# ALDI Australia Prices Scraper (`vashiiq/aldi-prices`) Actor

Every ALDI Australia product with its current price, unit price, size, brand, category and special-buy dates, from aldi.com.au.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vashiiq/aldi-prices.md
- **Developed by:** [anthony leblanc](https://apify.com/vashiiq) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 results

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## ALDI Australia Prices Scraper

Get every ALDI Australia product with its current price, unit price, size, brand, category and special-buy dates as clean rows. Pick categories or take the whole range.

### What it does

- Reads every product in the categories you choose, or the whole range when you leave categories empty.
- Price and unit price as numbers (AUD), plus ALDI’s own price text.
- Special Buys: availability text and on-sale date.
- Brand, size, category path, badges, image and product link.
- Each product appears once per run, even when it sits in several categories.

**Why this one:** The whole ALDI Australia range in one run with unit prices and special-buy dates as clean fields, at a mid-market price.

In our last check, 20 runs over varied inputs succeeded 100% of the time.

### Use cases

- Tracking grocery prices and inflation over time
- Comparing ALDI with Coles and Woolworths
- Watching Special Buys and price drops
- Feeding a shopping or budgeting app

### Input example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "bakery"
  ],
  "maxItems": 40
}
```

- categories: ALDI category names or links (empty = every product)
- maxItems: stop after this many

### Output sample

Real results from a run of this Actor:

```json
[
  {
    "sku": "000000000000294612",
    "name": "Aroma Classic Instant Coffee 200g",
    "brand": "ALCAFE",
    "size": "200 g",
    "price": 6.39,
    "priceDisplay": "$6.39",
    "unitPrice": 3.2,
    "unitPriceDisplay": "$3.20 per 100 g",
    "wasPrice": null,
    "savingsDisplay": null,
    "currency": "AUD",
    "availability": null,
    "onSaleDate": null,
    "discontinued": false,
    "alcohol": false,
    "randomWeight": false,
    "category": "Tea, Coffee & Hot Chocolate",
    "categoryPath": "Pantry > Tea, Coffee & Hot Chocolate",
    "badges": [],
    "imageUrl": "https://dm.apac.cms.aldi.cx/is/image/aldiprodapac/product/jpg/scaleWidth/600/c72e7f11-61c5-4eaa-8042-8e88008f60ce/alcafe-aroma-classic-instant-coffee-200g",
    "url": "https://www.aldi.com.au/product/alcafe-aroma-classic-instant-coffee-200g-000000000000294612",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.aldi.com.au/products/drinks/k/1000000000",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-27T22:25:44.937Z"
  },
  {
    "sku": "000000000000332756",
    "name": "Decaffeinated Instant Coffee 100g",
    "brand": "ALCAFE GOLD",
    "size": "100 g",
    "price": 4.99,
    "priceDisplay": "$4.99",
    "unitPrice": 4.99,
    "unitPriceDisplay": "$4.99 per 100 g",
    "wasPrice": null,
    "savingsDisplay": null,
    "currency": "AUD",
    "availability": null,
    "onSaleDate": null,
    "discontinued": false,
    "alcohol": false,
    "randomWeight": false,
    "category": "Tea, Coffee & Hot Chocolate",
    "categoryPath": "Drinks > Tea, Coffee & Hot Chocolate",
    "badges": [],
    "imageUrl": "https://dm.apac.cms.aldi.cx/is/image/aldiprodapac/product/jpg/scaleWidth/600/cacd7437-968e-4fb9-bd0b-acda837aedb2/alcafe-gold-decaffeinated-instant-coffee-100g",
    "url": "https://www.aldi.com.au/product/alcafe-gold-decaffeinated-instant-coffee-100g-000000000000332756",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.aldi.com.au/products/drinks/k/1000000000",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-27T22:25:44.937Z"
  }
]
```

**Fields:**

- sku, name, brand, size, price, priceDisplay, unitPrice, unitPriceDisplay, wasPrice, savingsDisplay, currency
- availability, onSaleDate, discontinued, alcohol, randomWeight, category, categoryPath, badges, imageUrl, url

### Pricing

Pay per result: **$2.00 per 1,000 results**. You pay only for results you get; Apify platform costs are included. Set a maximum charge for a run and the Actor stops cleanly when it's reached, keeping everything collected so far.

### Tips

- Schedule a weekly run with the same categories to build a price history.
- Use category links from aldi.com.au/products for smaller sub-categories.

### FAQ

**Do I need an account on ALDI Australia?** No. It only reads public pages and data.

**Are prices the same in every store?** ALDI Australia shows one national online price; a store’s shelf price can differ.

**Does it cover ALDI in other countries?** Not yet. It covers aldi.com.au only.
**Something broke or a field is missing?** Open an issue on the Issues tab and include your run link. We fix scrapers quickly when sites change.

### Legal

This Actor collects publicly available data only. You're responsible for using it lawfully and in line with ALDI Australia's terms.

# Actor input Schema

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

ALDI category names (like pantry, freezer, drinks, fruits-vegetables, dairy-eggs-fridge) or category links from aldi.com.au/products. Leave empty to get every product.

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

Stop after this many products. You are only charged for rows you get.

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

Datacenter proxy is enough for ALDI Australia.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "pantry"
  ],
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per product.

# 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"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vashiiq/aldi-prices").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"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vashiiq/aldi-prices").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"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call vashiiq/aldi-prices --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/P1vsfu7gLROU7cEXD/builds/Ycay2VJJ0zmpCCUCV/openapi.json