# Alternate.nl Scraper (`unfenced-group/alternate-nl-scraper`) Actor

Scrape alternate.nl products: full technical specs, price, stock, delivery time, EAN/GTIN, manufacturer code, ratings and reviews. Search by keyword or pass URLs. HTTP-only, no proxy needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/unfenced-group/alternate-nl-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Unfenced Group](https://apify.com/unfenced-group) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 2 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.89 / 1,000 products

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 web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — 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

## Alternate.nl Scraper

![alternate-nl-scraper](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/lJlifu6C8YQfZMPKE/records/alternate-nl-scraper)

Scrape product data from [alternate.nl](https://www.alternate.nl), the Dutch electronics and computer retailer. Search by keyword or pass category and product URLs, and get back structured product records with full technical specifications, pricing, stock, EAN/GTIN, manufacturer code, ratings and reviews.

Fast and reliable. The scraper runs without a browser — no proxy needed — so it stays cheap and quick even across thousands of products.

### What it does

- Search alternate.nl by keyword and walk every results page
- Scrape any category, search, or product URL directly
- Extract the full technical specification table as a structured object
- Capture pricing, stock status, delivery times, ratings and reviews
- Return clean JSON ready for analysis, monitoring or a price-tracking pipeline

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `searchQueries` | array | Search terms to scrape, e.g. `ssd`, `rtx 4070`. Each term is paginated to the last results page. |
| `startUrls` | array | Category, search, or product URLs from alternate.nl. Listing URLs are paginated automatically; product URLs are scraped directly. |
| `fetchDetails` | boolean | When on (default), each product is opened to extract the full spec table, description, image gallery, EAN, manufacturer code and reviews. Turn off for faster listing-only results. |
| `maxResults` | integer | Maximum number of products to return across all queries and URLs. Use `0` for no limit. Default `5`. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["ssd", "rtx 4070"],
  "startUrls": ["https://www.alternate.nl/SSDs"],
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

### Output

Every product returns these fields.

#### Always present

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `productId` | string | Alternate product ID from the URL. |
| `url` | string | Full product page URL. |
| `name` | string | Product name. |
| `brandName` | string | Brand or manufacturer name. |
| `subtitle` | string | Short model line, e.g. the manufacturer code and interface. |
| `price` | number | Current price as a number. |
| `priceText` | string | Price as shown on the page, including the currency symbol. |
| `mainImage` | string | Main product image URL. |
| `scrapedAt` | string | ISO timestamp of when the record was scraped. |

#### With `fetchDetails: true` (default)

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `category` | string | Product category. |
| `breadcrumbPath` | array | Full category breadcrumb from the product page. |
| `description` | string | Product description text. |
| `descriptionMarkdown` | string | Description in Markdown/plain text. |
| `sku` | string | Stock-keeping unit. |
| `ean` | string | EAN / GTIN barcode. |
| `manufacturerCode` | string | Manufacturer part number (MPN). |
| `currency` | string | Price currency, e.g. `EUR`. |
| `oldPrice` | number | Previous price, present on discounted items only. |
| `condition` | string | Item condition, e.g. `NewCondition`. |
| `availability` | string | Schema.org availability, e.g. `InStock`. |
| `stockStatus` | string | Human-readable stock status in Dutch. |
| `sellerName` | string | Selling entity. |
| `returnDays` | number | Return window in days. |
| `freeShipping` | boolean | Whether shipping is free. |
| `handlingTimeDays` | object | Min and max handling time in days. |
| `transitTimeDays` | object | Min and max transit time in days. |
| `ratingValue` | number | Average customer rating. |
| `ratingCount` | number | Number of ratings. |
| `bestRating` | number | Maximum possible rating. |
| `brandLogo` | string | Brand logo image URL. |
| `imageGallery` | array | All product image URLs. |
| `specifications` | object | Full technical specification table as key-value pairs. Multi-value rows (e.g. read/write speeds) are nested objects. |
| `reviews` | array | Customer reviews — rating, date and body text. Reviewer names are not collected. |

#### Example output

```json
{
  "productId": "1864239",
  "url": "https://www.alternate.nl/Samsung/990-PRO-1-TB-SSD/html/product/1864239",
  "name": "990 PRO 1 TB SSD",
  "brandName": "Samsung",
  "category": "SSD",
  "ean": "8806094215021",
  "manufacturerCode": "MZ-V9P1T0BW",
  "price": 224.9,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "stockStatus": "Op voorraad",
  "freeShipping": true,
  "returnDays": 30,
  "ratingValue": 4.84,
  "ratingCount": 19,
  "specifications": {
    "Capaciteit": "1 TB",
    "Interface": "1x M.2 (M.2-key: M)",
    "Protocol": "PCIe 4.0",
    "Overdrachtssnelheid": { "Lezen": "7.450 MB/s", "Schrijven": "6.900 MB/s" },
    "TBW": "600 TB",
    "Controller": "Samsung Controller"
  }
}
```

### Pricing

This actor is paid per result. You pay $0.99 per 1,000 products, with lower rates on higher tiers. There is nothing else to pay — compute and proxy costs are absorbed by Unfenced Group.

### Notes

- The actor needs no proxy configuration.
- Ratings, reviews and `oldPrice` populate only where alternate.nl has that data for a product. Many products have no reviews; discounted items carry an `oldPrice`.
- Set `fetchDetails` to `false` for a faster, lighter run when you only need names, prices and links.

***

### Need a custom scraper?

**[Unfenced Group](https://www.unfencedgroup.nl)** builds Apify actors for any website — for free.

If the site you need isn't in our portfolio yet, just ask. We scope, build, and publish it at no cost to you. You only pay for results — we absorb the compute and proxy costs ourselves. Same pay-per-result pricing, same quality, same standards as every actor in this portfolio.

**Get in touch:** [www.unfencedgroup.nl](https://www.unfencedgroup.nl)

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Search terms to scrape, e.g. "ssd", "rtx 4070". The scraper walks every results page for each term.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Category, search or product URLs from alternate.nl. Category and search URLs are paginated automatically; product URLs are scraped directly.

## `fetchDetails` (type: `boolean`):

When on (default), each product is opened to extract the full technical specification table, description, image gallery, GTIN/EAN, manufacturer code and reviews. Turn off for faster, lighter listing-only results.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products to return across all queries and URLs. Use 0 for no limit.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "ssd",
    "rtx 4070"
  ],
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.alternate.nl/SSDs"
  ],
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "ssd"
    ],
    "maxResults": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("unfenced-group/alternate-nl-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 = {
    "searchQueries": ["ssd"],
    "maxResults": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("unfenced-group/alternate-nl-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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "ssd"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100
}' |
apify call unfenced-group/alternate-nl-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/kfyo4tmkzhwEctjir/builds/ZC1DSlFQB8kh3h50D/openapi.json