# Sports Direct Scraper — UK Sportswear Prices & Sizes (`studio-amba/sportsdirect-scraper`) Actor

Scrape product data from sportsdirect.com, the UK sportswear and sporting goods retailer. Get names, brands, colours, sizes, current and full prices, discounts and images for any category page.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/studio-amba/sportsdirect-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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Sports Direct Scraper

Pull product data from sportsdirect.com, the UK sportswear and sporting goods retailer. The actor returns names, brands, colours, sizes, current prices, full prices, discounts and images for any Sports Direct category page.

Sports Direct sells men's, women's and kids' trainers, clothing, football kit, gym and outdoor gear from Nike, adidas, Puma and its own brands, so one record shape covers all of those departments.

### How to scrape Sports Direct data

Paste one or more Sports Direct category page URLs into `categoryUrls`, for example `https://www.sportsdirect.com/mens/footwear/trainers`. The actor pages through each category until it reaches `maxResults` or the end of the listing.

Sports Direct blocks plain requests. This actor sends every request through Bright Data Web Unlocker, so you do not need your own proxy or browser setup.

Each category page carries the product data inside the page itself, 60 products per page. The actor reads that data directly, which keeps the cost per product low.

If you leave `categoryUrls` empty, the actor scrapes men's trainers.

To find a category URL, open any department on sportsdirect.com, go down to the category you want, and copy the address from the browser. Remove any filter, sort or page parameters after the question mark.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `categoryUrls` | list of URLs | Category pages from sportsdirect.com, without filters or sorting |
| `maxResults` | number | Maximum number of products across all categories (default 100) |
| `brightDataApiKey` | text | Optional. Falls back to the actor's own key when empty |

Search pages, filter parameters and sort parameters are not supported. The actor only reads category pages.

### What you get back

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `name` | Product name without the brand |
| `brand` | Brand name |
| `price` | Current selling price in GBP |
| `originalPrice` | Full price, only present when the price is reduced |
| `discount` | Markdown percentage, for example `-20%` |
| `currency` | Always `GBP` |
| `productId` | Sports Direct colour-variant code |
| `colour` | Colour of the variant |
| `sizes` | Sizes listed for the variant |
| `imageUrl` | Main product image |
| `sash` | Site label such as `newsale` |
| `category`, `subCategory`, `activity` | Product classification from the listing |
| `categoryUrl` | The category page the product was read from |
| `country`, `language` | Always `uk` and `en` |
| `url` | Product page URL |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO 8601 timestamp |

Each record is one colour of a product. The same trainer in black and in white comes back as two records with two product IDs. `originalPrice` and `discount` are absent on products that are not reduced. That is correct and not missing data.

### Sample output

```json
{
  "name": "Flection Trainers Mens",
  "brand": "Skechers",
  "price": 29,
  "originalPrice": 54.99,
  "discount": "-47%",
  "currency": "GBP",
  "productId": "11402803",
  "colour": "Black",
  "sizes": ["7 (41)", "8 (42)", "9 (43)", "10 (45)"],
  "category": "Footwear",
  "country": "uk",
  "url": "https://www.sportsdirect.com/skechers-flection-trainers-mens-114028#colcode=11402803",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-23T15:10:00.000Z"
}
```

### Example input

```json
{
  "categoryUrls": [
    "https://www.sportsdirect.com/mens/footwear/trainers",
    "https://www.sportsdirect.com/kids/clothing/hoodies"
  ],
  "maxResults": 500
}
```

### Frequently asked questions

#### Which Sports Direct site does this read?

The UK site, sportsdirect.com, with prices in GBP.

#### Does it return every size and its stock?

It returns the sizes listed for each colour. Stock per size is not part of the listing.

#### Why do I get the same shoe more than once?

Sports Direct lists every colour as its own product. The actor removes exact duplicates by product ID, so two colours of one shoe stay as two records.

#### Can I use a search term?

No. Paste a category, brand or sub-category page URL instead.

#### How do I get only reduced items?

Scrape the category and keep the records that have an `originalPrice`.

### Use cases

- Price monitoring of sportswear brands against other UK and European retailers.
- Tracking markdowns through `originalPrice` and `discount`.
- Watching which sizes are listed for a brand or colour.
- Building a brand and colour catalogue with images and categories.
- Comparing the Sports Direct range with other sports retailers.

### Coverage

The actor works on any category page of sportsdirect.com, including brand and sub-category pages such as `/mens/footwear/running-shoes`. It does not walk the category tree, so list each category you want. A category with 3,800 products takes 64 requests.

The listing page does not carry product descriptions, materials or reviews. Those fields are not part of the output.

### Performance and cost

Each request returns up to 60 products, so the Bright Data cost per result is a small fraction of a cent. A run of 100 products finishes in about a minute. The usage cost of a run only settles after the run reports SUCCEEDED, so a cost checked during the run is too low.

### Limitations

- Only category pages are supported. Search pages and filtered or sorted URLs are not.
- Prices are the GBP prices shown on the listing page. Other country sites are not included.
- Stock per size is not included, only the sizes listed.
- If Sports Direct changes its page data, the actor needs an update. The run logs a warning when fewer than 80% of the products on a page can be read.
- A category URL that does not exist ends the run as SUCCEEDED with zero items and a message in the status line.

### Related scrapers

- [Zalando Scraper](https://apify.com/studio-amba/zalando-scraper) for fashion across Europe
- [House of Fraser Scraper](https://apify.com/studio-amba/houseoffraser-scraper) for the UK department store

### Support

If a category does not resolve or a field is empty, open an issue on this actor's Apify Store page.

# Actor input Schema

## `categoryUrls` (type: `array`):

Sports Direct category pages to scrape, e.g. "https://www.sportsdirect.com/mens/footwear/trainers". Paste the URL from your browser without filters or sorting. Search pages are not supported. Leave empty to scrape the default category (men's trainers).

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

Maximum number of products to scrape across all category URLs. A category page holds 60 products.

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

Not used. This actor reaches Sports Direct through Bright Data Web Unlocker, which handles unblocking on its own. Kept for input-shape compatibility.

## `brightDataZone` (type: `string`):

Name of the Web Unlocker zone in your Bright Data account. Only needed together with your own Bright Data API key. Leave empty to use the actor's own zone.

## `brightDataApiKey` (type: `string`):

Bright Data API key (Web Unlocker zone) used to reach Sports Direct. Falls back to the actor's own BRIGHT_DATA_API_KEY environment variable if left empty.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categoryUrls": [
    "https://www.sportsdirect.com/mens/footwear/trainers"
  ],
  "maxResults": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  },
  "brightDataZone": "web_unlocker1"
}
```

# 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 = {
    "categoryUrls": [
        "https://www.sportsdirect.com/mens/footwear/trainers"
    ],
    "maxResults": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/sportsdirect-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 = {
    "categoryUrls": ["https://www.sportsdirect.com/mens/footwear/trainers"],
    "maxResults": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("studio-amba/sportsdirect-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 '{
  "categoryUrls": [
    "https://www.sportsdirect.com/mens/footwear/trainers"
  ],
  "maxResults": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call studio-amba/sportsdirect-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,studio-amba/sportsdirect-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/aMguw5Kygkzzavfy4/builds/vlOx6F4pIbleYqqbd/openapi.json