# Walmart Listings Scraper (`w3crawler/walmart-listings-scraper`) Actor

Extract public Walmart category and search product listings, including names, prices, sponsorship flags, brands, images, ratings, seller, availability, badges and URLs when visibly available.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/w3crawler/walmart-listings-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [w3crawler](https://apify.com/w3crawler) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 product listings

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## Walmart Listings Scraper

Extract public product listings from Walmart category and search pages for catalog analysis, price tracking, and market research. The Actor accepts `searchUrls` plus the compatible `urls`, `startUrls`, and `url` aliases, and caps output with `maxItems`.

### Input

```json
{
  "searchUrls": ["https://www.walmart.com/search?q=seed+starting+mix"],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "timeoutMs": 30000
}
```

Only official HTTPS Walmart.com and Walmart.ca hosts are accepted. Direct HTTP is attempted first. A browser-rendered retry is used only for successful/2xx public responses that contain no parseable listings; HTTP boundaries do not trigger a needless second request. Standard Apify Proxy is used only when enabled in `proxyConfiguration`.

### Output

#### Listing records

Successful listing rows include source/listing URLs, rank, capture time, item ID, name, description, category, current/original/unit price, currency, brand, images, rating, review count, seller, availability, badge, and sponsored state when literally published. Request transport and challenge details remain operational metadata.

#### Diagnostics

If access is blocked, the response is oversized or redirected off-platform, or no public listing can be parsed, the Actor emits an exact diagnostic row with only `url`, `error`, `errorCode`, and `scrapedAt`. Walmart’s HTTP 456 and 200-status CAPTCHA/verification responses are treated as access boundaries; HTTP status, transport evidence, and fallback counts remain in `OUTPUT` and logs. The Actor does not log in, solve CAPTCHAs, or perform anti-bot evasion.

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

### Extraction behavior

The parser reads JSON-LD, embedded page state, and product cards already present in returned HTML. Values are normalized, placeholder values are omitted, credentials are rejected, and duplicates are suppressed by item identity/product URL. Respect Walmart’s terms, robots guidance, rate limits, and applicable law.

### Local verification

```bash
npm test
npm run lint
npm run schema
apify run --purge --input-file qa-input-279.json
npm run validate
```

Set `APIFY_LOCAL_STORAGE_DIR` to a batch-specific relative path for isolated QA. No Apify login, cloud push, or production promotion is performed by local tests.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchUrls` (type: `array`):

Walmart category (/browse/...) or search (/search?q=...) URLs.

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Compatibility alias for searchUrls.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Compatibility alias for searchUrls.

## `url` (type: `string`):

Compatibility alias for one Walmart category or search URL.

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

Maximum products emitted across all URLs.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for maxItems.

## `timeoutMs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum time for each direct or public-reader request.

## `userAgent` (type: `string`):

Optional transparent HTTP user-agent string.

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

Optional Apify Proxy configuration. Direct access is attempted by default; enable the standard proxy when public Walmart pages reject the direct request.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 100,
  "timeoutMs": 30000,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `runSummary` (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("w3crawler/walmart-listings-scraper").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("w3crawler/walmart-listings-scraper").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 w3crawler/walmart-listings-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,w3crawler/walmart-listings-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/yxgotr8IErnMWQ864/builds/nE713kOxCjelvUjHi/openapi.json