Woolworths AU Scraper (Products, Prices, Specials)

What is Woolworths AU Scraper?

Woolworths AU Scraper collects product search results from woolworths.com.au, Australia's largest supermarket chain. Give it a keyword such as milk or oat milk and it returns one row per product: name, brand, pack size, shelf price, was-price on specials, unit price per litre or kilogram, stock flag, image, product link and stockcode. It reads the JSON API that the Woolworths search page loads, so no browser runs and no login is needed.

What data does Woolworths AU Scraper extract?

Field	Type	Description
stockcode	string	Woolworths product code (stable key).
name	string	Product display name including pack size.
brand	string	Brand as listed (missing for some products).
packageSize	string	Pack size, e.g. 3L.
price	number	Current shelf price in AUD.
wasPrice	number	Previous price, only when it is above price; otherwise null.
onSpecial	boolean	Whether Woolworths flags the product as on special.
unitPrice	number	Price per unit of measure (unitOfMeasure), e.g. per 1 L.
unitPriceText	string	Unit price as shown on the site, e.g. $1.65 / 1L.
unitOfMeasure	string	Unit of the unit price, e.g. 1L.
inStock	boolean	Stock flag from the search API.
rating	number	Average rating. Null when the product has no reviews.
reviewCount	number	Number of reviews.
imageUrl	string	Product image (medium size).
url	string	Product page link built from the stockcode and URL slug.
department	string	SAP department name from the product attributes.
isSponsoredAd	boolean	Whether the tile is a sponsored ad.
searchTerm	string	Keyword that produced the row.
page, position	number	Search page and rank within the keyword's results.
totalResults	number	Total hits Woolworths reported for the keyword.
scrapedAt	string	ISO time of the scrape.

How to use Woolworths AU Scraper

1. Open the Actor and enter one or more keywords separated by ;, for example milk; bread; eggs.
2. Set Max products per search (default 100). Each keyword is scraped separately, up to this limit.
3. Leave Proxy mode on auto. The Actor tries a direct connection first and switches to Apify's Australian residential proxy only when Woolworths blocks the request.
4. Click Start, then download the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it through the API.

Example input

{
    "keywords": "milk; bread",
    "maxProducts": 30
}

Example output

Real rows from a run on 2026-10-23 (keyword milk, first two results):

[
  {
    "stockcode": "888140",
    "name": "Woolworths Full Cream Milk 3L",
    "brand": "Woolworths",
    "packageSize": "3L",
    "price": 4.95,
    "wasPrice": null,
    "onSpecial": false,
    "unitPrice": 1.65,
    "unitPriceText": "$1.65 / 1L",
    "unitOfMeasure": "1L",
    "inStock": true,
    "rating": null,
    "reviewCount": 0,
    "imageUrl": "https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/medium/888140.jpg",
    "url": "https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/888140/woolworths-full-cream-milk",
    "department": "FRESH CONVENIENCE",
    "isSponsoredAd": false,
    "searchTerm": "milk",
    "page": 1,
    "position": 1,
    "totalResults": 2703
  }
]

Input parameters

Parameter	Default	Meaning
keywords	milk	Search terms separated by ;.
maxProducts	100	Products per keyword, 1 to 5000.
proxyMode	auto	auto (direct, residential only after a block), never (direct only), always (residential from the start).

Pricing

Pay per result: $0.50 per 1,000 products on the free tier, falling to $0.30 per 1,000 on the highest tiers. The Actor start is charged separately ($0.05 per 1,000 starts). Measured on a 1,000-product run (4 keywords, 2026-10-23): $0.046 in total at 4 GB memory, of which $0.014 was residential proxy traffic (1.89 MB, used after three direct blocks at the start of the run). Expect a lower cost at the default 512 MB; that setting was not measured separately. Apify's public listing of the closest competitor (dromb/woolworths-au-product-search-catalog-unofficial, 276 monthly users on 2026-10-23) charges $0.60 per 1,000 results on its free tier.

Woolworths AU Scraper vs. the alternative

The closest public Woolworths scraper charges $0.60 per 1,000 results on its free tier; this Actor charges $0.50. Both read product search results. This Actor also returns the unit price, was-price and stockcode directly in every row.

Using Woolworths AU Scraper with AI agents / MCP

The Actor is pay per result and accepts a plain keyword input, so an AI agent can call it through the Apify MCP server with {"keywords": "milk", "maxProducts": 50}. The output is a flat list of rows, one per product, with the fields above. Keep maxProducts small in agent calls to limit cost.

FAQ

Does it need a Woolworths account? No. It reads the public search API.

Which region is it for? Woolworths Australia. Prices are AUD and reflect the default store/fulfilment setting of the search API (not a specific store).

Why is rating null for most products? Most search results have no reviews. In the 1,000-product test run on 2026-10-23 no product had a review count above zero, so the rating path was not exercised against live reviews. Treat rating as unverified until a run returns reviewed products.

Why do some rows have no brand or packageSize? Woolworths does not return those attributes for every product. The field is left empty instead of guessed.

Is the url field verified? It is built from the stockcode and the URL slug in the search result using the site's product page pattern. It was not checked by opening every page; the Actor does not follow links.

What happens when Woolworths blocks the Actor? Akamai answers some requests with an "Access Denied" page. The Actor retries after short waits, then switches to residential proxy for the rest of the run. Searches that still fail are listed in the ERRORS record and are not charged.

Can I scrape a specific category or store? Not yet. The Actor searches by keyword only.

What if the same product matches two keywords? It is returned once, under the first keyword that found it, and counted once in the charge.

Limitations

• Keyword search only; no category browsing, store-level prices or stock per store.
• Store-independent prices and stock as returned by the search API. Local stock can differ.
• Reviews and ratings are not verified on live data (see FAQ).
• Results are capped by maxProducts. The highest total seen was 2,954 hits for one keyword (eggs, 2026-10-23).

Support

Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab. Include the keyword, the input JSON and the run ID.