Charcoal Clothing Scraper

An Apify actor that provides an API to scrape product data and pricing from the Shopify-based online store charcoalclothing.com.au. It outputs structured e-commerce data for use in applications, analysis, or price monitoring.

Key Features

• Free API Access: The scraper itself is open-source and free to use.
• Shopify Integration: Built specifically for the Shopify platform, making it part of a universal Shopify scraping toolkit.
• Structured Data Export: Extracts product details and pricing into a structured format (like JSON) for easy integration.
• Flexible Scheduling: Can be run as often as needed for tasks like competitive tracking and market research.
• Cost-Based on Usage: Runs on the Apify platform, consuming platform credits based on job settings, duration, and frequency.

How to Use

This actor runs on the Apify platform. You'll need an Apify account to execute it.

1. Run the Actor: Start a run via the Apify Console or API.
2. Configure Input: Adjust the input settings as needed (see Input section below). For a first run, default settings are often sufficient.
3. Monitor & Download: Once the run completes, download the dataset from the actor's run details page.

For a general introduction to using Apify actors, refer to the quick start guide. If you have specific questions, contact support@apify.com.

Estimating Cost: Platform credit consumption depends on your input configuration and run duration. The best way to estimate cost is to perform a test run and review the usage in your Billing section. Details on platform pricing are available at apify.com/pricing/actors.

Input/Output

Input (Configuration):
The actor accepts standard configuration options for Apify's Shopify scrapers. Key settings typically include:
* startUrls: The store URL(s) to scrape (defaults to the Charcoal Clothing homepage).
* maxItems: Limit for the total number of products to scrape.
* extendOutputFunction: Custom JavaScript function to extract additional data fields.

Output:
The actor outputs a dataset containing an array of product items. Each item is a structured object with fields such as:
* itemId / productCode
* itemName
* price
* currency
* url
* image
* category
* description
* variants (size, color, etc.)

The dataset can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS directly from the Apify platform.