BuildDirect Scraper

Scrapes product data from BuildDirect.com, the North American online flooring and building materials marketplace.

How it works

The scraper visits category or search result pages, collects product links, then extracts detailed data from each product page using JSON-LD structured data with fallback HTML parsing. Pagination is handled automatically.

Default start page is the flooring category if no input is provided.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
categoryUrls	Array	No	Category page URLs to scrape (e.g. https://www.builddirect.com/flooring/)
searchQuery	String	No	Text search (e.g. "vinyl plank")
maxResults	Integer	No	Cap on results returned (default: 100)
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Proxy settings for large runs

Output fields

Field	Type	Example
name	String	"Vesdura Vinyl Planks 5.5mm SPC Click Lock"
brand	String	"Vesdura"
price	Number	2.29
currency	String	"USD"
originalPrice	Number	3.49
sku	String	"10105436"
inStock	Boolean	true
rating	Number	4.3
reviewCount	Number	87
url	String	Full product page URL
imageUrl	String	Primary product image
imageUrls	Array	All gallery images
description	String	Product description text
category	String	"Flooring > Vinyl Plank"
specs	Object	{"Thickness": "5.5mm", "Width": "7\""}

Example output

{
    "name": "Vesdura Vinyl Planks 5.5mm SPC Click Lock",
    "brand": "Vesdura",
    "price": 2.29,
    "originalPrice": 3.49,
    "currency": "USD",
    "sku": "10105436",
    "inStock": true,
    "rating": 4.3,
    "reviewCount": 87,
    "url": "https://www.builddirect.com/product/vesdura-vinyl-planks...",
    "imageUrl": "https://...",
    "category": "Flooring > Vinyl Plank",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-16T10:00:00.000Z"
}

Cost estimate

Uses CheerioCrawler (HTTP only, no browser). Roughly 0.5 compute units per 1,000 results.

Limitations

• Prices are in USD (BuildDirect primarily serves the US/Canada market)
• Some product variants may share the same page but only the primary variant data is extracted
• Large catalog runs benefit from proxy rotation