Argos Scraper

Pull product data from argos.co.uk, the general retailer of the United Kingdom. The actor returns names, brands, current prices, was-prices, ratings, delivery cost, offer badges and detail attributes such as the energy class for any Argos category page.

Argos sells electronics, home and garden, toys, sports and clothing, so one record shape covers all of those departments.

How to scrape Argos data

Paste one or more Argos category page URLs into categoryUrls, for example https://www.argos.co.uk/browse/technology/televisions-and-accessories/televisions/c:30106/. The actor pages through each category until it reaches maxResults or the end of the listing.

Argos blocks plain requests with an Akamai "Access Denied" page. This actor sends every request through Bright Data Web Unlocker, so you do not need your own proxy or browser setup.

Each category page carries the product data inside the page itself, 60 products per page. The actor reads that data directly, which keeps the cost per product low.

If you leave categoryUrls empty, the actor scrapes the televisions category.

To find a category URL, open any department on argos.co.uk, go down to the category you want, and copy the address from the browser. The address contains /browse/ and ends in c: followed by a number.

Input

Field	Type	Description
categoryUrls	list of URLs	Category pages from argos.co.uk, without filters
maxResults	number	Maximum number of products across all categories (default 100)
brightDataApiKey	text	Optional. Falls back to the actor's own key when empty

Search pages and filter parameters are not supported. The actor only reads category pages.

What you get back

Field	Description
name	Full product name
brand	Brand name
price	Current selling price in GBP
originalPrice	Was-price, only present when the price is reduced
discount	Markdown percentage, for example -20%
currency	Always GBP
productId	Argos product number
rating	Average customer rating from 0 to 5
reviewCount	Number of reviews
imageUrl	Main product image
freeDelivery, deliveryCost	Delivery terms shown on the listing
reservable	True when the product can be reserved for store collection
clearance	True when the product is in the clearance range
offerText	Offer text such as "Lowest Price"
badges	Badge codes attached to the product
attributes	Detail attributes, for example the energy efficiency class
category, categoryUrl	The category the product was read from
country, language	Always uk and en
url	Product page URL
scrapedAt	ISO 8601 timestamp

originalPrice and discount are absent on products that are not reduced. rating and reviewCount are absent on products without reviews. Both are correct and not missing data.

Sample output

{
  "name": "Samsung 70 Inch UE70U8000HKXXU Smart 4K UHD HDR Crystal TV",
  "brand": "Samsung",
  "price": 619,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "productId": "8697697",
  "rating": 4.05,
  "reviewCount": 76,
  "freeDelivery": false,
  "deliveryCost": 9.95,
  "offerText": "Lowest Price",
  "category": "Televisions",
  "country": "uk",
  "url": "https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8697697",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-22T14:10:00.000Z"
}

Use cases

• Price monitoring of electronics and home goods against other UK retailers.
• Tracking markdowns through originalPrice and discount.
• Watching clearance and "Lowest Price" offers.
• Comparing delivery cost between retailers.
• Building a product catalogue with images, categories and ratings.

Coverage

The actor works on any category page of argos.co.uk. It does not walk the category tree, so list each category you want. A category with 357 products takes six requests.

The listing page does not carry EAN barcodes or product descriptions. Those fields are not part of the output.

Performance and cost

Each request returns up to 60 products, so the Bright Data cost per result is a small fraction of a cent. A run of 100 products finishes in about a minute. The usage cost of a run only settles after the run reports SUCCEEDED, so a cost checked during the run is too low.

Limitations

• Only category pages are supported. Search pages and filtered URLs are not.
• Prices are the online prices shown on the listing page. Store-specific prices are not included.
• Stock counts per store are not included.
• If Argos changes its page data, the actor needs an update. The run logs a warning when fewer than 80% of the products on a page can be read.
• A category URL that does not exist ends the run as SUCCEEDED with zero items and a message in the status line.

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• Coolblue Scraper for electronics in the Netherlands and Belgium

Support

If a category does not resolve or a field is empty, open an issue on this actor's Apify Store page.