# Aldi Australia Scraper - Prices & Special Buys (`tgsneaks/aldi-australia-products`) Actor

Every Aldi Australia product with price, unit price, brand, size, category and image, plus upcoming Special Buys with their on-sale dates. Whole catalogue (~3,300 products) in about two minutes.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tgsneaks/aldi-australia-products.md
- **Developed by:** [Adam Abuseni](https://apify.com/tgsneaks) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 products

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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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

## Aldi Australia Scraper - Prices & Special Buys

Get **every Aldi Australia product** in one clean table: name, brand, size, **price**, **unit price** (per 100 g / kg / L), department, category, image and product link - plus **Special Buys** with their on-sale dates ("On Sale Wed 04 Nov").

- ⚡ **Whole catalogue (~3,200 products) in about one minute**
- 🛒 **Special Buys tracker** - see this week's and next week's specials before they hit the shelves
- 📏 **Unit prices** ready for price comparison
- 🧹 Clean, flat output - export to Excel, CSV, JSON or Google Sheets, or call it from the API
- 🔁 Schedule it daily or weekly to build your own price history

### What you can use it for

- **Price monitoring and comparison** - track Aldi prices over time or compare them with other retailers
- **Special Buys alerts** - get the upcoming Special Buys list every week (filter with *Only Special Buys*)
- **Market research** - private-label ranges, pack sizes, category assortment
- **Apps and dashboards** - feed grocery-price apps, budgeting tools or spreadsheets

### How to use it

1. Leave **Categories** empty to get the whole catalogue, or add category slugs / URLs, for example:
   - `pantry`
   - `dairy-eggs-fridge`
   - `pantry/confectionery`
   - `https://www.aldi.com.au/products/baby/k/1030000000`
2. Optional: tick **Only Special Buys** to get just the weekly specials.
3. Optional: set **Max products** to cap the run.
4. Click **Start**. Results appear in the **Output** tab.

#### Input example

```json
{
    "categories": ["pantry", "dairy-eggs-fridge"],
    "onlySpecialBuys": false,
    "maxItems": 500
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
    "store": "aldi",
    "productId": "000000000000399581",
    "name": "Greek Style Strained Yogurt Plain 900g",
    "brand": "YOGURI",
    "size": "900 g",
    "price": 6.49,
    "wasPrice": null,
    "isOnSpecial": false,
    "promotion": null,
    "unitPrice": 0.72,
    "unitPriceUnit": "100g",
    "unitPriceText": "$0.72 per 100 g",
    "department": "Dairy, Eggs & Fridge",
    "category": "Yogurt",
    "aisle": null,
    "isSpecialBuy": false,
    "onSaleFrom": null,
    "onSaleText": null,
    "isAvailable": true,
    "url": "https://www.aldi.com.au/product/yoguri-greek-style-strained-yogurt-plain-900g-000000000000399581",
    "imageUrl": "https://dm.apac.cms.aldi.cx/is/image/aldiprodapac/product/jpg/scaleWidth/500/c5ed9521-6244-4429-838b-0e3df7e5d07c/yoguri-greek-style-strained-yogurt-plain-900g",
    "currency": "AUD",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-24T02:57:02+00:00"
}
```

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `price` | Current shelf price in AUD |
| `unitPrice`, `unitPriceUnit`, `unitPriceText` | Price per 100 g / 100 ml / kg / L as shown by Aldi |
| `wasPrice`, `isOnSpecial`, `promotion` | Filled when Aldi shows a was-price or saving |
| `isSpecialBuy`, `onSaleFrom`, `onSaleText` | Special Buys and their on-sale date |
| `department`, `category`, `aisle` | Aldi's category path (some Special Buys have none) |
| `url`, `imageUrl` | Product page and a 500 px image |

### Cost

You pay per product returned (see the **Pricing** tab). The whole catalogue is about 3,200 products, so a full run costs a few dollars at most, and much less if you pick categories or only Special Buys. Set **Max products** or a run spending limit to stay in control - the Actor stops cleanly when either is reached.

### Good to know

- **Alcohol and age-restricted (18+) products are not included**, and neither are products whose names indicate alcohol. Everything else in the catalogue is.
- Prices come from Aldi's public product listing for the default store (`storeId`, changeable under *Advanced*). Aldi uses national pricing for most products.
- The Actor is polite: it identifies itself, waits between requests and stops if Aldi ever refuses access.
- It reads only publicly available product information; no login is used and no personal data is collected.

### FAQ

**How often is the data updated?** Every run fetches live data. Schedule the Actor (daily or weekly) to keep a history.

**Can I get only new Special Buys?** Tick *Only Special Buys*; `onSaleFrom` tells you when each one goes on sale.

**A category I entered was "not found".** Copy the category URL from aldi.com.au (it contains `/k/<number>`) and paste it in *Categories*.

**Something broke or a field is missing?** Open an issue on the Actor page - fixes are usually quick.

# Actor input Schema

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Leave empty for the whole catalogue (~3,300 products). Otherwise add category slugs (e.g. pantry, dairy-eggs-fridge), sub-category paths (e.g. pantry/confectionery) or category URLs copied from aldi.com.au, one per line. Alcohol and 18+ products are never collected.

## `onlySpecialBuys` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only Special Buys - products with an on-sale date (current and upcoming weekly specials).

## `onlySpecials` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only products showing a was-price or a saving.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many products. Leave empty for no limit.

## `storeId` (type: `string`):

Aldi store code used for prices. The default works for national pricing.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Pause between two requests to Aldi. Higher is gentler on the site; the minimum is 500 ms.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "pantry"
  ],
  "onlySpecialBuys": false,
  "onlySpecials": false,
  "maxItems": 100,
  "storeId": "G452",
  "requestDelayMs": 1000
}
```

# 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 = {
    "categories": [
        "pantry"
    ],
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tgsneaks/aldi-australia-products").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 = {
    "categories": ["pantry"],
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tgsneaks/aldi-australia-products").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 '{
  "categories": [
    "pantry"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call tgsneaks/aldi-australia-products --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tgsneaks/aldi-australia-products"
        }
    }
}
```

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/IyAQ4HAcc8BRXW0vq/builds/IVRasbOzvOCFOqkAK/openapi.json