Clinique Product Scraper

The Clinique Product Scraper is a powerful tool designed to extract comprehensive product information from the Clinique AU storefront. It is ideal for price monitoring, market research, competitor analysis, and tracking product availability.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Clinique. It is a third-party tool for accessing publicly available product information. Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with Clinique's terms of service and applicable laws.

Supported Operations

Operation	Description	Required Fields
probe	Check if Clinique AU storefront is accessible	None
categories	List all product categories from sitemap	None
category	Browse products by category URL/id/slug	url
search	Search products by keyword	query
item	Get detailed product information	slug

Input Guide

Common Fields

• operation (required): Select the operation to perform
• proxyMode: How to use proxies (auto, direct, apify, custom)
• includeRaw: Include raw API response in output
• disableFreeTrialGuard: Disable daily run limit (owner only)

Operation-Specific Fields

Probe

• No additional fields required

Categories

• refresh: Force refresh sitemap cache (default: false)

Category

• url (required): Category URL, id, or slug (e.g., https://www.clinique.com.au/products/200/ or 200)
• page: Page number (default: 1)
• limit: Results per page, max 50 (default: 20)
• details: Fetch additional details (slower, default: false)

Search

• query (required): Search term (e.g., "moisturizer")
• page: Page number (default: 1)
• limit: Results per page, max 50 (default: 20)
• details: Fetch additional details (slower, default: false)

Item

• slug (required): Product slug or URL (e.g., product ID or full URL)

Example Inputs

Search for products

{
  "operation": "search",
  "query": "moisturizer",
  "limit": 10
}

Browse a category

{
  "operation": "category",
  "url": "https://www.clinique.com.au/products/200/",
  "limit": 20
}

Get item details

{
  "operation": "item",
  "slug": "12345"
}

List categories

{
  "operation": "categories"
}

Check API availability

{
  "operation": "probe"
}

Output Fields

Product Item Fields

• id: Unique product identifier
• slug: URL slug
• name: Full product name
• brand: Brand name (Clinique)
• barcode: UPC/EAN barcode
• source_url: Product page URL
• category: Main category
• breadcrumbs: Category path hierarchy
• price: Current price
• discount_price: Sale/discount price
• price_info: Price breakdown array with per-unit pricing
• currency: Currency code (AUD)
• size: Product size
• unit_quantity: Unit quantity
• unit: Unit of measurement
• image: Primary image URL
• images: All image URLs
• in_stock: Boolean stock availability
• stock_status: Stock status string
• rating: Average rating
• review_count: Number of reviews
• description: Full product description (when details=true)
• short_description: Brief description
• ingredients: Full ingredient list (when details=true)
• usage_instructions: How to use the product (when details=true)
• variants: Available variants/sizes/shades (when details=true)
• attributes: Additional attributes (key ingredients, benefits, etc.)

Category Fields

• id: Category ID
• slug: Category slug
• name: Human-readable name
• source_url: Category page URL
• parent_id: Parent category ID

Proxy Behavior

Clinique AU is a retail site that is generally accessible without proxies. The actor uses a smart fallback strategy:

• Default mode: Direct connection with proxy fallback on block
• Proxy modes: auto, direct, apify, custom
• Fallback methods: httpx, tls_client, cloudscraper, curl_cffi
• Recommendation: Start with auto mode, use proxies only if blocked

Technical Details

• Base URL: https://www.clinique.com.au
• Discovery: Sitemap.xml parsing (cached for 4 hours)
• Product API: GraphQL endpoint with specific headers
• Methods: httpx, tls_client, cloudscraper, curl_cffi (with fallback)
• Pagination: Supports page-based pagination (max 50 items per page)

Limitations

• Rate limiting: Excessive requests may trigger rate limits
• Sitemap changes: Sitemap structure may change, affecting category listing
• GraphQL API: API structure may change without notice
• Maximum limit: 50 items per page for search/category operations
• Geo-restriction: Site is optimized for AU region

Free Trial Limit

Free/trial users are limited to 10 runs per day. This limit can be disabled by the actor owner using the disableFreeTrialGuard input field.

Monetization

This actor is configured for pay-per-event monetization:

• Model: Pay-per-event
• Result event name: result-item
• Recommended actor start: ~$0.005
• Recommended result item: ~$0.0003-0.0005
• Charge limit: Stops automatically when budget limit reached

Categories

ECOMMERCE, AUTOMATION, DEVELOPER_TOOLS