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41 added, 42 removed. Audit A to A.
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name: google-shopping-price-comparison-and-deal-finder
- description: "Use the Google Shopping Price Comparison & Deal Finder actor to pull products from Google Shopping and return title, price, rating, reviews, stock, URL. Use when the user needs a price watchlist, a catalog export, or a competitor snapshot without maintaining a scraper."
+ description: "Search Google Shopping by keyword and collect product prices, discounts, merchant names, ratings, and delivery info across 48 countries for price monitoring and deal tracking. Output fields: title, price, merchant, rating, reviewCount and more, as JSON rows. Use when the user asks for Google Shopping price comparison, price monitoring, deal tracking, or a CSV/JSON export of public Google Shopping data."
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# Google Shopping Price Comparison & Deal Finder
- Pull **products** from **Google Shopping** with the public Scraper Finder actor.
+ Search Google Shopping by keyword and collect product prices, discounts, merchant names, ratings, and delivery info across 48 countries for price monitoring and deal tracking.
- - Actor: https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/google-shopping-price-comparison-and-deal-finder
- - Actor ID: `vexaloom-labs~google-shopping-price-comparison-and-deal-finder`
- - n8n workflow: https://github.com/bolvein-firex/scraping-n8n-workflows/blob/main/workflows/google-shopping-price-comparison-and-deal-finder.json
+ - Actor: https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/google-shopping-price-comparison-and-deal-finder (ID `vexaloom-labs~google-shopping-price-comparison-and-deal-finder`)
+ - n8n workflow for the same Actor: https://github.com/bolvein-firex/scraping-n8n-workflows/blob/main/docs/google-shopping-price-comparison-and-deal-finder.md
- Example input: `references/example-input.json`
- Input schema: `references/input-schema.json`
+ - Output fields: `references/output-fields.json`
## When to use
Use this skill when the user wants:
- - a structured export of products from Google Shopping
- - a repeatable dataset instead of manual copy-paste
- - a CSV/JSON output for a CRM, sheet, dashboard, or agent
- - a scheduled refresh of public data
+ - Google Shopping price comparison
+ - price monitoring
+ - deal tracking
+ - a repeatable export of public Google Shopping data as CSV or JSON
- Do not use it for private, login-protected, or paywalled data.
+ Do not use it for private, login-protected or paywalled data.
## What it returns
- - title
- - price
- - rating
- - reviews
- - stock
- - URL
+ One JSON row per result. Columns from the Actor's dataset schema:
+ - `title`: Product
+ - `price`: Price
+ - `currency`: Currency
+ - `merchant`: Merchant
+ - `rating`: Rating
+ - `reviewCount`: Reviews
+
+ All 46 declared fields: `references/output-fields.json`.
+
## Inputs
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `mode` | string | no | search | What to collect: keyword search, product lookup by ID/viewer URL, deals, or a department category. |
| `queries` | array | no | | Product keywords for search/deals mode. Ignored in product mode; optional in category mode. |
- | `productIds` | array | no | | Google Shopping catalog IDs, product IDs, product viewer URLs, or legacy /shopping/product/<id> URLs. Used in product mode. |
+ | `productIds` | array | no | | Google Shopping catalog IDs, product IDs, product viewer URLs, or legacy /shopping/product/ URLs. Used in product mode. |
| `category` | string | no | | Google Shopping department for category mode. |
| `countryCode` | string | no | us | Country used for the Google domain, UULE location and price hint. The actual currency is always detected from the response, never relabelled. |
| `languageCode` | string | no | en | Interface and result language (hl parameter). |
| `sortBy` | string | no | | Client-side sort of the collected rows. Google ignores server-side sort on this page. |
| `condition` | string | no | | Condition hint sent to Google and verified when the result card shows a condition. |
| `minPrice` | integer | no | | Minimum price in the detected local currency. Applied through a shoprs filter and verified on every output row. |
| `maxPrice` | integer | no | | Maximum price in the detected local currency. Applied through a shoprs filter and verified on every output row. |
| `onSale` | boolean | no | false | Ask Google for discounted products and keep rows with an observed original price or discount. |
| `freeShipping` | boolean | no | false | Ask Google for free-shipping products and keep rows whose delivery text says free. |
| `minRating` | string | no | 0 | Minimum product rating (0-5). Applied through a shoprs rating chip and verified on every output row. |
| `store` | string | no | | Optional store name to bias and verify, e.g. Best Buy or Amazon. |
+ 3 more optional fields on the Actor's Input tab.
+
Example:
```json
{
"mode": "search",
"countryCode": "us",
"languageCode": "en",
"onSale": false,
"freeShipping": false,
"minRating": "0",
"maxResultsPerQuery": 20,
"includePriceHistory": true,
"includeProductDetails": false
}
```
## Run it
- Set `APIFY_TOKEN` in your environment, then call the synchronous endpoint for small and medium runs:
+ Set `APIFY_TOKEN`, then call the synchronous endpoint for small and medium runs (it waits up to 300 seconds):
```bash
- curl -s -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/vexaloom-labs~google-shopping-price-comparison-and-deal-finder/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
+ curl -s -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/vexaloom-labs~google-shopping-price-comparison-and-deal-finder/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
+ -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
- -d @references/example-input.json
+ -d @references/example-input.json > output.json
```
- For large runs, start an async run and read the dataset:
+ Or with Node 18+: `node scripts/run.mjs [input.json]`.
- ```bash
- RUN=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/vexaloom-labs~google-shopping-price-comparison-and-deal-finder/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
- -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
- -d @references/example-input.json | jq -r '.data.id')
+ For large runs, start an async run and read its dataset when it finishes:
- curl -s "https://api.apify.com/v2/actor-runs/$RUN?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" | jq '.data.status'
- curl -s "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/$(curl -s "https://api.apify.com/v2/actor-runs/$RUN?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" | jq -r '.data.defaultDatasetId')/items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN&format=json" > output.json
+ ```bash
+ RUN=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/vexaloom-labs~google-shopping-price-comparison-and-deal-finder/runs" \
+ -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+ -d @references/example-input.json)
+ RUN_ID=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.data.id'); DATASET=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.data.defaultDatasetId')
+ curl -s "https://api.apify.com/v2/actor-runs/$RUN_ID?waitForFinish=60" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" | jq -r '.data.status'
+ curl -s "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/$DATASET/items?format=json" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" > output.json
```
- Or import the n8n workflow: https://github.com/bolvein-firex/scraping-n8n-workflows/blob/main/workflows/google-shopping-price-comparison-and-deal-finder.json
-
## Cost and limits
- - Billing is per Apify actor run and per dataset item. Check the actor page for current pricing.
- - `run-sync-get-dataset-items` has a request timeout. Use the async pattern for large jobs.
- - Respect rate limits and the target site's terms.
+ - Apify bills the Actor's usage on your account; the Actor's Pricing tab shows the current price.
+ - Keep the limit in the input small for a first run.
## Guardrails
- - Public data only. Do not use cookies, sessions, or private account data.
- - Do not use the output for spam, harassment, or unlawful discrimination.
- - Verify local law and the target site's terms before running at scale.
- - Demo rows in the Scraper Finder video are illustrative.
-
- ## Files
-
- - `scripts/run.mjs` - minimal Node runner using `APIFY_TOKEN`
- - `references/input-schema.json` - full actor input schema
- - `references/example-input.json` - starter input
+ - Public data only. Do not pass cookies, sessions or private account data.
+ - Do not use the output for spam, harassment or unlawful discrimination.
+ - Check the target site's terms and local law before running at scale.