# DealNews Deals Scraper (`lulzasaur/dealnews-scraper`) Actor

Scrape deals from DealNews.com. Get prices, stores, coupon codes, categories, discount info, and merchant links. Browse by category or search by keyword.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/dealnews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 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?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## DealNews Deals Scraper

Scrape deals from [DealNews.com](https://www.dealnews.com), one of the web's largest deal aggregation sites. Extract prices, stores, coupon codes, categories, discount percentages, and merchant links.

### Features

- **Browse by category**: Electronics, Computers, Home & Garden, Clothing, Gaming, Travel, and more
- **Search by keyword**: Find deals for specific products like "laptop", "headphones", or "tv"
- **Rich deal data**: Prices, original prices, discount percentages, coupon codes, shipping info
- **Embedded JSON extraction**: Leverages DealNews's embedded deal data for precise pricing and merchant URLs
- **Automatic pagination**: Follows pagination to collect as many deals as you need

### Input

| Field | Type | Description | Default |
|-------|------|-------------|---------|
| `searchQuery` | string | Search for specific deals | (empty) |
| `category` | string | Filter by category | All deals |
| `maxResults` | integer | Maximum number of deals | 50 |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Optional proxy | (none) |

#### Available Categories

- `electronics` — TVs, headphones, cameras, phones, wearables
- `computers` — Laptops, desktops, GPUs, monitors, tablets
- `home-garden` — Furniture, kitchen, tools, appliances, food
- `clothing-accessories` — Clothes, shoes, jewelry, luggage
- `gaming-toys` — Video games, consoles, PC games
- `travel-entertainment` — Flights, hotels, car rentals, cruises
- `health-beauty` — Supplements, health products
- `financial` — Credit cards, financial services
- `automotive` — Auto accessories and electronics

### Output

Each deal includes:

```json
{
  "dealId": "21824149",
  "title": "Damaged Screw Extractor Set",
  "summary": "It's $13 under list price.",
  "price": "$4",
  "priceNumeric": 4.03,
  "originalPrice": "$17",
  "originalPriceNumeric": 17,
  "discount": "76%",
  "store": "Amazon",
  "couponCode": "",
  "shipping": "free shipping w/ Prime",
  "category": "Tools & Hardware",
  "categoryPath": "Home & Garden > Tools & Hardware",
  "dealUrl": "https://www.dealnews.com/Damaged-Screw-Extractor-Set-for-4-free-shipping-w-Prime/21824149.html",
  "merchantUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BTNT4225/",
  "imageUrl": "https://d.dlnws.com/64599/1776673276-silver-screw-extractor-set-case-fy7s.jpeg?h=250&w=175",
  "hotness": 5,
  "editorsChoice": false,
  "expired": false,
  "commentCount": 0,
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T10:00:00.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-25T12:00:00.000Z",
  "searchQuery": null,
  "inputCategory": "all"
}
```

### Example Usage

#### Get latest deals across all categories

```json
{
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

#### Search for laptop deals

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "laptop",
  "maxResults": 30
}
```

#### Browse electronics deals

```json
{
  "category": "electronics",
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

### Cost

This scraper uses Apify's pay-per-event pricing. You are charged per result returned. Running with the default 50 results uses minimal compute resources.

### Notes

- DealNews is fully server-side rendered, so no browser is needed
- The scraper extracts both HTML content and embedded JSON deal data for maximum accuracy
- Pagination uses DealNews's native `start` parameter (20 items per page)
- Rate limiting is built in to be respectful of the server

# Actor input Schema

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

Search for specific deals (e.g. 'laptop', 'headphones', 'tv'). Leave empty to browse all or a category.

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

Filter deals by category. Ignored when search query is provided.

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

Maximum number of deals to scrape.

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

Optional proxy to use.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "",
  "category": "",
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

# 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 = {};

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

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

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/dealnews-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/EWjdVhSdZqatJAJf1/builds/LPEJA8EWrLKVLBrbc/openapi.json