Dutchie Dispensary Menu Scraper

Extract structured product menus from public Dutchie-powered dispensary pages in about 30–60 seconds per store, with low compute cost and per-variant SKU output. Output is normalized for direct use in spreadsheets, BI dashboards, diff monitoring, and price-change alerts.

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🚀 Quick Start

Single Dispensary (Default — ~30 seconds)

{
  "dispensaryUrls": ["https://dutchie.com/dispensary/your-store-name"],
  "maxItems": 0
}

Bulk / Competitor Monitoring

{
  "dispensaryUrls": [
    "https://dutchie.com/dispensary/store-one",
    "https://dutchie.com/dispensary/store-two",
    "https://dutchie.com/dispensary/store-three"
  ],
  "maxItems": 0,
  "useProxy": true
}

Quick Preview (10 products)

{
  "dispensaryUrls": ["https://dutchie.com/dispensary/your-store-name"],
  "maxItems": 10
}

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✨ Features

• API-based extraction — no browser, no Puppeteer, no Playwright; uses Dutchie's own GraphQL API for speed and efficiency.
• Improved access reliability — uses Chrome-like TLS fingerprinting via curl_cffi; residential proxies are supported for harder targets and bulk runs.
• Automatic dispensary resolution — automatically resolves the dispensary’s internal Dutchie identifier from the supplied URL using multiple fallback methods.
• Full menu pagination — fetches every page until the menu is complete (up to 10,000 products).
• Per-variant output — each size/weight option is its own record for accurate pricing analysis.
• Special offers — captures active deal names and promotions.
• Bulk mode — scrape multiple dispensaries in a single run.
• Proxy support — optional Apify residential/datacenter proxy for high-volume use.

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✅ Best For / ❌ Not For

Best For	Not Ideal For
Public recreational menus	Login-protected menus
Daily competitor monitoring	Medical-only menus requiring patient access
Pricing and assortment analysis	Full visual page rendering or screenshot capture
Bulk regional scans	Historical data unless you schedule recurring runs

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📊 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
dispensaryUrls	string[]	required	One or more Dutchie dispensary URLs
maxItems	integer	0 (unlimited)	Max products per store; 0 = full menu
useProxy	boolean	false	Enable Apify proxy rotation
proxyGroup	string	RESIDENTIAL	RESIDENTIAL or DATACENTER

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📤 Output Schema

All schema fields are included whenever available; unavailable values are returned as null.

{
  "schema_version":    "1.0",
  "dispensary_name":   "Pinnacle Cannabis",
  "dispensary_url":    "https://dutchie.com/dispensary/pinnacle-cannabis-quincy",
  "product_id":        "62d9c8e4a9e3d400b1e3d2a1",
  "product_name":      "1906 Drops - Genius",
  "brand":             "1906",
  "category":          "Edible",
  "subcategory":       "Pill",
  "strain_type":       null,
  "thc_level":         "2.5mg",
  "cbd_level":         "2.5mg",
  "potency_unit":      "Milligrams",
  "variant_size":      "20 Pack",
  "display_price":     "$25.00",
  "numeric_price":     25.00,
  "special_offer_name": "2 for $40 Mix & Match Edibles",
  "description":       "A microdose blend of THC and CBD for focus and creativity.",
  "image_url":         "https://images.dutchie.com/...",
  "product_url":       "https://dutchie.com/dispensary/pinnacle-cannabis-quincy/product/62d9c8e4a9e3d400b1e3d2a1",
  "in_stock":          true,
  "scraped_at":        "2026-03-15T10:30:00Z"
}

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💰 Pricing

Pay-Per-Result: $1.50 per 1,000 product variants (SKUs)

Most single-store runs cost under $2. You are only billed for results successfully written to the dataset — not for attempted scrapes, failed requests, or empty runs. Test with maxItems: 10 for a low-cost validation run before committing to a full pull.

Scenario	Approx. Products	Estimated Cost
Single small store	~200 SKUs	~$0.30
Single large store	~1,000 SKUs	~$1.50
5 stores (bulk)	~5,000 SKUs	~$7.50
10 stores (bulk)	~10,000 SKUs	~$15.00
High-frequency (1 store, 1000 SKUs, every 15 min)	~96,000 SKUs/day	~$144/day

Note on high-frequency use: This Actor is designed for batch runs — daily or hourly full menu pulls. High-frequency polling (e.g., every 5 minutes on a 1,000-SKU store) would cost approximately $432/day for a single store, which is not a cost-effective use of this tool. For real-time or sub-hourly monitoring, a lightweight custom Actor with a flat-rate pricing model is the better fit.

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🌐 Supported Dispensaries

Supports many public Dutchie-powered dispensary menus in the U.S. and Canada. Performance may vary based on menu configuration, location gating, and anti-bot protections.

Supported URL formats:

• https://dutchie.com/dispensary/store-name
• https://dutchie.com/dispensary/store-name/menu
• https://dutchie.com/embedded-menu/store-name

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🛡️ Tested & Verified

This Actor has been tested against:

• Single-store runs on public rec menus
• Bulk runs across multiple competitor menus
• Menus with multiple categories and variants
• Residential proxy runs for harder stores
• Invalid URLs and non-existent dispensaries

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⚠️ Known Limitations

• Menu Type: Scrapes public recreational (rec) menus by default. Medical-only or dual-license menus may return different or partial data.
• Proxy Use: Some stores may require residential proxies to avoid blocks.
• Gated Content: Age-gated or region-gated menus may return partial or no data.
• Upstream Changes: This Actor relies on Dutchie’s public-facing GraphQL menu infrastructure. Upstream API changes may require maintenance updates to the Actor.
• Retry Behavior: On failed requests, the Actor retries up to 3 times with exponential backoff. If a store returns partial data, the Actor logs a warning but completes the run with the data it has.

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🛠️ Troubleshooting

"Could not resolve dispensary" error

• Open the dispensary URL in your browser and copy the exact URL from the address bar
• The slug in the URL after /dispensary/ is the correct identifier

403 Forbidden / Cloudflare block

• Enable useProxy: true and set proxyGroup: "RESIDENTIAL"

Fewer products than expected

• Some stores have separate recreational and medical menus; the actor scrapes the recreational (rec) menu by default
• Verify the store's menu is publicly accessible without login

Actor times out

• Increase the Actor timeout in your Apify console settings (default is 60s; set to 300s for large stores)
• Use maxItems to limit output during testing

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📄 Compliance Notice

This Actor is provided for lawful data extraction purposes only. It uses Dutchie's public-facing GraphQL API, which serves their own frontend, and respects rate limits to avoid disrupting service. Users are solely responsible for ensuring their use of this Actor complies with Dutchie's Terms of Service, all applicable local, state, and federal laws, and the terms of service of any dispensary whose data is extracted.

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Questions or issues? Use the Issues tab on this Actor's page or contact via Apify Actor support.