Tesco Grocery Scraper
by jupri
Extract product data, prices, and availability from Tesco.com. This Apify scraper delivers clean, structured JSON for price monitoring, research, or building product feeds.
Opens on Apify.com
About Tesco Grocery Scraper
Need to pull product data from Tesco's grocery site? This scraper is what I use. It's a straightforward Apify actor that lets you extract product listings, prices, availability, and descriptions from Tesco.com. You just give it a search term or category URL, and it handles the rest, dealing with the site's pagination and structure automatically. I've found it super useful for a few key things. If you're doing price monitoring or competitor analysis, it gets you clean, structured data without manual copying. For building product feeds or inventory databases, it saves hours of work. The output is in a tidy JSON format, ready to plug into a spreadsheet or your own application. It runs reliably on Apify's infrastructure, so you don't have to worry about getting blocked or managing your own servers. Setting it up is simple. Configure your search queries, decide how many pages to scrape, and hit run. It’s a practical tool for developers, analysts, or anyone who needs reliable grocery data from one of the UK's largest retailers.
What does this actor do?
Tesco Grocery Scraper is a web scraping and automation tool available on the Apify platform. It's designed to help you extract data and automate tasks efficiently in the cloud.
Key Features
- Cloud-based execution - no local setup required
- Scalable infrastructure for large-scale operations
- API access for integration with your applications
- Built-in proxy rotation and anti-blocking measures
- Scheduled runs and webhooks for automation
How to Use
- Click "Try This Actor" to open it on Apify
- Create a free Apify account if you don't have one
- Configure the input parameters as needed
- Run the actor and download your results
Documentation
Tesco Grocery Scraper
An Apify actor for scraping product data, search results, and reviews from Tesco.com. It handles search queries, category browsing, product details, and reviews through configurable inputs.
Key Features
- Search & Scrape Products: Search by keywords and filter results by category, dietary preferences, and other attributes.
- Product Information: Retrieve detailed product data using a Tesco Product ID or a direct product URL.
- Product Reviews: Scrape customer reviews for a specific product.
- Category Scraping: Extract all products from a specific category page or search within a defined category.
Usage Limits:
* Tasks are limited to 3 per user.
* The free trial is limited to 5 queries and 100 results per task.
How to Use
Configure the actor using an input object. The core parameter is query, which accepts an array of search terms, product IDs, or full URLs.
Input Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
query |
array | List of keywords, product URLs, category URLs, or product IDs (e.g., ["cake"], ["https://www.tesco.com/..."], ["303837409"]). |
limit |
number | (Optional) Limits the number of results returned per query. |
filters |
object | (Optional) Apply search filters like category. |
Usage Examples
1. Basic Product Search
{
"query": ["cake", "bread"],
"limit": 10
}
2. Search Using a Tesco Search URL
{
"query": ["https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/search?query=bread"]
}
3. Scrape a Category
Using a category URL:
{
"query": ["https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/fresh-food/fresh-fruit/bananas/all"]
}
Search within a specific category:
{
"query": ["banana"],
"filters": { "category": "Fresh Food > Fresh Fruit" }
}
4. Get Product Details
By Product ID:
{
"query": ["303837409"]
}
By Product URL:
{
"query": ["https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/303837409"]
}
5. Scrape Product Reviews
Append /reviews to a product ID in the query.
{
"query": ["303837409/reviews"],
"limit": 20
}
Input / Output
The actor accepts the JSON input configurations shown above. It outputs structured data (typically as JSON or CSV) containing the scraped product information, which includes fields such as:
* baseProductId
* brandName
* productTitle
* price
* category hierarchy (e.g., categoryLvl0, categoryLvl1)
* imageUrl
* And other relevant product attributes or review data.
Run logs and dataset previews are available in the Apify console during and after execution.
Categories
Common Use Cases
Market Research
Gather competitive intelligence and market data
Lead Generation
Extract contact information for sales outreach
Price Monitoring
Track competitor pricing and product changes
Content Aggregation
Collect and organize content from multiple sources
Ready to Get Started?
Try Tesco Grocery Scraper now on Apify. Free tier available with no credit card required.
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- Developer
- jupri
- Pricing
- Paid
- Total Runs
- 17,908
- Active Users
- 232
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