# TeePublic Creator Store Scraper — Products, Prices & Profile (`vsekar91/teepublic-creator-scraper`) Actor

Extract complete creator storefronts from TeePublic — full profile, all designs (t-shirts, hoodies, stickers, mugs, and more), prices, tags, and product types. No login required. Note: Spring/Teespring shut down in 2023; TeePublic is the active print-on-demand platform for independent creators.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vsekar91/teepublic-creator-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Venkatesh Sekar](https://apify.com/vsekar91) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.00005 / actor start

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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".

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

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# README

## TeePublic Creator Store Scraper

> **Note on Spring/Teespring:** Spring (formerly Teespring) shut down in 2023.
> This actor targets **TeePublic** (teepublic.com), the active print-on-demand
> marketplace for independent creators. The directory is named
> `spring-creator-merch-scraper` for continuity.

Scrapes complete creator storefronts from TeePublic — profile metadata and
all designs (t-shirts, hoodies, stickers, mugs, phone cases, and more).
No login required.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `creators` | string\[] | — | TeePublic usernames or full store URLs |
| `includeProducts` | bool | `true` | Include the full design list |
| `maxPages` | int | `0` | Max pages per creator (`0` = unlimited) |
| `maxConcurrency` | int | `3` | Parallel creator fetches |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify default | Proxy settings |

**Example input:**

```json
{
  "creators": ["nathanwpyle", "https://www.teepublic.com/user/adamtots"],
  "includeProducts": true,
  "maxPages": 0,
  "maxConcurrency": 3
}
```

### Output

One dataset record per creator:

```jsonc
{
  "url": "https://www.teepublic.com/user/nathanwpyle",
  "username": "nathanwpyle",
  "creator_name": "Nathan W. Pyle",
  "followers": 0,
  "following": 1,
  "total_designs_stat": 13,
  "design_count": 13,
  "pages_fetched": 1,
  "products": [
    {
      "design_id": "90657393",
      "slug": "mmama-floral-shirt-cute-mom-gift-sweatshirt-vintag",
      "title": "MMama Floral Shirt, Cute Mom Gift Sweatshirt...",
      "product_type": "t-shirt",
      "store_id": "4394049",
      "image_url": "https://images.teepublic.com/derived/production/designs/...",
      "url": "https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/90657393-mmama-floral-shirt-...",
      "sale_price": 16.0,
      "regular_price": 24.0,
      "tags": null
    }
  ]
}
```

### How it works

TeePublic renders store pages server-side. The actor:

1. Fetches `/user/<username>?page=N` with a browser-like User-Agent
2. Parses HTML with **selectolax** (fast CSS selector engine)
3. Extracts product links matching `/PRODUCT_TYPE/DESIGN_ID-SLUG`
4. Paginates until no further pages are detected
5. Merges all pages into one creator record

Designs are deduplicated across pages by `design_id`.

# Actor input Schema

## `creators` (type: `array`):

List of TeePublic usernames or full store URLs (e.g. "nathanwpyle" or "https://www.teepublic.com/user/nathanwpyle"). Each yields one result with the creator profile and all their designs.

## `includeProducts` (type: `boolean`):

Include the full product/design list for each creator. Disable to return profile metadata only.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of store pages to fetch per creator (each page has up to 48 designs). Set to 0 for unlimited.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many creator stores to scrape in parallel.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy used for outbound requests. TeePublic serves HTML pages; using Apify Proxy residential pool improves reliability.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "creators": [
    "nathanwpyle"
  ],
  "includeProducts": true,
  "maxPages": 0,
  "maxConcurrency": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": []
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "creators": [
        "nathanwpyle"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vsekar91/teepublic-creator-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 = { "creators": ["nathanwpyle"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vsekar91/teepublic-creator-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 '{
  "creators": [
    "nathanwpyle"
  ]
}' |
apify call vsekar91/teepublic-creator-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=vsekar91/teepublic-creator-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/fs0SJDHFMV5Rw4pcE/builds/rLvPVc5SesBndvBQx/openapi.json