Aldi Australia Scraper

Scrapes products and prices from ALDI Australia. You can search the same way as on the website, download every product in a category, or both: a search limited to a category. Prices and range come from the Aldi store you choose.

Input

Set a search term, a category, or both. Without a store, prices come from the store the website shows a new visitor, Glenmore Park (NSW).

Parameter	Options	Description
searchTerm	(optional) Text to search for	One search, like the search box on the website. Returns the same products, in the same order, as the website. Like the website, Aldi matches each word on its own, so frozen pizza also returns products that match only frozen.
category	(optional) Category ID, e.g. 950000000, or a category page URL	Every product in this category or subcategory. With a search term, keeps only the results in it, like the website's Category filter. In a URL only the ID after /k/ matters, so https://www.aldi.com.au/products/fruits-vegetables/k/950000000 and https://www.aldi.com.au/anything/k/950000000 are the same category.
store	(optional) Suburb or postcode of an Aldi store, e.g. Cannington or 6107	Uses this store's prices and range. Must be a suburb or postcode that has an Aldi store, as in the store finder. In a postcode with several stores, the first one Aldi lists is used. If no store matches, the run fails and lists the store finder's suggestions.

Example using a search query:

{
  "searchTerm": "cheese"
}

Example using a category (a pasted category URL works too):

{
  "category": "https://www.aldi.com.au/products/dairy-eggs-fridge/cheese/k/1111111163"
}

Example searching within a category, at a store in Perth:

{
  "searchTerm": "cheese",
  "category": "960000000",
  "store": "Cannington"
}

Categories

The top-level categories and their IDs. A subcategory's ID is the one after /k/ in its URL on the website, e.g. 1111111163 in /products/dairy-eggs-fridge/cheese/k/1111111163. Seasonal categories come and go.

ID	Category
1588161408332092	Front of Store
1588161427774115	Higher Protein Food and Drink
1588161408332087	Snacks & Confectionery
1010000000	Liquor
1020000000	Pets
1050000000	Cleaning & Household
1030000000	Baby
1040000000	Health & Beauty
1000000000	Drinks
980000000	Freezer
920000000	Bakery
970000000	Pantry
960000000	Dairy, Eggs & Fridge
930000000	Deli & Chilled Meats
940000000	Meat & Seafood
950000000	Fruits & Vegetables
1588161420755352	Limited Time Only
1588161426952145	Super Savers
1588161425841179	Lower Prices
1588161420755355	Christmas (seasonal)

Output

• Dataset: one item per product, as Aldi returns it, plus the product page url and the main image. Image links are filled in at their largest size. Search results also carry search_term.
• STORE (key-value store): what was requested and which store served the data, e.g. {"requested": "Cannington", "id": "G063", "name": "1383 Albany Highway", "city": "Cannington", "postcode": "6107", "state": "WA"}.
• FAILED_REQUESTS (key-value store, only when some requests failed): the URL and error of each failed page. If any page failed, the run fails rather than returning an incomplete dataset as a success.

Product fields

Values come as Aldi sends them. Amounts are in cents (499 is $4.99); the …Display fields hold the text the website shows. Fields inside an object are written with a dot, e.g. price.amountRelevant.

Field	Description
sku	Product code (18 digits, with leading zeros), as at the end of the product page URL.
name	Name with size, e.g. Smoked Cheese 200g.
brandName	Brand. Missing for loose produce.
sellingSize	Pack size, e.g. 200 g.
url, image	Product page and main image.
price.amountRelevant, price.amountRelevantDisplay	The price the website shows, in cents and as text, e.g. $4.99. For packs of variable weight (weight type 1, e.g. approx. 1.157 kg per package) it's the estimated price of a pack.
price.amount	Base price in cents: the same as amountRelevant, except for packs of variable weight, where it's the price per kg.
price.comparison, price.comparisonDisplay	Unit price in cents, and as shown, e.g. $24.95 per 1 kg. Aldi gives none for alcohol.
price.perUnitDisplay	Products sold by weight: the unit the price is for, e.g. 1 kg.
price.wasPriceDisplay, price.savingsDisplay	Price before a reduction and the saving, when Aldi shows them.
price.bottleDeposit	Container deposit in cents.
categories	Category and subcategory: id, name, urlSlugText.
assets	All images: url, maxWidth, maxHeight, assetType.
onSaleDate, onSaleDateDisplay	Limited-time products: the on-sale date and the note on the product card, e.g. While Stocks Last.
ageRestriction, alcohol	Minimum age to buy (18 for alcohol) and alcohol content, e.g. 14.5 %.
discontinued	Discontinued product.
quantityUnit, weightType	How the product is sold. Weight type 0: by the unit (ea, pac, bt, …); 1: packs of variable weight, priced per kg; 3: loose, by the kg.
search_term	Search rows only: the search that returned the product.

Aldi also sends a few fields that are empty for its stores, such as badges, energyClass and notForSale (always true: Aldi Australia only sells in stores).