Dutch Supermarket Price Scraper

Overview

This Apify actor scrapes product data from major Dutch supermarket websites—Albert Heijn, Jumbo, and Dirk—based on your search terms. It extracts pricing, unit details, and product information for tasks like price comparison or market analysis. The scraper includes a configurable delay between requests to ensure responsible use.

Key Features

• Multi-Store Support: Scrapes from Albert Heijn (ah), Jumbo (jumbo), and Dirk (dirk).
• Keyword-Based Search: Finds products using an array of custom search terms (e.g., ["Melk", "Brood"]).
• Detailed Product Data: Captures name, price, unit price, unit size, discount info, and product URL.
• Configurable Limits: Set a maximum number of products to scrape (maxResults) and a throttle delay between requests (throttleDelay).
• Structured Output: Returns a clean JSON dataset with a timestamp for each record.

How to Use

Configure the actor using the input parameters on the Apify platform. The scraper will run through each keyterm for the selected supermarkets, stopping when it hits the maxResults limit or finds no more products.

Input

Run the actor with the following JSON input:

{
  "keyterms": ["Melk", "Brood", "Spaghetti"],
  "maxResults": 10000,
  "supermarkets": ["ah", "jumbo", "dirk"],
  "throttleDelay": 700
}

• keyterms (Array, Required): List of product keywords to search for.
• maxResults (Integer, Required): Total product limit per run. Minimum is 1.
• supermarkets (Array, Optional): Stores to scrape. Options are ah, jumbo, dirk. Defaults to all three.
• throttleDelay (Integer, Required): Delay in milliseconds between page requests. Minimum is 100. Default is 700.

Output

The actor outputs a dataset where each item is a product object in JSON format.

Output Fields:
* id: Unique product identifier.
* query: The search keyterm used.
* supermarket: Source supermarket (Jumbo, AH, Dirk).
* name: Product name.
* price_eur: Price in euros (string).
* unit_price_eur: Price per unit in euros (string).
* unit: Unit of measurement (e.g., kg, l).
* unit_size: Product size (e.g., "1 l").
* discount: Discount text, if available.
* url: Direct link to the product page.
* scrape_timestamp: UTC timestamp of when the data was scraped.

Example Output Item:

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "query": "Melk",
  "supermarket": "Jumbo",
  "name": "Jumbo Volle Melk",
  "price_eur": "1.09",
  "unit_price_eur": "1.09",
  "unit": "l",
  "unit_size": "1 l",
  "discount": "",
  "url": "https://www.jumbo.com/producten/jumbo-volle-melk-1l",
  "scrape_timestamp": "2025-09-25 15:12:00+0200"
}