# Chronodrive.com Scraper - French Grocery Prices and EAN (`studio-amba/chronodrive-scraper`) Actor

Scrape product data from chronodrive.com, the French grocery drive. Get current prices, price per kg or litre, EAN barcodes, brands, categories, promotions and Nutri-Score for food and household products.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/studio-amba/chronodrive-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 $1.20 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## Chronodrive.com Scraper

Pull product data from chronodrive.com, the French grocery drive of the Auchan group. The actor returns one row per product with the current price in EUR, the price per kg or litre, pack size, EAN barcode, brand, category, Nutri-Score and the promotion shown on the page.

Chronodrive lists around 41,000 product addresses in its sitemap, from fresh food and dry goods to drinks, baby care, household and hygiene products. If you track French grocery prices or match products across shops by barcode, this actor gives you a repeatable feed.

### How to scrape Chronodrive.com data

There are two ways to tell the actor which products to read.

1. Paste product pages into `productUrls`, for example `https://www.chronodrive.com/auchan--billes-de-mozzarella-P606243`.
2. Leave `productUrls` empty and fill `urlKeywords`. The actor reads the public product sitemap and keeps products whose address contains one of your words, for example `nutella` or `lessive`.

The actor stops at `maxResults`. If you leave everything empty, it reads the first 50 products in the sitemap.

Search result pages, the basket and the account pages are not read. The actor only requests product pages and the sitemap.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `productUrls` | list of URLs | Chronodrive.com product pages |
| `urlKeywords` | list of words | Used when no URLs are given. Keeps products whose address contains one of the words |
| `maxResults` | number | Maximum number of rows (default 50) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | proxy | Apify Proxy by default |

### What you get back

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `sku` | Chronodrive product number |
| `ean` | First EAN-13 barcode of the product |
| `eans` | All barcodes listed for the product |
| `name` | Product name including brand |
| `brand` | Brand name |
| `price` | Current selling price in EUR, VAT included |
| `currency` | ISO currency code (EUR) |
| `unitPrice` | Price per kg or litre |
| `unitPriceUnit` | Unit of the unit price (kg or l) |
| `quantity` | Pack size as shown, for example 150 g or 2 x 70 g |
| `promotion` | Promotion text shown on the page, with the validity date when given |
| `inStock` | Whether the product is available |
| `availability` | Availability as published (InStock or OutOfStock) |
| `tags` | Labels shown on the product, for example Frais or New |
| `nutriscore` | Nutri-Score letter |
| `origin` | Origin statement when shown |
| `category` | Category path on the site |
| `description` | Product description, first 500 characters |
| `imageUrl` | Main product image |
| `url` | Product page address |
| `scrapedAt` | Time of the read |
| `country`, `language` | `fr`, `fr` |

### Example output

```json
{
  "sku": "606243",
  "ean": "3596710563128",
  "eans": ["3596710563128"],
  "name": "AUCHAN Billes de mozzarella",
  "brand": "AUCHAN",
  "price": 1.95,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "unitPrice": 13,
  "unitPriceUnit": "kg",
  "quantity": "150 g",
  "promotion": null,
  "inStock": true,
  "availability": "InStock",
  "tags": ["Frais"],
  "category": "Produits laitiers & Oeufs > Fromages à cuisiner et apéritifs > Fromages apéritifs et salades",
  "url": "https://www.chronodrive.com/auchan--billes-de-mozzarella-P606243",
  "country": "fr",
  "language": "fr"
}
```

### Input examples

Read one specific product:

```json
{
  "productUrls": [
    "https://www.chronodrive.com/auchan--billes-de-mozzarella-P606243"
  ]
}
```

Read up to 500 Nutella and Ferrero products:

```json
{
  "urlKeywords": ["nutella", "ferrero"],
  "maxResults": 500
}
```

### Promotions

When Chronodrive shows an offer on a product page, for example a percentage credited to the loyalty account on a second product, the text goes into `promotion`. When there is no offer the field is empty. The price in `price` is the shelf price shown on the page.

### Price format

Prices are in euro with VAT included. `unitPrice` is the price per kg or litre as the shop shows it, and `unitPriceUnit` tells you which of the two.

### Store prices

Chronodrive sets prices for the national catalogue. The actor reads the catalogue price shown to a visitor who has not chosen a pickup store.

### Use cases

- Track French grocery prices for a brand or a category.
- Match products between Chronodrive and other European grocery shops with the EAN.
- Compare price per kg across pack sizes of the same product.
- Build a price comparison or market report for France.

### Related actors

Other grocery and retail scrapers in this fleet cover Carrefour, Intermarche, Leclerc, Auchan and Monoprix.

### FAQ

**Does it need a login?** No. The actor reads public product pages.

**How many products can I read?** The sitemap lists around 41,000 addresses. Set `maxResults` to the number you need.

**Why does a run take a while?** The shop answers with an error page on some requests. The actor asks again for the same page until it gets the product data, so a run of 100 products takes a few minutes.

**How often is the data updated?** Each run reads the live site.

**What if a product page is removed?** The page is skipped and the run goes on with the next one.

### Notes

Use the data in line with the site's terms and with local law. Source websites can change or restrict access, and we are not responsible for restrictions imposed by them.

# Actor input Schema

## `productUrls` (type: `array`):

Product pages from chronodrive.com, e.g. https://www.chronodrive.com/auchan--billes-de-mozzarella-P606243. Each product becomes one row.

## `urlKeywords` (type: `array`):

Used when no product URLs are given. The actor reads the shop sitemap and keeps products whose address contains one of these words, e.g. nutella or lait. Leave empty to read the first products in the sitemap.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of rows (one row per product).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy used for the requests. Default is Apify residential proxy in France, because the shop refuses datacenter addresses.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urlKeywords": [
    "nutella"
  ],
  "maxResults": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "FR"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {
    "urlKeywords": [
        "nutella"
    ],
    "maxResults": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "FR"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/chronodrive-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 = {
    "urlKeywords": ["nutella"],
    "maxResults": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "FR",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("studio-amba/chronodrive-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 '{
  "urlKeywords": [
    "nutella"
  ],
  "maxResults": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "FR"
  }
}' |
apify call studio-amba/chronodrive-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,studio-amba/chronodrive-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/TfneK1G5Vf2clwKRL/builds/IvVFZtRSBYPcY7vfo/openapi.json