DeepDiscount Scraper

Scrapes product listings from DeepDiscount.com based on search URLs or category pages. Outputs structured data for price monitoring, competitor analysis, and market research.

Key Features

• Flexible Input: Scrape any DeepDiscount search results or category page by providing the URL.
• Structured Data Extraction: Captures product details like name, price, brand, UPC, image URL, and release date.
• Multiple Export Formats: Download results as JSON, CSV, XML, Excel, or HTML.
• Proxy Support: Built-in proxy configuration to handle scraping at scale.
• Cost-Effective: Average estimated cost is around $0.63 per 1000 items scraped.

How to Use

Provide a search URL from DeepDiscount.com as the input. The actor will crawl the page and extract all visible product listings.

Common use cases for the scraped data include:
* Automated price monitoring and tracking competitor pricing.
* Market analysis for emerging trends and product research.
* Feeding product catalogs into machine learning models or internal databases.

For more inspiration on e-commerce data use cases, see Apify's industries pages, specifically retail and e-commerce.

Cost Note: Running one longer scrape (over one minute) is more efficient than several short runs due to startup overhead. Check your compute unit (CU) balance in Settings -> Usage and Billing in your Apify Console. The platform's pricing page has full details.

Input

The actor requires two main parameters:

• startUrls (required): A list of one or more DeepDiscount search/category page URLs to scrape.
• proxyConfiguration (required): Must be enabled. The default { "useApifyProxy": true } is used when running on the Apify platform.

You can also set an optional maxItems limit.

Input Example

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.deepdiscount.com/search?q=Magnificent&mod=AP" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Output

Results are stored in a dataset and can be downloaded in your preferred format. Each item is a structured object containing the scraped product fields.

Output Example

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.deepdiscount.com/magnificent-seven-the-waterboys/5060516097029",
    "productID": "5060516097029",
    "name": "MAGNIFICENT SEVEN The Waterboys",
    "format": "CD",
    "releaseDate": "1/21/2022",
    "price": "95.38",
    "priceCurrency": "USD",
    "priceWithCurrency": "$95.38",
    "listPriceWithCurrency": "$105.98",
    "savePriceWithCurrent": "$10.60",
    "savePricePercentage": "10%",
    "image": "https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/300/31/3971231-2706622.jpg",
    "brand": "Chrysalis",
    "upc": "5060516097029"
  }
]

For a detailed, step-by-step tutorial on using the scraper, see the guide on the Apify blog.