Tesco Product Details Scraper

An Apify actor for scraping detailed product data from Tesco.com, the UK's largest online grocery platform. It automates the extraction of pricing, promotions, nutrition, and availability information for market analysis and competitive research.

Overview

This scraper is built to handle Tesco's dynamic website structure. It extracts structured product data from given product page URLs, managing retries and using proxies to ensure reliable operation. Output is delivered in a consistent JSON format, suitable for integration into data pipelines.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Data Extraction: Captures product name, price, promotional offers, nutrition facts, manufacturer details, and stock status.
• Built-in Reliability: Handles dynamic content loading and includes configurable retry logic for failed requests.
• Proxy Support: Uses Apify Proxy (including residential proxies) to avoid bot detection and manage request rates.
• Structured JSON Output: Returns clean, parsed data, not raw HTML.

How to Use

Configure the actor using a JSON input. The core requirement is a list of Tesco product URLs. You can optionally set up proxies and retry behavior.

Input/Output

Input Configuration

Provide input as a JSON object with the following parameters:

{
  "max_retries_per_url": 2,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "SG"
  },
  "urls": [
    "https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/325466939",
    "https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/325650731"
  ]
}

• urls (Required): Array of Tesco product page URLs to scrape.
• max_retries_per_url: Number of retry attempts for failed requests (default: 2).
• proxy: Configuration for Apify Proxy. Use RESIDENTIAL proxy groups and set the country to match your target region (e.g., "GB" for UK).

Output Format

The actor outputs a dataset where each item corresponds to a scraped product. The data structure includes:

{
  "url": "https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/325466939",
  "productName": "Tesco British Semi Skimmed Milk 4 Pints",
  "price": 1.65,
  "unitPrice": "41.3p per pint",
  "promotion": "Clubcard Price",
  "availability": "In stock",
  "nutrition": { ... },
  "manufacturer": "Tesco",
  "category": "Milk & Dairy"
}

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