# PriceRunner Scraper - Price Comparison & Deals (`lulzasaur/pricerunner-scraper`) Actor

Scrape product prices from PriceRunner (Klarna). Extract name, brand, lowest price, rating, number of offers, images, and category. Supports 9 European countries. Perfect for price monitoring, deal hunting, and market research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/pricerunner-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 7 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## PriceRunner Scraper

Scrape product prices and deals from [PriceRunner](https://www.pricerunner.com) (owned by Klarna), Europe's leading price comparison site.

### Features

- **Search mode**: Search by keyword across the entire PriceRunner catalog
- **Category mode**: Scrape specific product categories with full pagination
- **9 countries**: UK, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Finland
- **Rich data**: Product name, brand, lowest price, rating, number of offers, images, category, rank, price drops
- **Fast**: No browser needed — extracts server-rendered JSON data directly
- **Sort options**: Relevance, price (low/high), rating, popularity, newest

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `query` | string | `"laptop"` | Search keyword |
| `category` | string | | Direct category URL (e.g., `/cl/27/Laptops`). Overrides search query. |
| `country` | select | `"com"` | Country: com (UK), se, dk, de, fr, it, es, nl, fi |
| `maxResults` | integer | `200` | Max products to scrape (1–2000) |
| `sortBy` | select | `"relevance"` | Sort: relevance, price_low, price_high, rating, popularity, newest |
| `proxyConfiguration` | proxy | none | Optional proxy (not usually needed) |

### Output

Each product includes:

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `id` | PriceRunner product ID |
| `name` | Full product name |
| `description` | Short product description |
| `brand` | Brand name |
| `lowestPrice` | Lowest available price |
| `currency` | Price currency (GBP, SEK, DKK, EUR) |
| `categoryName` | Product category |
| `rating` | Average user rating (out of 5) |
| `numberOfRatings` | Number of user ratings |
| `numberOfOffers` | Number of merchant offers |
| `rank` | Category popularity rank |
| `outOfStock` | Whether product is out of stock |
| `imageUrl` | Product image URL |
| `productUrl` | Full PriceRunner product URL |
| `cheapestMerchant` | Name of cheapest merchant |
| `cheapestPrice` | Cheapest merchant price |
| `installmentPrice` | Monthly installment price (Klarna) |
| `priceDrop` | Price drop info (previous price, drop %) |
| `scrapedAt` | Scrape timestamp |

### Example Output

```json
{
    "id": "3457470646",
    "name": "Apple MacBook Neo 13 Inch A18 Pro Chip 512 GB SSD Touch ID",
    "description": "512 GB SSD",
    "brand": "Apple",
    "lowestPrice": 649.97,
    "currency": "GBP",
    "categoryName": "Laptops",
    "rating": 4.6,
    "numberOfRatings": 1,
    "numberOfOffers": 16,
    "rank": 1,
    "outOfStock": false,
    "imageUrl": "https://owp.klarna.com/product/3261603942/Apple-MacBook-Neo-13-Inch-A18-Pro-Chip-512-GB-SSD-Touch-ID.jpg",
    "productUrl": "https://www.pricerunner.com/pl/27-3457470646/Laptops/Apple-MacBook-Neo-13-Inch-A18-Pro-Chip-512-GB-SSD-Touch-ID-Compare-Prices",
    "cheapestPrice": 649.97,
    "installmentPrice": 216.65,
    "priceDrop": null,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-25T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### How It Works

PriceRunner embeds all product data as server-rendered JSON in `<script id="initial_payload">` tags. This scraper:

1. Fetches the HTML page
2. Extracts the embedded JSON payload
3. Finds the relevant React Query data (search or category listing)
4. Normalizes and outputs the product data

No browser automation is needed, making it very fast and lightweight.

### Country Support

| Country | Domain | Currency |
|---------|--------|----------|
| UK | pricerunner.com | GBP |
| Sweden | pricerunner.se | SEK |
| Denmark | pricerunner.dk | DKK |
| Germany | klarna.com/de/shopping | EUR |
| France | klarna.com/fr/shopping | EUR |
| Italy | klarna.com/it/shopping | EUR |
| Spain | klarna.com/es/shopping | EUR |
| Netherlands | klarna.com/nl/shopping | EUR |
| Finland | klarna.com/fi/shopping | EUR |

### Tips

- **Category scraping** is best for large result sets (48 products/page with pagination)
- **Search mode** returns 20 results, then automatically follows the top category for more
- **No proxy needed** — PriceRunner has no anti-bot protection
- Browse categories at `pricerunner.com/cl/{id}/{name}` (e.g., `/cl/27/Laptops`, `/cl/35/Mobile-Phones`)

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Search term for products (e.g., 'laptop', 'headphones', 'samsung galaxy')

## `category` (type: `string`):

Direct category URL path (e.g., '/cl/27/Laptops'). If provided, search query is ignored and this category is scraped directly with pagination support.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Country/region to search in. PriceRunner domains (.com/.se/.dk) and Klarna Shopping (DE/FR/IT/ES/NL/FI).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products to scrape

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Sort order for results (category mode only for price/rating/newest sorts)

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

Proxy settings (not usually needed — PriceRunner has no anti-bot protection)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "laptop",
  "country": "com",
  "maxResults": 200,
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "query": "laptop"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/pricerunner-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 = { "query": "laptop" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/pricerunner-scraper").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 '{
  "query": "laptop"
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/pricerunner-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/EzgHkAmZbhIdtBiV9/builds/8OymKncZESYftDA33/openapi.json