# Rossmann Scraper - Drugstore Products & Prices (`studio-amba/rossmann-scraper`) Actor

Scrape products, prices, and details from Rossmann.de, Rossmann.pl, Rossmann.hu, Rossmann.com.tr, and Rossmann.cz. Europe's second-largest drugstore chain with 4,500+ stores. No login needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/studio-amba/rossmann-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Studio Amba](https://apify.com/studio-amba) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 12 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 result scrapeds

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

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

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# README

## Rossmann Scraper

Scrape products, prices, brands, and availability from Rossmann drugstores across Europe. Supports Germany (.de), Poland (.pl), Hungary (.hu), Turkey (.com.tr), and Czech Republic (.cz) — covering 4,500+ physical stores and 20,000+ online products.

### What is Rossmann Scraper?

Rossmann is Europe's second-largest drugstore chain, with stores in Germany, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, Czech Republic, Albania, Kosovo, and Spain. Their online shops carry thousands of products across beauty, skincare, health, baby care, household cleaning, food, and personal hygiene categories.

This scraper extracts structured product data directly from Rossmann's websites using headless browser automation. It handles Rossmann's anti-bot protection automatically, delivering clean JSON output with prices, brands, descriptions, EAN codes, and stock information. No login or account needed.

**Common use cases:**

- **Competitive pricing analysis** — Compare Rossmann prices against dm, Mueller, Douglas, or online pharmacies across European markets
- **Beauty and skincare market research** — Track product launches, pricing trends, and brand performance in Europe's drugstore sector
- **Private-label intelligence** — Monitor Rossmann's house brands (Isana, Alterra, Babydream, Domol, Prokudent) and their pricing relative to branded alternatives
- **FMCG analytics** — Study fast-moving consumer goods across five European markets from a single scraper
- **Product catalog building** — Feed structured product data (EAN codes, images, prices) into your e-commerce platform or comparison engine
- **Cross-market price comparison** — Compare the same products across Germany, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, and Czech Republic to spot pricing differences

### What data does Rossmann Scraper extract?

For each product, the scraper returns:

- **Product name** — Full product name as displayed on Rossmann
- **Brand** — Manufacturer or brand name (Isana, Alterra, L'Oreal, Nivea, etc.)
- **Price** — Current selling price in local currency (EUR, PLN, HUF, TRY, CZK)
- **Original price** — Pre-discount price when a product is on sale
- **Discount** — Percentage discount label (e.g., "-18%"), on sale items
- **Category** — Category path the product was found under (e.g. "pflege-und-duft > haarpflege > shampoo")
- **In stock** — `true` when the product is orderable online, `false` when the listing marks it unavailable, `null` when the listing gives no stock signal
- **Image URL** — Direct link to the primary product image
- **Product URL** — Full link to the product page on Rossmann
- **EAN** — European Article Number (barcode) for product identification
- **Scraped at** — Timestamp of when the data was collected

Product descriptions are not part of the output. Rossmann's listing pages do not include description text, and this scraper reads listings only.

### How to scrape Rossmann data

1. **Go to the Rossmann Scraper** page on Apify and click "Try for free"
2. **Enter a search query** — Type any product keyword in German (for .de), Polish (for .pl), Hungarian (for .hu), Turkish (for .tr), or Czech (for .cz). Examples: "shampoo", "zahnpasta", "mascara", "windeln"
3. **Or paste a category URL** — Copy a Rossmann category page URL and paste it into the "Category URL" field. This overrides the search query.
4. **Select a country** — Choose which Rossmann store to scrape from: Germany, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, or Czech Republic
5. **Set the result limit** — Adjust "Max Results" to control how many products you want (default: 100)
6. **Run the scraper** — Click "Start" and wait for results. Data is available in JSON, CSV, Excel, or through the Apify API

### Input parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description |
|-----------|------|-------------|
| `searchQuery` | string | Product search keyword (e.g., "shampoo", "mascara"). Defaults to "shampoo" if empty. |
| `categoryUrl` | string | Direct Rossmann category URL. Overrides search query when provided. |
| `maxResults` | integer | Maximum products to extract (1-10,000, default: 100). |
| `country` | string | Country store: `de` (Germany), `pl` (Poland), `hu` (Hungary), `tr` (Turkey), `cz` (Czech Republic). Default: `de`. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Proxy settings. Residential proxies recommended for best results. |

### Example output

```json
{
    "productName": "Shampoo Feuchtigkeit",
    "brand": "ISANA",
    "price": 0.65,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "category": "pflege-und-duft > haarpflege > shampoo",
    "inStock": true,
    "imageUrl": "https://www.rossmann.de/media-neu/123/MAM_1234567/MAM_1234567_SHOP_IMAGE_2.0.png",
    "url": "https://www.rossmann.de/de/pflege-und-duft-isana-shampoo-feuchtigkeit/p/4068134071132",
    "ean": "4068134071132",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-17T10:00:00.000Z"
}
```

On sale items the output also carries the discount:

```json
{
    "productName": "5er Pack Textmarker 7 Mini",
    "brand": "Edding",
    "price": 2.29,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "originalPrice": 2.79,
    "discount": "-18%",
    "category": "haushalt",
    "inStock": true,
    "url": "https://www.rossmann.de/de/haushalt-edding-5er-pack-textmarker-7-mini/p/4004764958795",
    "ean": "4004764958795",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-17T10:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Supported countries

| Country | Domain | Currency | Example search terms |
|---------|--------|----------|---------------------|
| Germany | rossmann.de | EUR | shampoo, zahnpasta, windeln, mascara |
| Poland | rossmann.pl | PLN | szampon, pasta do zebow, pieluchy |
| Hungary | shop.rossmann.hu | HUF | sampon, fogkrem, pelenka |
| Turkey | rossmann.com.tr | TRY | sampuan, dis macunu, maskara |
| Czech Republic | rossmann.cz | CZK | sampon, zubni pasta, plenky |

### Tips for best results

- **Use native-language keywords** — Rossmann websites are in their local language. Use German terms for .de, Polish for .pl, etc.
- **Pagination is automatic** — The scraper follows the site's own page links until it reaches `maxResults`. When a query or category has fewer items than `maxResults`, you get everything that exists and the run log notes it.
- **Start with category URLs for large extractions** — Category pages are more reliable than search when you want complete product listings from a specific segment
- **Residential proxies deliver the best results** — Rossmann uses anti-bot protection. The default residential proxy configuration works well.
- **Combine with dm Scraper for full market coverage** — Use both Rossmann Scraper and dm Scraper together to get complete German drugstore market data

### Integrations and API access

Connect Rossmann Scraper to your workflow via:

- **Apify API** — Trigger runs programmatically and fetch results in JSON format
- **Webhooks** — Get notified when a scraping run completes
- **Integrations** — Connect to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, or any webhook-compatible service
- **Scheduled runs** — Set up automatic scraping on a daily, weekly, or custom schedule

### Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-result pricing. You only pay for the data you extract, plus a small per-run fee. Check the Pricing tab for current rates.

### About Rossmann

Rossmann (Dirk Rossmann GmbH) was founded in 1972 in Hanover, Germany. It is the second-largest drugstore chain in Europe and the largest in Germany by store count, with over 4,500 stores across 8 countries. The company generates over EUR 13 billion in annual revenue and employs 60,000+ people. Rossmann's product range spans beauty, skincare, health, baby, household, pet supplies, and food products, including a strong portfolio of private-label brands.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Search for products by keyword (e.g., 'shampoo', 'zahnpasta', 'mascara'). Leave empty to browse featured products.

## `categoryUrl` (type: `string`):

A Rossmann category URL to scrape (e.g., https://www.rossmann.de/de/pflege-und-duft/haarpflege/shampoo/c/olcat3_4133099). Overrides search query if provided.

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

Maximum number of products to return.

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

Country store to scrape from.

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

Proxy settings for accessing Rossmann websites. Residential proxies recommended.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "shampoo",
  "maxResults": 5,
  "country": "de",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "DE"
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchQuery": "shampoo",
    "maxResults": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "DE"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/rossmann-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 = {
    "searchQuery": "shampoo",
    "maxResults": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "DE",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("studio-amba/rossmann-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 '{
  "searchQuery": "shampoo",
  "maxResults": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "DE"
  }
}' |
apify call studio-amba/rossmann-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,studio-amba/rossmann-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/3wVfk5kCSnWCk4n7H/builds/NsuSqF2nQl1rS3sLZ/openapi.json