Elgiganten Scraper

Scrapes Sweden's largest electronics retailer, Elgiganten.se (part of the Elkjop/Dixons Carphone group). The scraper reads product data from Next.js server-side rendered props, making it fast and reliable.

Embedded data extraction

Elgiganten is a Next.js site that embeds full product search results in __NEXT_DATA__. The scraper extracts these directly, getting rich API-level data including online stock levels, seller names (marketplace products), campaign discounts, and energy ratings -- fields you won't find in basic HTML scraping.

For detail mode, it visits individual product pages to add specs, full descriptions, and image galleries.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchQuery	String	Conditional	e.g. "iphone", "tvattmaskin"
categoryUrl	String	Conditional	e.g. https://www.elgiganten.se/datorer-tillbehor/laptops
maxResults	Integer	No	Default: 100
scrapeDetails	Boolean	No	Fetch product pages for specs (default: false)
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Proxy settings

One of searchQuery or categoryUrl is required.

Output

Field	Type	Example
name	String	"Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra 256GB"
brand	String	"Samsung"
price	Number	15990
currency	String	"SEK"
originalPrice	Number	17990
discount	String	"-2000 kr"
sku	String	"466312"
productId	String	"466312"
inStock	Boolean	true
onlineStockLevel	String	"HIGH"
rating	Number	4.7
seller	String	"Elgiganten"
category	String	"Mobiler > Samsung"
description	String	Bullet point features
specs	Object	{"Skarmstorlek": "6.8\"", "Batteri": "5000 mAh"}

Cost

Listing mode: ~0.3 CU per 1,000. Detail mode: ~1.5 CU per 1,000.

Notes

• Search mode pre-paginates (48 items per page) and fetches all pages upfront
• Marketplace products include the seller name
• The scraper handles both Elgiganten-hosted and third-party seller products
• Stock level is a qualitative indicator (HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW) not an exact count

Why use Elgiganten Scraper

• Price monitoring — Track prices, stock, and promotions across Elgiganten at scale
• Competitive intelligence — Compare your catalog against Elgiganten pricing and assortment
• Market research — Analyze category trends, new arrivals, and rating distributions
• Lead generation — Build product datasets for affiliate sites, comparison tools, or feeds
• No login or cookies required — Authenticated access not needed; works out of the box

How to use Elgiganten Scraper

1. Open the Input tab and provide a search query, category URL, or product list
2. Adjust optional filters such as maxResults or proxy settings
3. Click Start and wait for the run to complete
4. Download results from the Output tab in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML
5. Schedule recurring runs from the Schedule tab if you need ongoing data

How to scrape Elgiganten data

This Actor automates the process of extracting structured product data from Elgiganten. You can run it directly from the Apify console, the Apify API, or any of the official SDKs (JavaScript, Python). The scraper handles pagination, retries, and rate limiting so you can focus on the data, not the plumbing.

Typical workflows:

• One-off export: paste a category URL or keyword, set maxResults, and run
• Scheduled monitoring: set a daily cron in the Schedule tab to track prices over time
• Programmatic integration: trigger runs from your backend via the Apify API and pull the dataset when finished
• Webhook automation: receive a callback the moment a run completes and pipe the results into Zapier, Make, n8n, BigQuery, or Google Sheets

Tips for best results

• Start small — run with maxResults: 10 before launching large jobs
• Use proxies — residential proxies reduce blocking on protected sites
• Throttle on big jobs — keep maxConcurrency modest (5–10) for stability
• Schedule runs — daily runs are usually enough for price monitoring
• Inspect the dataset schema — the Storage tab shows the full output structure

FAQ and support

Is it legal to scrape Elgiganten? This Actor extracts publicly available data. Always review the website's Terms of Service before scraping at scale, and respect rate limits.

Why am I getting fewer results than expected? Some categories have hidden pagination or load more on scroll. Increase maxResults and verify your filters.

Can I extract data for a single product? Yes — provide the full product URL in startUrls and the scraper will return one item.

The site blocks me — what should I do? Enable Apify residential proxies in the input. Datacenter IPs are blocked by many e-commerce sites.

For issues, feature requests, or bug reports, open a ticket in the Issues tab on the Actor page or contact support@apify.com. We monitor every actor and ship fixes quickly when sites change.