How to scrape a Shopify store's products, prices and stock

Updated 2026-11-10 · Data and API builders · by CyberMax

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Python (pip install apify-client): store in, products + prices out

Copyimport csv, os
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(os.environ["APIFY_TOKEN"])
run = client.actor("cybermax/shopify-scraper").call(run_input={
    "stores": ["https://www.allbirds.com"],
    "maxProductsPerStore": 500,
    "includeVariants": True,
})
with open("products.csv", "w", newline="") as f:
    w = csv.writer(f)
    w.writerow(["title", "price", "compare_at", "currency", "in_stock_variants", "url"])
    for p in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
        w.writerow([p["title"], p["price"], p.get("compareAtPrice"), p["currency"],
                    f"{p.get('variantsAvailable')}/{p.get('variantCount')}", p["url"]])

JavaScript / Node (npm i apify-client): what is on sale across two stores

Copyimport { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('cybermax/shopify-scraper').call({
  stores: ['shop-one.com', 'shop-two.com'],
  onlyOnSale: true,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
for (const p of items) console.log(p.store, p.title, p.price, 'was', p.compareAtPrice, `-${p.discountPercent}%`);

No code: n8n, Make or Zapier

Copyn8n: HTTP Request node (or the Apify node, action "Run an Actor and get dataset")
Method:  POST
URL:     https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cybermax~shopify-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items
Auth:    Header Auth  ->  Authorization: Bearer <your Apify token>
Body:    JSON  {"stores": ["competitor.com"], "monitor": true, "monitorKey": "competitors"}
Output:  one n8n item per result row

Make:    Apify app -> "Run an Actor" (Actor: cybermax/shopify-scraper, wait for finish = yes)
         -> Apify "Get Dataset Items" (dataset = the run's defaultDatasetId) -> your next module
Zapier:  Apify app -> action "Run Actor" (cybermax/shopify-scraper, input JSON as above)
         -> trigger "Finished Actor Run" -> "Fetch Dataset Items" -> your app
Runs longer than 5 minutes: start with POST /v2/acts/cybermax~shopify-scraper/runs and read the dataset when the run finishes.

Price alert flow: Schedule trigger (daily 07:00) -> the request above -> IF change = "price" -> Slack "Send message" with title, previousPrice -> price and priceChangePercent.

From an AI agent (MCP)

Copy# Any MCP client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code): Apify's hosted MCP server
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shopify-scraper": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=cybermax/shopify-scraper",
               "--header", "Authorization: Bearer ${APIFY_TOKEN}"],
      "env": { "APIFY_TOKEN": "<your Apify token>" }
    }
  }
}
# The agent sees one tool, cybermax--shopify-scraper, with the Actor's input schema.
# Ask: "what does allbirds.com sell, at what price, and what is on sale?".

Source: Cartlark (Apify Actor cybermax/shopify-scraper) README, real Apify run on 10 Nov 2026

Why /products.json alone is not enough

Shopify's public catalogue is paged, capped per page, priced per variant and silent about changes. WooCommerce stores use a different endpoint and shape. A scraper built for both returns one stable row per product (lowest and highest price, compare-at price, discount %, variants in stock) and keeps state between runs so it can tell you what changed.

Competitor price monitoring for Shopify stores

Monitor mode remembers every product it saw and returns only new products, price changes with the previous price and % change, compare-at changes, out-of-stock and back-in-stock. Unchanged products are not delivered and not charged, so a daily watch on a 500-product store that changes 10 prices costs about a cent a day.

Product research for dropshipping and resale

Run many stores in one go with keywords and a price range to compare price points, vendors and tags across a niche; the rows load straight into a spreadsheet or BI tool.

Good to know

Price on Apify: $0.0008 per product delivered ($0.80 per 1,000), no start fee; a 250-product store is $0.20. Apify's free plan includes $5 of usage each month.

Cartlark reads only the public catalogue a storefront serves to every visitor and follows robots.txt. Password-protected stores and stores that switch these endpoints off are skipped, with the reason in the run summary.

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