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Verkkokauppa Scraper

Scrapes Finland's largest online electronics store (verkkokauppa.com) using a two-phase approach: discovers product IDs via XML sitemaps, then fetches full details from Verkkokauppa's internal product API.

Why the API approach?

Verkkokauppa's product API (web-api.service.verkkokauppa.com/product/{pid}) returns deeply structured JSON with specs, bullet points, EANs, ratings, and warranty info -- far richer than what HTML parsing would yield.

Input

Output

{
"name":"Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra 256GB",
"brand":"Samsung",
"price":1399.90,
"originalPrice":1499.90,
"currency":"EUR",
"ean":"8806095577890",
"sku":"SM-S938B",
"productId":"745678",
"inStock":true,
"rating":4.7,
"reviewCount":89,
"url":"https://www.verkkokauppa.com/fi/product/745678/samsung-galaxy-s25-ultra",
"description":"Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra...\n- 200MP camera\n- 5000mAh battery",
"specs":{"Display":"6.9 inch","Storage":"256GB","RAM":"12GB"},
"category":"Puhelimet > Samsung",
"scrapedAt":"2026-03-16T10:00:00.000Z"
}

How it works

1. Sitemaps are scanned for product URLs matching /fi/product/{pid}/
2. If searchQuery is set, only URLs containing those terms pass the filter
3. Product IDs are fetched in batches of 10 via the JSON API
4. Descriptions combine the HTML description with Finnish bullet points

• EOL (end-of-life) sitemap sections are automatically skipped

Why use Verkkokauppa Scraper

• Price monitoring — Track prices, stock, and promotions across Verkkokauppa at scale
• Competitive intelligence — Compare your catalog against Verkkokauppa pricing and assortment
• Market research — Analyze category trends, new arrivals, and rating distributions
• Lead generation — Build product datasets for affiliate sites, comparison tools, or feeds
• No login or cookies required — Authenticated access not needed; works out of the box

How to use Verkkokauppa Scraper

1. Open the Input tab and provide a search query, category URL, or product list
2. Adjust optional filters such as maxResults or proxy settings
3. Click Start and wait for the run to complete
4. Download results from the Output tab in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML
5. Schedule recurring runs from the Schedule tab if you need ongoing data

How to scrape Verkkokauppa data

This Actor automates the process of extracting structured product data from Verkkokauppa. You can run it directly from the Apify console, the Apify API, or any of the official SDKs (JavaScript, Python). The scraper handles pagination, retries, and rate limiting so you can focus on the data, not the plumbing.

Typical workflows:

• One-off export: paste a category URL or keyword, set maxResults, and run
• Scheduled monitoring: set a daily cron in the Schedule tab to track prices over time
• Programmatic integration: trigger runs from your backend via the Apify API and pull the dataset when finished
• Webhook automation: receive a callback the moment a run completes and pipe the results into Zapier, Make, n8n, BigQuery, or Google Sheets

Cost estimate

Pricing on the Apify platform is usage-based — you only pay for the compute time and proxy traffic you actually use. As a rough guide for this Actor:

• 100 products: a few cents
• 1,000 products: typically under $1 USD
• 10,000 products: a few dollars, depending on site complexity and proxy mix

Costs are dominated by proxy usage on sites with anti-bot protection. The Apify free plan includes $5/month of platform credits, enough to evaluate the scraper on small datasets.

Tips for best results

• Start small — run with maxResults: 10 before launching large jobs
• Use proxies — residential proxies reduce blocking on protected sites
• Throttle on big jobs — keep maxConcurrency modest (5–10) for stability
• Schedule runs — daily runs are usually enough for price monitoring
• Inspect the dataset schema — the Storage tab shows the full output structure

FAQ and support

Is it legal to scrape Verkkokauppa? This Actor extracts publicly available data. Always review the website's Terms of Service before scraping at scale, and respect rate limits.

Why am I getting fewer results than expected? Some categories have hidden pagination or load more on scroll. Increase maxResults and verify your filters.

Can I extract data for a single product? Yes — provide the full product URL in startUrls and the scraper will return one item.

The site blocks me — what should I do? Enable Apify residential proxies in the input. Datacenter IPs are blocked by many e-commerce sites.

For issues, feature requests, or bug reports, open a ticket in the Issues tab on the Actor page or contact support@apify.com. We monitor every actor and ship fixes quickly when sites change.