# Deal Scraper — Slickdeals, hotukdeals & OzBargain (`smart-shopping-data/deal-community-scraper`) Actor

Get the latest community deals from Slickdeals (US), hotukdeals (UK) and OzBargain (AU) in one format: title, price, store, votes, category, link. Filter by keyword, score or price; only-new mode for alerts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/smart-shopping-data/deal-community-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [smartshopping-data](https://apify.com/smart-shopping-data) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 deals

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Deal Scraper — Slickdeals, hotukdeals & OzBargain

**The latest community-voted deals from the US, UK and Australia in one clean format: title, price, store, community score, category and link. Filter by keyword, score or price, or get only new deals since the last run for alerts.**

Slickdeals, hotukdeals and OzBargain are where deal hunters post and vote on bargains. Each site has its own format. This Actor reads their public deal feeds and returns every deal in the same shape, ready for alerts, dashboards or a newsletter.

| Feed | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|
| `slickdeals-frontpage` — Slickdeals frontpage | 🇺🇸 US | thumbs up |
| `hotukdeals-hot` — hotukdeals hottest | 🇬🇧 UK | temperature (°) |
| `hotukdeals-new` — hotukdeals newest | 🇬🇧 UK | — |
| `ozbargain-new` — OzBargain newest | 🇦🇺 AU | net votes |

### What you can do with it

- 🔔 **Deal alerts:** schedule it every 15 minutes with **Only new deals** and a keyword list ("lego", "rtx", "dyson"), then send results to email, Slack, Telegram or Discord.
- 📰 **Deal channels and newsletters:** a steady, de-duplicated feed of hot deals across three countries.
- 💸 **Cashback stacking:** **Only deals mentioning cashback** finds deals that stack with TopCashback, Rakuten, Quidco, ShopBack or Cashrewards.
- 📊 **Market research:** track which stores and categories get the most community deals.

### Input

```json
{
  "sources": ["slickdeals-frontpage", "hotukdeals-hot", "ozbargain-new"],
  "keywords": ["laptop", "lego"],
  "minScore": 50,
  "onlyNew": true,
  "stateName": "tech-alerts"
}
```

| Field | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| `sources` | Which feeds to read | all four |
| `keywords` | Only deals mentioning one of these words (title, description, store or category) | all deals |
| `excludeKeywords` | Skip deals mentioning any of these words | none |
| `minScore` | Minimum thumbs, temperature or net votes | none |
| `maxPrice` | Maximum price in the deal's currency | none |
| `onlyCashback` | Only deals that mention cash back or a cashback site | `false` |
| `onlyNew` | Skip deals already returned by earlier runs (for scheduled alerts) | `false` |
| `stateName` | Separate memory for each schedule when using `onlyNew` | `default` |

### Output

One row per deal:

```json
{
  "id": "ozbargain:976620",
  "source": "ozbargain-new",
  "site": "OzBargain",
  "country": "AU",
  "title": "Ozito PXC 36V Brushless Lawn Mower Kit $229 @ Bunnings Warehouse (In-Store)",
  "price": 229,
  "currency": "AUD",
  "store": "Bunnings Warehouse (In-Store)",
  "score": 42,
  "scoreType": "votes",
  "comments": 12,
  "category": "Home & Garden",
  "mentionsCashback": false,
  "url": "https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/976620",
  "dealUrl": "https://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-mower",
  "imageUrl": "https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/20/976620l.jpg",
  "postedAt": "2026-09-27T10:54:26.000Z",
  "description": "Cheap mower …",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-27T11:00:00.000Z"
}
```

- `price` is the first price in the deal (hotukdeals states it separately). `0` means free; `null` means no single price (for example "20% off").
- `url` is the discussion page on the community site. `dealUrl` is the retailer link where the feed provides it (OzBargain).
- Each feed lists the latest 25–30 deals. Schedule the Actor with **Only new deals** to collect everything over time.

### Pricing

Pay per deal: you are only charged for deals saved to the dataset. With **Only new deals**, runs where nothing new was posted cost nothing beyond Apify's small platform usage.

### Notes

- The Slickdeals feed is Slickdeals' official FeedBurner feed, which can lag the website by up to an hour or two.
- Feeds are read once per run. Nothing is posted, voted on or logged into.

### Related Actors

- [Cashback Rate Comparison](https://apify.com/Smart-Shopping-Data/cashback-rate-comparison): the best cashback for any store across Rakuten, TopCashback, BeFrugal, Capital One Shopping, Mr. Rebates and ShopBack (US, UK, AU).
- [Cashback Boost Monitor](https://apify.com/Smart-Shopping-Data/cashback-boost-monitor): alerts when cashback rates for your stores go up, go down or appear.
- [Rakuten Cashback Scraper](https://apify.com/Smart-Shopping-Data/rakuten-cashback-scraper): every Rakuten (US) store with its current rate.
- [TopCashback Scraper](https://apify.com/Smart-Shopping-Data/topcashback-scraper): every TopCashback store in the US, UK and Australia with its current rate.

### Support

Missing a deal site or a field? Open an issue on the **Issues** tab.

*Not affiliated with Slickdeals, hotukdeals or OzBargain. Deals and prices change quickly; check the deal page before buying.*

# Actor input Schema

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Which community deal feeds to read.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Only return deals whose title, description, store or category contains one of these words, e.g. laptop, lego, nike. Leave empty for all deals.

## `excludeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Skip deals that contain any of these words.

## `minScore` (type: `integer`):

Only deals with at least this score: Slickdeals thumbs, hotukdeals temperature (°) or OzBargain net votes. Leave empty for all.

## `maxPrice` (type: `number`):

Only deals whose price is at most this amount, in the deal's own currency (USD, GBP or AUD). Deals without a price are skipped when this is set.

## `onlyCashback` (type: `boolean`):

Only return deals that mention cash back or a cashback site (TopCashback, Rakuten, Quidco, ShopBack, Cashrewards).

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Skip deals this Actor already returned in earlier runs with the same state name. Turn on for scheduled alerts.

## `stateName` (type: `string`):

With 'Only new deals', deals already returned are remembered under this name. Use a different name for each separate schedule.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sources": [
    "slickdeals-frontpage",
    "hotukdeals-hot",
    "hotukdeals-new",
    "ozbargain-new"
  ],
  "keywords": [],
  "excludeKeywords": [],
  "onlyCashback": false,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "stateName": "default"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "sources": [
        "slickdeals-frontpage",
        "hotukdeals-hot",
        "hotukdeals-new",
        "ozbargain-new"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("smart-shopping-data/deal-community-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 = { "sources": [
        "slickdeals-frontpage",
        "hotukdeals-hot",
        "hotukdeals-new",
        "ozbargain-new",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("smart-shopping-data/deal-community-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 '{
  "sources": [
    "slickdeals-frontpage",
    "hotukdeals-hot",
    "hotukdeals-new",
    "ozbargain-new"
  ]
}' |
apify call smart-shopping-data/deal-community-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,smart-shopping-data/deal-community-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/7e7KW09J9d6LPGucb/builds/Vj919uGYdKci5SvId/openapi.json