OoB Scraper

Scrapes products from OoB.se (oob.se), Sweden's popular discount department store chain with 100+ locations. Sells everything from household goods to clothing at low prices.

Technical approach

OoB uses the Voyado Elevate (eSales) search API for product listings. The scraper hits this API directly for fast bulk extraction, then optionally visits individual product pages (which return JSON via a page API) for full details like specs and breadcrumbs.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchQuery	String	No	Search keyword
categoryUrl	String	No	OoB category URL
maxResults	Integer	No	Product limit (default: 100)
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Proxy settings

Output

Field	Type	Example
name	String	"Handduk 50x70 cm"
brand	String	Product brand (if available)
price	Number	29
originalPrice	Number	49
discount	String	"-41%"
currency	String	"SEK"
sku	String	Product code
productId	String	eSales product key
inStock	Boolean	true
imageUrl	String	Product image
imageUrls	Array	All product images
description	String	Product description
category	String	Product category
categories	Array	Full breadcrumb path

{
    "name": "Handduk 50x70 cm",
    "price": 29,
    "originalPrice": 49,
    "discount": "-41%",
    "currency": "SEK",
    "inStock": true,
    "category": "Badrum",
    "url": "https://www.xn--ob-eka.se/handduk-50x70-cm",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-16T10:00:00.000Z"
}

Domain note

OoB uses an internationalized domain name. The actual URL is https://www.xn--ob-eka.se (punycode for oob.se). Both work, but the scraper uses the punycode version internally.

Notes

• Swedish prices in SEK
• The eSales API provides pricing info including "formattedSalesInfo" with sale and original price labels
• Product page JSON includes full attribute tables (specs) and breadcrumb navigation
• Swedish price format: "99:-" or "69,50:-"

Why use OoB Scraper

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

This Actor automates the process of extracting structured product data from OoB. 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

Cost estimate

Pricing on the Apify platform is usage-based — you only pay for the compute time and proxy traffic you actually use. As a rough guide for this Actor:

• 100 products: a few cents
• 1,000 products: typically under $1 USD
• 10,000 products: a few dollars, depending on site complexity and proxy mix

Costs are dominated by proxy usage on sites with anti-bot protection. The Apify free plan includes $5/month of platform credits, enough to evaluate the scraper on small datasets.

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 OoB? 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.