# Sainsburys Grocery Scraper (`parseforge/sainsburys-grocery-scraper`) Actor

Search Sainsburys groceries by keyword or price range for listings across the UK online store. Each product returns the title, brand, price, unit price, sku, and image. Handy for grocery price comparison, tracking promotions, or monitoring how prices shift over time.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/sainsburys-grocery-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 4 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $7.69 / 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?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

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## 🛒 Sainsburys Grocery Product Scraper

> 🚀 **Export Sainsburys Grocery product listings in seconds. title, price, image, SKU, brand, unit price, direct to spreadsheet or warehouse.**

The Sainsburys Grocery Product Scraper turns any Sainsburys Grocery category page or search results page into a clean, structured dataset. Provide a category URL or a keyword query, and the scraper paginates through product cards, parses inline structured data, and emits one row per product.

| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| 🛒 Price intelligence teams | Track Sainsburys Grocery pricing across categories |
| 📊 Retail analysts | Benchmark UK retail market |
| 🏷️ Brand managers | Monitor SKU availability and pricing |
| 🤖 ML engineers | Build product catalog training sets |
| 📰 Consumer journalists | Verify retail pricing for stories |
| 👩‍💻 Developers | Mirror Sainsburys Grocery data into custom apps |

### 📋 What the Sainsburys Grocery Scraper does

- Accepts a Sainsburys Grocery category URL or free-text search query.
- Paginates through results, parsing inline structured data.
- Extracts core product fields, title, price, image, SKU, brand, unit price.
- Casts numeric fields so values land cleanly in BI tools.
- Pushes one row per product, with a scrape timestamp.

> 💡 **Why it matters:** Retail pricing shifts fast. A structured feed lets you spot stockouts, promo windows, and competitive moves at scale.

### 📊 Data fields

Each record includes: `currency`, `imageUrl`, `offer`, `price`, `priceText`, `scrapedAt`, `title`, `unitPrice`, `url`. All 9 field names come from a real production run, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.

> ⚠️ **Good to Know:** Sainsburys Grocery applies bot defenses on heavy concurrency. Keep concurrency modest and consider Apify residential proxies for larger jobs.

### 🚀 How to use

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Paste a Sainsburys Grocery category URL or a search query.
3. Pick a price band or sort order if needed.
4. Click **Start**. Within seconds your dataset is ready.

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

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> 💡 **Pro Tip:** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge) for 900+ production-grade scrapers across business intelligence, real estate, e-commerce, sports, finance, and public records.

**Disclaimer:** This actor scrapes only publicly available data. ParseForge is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of the third-party services referenced. Users are responsible for complying with the target site's terms of service and applicable law. [Create a free account w/ $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp).

### 🆘 Need Help?

If you hit a bug, have questions about setup, or need a scraper we haven't built yet, open our [contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA) or write to parseforge@protonmail.com. We also take on paid custom data projects.

For faster answers, join our [Discord](https://parseforge.co/discord). It's the best place to get support and suggest new actors.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrl` (type: `string`):

Sainsburys category or search results URL. Example, https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/fruit-veg

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

How many grocery products to collect per run.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Optional keyword search instead of category URL. Whitespace will be trimmed.

## `minPrice` (type: `integer`):

Lower price bound in GBP.

## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`):

Upper price bound in GBP.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Result ordering applied by Sainsburys.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrl": "https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/fruit-veg",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "sort": "relevance"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrl": "https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/fruit-veg",
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/sainsburys-grocery-scraper").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "startUrl": "https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/fruit-veg",
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/sainsburys-grocery-scraper").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 '{
  "startUrl": "https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/fruit-veg",
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parseforge/sainsburys-grocery-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=parseforge/sainsburys-grocery-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/wytEhdJ3g8028h640/builds/3qiNImDJD5mghMt29/openapi.json