BestBuy Product Data API
A GET request to our /api/getter/?platform="bestbuy_detail"
endpoint allows you to scrape product data for any product listing URL on BestBuy.com in real-time.
Example
To scrape details about the latest iPhone from BestBuy, you can use the following command:
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Note
When using curl
, it is necessary to add the option -L to get the data back. This is because in some cases our server responds with a 301 and curl does not follow the redirect by default.
Query Parameters
As you can see in the example above, our endpoint needs the following query parameters:
Product URL
url
Required
Product listing's URL on BestBuy.com. Remove unnecessary query parameters and encode the URL.
Other Required Parameters
platform
Required
Specifies the scraping engine you wish to invoke. In this case, the value should be bestbuy_detail.
api_key
Required
Your account's token—which can be obtained by signing up here.
Note
The value of the query parameter url
must be URL or percent encoded. If you're using Python, this can be done with the function urlencode
.
Results
The response will include the following attirbutes for the product:
Attributes Returned | Data Type | Information Represented |
---|---|---|
name | string | Name of product lisitng |
description | string | Description of product lisitng |
images | string | Average rating of product |
categories | string | List of categories the product belongs to |
price | string | Price of product |
product_id | string | Retailer's product ID |
model_no | string | Manufacturer's model no. for product |
rating | float | Average rating of product |
total_reviews | int | No. of reviews received |
Response Example
Here's the response you can expect to receive for the request showcased above:
{
"success": true,
"url": "https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-iphone-13-5g-128gb-midnight-verizon/6443282.p",
"result_count": 1,
"detail": {
"name": "Apple - iPhone 13 5G 128GB - Midnight (Verizon)",
"description": "iPhone 13. The most advanced dual-camera system ever on iPhone. Lightning-fast A15 Bionic chip. A big leap in battery life. Durable design. Superfast 5G.¹ And a brighter Super Retina XDR display.",
"images": [
"https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6443/6443282_sd.jpg;maxHeight=640;maxWidth=550"
],
"categories": [
{
"name": "Cell Phones",
"url": "https://www.bestbuy.com/site/electronics/mobile-cell-phones/abcat0800000.c?id=abcat0800000"
},
{
"name": "All Cell Phones with Plans",
"url": "https://www.bestbuy.com/site/mobile-cell-phones/mobile-phones-with-plans/pcmcat209400050001.c?id=pcmcat209400050001"
}
],
"price": "$22.22",
"product_id": "6443282",
"model_no": "MLML3LL/A ",
"rating": 4.7,
"total_reviews": 424
}
}
Request Cost
Each request to this endpoint costs 10 credits.
Support
If you want to add a parameter to our response, or have any question or feedback, please write to us at support@unwrangle.com