⚡ Universal Shopify Store Extractor

🤖 Copy to your AI assistant

Copy this block into ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or any LLM to start using this actor.

tyegen/universal-shopify-extractor on Apify. Call: ApifyClient("TOKEN").actor("tyegen/universal-shopify-extractor").call(run_input={"startUrls": ["URL_HERE"]}), then client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items for results.

The absolute fastest, cheapest, and most comprehensive way to extract product catalogs from any Shopify store.

🚀 Why this Actor is a Game Changer?

Most Shopify scrapers load the actual website using heavy browsers (Playwright/Puppeteer), find the HTML elements, and parse the text. This old-school method is slow, easily blocked by Datadome or Cloudflare, misses hidden data, and costs you a lot of Compute Units.

This actor is different. It targets the public, lightweight JSON endpoints (/products.json) native to the Shopify backend architecture.

✨ Key Advantages

• Lightning Fast: Extracts up to 250 products per second. You can scrape an entire store catalog in the blink of an eye.
• Zero Blocks: Bypasses visual captchas and bot protections completely because it reads pure JSON API data instead of rendering HTML.
• Cost Effective: Because it uses simple API calls, it costs almost $0.00 to run in Compute Units.
• Incredibly Rich Data: Gets data you can't even see on the frontend, such as backend SKUs, precise published_at timestamps, hidden variants, exact inventory availability flags, and raw compare_at_price values.
• Smart Error Handling: Automatically detects if a store is password-protected or not running on Shopify, skipping it gracefully without crashing your run.

🎯 Top Use Cases

• Dropshipping Automation: Clone product lists, images, and descriptions from your suppliers to your own store instantly.
• Competitor Price Monitoring: Track exactly when competitors drop their prices or run sales by monitoring the compare_at_price field.
• Market Research: Analyze the catalog size, product types, and naming conventions of top Shopify brands (like Gymshark, Kylie Cosmetics, Allbirds).
• Inventory Tracking: Monitor if specific size/color variants go out of stock (available flag).

💰 Pricing & ROI

Pay-Per-Result: Only $1.00 per 1,000 products. Since you get complete catalogs (including all variants, SKUs, and HD images) in a fraction of a second, this is the most profitable and reliable tool for E-Commerce researchers and dropshippers.

---

📥 Input Configuration

Field	Type	Description
startUrls	Array	Add one or more Shopify store base URLs (e.g., https://kyliecosmetics.com or https://gymshark.com).
maxProductsPerStore	Integer	(Optional) Limit the number of products to extract per store. Leave empty to extract the entire catalog.
proxyConfiguration	Object	Apify proxy settings. Standard Datacenter proxies are more than enough.

---

📤 Output Schema

For each product, the actor will produce a highly detailed JSON object containing all its variants and images.

Field	Type	Description
storeUrl	String	The base URL of the targeted store.
productId	Number	The internal backend ID of the product in Shopify.
title	String	The name of the product.
handle	String	The URL-friendly slug of the product.
vendor	String	The brand or vendor name.
productType	String	The category or type of the product.
description	String	HTML-stripped, clean text description of the product.
price	Number	The lowest current active price among all variants.
compareAtPrice	Number	The original/discounted price (useful to calculate sale percentages).
productUrl	String	The direct URL to the product page.
images	Array	A list of all high-resolution image URLs for the product.
variantsCount	Number	Total number of variants (colors, sizes, etc.).
variants	Array	Detailed list of variants (contains id, title, price, sku, and available status).
publishedAt	String	The exact timestamp the product was published.
scrapedAt	String	Timestamp of extraction.

💡 Output Example

{
  "storeUrl": "https://kyliecosmetics.com",
  "productId": 8585766404338,
  "title": "Matte Lip Kit",
  "handle": "matte-lip-kit",
  "vendor": "Kylie Cosmetics",
  "productType": "Lips",
  "description": "Create the perfect matte lip with this long-lasting, smudge-proof formula...",
  "price": 32.00,
  "compareAtPrice": 35.00,
  "productUrl": "https://kyliecosmetics.com/products/matte-lip-kit",
  "images": [
    "https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/.../image1.jpg",
    "https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/.../image2.jpg"
  ],
  "variantsCount": 3,
  "variants": [
    {
      "id": 46820892049650,
      "title": "Koko K",
      "price": 32.00,
      "sku": "KC-LIP-KOKO",
      "available": true
    },
    {
      "id": 46820892049651,
      "title": "Mary Jo K",
      "price": 32.00,
      "sku": "KC-LIP-MARY",
      "available": false
    }
  ],
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T23:37:26-07:00",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-30T18:00:00.000Z"
}