy, Eggs & Fridge",
    "Milk"
  ],
  "minimumShelfLife": "Life 7 days min"
}
```

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

```json
{
  "mode": "product",
  "input": "8150288",
  "id": "8150288",
  "name": "Full Cream Milk",
  "brand": "Coles",
  "size": "3L",
  "url": "https://www.coles.com.au/product/coles-full-cream-milk-3l-8150288",
  "barcode": "9300601186945",
  "price": 4.95,
  "wasPrice": null,
  "currency": "AUD",
  "onSale": false,
  "savings": null,
  "promotion": null,
  "unitPrice": {
    "price": 1.65,
    "per": "1L",
    "text": "$1.65/ 1L"
  },
  "priceDescription": null,
  "inStock": true,
  "available": true,
  "availableQuantity": null,
  "purchaseLimit": 20,
  "promotionalLimit": 12,
  "onlineOnly": false,
  "sponsored": false,
  "image": "https://cdn.productimages.coles.com.au/productimages/8/8150288.jpg",
  "categories": [
    "Dairy, Eggs & Fridge",
    "Milk"
  ],
  "minimumShelfLife": "Life 7 days min",
  "description": "Coles is committed to bringing you high quality fresh milk from dairy farms across Australia",
  "ingredients": "Homogenised and Pasteurised Full Cream Milk.",
  "allergens": "Contains Milk",
  "dietary": "Source of Calcium",
  "storage": "Keep this way up,Keep refrigerated. Store at or below 5°C",
  "usage": null,
  "dimensions": "273.00 x 153.00 x 102.00 mm",
  "nutrition": [
    {
      "name": "Energy (kJ)",
      "perServing": "646 kJ",
      "per100": "258 kJ",
      "dailyIntake": "7% DI"
    },
    {
      "name": "Energy (Cal)",
      "perServing": "155 Cal",
      "per100": "61.8 Cal"
    }
  ],
  "servingSize": "250mL",
  "servingsPerPack": "12.00",
  "countryOfOrigin": "Australian",
  "countryOfOriginLabel": "Australian Milk",
  "australianIngredientsPercent": 100.0,
  "images": [
    "https://cdn.productimages.coles.com.au/productimages/8/8150288.jpg",
    "https://shop.coles.com.au/wcsstore/Coles-CAS/images/8/1/5/8150288.jpg"
  ],
  "variants": [
    {
      "id": "5593963",
      "name": "Reduced Fat Hi Lo Milk",
      "brand": "Coles",
      "size": "2L",
      "url": "https://www.coles.com.au/product/coles-reduced-fat-hi-lo-milk-2l-5593963",
      "barcode": null,
      "price": null,
      "wasPrice": null,
      "currency": "AUD",
      "onSale": false,
      "savings": null,
      "promotion": null,
      "unitPrice": null,
      "priceDescription": null,
      "inStock": false,
      "available": false,
      "availableQuantity": null,
      "purchaseLimit": null,
      "promotionalLimit": null,
      "onlineOnly": false,
      "sponsored": false,
      "image": "https://cdn.productimages.coles.com.au/productimages/5/5593963.jpg",
      "categories": [
        "Dairy, Eggs & Fridge",
        "Milk",
        "Skim & Low Fat Milk"
      ],
      "minimumShelfLife": null
    },
    {
      "id": "8083883",
      "name": "Lite Milk",
      "brand": "Coles",
      "size": "3L",
      "url": "https://www.coles.com.au/product/coles-lite-milk-3l-8083883",
      "barcode": null,
      "price": null,
      "wasPrice": null,
      "currency": "AUD",
      "onSale": false,
      "savings": null,
      "promotion": null,
      "unitPrice": null,
      "priceDescription": null,
      "inStock": false,
      "available": false,
      "availableQuantity": null,
      "purchaseLimit": null,
      "promotionalLimit": null,
      "onlineOnly": false,
      "sponsored": false,
      "image": "https://cdn.productimages.coles.com.au/productimages/8/8083883.jpg",
      "categories": [
        "Dairy, Eggs & Fridge",
        "Milk",
        "Skim & Low Fat Milk"
      ],
      "minimumShelfLife": null
    }
  ],
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-12T18:36:12Z"
}
```

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

- Coles shows 48 products per page; a listing returns at most `maxResults` products, sometimes a few less when pages repeat sponsored products.
- Coles serves only Australia, New Zealand, the US and Canada, so `proxyCountry` must be one of AU, NZ, US, CA (or empty).
- This actor is not affiliated with Coles.

# Actor input Schema

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

Search: products for each search term. Category: every product of each category. Specials: the products on special (Special type picks which). Product: one product page each, with description, nutrition, ingredients and allergens.

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

Used when What to scrape = Search. What to search on Coles, e.g. milk, tim tam, chicken breast. One per line.

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

Used when What to scrape = Category. Browse links (https://www.coles.com.au/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge/milk) or browse paths (dairy-eggs-fridge/milk). One per line.

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

Used when What to scrape = Product. Product links (https://www.coles.com.au/product/coles-full-cream-milk-3l-8150288) or product ids (8150288). One per line.

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

Upper limit of products for each search term, category or specials listing (1-2000). Coles lists 48 products per page.

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

Order of the listings.

## `specialType` (type: `string`):

Specials mode: which specials to list (all when Any). Search: only products on this kind of special.

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

Optional exit-IP country: AU, NZ, US or CA (Coles serves only these). Leave empty to spread over all of them.

## `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"
  ],
  "maxResults": 48,
  "sort": "relevance",
  "specialType": "none",
  "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/coles-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/coles-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/coles-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapeunblocker/coles-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/G4UbqQeGq3LDD6jVl/builds/cxGfFtGM8CCB1I8mP/openapi.json