# Universal Shopify Spy & Price Extractor (`vaunted_gremlin/universal-shopify-spy`) Actor

Extract the entire product catalog, hidden vendors, variants, and pricing from ANY Shopify store globally.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vaunted_gremlin/universal-shopify-spy.md
- **Developed by:** [Naveen Sanjeev](https://apify.com/vaunted_gremlin) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.50 / 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.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

## Universal Shopify Spy & Catalog Extractor 🕵️‍♂️🛒

Extract the exact product catalog, hidden suppliers (vendors), and pricing structure of **any Shopify store on the internet**.

Perfect for dropshippers tracking winning products, e-commerce agencies monitoring competitors, and hedge funds scraping retail pricing.

### 🚀 Why use this API?

Most Shopify scrapers break when the store owner changes their theme. This API bypasses messy HTML entirely and targets the native Shopify backend architecture. It uses advanced TLS fingerprint spoofing to bypass Cloudflare and edge firewalls, delivering a 99% success rate.

### 📊 What Data is Extracted?

For every product, you get highly structured JSON ready for BI dashboards:

- `product_id`: The native Shopify database ID
- `title`: Full product name
- `vendor`: Often reveals the secret dropshipping supplier or brand parent
- `product_type`: How the competitor categorizes their inventory
- `min_price` & `max_price`: Clean numeric prices (converted to standard decimals)
- `total_variants`: How many sizes/colors are offered
- `published_at`: Exactly when the product was launched
- `product_url`: Direct link to the item

### 💰 Pricing & Cost Breakdown

This Actor uses Apify's **Pay-Per-Result** model. You only pay for the exact products successfully extracted. No flat monthly fees.

- **Cost per 1,000 products:** $2.50
- **Zero compute waste:** Because this bypasses headless browsers (Playwright/Puppeteer), it runs in seconds, keeping your Apify platform compute costs near $0.

# Actor input Schema

## `store_url` (type: `string`):

Enter the URL of ANY Shopify store (e.g., https://colourpop.com).

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

The maximum number of products to extract.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "store_url": "https://colourpop.com",
  "max_results": 5000
}
```

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vaunted_gremlin/universal-shopify-spy").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vaunted_gremlin/universal-shopify-spy").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 '{}' |
apify call vaunted_gremlin/universal-shopify-spy --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,vaunted_gremlin/universal-shopify-spy"
        }
    }
}
```

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/wbNo4qyaIxmbSR92w/builds/UddfDdJGnlK1soFKi/openapi.json