# Shopify Store Monitor - Price Drops, Restocks & Sale Alerts (`george.the.developer/shopify-discount-scanner`) Actor Monitor Shopify stores for price drops, restocks, and new sales. Get real-time alerts on discounts and inventory changes across any store. - **URL**: https://apify.com/george.the.developer/shopify-discount-scanner.md - **Developed by:** [George Kioko](https://apify.com/george.the.developer) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.50 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Shopify Discount Scanner **Scan any Shopify store to find all discounted products instantly. First run shows current sales with savings calculated. Subsequent runs track price drops, restocks, and new items. Supports Slack and Discord alerts.** --- ### 🎯 What This Tool Does Most Shopify scrapers dump raw product data. You get thousands of rows and figure it out yourself. This tool does the analysis for you: ```` \[1] First run → Shows ALL products currently on sale (with savings) \[2] Later runs → Shows ONLY what changed since last time ``` --- ### ⚙️ How It Works ``` INPUT: Store URL (e.g. fashionnova.com) ↓ SCAN: Fetch /products.json from store ↓ ANALYZE: Find items where compare\_at\_price > price ↓ OUTPUT: List of deals with discount % and savings ↓ STORE: Save snapshot for next comparison ``` --- ### 🔄 First Run vs Later Runs ``` FIRST RUN ───────── Input: fashionnova.com Output: 100 items on sale | $1,049 total savings available SECOND RUN (next day) ───────────────────── Output: 3 price drops | 2 restocks | 1 new product ```` --- ### 📦 Output Example Each item in the dataset: ```json { "event_type": "on_sale", "store": "fashionnova.com", "product_title": "Cable Knit Cardigan", "before_price": 35.99, "after_price": 14.00, "delta_pct": -61.0, "savings": 21.99, "product_url": "https://fashionnova.com/products/cable-knit-cardigan", "available": true } ```` *** ### 💡 Use Cases #### 🛒 Find Deals Across Multiple Stores ```json { "stores": ["fashionnova.com", "prettylittlething.com", "boohoo.com"] } ``` #### 📊 Monitor Competitor Pricing ```json { "stores": ["competitor1.com", "competitor2.com"], "eventPriceChange": true, "eventSaleStarted": true, "alertsEnabled": true, "slackWebhookUrl": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/..." } ``` #### 🔔 Restock Alerts ```json { "stores": ["kith.com", "supremenewyork.com"], "eventRestock": true, "alertsEnabled": true, "discordWebhookUrl": "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/..." } ``` *** ### 📋 Event Types | Event | Description | |-------|-------------| | `on_sale` | Product currently discounted (first run) | | `price_change` | Price increased or decreased | | `restock` | Item back in stock | | `sold_out` | Item no longer available | | `new_product` | Product added to store | | `removed_product` | Product removed from store | | `sale_started` | Discount applied | | `sale_ended` | Discount removed | *** ### 🔔 Alerts #### 💬 Slack Format ``` fashionnova.com - 15 changes detected 📉 Price Drop: 8 | 📦 Restock: 5 | 🆕 New: 2 Top changes: • Cardigan: $14 (was $36) - 61% off • Summer Dress: $18 (was $45) - 60% off • High Waist Jeans: $22 (was $50) - 56% off ``` #### 💬 Discord Format Sends embed with store name, change counts, and top deals. *** ### ⚙️ Input Options | Parameter | Default | Description | |-----------|---------|-------------| | `stores` | Required | Shopify store domains to scan | | `eventPriceChange` | true | Track price changes | | `eventRestock` | true | Track restocks | | `eventSaleStarted` | true | Track new sales | | `eventNewProduct` | true | Track new products | | `minPriceChangePct` | 5 | Min % change to report | | `alertsEnabled` | false | Send webhook alerts | | `slackWebhookUrl` | — | Slack webhook URL | | `discordWebhookUrl` | — | Discord webhook URL | | `maxProductsPerStore` | 250 | Products to scan per store | *** ### 💰 Pricing ``` Typical run: $0.50 - $2 (depends on store size) One good deal found = pays for 100+ runs ``` *** ### ⚠️ Limitations - Only works with Shopify stores with public /products.json - Some stores block or rate-limit this endpoint - Max 250 products per store by default (configurable) *** ### 🚀 Quick Start 1. Enter store domain(s) 2. Run actor 3. First run → see all current discounts 4. Schedule daily/hourly runs → track changes 5. Add webhook URL → get instant notifications *** ### ❓ FAQ **How do I know if a store is Shopify?** Visit `storename.com/products.json` — if it returns JSON, it works. **What happens on first run?** You get all products currently on sale with discount % and savings. **What about later runs?** Only changes: price drops, restocks, new products, etc. **Can I monitor multiple stores?** Yes. Add multiple domains to the stores array. *** ### 🔧 Technical Details - Uses Shopify /products.json API - Stores snapshots in Apify Key-Value Store - Normalizes data for consistent diffing - Supports residential proxies for blocked stores # Actor input Schema ## `stores` (type: `array`): Store domains to monitor (e.g., kith.com, fearofgod.com) ## `watchIncludeKeywords` (type: `array`): Only track products containing these keywords (leave empty for all) ## `watchExcludeKeywords` (type: `array`): Ignore products containing these keywords ## `eventNewProduct` (type: `boolean`): Alert when new products are added ## `eventRemovedProduct` (type: `boolean`): Alert when products are removed ## `eventRestock` (type: `boolean`): Alert when out-of-stock items become available ## `eventSoldOut` (type: `boolean`): Alert when items go out of stock ## `eventPriceChange` (type: `boolean`): Alert when prices change ## `eventSaleStarted` (type: `boolean`): Alert when items go on sale (compare-at price set) ## `eventSaleEnded` (type: `boolean`): Alert when items are no longer on sale ## `minPriceChangeAbs` (type: `number`): Only alert if price changes by at least this amount ## `minPriceChangePct` (type: `number`): Only alert if price changes by at least this percentage ## `onlyInStock` (type: `boolean`): Only track products that are currently in stock ## `alertsEnabled` (type: `boolean`): Send alerts via webhooks (Slack/Discord/custom) ## `alertsDigest` (type: `boolean`): Send one summary message per store instead of individual alerts ## `slackWebhookUrl` (type: `string`): Slack Incoming Webhook URL for alerts ## `discordWebhookUrl` (type: `string`): Discord Webhook URL for alerts ## `customWebhookUrls` (type: `array`): Additional webhook URLs to POST events to ## `maxStores` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of stores to process per run ## `maxProductsPerStore` (type: `integer`): Maximum products to fetch from each store ## `maxPagesPerStore` (type: `integer`): Maximum pages to fetch from each store ## `proxyConfig` (type: `object`): Proxy settings for requests ## Actor input object example ```json { "stores": [ "kith.com", "fearofgod.com" ], "watchIncludeKeywords": [], "watchExcludeKeywords": [ "gift card", "e-gift" ], "eventNewProduct": true, "eventRemovedProduct": true, "eventRestock": true, "eventSoldOut": false, "eventPriceChange": true, "eventSaleStarted": true, "eventSaleEnded": false, "minPriceChangeAbs": 5, "minPriceChangePct": 5, "onlyInStock": false, "alertsEnabled": false, "alertsDigest": true, "customWebhookUrls": [], "maxStores": 20, "maxProductsPerStore": 5000, "maxPagesPerStore": 20, "proxyConfig": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "stores": [ "kith.com", "fearofgod.com" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("george.the.developer/shopify-discount-scanner").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "stores": [ "kith.com", "fearofgod.com", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("george.the.developer/shopify-discount-scanner").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "stores": [ "kith.com", "fearofgod.com" ] }' | apify call george.the.developer/shopify-discount-scanner --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=george.the.developer/shopify-discount-scanner", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Shopify Store Monitor - Price Drops, Restocks & Sale Alerts", "description": "Monitor Shopify stores for price drops, restocks, and new sales. 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