# Check if Amazon coffee maker discounts are real deals

**Use case:** 

Searches Amazon.com for coffee makers that show 15 % off or more and checks each one against its own price history from the Internet Archive: historic low with its date, average, and a verdict (real deal, good price, usual price or above usual). See which advertised discounts are just the usual price.

## Input

```json
{
  "searches": [
    "coffee maker"
  ],
  "pagesPerSearch": 1,
  "maxProducts": 14,
  "minClaimedDiscountPct": 15,
  "period": "month",
  "maxPointsPerProduct": 12,
  "onlyDeals": false,
  "stateStoreName": "amazon-real-deals-memory",
  "resetState": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "verdict": {
    "label": "Verdict",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Product",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "price": {
    "label": "Today",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "claimedDiscountPct": {
    "label": "Amazon says %",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "realDiscountPct": {
    "label": "Vs its average %",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "historicLow": {
    "label": "Historic low",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "historicLowDate": {
    "label": "Low on",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "historicAverage": {
    "label": "Average",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "historicHigh": {
    "label": "Historic high",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "historyMonths": {
    "label": "Archived prices",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "previousRunPrice": {
    "label": "Last run",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "changeSinceLastRunPct": {
    "label": "Change %",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "boughtPastMonth": {
    "label": "Bought/month",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "bestSellersRank": {
    "label": "Rank",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "rating": {
    "label": "Rating",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "verdictReason": {
    "label": "Why",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Amazon",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Amazon Real Deal Finder: Today's Price vs Its Price History Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Check if Amazon coffee maker discounts are real deals". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/P6keWEjkZLTDmKtrx) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Check if Amazon coffee maker discounts are real deals" task

The Amazon Real Deal Finder: Today's Price vs Its Price History Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like searches, pages per search, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Check if Amazon coffee maker discounts are real deals" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as verdict, product, today, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Check if Amazon coffee maker discounts are real deals" task via API](https://apify.com/wellbuilt_zythem/amazon-real-deals.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Amazon Real Deal Finder: Today's Price vs Its Price History](https://apify.com/wellbuilt_zythem/amazon-real-deals.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/wellbuilt_zythem/amazon-real-deals.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/wellbuilt_zythem/amazon-real-deals.md

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`).