Elkjop Scraper

Extracts electronics products from Elkjop.no, Norway's dominant electronics chain. Same group as Elgiganten (Sweden) and Elkjop (Denmark), but with Norwegian pricing in NOK.

How it works

Browses search results or category pages, discovers product links (URLs containing /product/ or numeric SKU patterns), and visits each page for full data. Product pages are parsed via JSON-LD first, with HTML fallback for pages missing structured data.

Norwegian price formats (1 234,- and 1 234,50 kr) are handled natively.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchQuery	String	No	e.g. "laptop", "hodetelefoner"
categoryUrl	String	No	e.g. https://www.elkjop.no/laptoper-og-nettbrett
maxResults	Integer	No	Default: 100
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Proxy settings

Default search is laptop when no input is given.

Output

Field	Type	Example
name	String	"Apple MacBook Air 15\" M3 512GB"
brand	String	"Apple"
price	Number	18990
currency	String	"NOK"
originalPrice	Number	21990
sku	String	"584123"
ean	String	"0195949187650"
inStock	Boolean	true
rating	Number	4.8
reviewCount	Number	42
imageUrl	String	Product image
description	String	Full product description
specs	Object	{"Prosessor": "Apple M3", "Lagring": "512 GB SSD"}
categories	Array	["Laptoper og nettbrett", "Laptoper"]

Cost

~1 CU per 1,000 products.

Notes

• Norwegian-language content, prices in NOK
• Runs at maxConcurrency: 10 for fast crawling
• Breadcrumbs skip "Hjem" (Home)
• Product URLs: /product/{sku} or /{category}/{slug}/{sku}

Why use Elkjop Scraper

• Price monitoring — Track prices, stock, and promotions across Elkjop at scale
• Competitive intelligence — Compare your catalog against Elkjop 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 Elkjop 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 Elkjop data

This Actor automates the process of extracting structured product data from Elkjop. 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
• Anti-bot handling is built in — the Actor routes traffic through a managed scraping browser, so no extra proxy setup is needed
• 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 Elkjop? 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 categoryUrl and the scraper will return that item.

The site blocks me — what should I do? Blocking is handled automatically: the Actor fetches every page through a managed scraping browser that solves rate limits and bot challenges for you. No proxy configuration is required.

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.