iHerb Product Scraper

Extract comprehensive iHerb product data at scale for research, monitoring, and analysis. Collect structured product information including prices, ratings, reviews, stock status, and product links. Ideal for e-commerce intelligence, category analysis, and automated reporting workflows.

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Features

• Large-scale product collection — Gather product listings from iHerb categories with configurable limits.
• Rich product fields — Capture product title, brand, price, rating, reviews, stock status, image URL, and more.
• Flexible filtering — Control category, sorting preference, stock-only results, and minimum rating threshold.
• Pagination controls — Tune page size and maximum product count for faster collection runs.
• Structured output — Receive clean dataset records ready for BI tools, spreadsheets, APIs, and automation.

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Use Cases

Price Monitoring

Track product price changes across health and supplement categories over time. Build recurring snapshots for internal dashboards and alerting workflows.

Market Intelligence

Analyze product availability, rating trends, and category breadth to understand market movement. Identify high-demand brands and product segments.

Product Research

Evaluate product quality signals using ratings and review counts before sourcing or benchmarking. Compare offerings across multiple categories.

Affiliate and Content Operations

Build and refresh product datasets for shopping guides, comparison pages, and editorial planning. Keep product links and catalog metadata current.

Data Enrichment Pipelines

Feed structured product data into analytics stacks, CRMs, or internal tools. Standardized records make downstream joins and aggregations easier.

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
categoryUrl	String	No	—	Direct iHerb category URL. When provided, this takes priority over category.
category	String	No	"supplements"	Category slug to scrape, such as supplements, beauty, grocery, or sports-nutrition.
maxProducts	Integer	No	50	Maximum number of products to collect. Use 0 for no explicit limit.
pageSize	Integer	No	48	Number of products requested per page (1-48).
sortBy	String	No	"relevance"	Sort mode: relevance, price-asc, price-desc, rating, newest, bestselling.
minRating	Integer	No	—	Minimum rating filter from 1 to 5.
inStockOnly	Boolean	No	true	Collect only products currently in stock.
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	{ "useApifyProxy": true }	Optional proxy settings for your environment and run strategy.

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Output Data

Each dataset item contains:

Field	Type	Description
title	String	Product title.
productId	String	Product identifier.
partNumber	String	Product part number.
brand	String	Product brand name.
price	String	Current product price.
originalPrice	String	Reference/original price.
discount	String	Discount message or value when available.
rating	Number or null	Average product rating.
reviews	Number	Number of ratings/reviews.
inStock	Boolean	Stock availability flag.
imageUrl	String	Product image URL.
url	String	Product detail page URL.
category	String	Category used for collection.
currencySymbol	String	Currency symbol shown with pricing.
isSponsored	Boolean	Sponsored listing flag.
page	Number	Page index where product was collected.
scrapedAt	String	ISO timestamp of extraction time.

The run also saves a statistics record in the default key-value store with summary metrics.

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Usage Examples

Basic Category Run

{
  "category": "supplements",
  "maxProducts": 50
}

URL-Driven Collection

{
  "categoryUrl": "https://www.iherb.com/c/beauty",
  "pageSize": 48,
  "maxProducts": 200,
  "inStockOnly": true
}

Rating and Sort Focus

{
  "category": "sports-nutrition",
  "sortBy": "rating",
  "minRating": 4,
  "maxProducts": 150
}

Price-Oriented Monitoring

{
  "category": "grocery",
  "sortBy": "price-asc",
  "inStockOnly": true,
  "maxProducts": 100
}

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Sample Output

{
  "title": "California Gold Nutrition, Omega-3 Premium Fish Oil, 100 Fish Gelatin Softgels (1,100 mg per Softgel)",
  "productId": "62118",
  "partNumber": "MLI-00952",
  "brand": "California Gold Nutrition",
  "price": "₨3,526.79",
  "originalPrice": "₨3,526.79",
  "discount": "",
  "rating": 4.8,
  "reviews": 473878,
  "inStock": true,
  "imageUrl": "https://s3.images-iherb.com/mli/mli00952/v/392.jpg",
  "url": "https://pk.iherb.com/pr/california-gold-nutrition-omega-3-premium-fish-oil-100-fish-gelatin-softgels-1-100-mg-per-softgel/62118",
  "category": "supplements",
  "currencySymbol": "₨",
  "isSponsored": false,
  "page": 1,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-02-17T11:56:38.982Z"
}

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Tips for Best Results

Start with focused runs

• Use a small maxProducts value first to validate your input setup.
• Confirm category and sorting behavior before scaling up.

Tune for speed and volume

• Increase pageSize to reduce round trips on larger runs.
• Use realistic maxProducts caps for routine monitoring jobs.

Improve dataset quality

• Enable inStockOnly when you only need currently purchasable items.
• Use minRating to reduce low-signal results in downstream analysis.

Operational reliability

• Schedule recurring runs for trend analysis and historical comparisons.
• Export results promptly to your analytics or storage destination.

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Integrations

Connect collected data with:

• Google Sheets — Build quick monitoring dashboards.
• Airtable — Maintain searchable product records.
• Looker Studio / BI tools — Visualize price and rating trends.
• Webhooks — Trigger downstream processing automatically.
• Make — Build end-to-end automations.
• Zapier — Send data to business apps without custom code.

Export Formats

• JSON — Application-ready structured output.
• CSV — Spreadsheet and tabular analysis.
• Excel — Business reporting and audits.
• XML — Legacy system integration.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many products can I collect in one run?

You can set maxProducts up to 10000, or use 0 for no explicit limit.

Should I use categoryUrl or category?

Use categoryUrl when you want strict control over the exact category page. Use category for simpler reusable inputs.

What does pageSize affect?

It controls how many products are requested per page (1-48). Larger values are usually faster for bigger runs.

Can I collect only high-rated products?

Yes. Set minRating between 1 and 5 to filter low-rated items.

Why are some fields empty?

Some products may not expose every field at collection time, so optional fields can be blank or null.

Is stock availability included?

Yes. Each item includes inStock so you can separate available and unavailable products.

Where do summary metrics go?

Run-level summary metrics are saved in the default key-value store under statistics.

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Support

For issues, feature requests, or account-level help, use Apify Console support channels.

Resources

• Apify Documentation
• Apify API Reference
• Scheduling on Apify

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Legal Notice

This actor is intended for legitimate data collection use cases. You are responsible for ensuring compliance with website terms, local regulations, and applicable laws. Use collected data responsibly.