# Screwfix - Products, Reviews, Q\&As (`datasaurus/screwfix-event`) Actor

Works with all website countries and languages.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datasaurus/screwfix-event.md
- **Developed by:** [datasaurus](https://apify.com/datasaurus) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 6 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Screwfix Scraper

Apify Actor to scrape products from Screwfix websites (.com, .eu, .fr).

### Supported Sites

| Site | Domain | Technology | Listing | Product Detail |
|------|--------|-----------|---------|----------------|
| UK | screwfix.com | Next.js | BFF API | Next.js JSON |
| EU (Shopify) | shop.screwfix.eu | Shopify | HTML pages | HTML pages |
| France | screwfix.fr | Magento | HTML pages | HTML pages |

### Features

- **Listing scraping** — fetches product data from category listings
- **Product page detail** — enriches with full specifications, content, variants
- **Reviews** — Bazaarvoice reviews for .com products
- **Q\&A** — Bazaarvoice questions & answers for .com products
- **Pay-per-event pricing** — product-listing, product-page, review, question-answer

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `start_urls` | array | required | Screwfix URLs (website, category, or product) |
| `scrape_product_page` | boolean | false | Enrich with full product page detail |
| `max_products` | integer | 48 | Maximum total products to scrape |
| `max_products_per_category` | integer | 100 | Max products per category |
| `max_reviews` | integer | 0 | Max reviews per product (0 = off) |
| `max_question_answers` | integer | 0 | Max Q\&A per product (0 = off) |
| `max_categories` | integer | all | Max categories when scraping whole site |

### Example Start URLs

```
https://www.screwfix.com/                          # whole UK site
https://www.screwfix.com/c/tools/drills/cat830704  # UK category
https://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dcd778d2/420pu   # UK product
https://shop.screwfix.eu/en-be/                    # whole EU site
https://www.screwfix.fr/                           # whole FR site
```

### Output Fields

Core fields output for every product:

- `sku`, `name`, `description`, `brand`
- `price`, `rrp`, `currency`
- `link`, `imageUrl`
- `category`, `breadcrumb`, `availability`

Additional fields when `scrape_product_page` is enabled (.com):

- `bullets`, `technicalSpecifications`, `content`
- `images`, `videoUrl`, `skuVariants`
- `collectionOnly`, `stockedInTc`, `fulfilmentAvailability`
- `itemCondition`, `greenStarData`, `has360View`, `hazardous`
- `productBadge`, `brandLogo`, `starRating`, `reviewCount`
- `reviews`, `questionsAnswers`

### AI agents and integrations

Connect chat clients such as Claude and ChatGPT to this Apify scrapper through the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp).

# Actor input Schema

## `start_urls` (type: `array`):

Screwfix .com (UK), .eu (Shopify), or .fr (Magento).
Website: https://www.screwfix.com/
Category: https://www.screwfix.com/c/tools/drills/cat830704
Product: https://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dcd778d2-sfgb-18v-2-x-2ah-li-ion-xr-brushless-cordless-combi-drill/420pu
EU category: https://shop.screwfix.eu/es-es/collections/accesorios-de-herramientas-electricas
FR category: https://www.screwfix.fr/outillage-electrique/perceuses-et-visseuses

## `scrape_product_page` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch the individual product detail page for every product. Adds full details including specifications, content and variants to each output item.

## `scrape_reviews` (type: `boolean`):

Scraping reviews requires fetching the product detail page for every product, so will charge the product-detail event rate per product. Reviews are charged at the review event rate. Reviews are only available for screwfix.com.

## `scrape_question_answers` (type: `boolean`):

Scraping Q\&As requires fetching the product detail page for every product, so will charge the product-detail event rate per product. Q\&As are charged at the question-answer event rate. Q\&As are only available for screwfix.com.

## `max_categories` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of categories to scrape when a whole-site URL is provided. Leave empty to fetch all categories.

## `max_products_per_category` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products to scrape per category. Use lower numbers for testing. Leave empty to fetch all products.

## `max_products` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products per start URL. Use lower numbers for testing. Leave empty to fetch all products.

## `max_reviews` (type: `integer`):

Total number of reviews to fetch per product. Leave empty to fetch all available reviews. Reviews are charged at the review event rate.

## `max_question_answers` (type: `integer`):

Total number of Q\&A entries to fetch per product. Leave empty to fetch all available Q\&As. Q\&As are charged at the question-answer event rate.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "start_urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.screwfix.com/c/tools/drills/cat830704"
    }
  ],
  "scrape_product_page": true,
  "scrape_reviews": true,
  "scrape_question_answers": true,
  "max_products": 10,
  "max_reviews": 10,
  "max_question_answers": 10
}
```

# 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 = {
    "start_urls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.screwfix.com/c/tools/drills/cat830704"
        }
    ],
    "max_products": 10,
    "max_reviews": 10,
    "max_question_answers": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datasaurus/screwfix-event").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 = {
    "start_urls": [{ "url": "https://www.screwfix.com/c/tools/drills/cat830704" }],
    "max_products": 10,
    "max_reviews": 10,
    "max_question_answers": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datasaurus/screwfix-event").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "start_urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.screwfix.com/c/tools/drills/cat830704"
    }
  ],
  "max_products": 10,
  "max_reviews": 10,
  "max_question_answers": 10
}' |
apify call datasaurus/screwfix-event --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,datasaurus/screwfix-event"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ycajr6la6EpZoWc3d/builds/B5dGSTiXweltIsRvV/openapi.json