# Boots Scraper - UK Health, Pharmacy & Beauty (`studio-amba/boots-scraper`) Actor Scrape products from Boots.com, the UK's largest health and pharmacy retailer. Extract names, prices, brands, EAN, ratings, stock. No login required. - **URL**: https://apify.com/studio-amba/boots-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Studio Amba](https://apify.com/studio-amba) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 result scrapeds 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Boots Scraper Scrape products from [Boots.com](https://www.boots.com), the UK's largest health and pharmacy retailer with thousands of stores and one of Britain's most-visited retail sites. Search by keyword and pull clean, structured product data: names, prices, brands, EAN barcodes, ratings, stock status, and images. No login. No cookies. No account required. ### Why use this scraper? - **Price monitoring** — Track Boots prices for medicines, vitamins, skincare and beauty products over time and spot promotions. - **Competitive analysis** — Compare Boots pricing against Superdrug, Amazon, and supermarket pharmacies on matching EAN codes. - **Market research** — Analyse assortment, brand coverage, and pricing across health, pharmacy, and beauty categories. - **Retail intelligence** — Monitor stock availability and "3 for 2" style promotions across large product ranges. - **Catalogue enrichment** — Match products by EAN/UPC to enrich your own catalogue with images, ratings, and descriptions. - **Brand monitoring** — Track how your brand's products are priced, rated, and merchandised on Boots. - **Data journalism & academia** — Build datasets on UK health and beauty retail pricing and consumer ratings. - **Reselling & arbitrage** — Find discounted lines and price gaps against other UK and EU health retailers. ### How to scrape Boots data 1. **Create an Apify account** — Sign up at [apify.com](https://apify.com) (free tier available). 2. **Open the Boots Scraper** — Navigate to this actor's page in the Apify Store. 3. **Enter a search term** — Type a product keyword (e.g., "paracetamol", "vitamin d", "no7 serum"). The scraper searches the full Boots catalogue. 4. **Refine (optional)** — Filter by brand, price range, stock status, or choose a sort order (price, rating, best selling, newest). 5. **Set a result limit** — Choose how many products you want (default: 100). 6. **Run the actor** — Click "Start". Most searches finish in well under a minute. 7. **Download your data** — Export as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Dataset tab, or pull it via the Apify API for automated workflows. ### How it works Boots serves its storefront behind Imperva bot protection, but its product catalogue is powered by a public product-search index that the site's own search box queries directly from your browser. This scraper reads from that same index, so it is fast and reliable and does not need a headless browser or residential proxies for normal use. Each request returns up to 200 fully hydrated products. ### Input parameters | Parameter | Type | Description | Default | |-----------|------|-------------|---------| | `searchQuery` | string | Product search term (e.g., "paracetamol", "vitamin d") | `paracetamol` | | `maxResults` | integer | Maximum products to return (1–2000) | 100 | | `sort` | string | `price_asc`, `price_desc`, `newest`, `rating`, `bestselling` | Relevance | | `brand` | string | Filter to a single brand (exact match, e.g., "No7") | — | | `inStockOnly` | boolean | Only return products currently in stock | `false` | | `minPrice` | integer | Minimum price in GBP | — | | `maxPrice` | integer | Maximum price in GBP | — | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Legacy proxy settings (not required) | Apify Residential GB | ### Output fields | Field | Type | Description | Example | |-------|------|-------------|---------| | `name` | string | Full product name | `Boots Paracetamol 500mg Tablets 16 Tablets` | | `brand` | string | Brand name | `Boots` | | `price` | number | Current selling price | `0.49` | | `originalPrice` | number | Price before discount (if on offer) | `null` | | `currency` | string | ISO currency code | `GBP` | | `pricePerUnit` | string | Unit price | `£0.03 per 1UNI` | | `ean` | string | EAN/UPC barcode | `5045098199934` | | `sku` | string | Boots product identifier | `10276369` | | `inStock` | boolean | Stock status | `true` | | `rating` | number | Average review score (out of 5) | `4.58` | | `reviewCount` | number | Number of reviews | `73` | | `category` | string | Most specific catalogue category | `pain relief` | | `promotion` | string | Promotional message | `3 for 2 on selected Vitamins` | | `imageUrl` | string | Product image URL | `https://boots.scene7.com/is/image/Boots/10276369` | | `url` | string | Product page URL | `https://www.boots.com/boots-paracetamol-...` | | `description` | string | Product description / offer details | `For the relief of mild to moderate pain...` | | `scrapedAt` | string | ISO timestamp of the scrape | `2026-07-06T10:00:00.000Z` | ### Example output ```json { "name": "Boots Paracetamol 500mg Tablets 16 Tablets", "brand": "Boots", "price": 0.49, "originalPrice": null, "currency": "GBP", "pricePerUnit": "£0.03 per 1UNI", "ean": "5045098199934", "sku": "10276369", "inStock": true, "rating": 4.58, "reviewCount": 73, "category": "pain relief", "promotion": "", "imageUrl": "https://boots.scene7.com/is/image/Boots/10276369?op_sharpen=1", "url": "https://www.boots.com/boots-paracetamol-500mg-caplets-16s-10276369", "description": "For the relief of mild to moderate pain, influenza, colds and feverishness. Adults & children aged 6 years & over.", "scrapedAt": "2026-07-06T10:00:00.000Z" } ```` ### Cost estimate Pricing is pay-per-result. Because each request returns up to 200 products from the search index, runs are fast and cheap: a 100-product search completes in seconds. Expect several hundred products per $1 of Apify credits depending on your plan and the per-result rate shown on this actor's pricing tab. ### Limitations / known issues - **Search-driven** — Results come from Boots' search index, so you scrape by keyword rather than crawling a category tree. Broad terms (e.g., "vitamin") return the widest catalogue slice. - **Pagination depth** — The search index limits how deep pagination can go, so extremely broad queries cap out at a few thousand of the most relevant products. Use specific terms or price/brand filters to narrow large result sets. - **Prices exclude in-store-only offers** — Reflects online Boots.com pricing; store-specific promotions may differ. - **Medicine restrictions** — Pharmacy-only medicines list their catalogue data but may require a pharmacy interaction to purchase; this scraper reports the listing, not purchase eligibility. - **Not affiliated with Boots** — This is an independent tool for publicly available product data. Respect Boots' terms and applicable laws when using scraped data. ### Related actors Building a UK health and beauty price dataset? Pair this with our other UK retail and pharmacy scrapers to compare pricing across chains on matching EAN codes. # Actor input Schema ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): Product search term (e.g., 'paracetamol', 'vitamin d', 'no7 serum', 'ibuprofen'). ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of products to scrape. ## `sort` (type: `string`): Sort order for results. ## `brand` (type: `string`): Filter to a single brand (exact match, e.g., 'No7', 'Boots', 'Nurofen'). ## `inStockOnly` (type: `boolean`): Only return products currently in stock. ## `minPrice` (type: `integer`): Only return products at or above this price. ## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`): Only return products at or below this price. ## `brightDataApiKey` (type: `string`): Optional: your own Bright Data Web Unlocker API key. Only used as a fallback to refresh the built-in search credentials if they ever rotate. Not needed for normal use. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Legacy proxy settings. The product catalogue is fetched from a public search API, so this can be left at its default. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQuery": "paracetamol", "maxResults": 20, "sort": "", "inStockOnly": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "GB" } } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchQuery": "paracetamol", "maxResults": 20, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "GB" } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/boots-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchQuery": "paracetamol", "maxResults": 20, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "GB", }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("studio-amba/boots-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "searchQuery": "paracetamol", "maxResults": 20, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "GB" } }' | apify call studio-amba/boots-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=studio-amba/boots-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Boots Scraper - UK Health, Pharmacy & Beauty", "description": "Scrape products from Boots.com, the UK's largest health and pharmacy retailer. Extract names, prices, brands, EAN, ratings, stock. 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Only used as a fallback to refresh the built-in search credentials if they ever rotate. Not needed for normal use." }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Legacy proxy settings. 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