# Clicks Scraper: South Africa Pharmacy Prices & Promotions (`zaiq/clicks-scraper`) Actor

Clicks (clicks.co.za, South Africa) products for any search or category: price in rand, promotions such as 3 for 2, brand, stock, rating, image and link. Give links for a fixed basket. Every run shows what changed since your last one. No account needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/zaiq/clicks-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Zaiq](https://apify.com/zaiq) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 products

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

## Clicks Scraper: prices, specials and price tracking (clicks.co.za, South Africa)

[![Clicks Scraper: Prices, Promotions & Price Tracking](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/4VJNANhwKgqPpXtAi/records/hero-clicks-scraper.jpg)](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/4VJNANhwKgqPpXtAi/records/film-retail-price-tracking.mp4)

**[Watch the 22-second film: price tracking](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/4VJNANhwKgqPpXtAi/records/film-retail-price-tracking.mp4)**

Get **Clicks products without an account**: **price in rand, promotions such as 3 for 2, brand, stock, rating, image and link**, for any search or category, or a fixed basket of products.

**Try it in a minute:** the form is filled in. Press Start and you get 40 real products for about $0.16.

**Run it again and see what changed:** every product is compared with your last run, with nothing to set up and at no extra cost. Schedule it daily and filter on `priceStatus` for a price-drop feed.

Built for **South African pharmacy and beauty price monitoring**, **brand and MAP checks**, **promotion tracking** and **price comparison apps**.

### What you get

| Field | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Products | `productId`, `title`, `name`, `brand`, `price`, `onPromotion`, `promotions`, `campaigns`, `currency`, `inStock`, `rating`, `reviews`, `newProduct`, `onlyAtClicks`, `image`, `url`, `search`, `rank` |
| Price tracking, on every row | `previousPrice`, `priceChange`, `priceChangePercent`, `priceStatus` (`first-seen`, `unchanged`, `dropped`, `raised`, `no-price`), `firstSeenAt` |

### What people use it for

- **Price monitoring:** track a fixed basket or a whole category every day, in rand
- **Brand and MAP checks:** see how your products are priced and promoted
- **Promotion tracking:** every product on promotion, with the deal, such as 3 for 2
- **Competitor research:** compare with Clicks, Dis-Chem, Checkers and Takealot
- **Price comparison apps:** a clean feed with images and links
- **Assortment checks:** which brands and products a category holds

### How to use it

1. Enter **searches**, or give **Category links** or **Products**.
2. Turn on **Promotions only** if you want them.
3. Click **Start**. Schedule it daily and filter on `priceStatus`.

### Input

| Field | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Searches | `vitamin c` | Words to search for |
| Results per search or category | `40` | Up to 5,000 |
| Category links | empty | Whole categories |
| Products | empty | A fixed basket |
| Promotions only | off | Only products on promotion |
| Track price changes | on | Compares every product with your last run; free |
| Tracking list name | empty | Optional: separate lists keep separate histories |

### Output

Each result is one row in the run's dataset (download it as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read it through the API). An example row (values shortened):

```json
{
  "kind": "product",
  "productId": "12345",
  "title": "Sample Brand Vitamin C 30 ml",
  "name": "Vitamin C 30 ml",
  "brand": "Sample Brand",
  "price": 230.0,
  "previousPrice": 250.0,
  "priceChange": -20.0,
  "priceChangePercent": -8.0,
  "priceStatus": "dropped",
  "onPromotion": true,
  "promotions": [
    "3 for 2 on selected"
  ],
  "currency": "ZAR",
  "inStock": true,
  "url": "https://clicks.co.za/sample-vitamin-c/p/12345",
  "search": "vitamin c",
  "rank": 1
}
```

A record named `SUMMARY` in the run's key-value store says what each input returned, with any notes (for example an account that does not exist), what was charged and how much traffic the run used.

### Pricing

- **$0.004 per product**
- Price tracking costs nothing extra
- Refused pages are free

What typical jobs cost at the list price:

| Job | Cost |
|---|---|
| 1,000 products | $4 |
| Daily check of 200 products for a month | $24 |

On Apify's Scale and Business plans the per-event prices are lower (Store discounts). Set **Maximum cost per run** and the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached: you never pay more than that.

### Tips

- Schedule a daily run on a fixed basket and filter on `priceStatus` = `dropped` for a price-drop feed.
- Use a category link for everything in an aisle.
- The run's summary lists the biggest price moves.

### Use it through the API

**Python**

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("zaiq/clicks-scraper").call(run_input={"searches": ["vitamin c"], "maxResultsPerSearch": 40})
for row in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(row)
```

**JavaScript**

```js
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('zaiq/clicks-scraper').call({"searches": ["vitamin c"], "maxResultsPerSearch": 40});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
```

**HTTP (one call, results back)**

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/zaiq~clicks-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"searches": ["vitamin c"], "maxResultsPerSearch": 40}'
```

### Integrations and schedules

- **Schedules:** run it every hour, day or week from the Apify Console (Schedules) and keep a history of results.
- **Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, Airtable:** connect it through Apify's integrations, or send each finished run to a **webhook**.
- **Datasets:** results stay in the run's dataset; export them or read them by API whenever you need them.

### Use it with AI agents (MCP)

Add Apify's MCP server (`https://mcp.apify.com`) to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client. The agent can find this Actor and run it for you: ask it for "Clicks's vitamin c prices, and what is on special". AI agents can also pay for runs directly through Apify's agentic payments.

### Limits

- South Africa only. Prices are the website's; a store's can differ.
- If an address is refused the Actor tries another and never solves a check. Pages it could not read are listed in SUMMARY and not charged.

### FAQ

**How does price tracking work?**

Each run compares every product with your last run and adds the previous price, the change and a status. It keeps one small key-value store in your Apify account and costs nothing extra. Run one list at a time, and turn it off with `trackPrices: false`.

**Do I need a Clicks account?**

No. It reads what a signed-out shopper sees on clicks.co.za.

**What does it cost to run?**

Only the event above; there is no monthly fee.

### Related Actors from Zaiq

- [dischem-scraper](https://apify.com/zaiq/dischem-scraper): the same products at Dis-Chem

### Support

Questions, a site that changed, or a field you need? Open an issue on this Actor's **Issues** tab: we answer there, usually within a day.

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Also found as: clicks scraper, clicks south africa scraper, clicks prices, clicks api, south africa pharmacy prices, clicks product data, clicks promotions, south africa price monitoring.

# Actor input Schema

## `searches` (type: `array`):

What to search Clicks for, one per line.

## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Up to 5,000 each.

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

Clicks category links, one per line, such as https://clicks.co.za/health-and-pharmacy/c/OH10005. Reads the whole category.

## `products` (type: `array`):

A fixed basket: Clicks product links or IDs, one per line. The way to monitor the same products every day.

## `onSaleOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only products on promotion, such as 3 for 2.

## `trackPrices` (type: `boolean`):

Compare every product with your last run: previous price, change and whether it is new. Free. Keeps one small key-value store in your Apify account.

## `trackingName` (type: `string`):

Optional. Letters, numbers and hyphens. Give separate lists their own history, for example one per client.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searches": [
    "vitamin c"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 40,
  "onSaleOnly": false,
  "trackPrices": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset: the results.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

What each input returned, and notes.

# 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 = {
    "searches": [
        "vitamin c"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("zaiq/clicks-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 = { "searches": ["vitamin c"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("zaiq/clicks-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 '{
  "searches": [
    "vitamin c"
  ]
}' |
apify call zaiq/clicks-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,zaiq/clicks-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/blUkxRfa3qFPgHRRv/builds/OSGMIX2ijggIod6EE/openapi.json