# google-shopping [Health: Active]

**Category:** 💻 Developer Tools  
**Repository:** https://github.com/johnisanerd/Apify-Google-Shopping-API  
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## Description
Google Shopping products, prices, sellers, and deals as structured data via a hosted MCP server.

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Install path detected from listing signals. Uses `npx` (confidence: high):

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "google-shopping": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y","mcp-remote","https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals"]
  }
}
```

## Documentation & README

# 🛍️ Google Shopping API: Products, Prices, and Deals in Clean JSON

> The efficient, reliable, and developer-friendly way to use the Google Shopping API.

**Actor page:** [apify.com/johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals](https://apify.com/johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals?fpr=9n7kx3)
**Input schema:** [apify.com/johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals/input-schema](https://apify.com/johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals/input-schema?fpr=9n7kx3)

The Google Shopping API returns Google Shopping product listings for a query as clean, structured JSON: title, merchant source, current and original price, rating, review count, sale tag, delivery terms, and a product ID. Filter by price band, sort order, free shipping, and on-sale status, and localize by country, language, and Google domain. Built for price comparison, deal tracking, competitive monitoring, and AI agent workflows.

## Video Walkthrough

[![Watch the walkthrough](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jREWahDGhJM/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jREWahDGhJM)

## Quick Start

### Prerequisites
- Python 3.11 or higher
- An Apify account and API key ([get a free key here](https://apify.com?fpr=9n7kx3))

1. **Clone the repository**
   ```bash
   git clone https://github.com/johnisanerd/Apify-Google-Shopping-API.git
   cd Apify-Google-Shopping-API
   ```

2. **Install dependencies with UV**
   ```bash
   # Install UV if you do not have it:
   curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

   # Install project dependencies:
   uv sync
   ```

3. **Configure your API key**
   ```bash
   cp .env.example .env
   # Edit .env and add your Apify API key
   # Get your free API key at: https://apify.com?fpr=9n7kx3
   ```

4. **Run the example**
   ```bash
   uv run python google-shopping-api-example.py
   ```

### Alternative: set the API key directly
```bash
export APIFY_API_TOKEN="your_api_key_here"
uv run python google-shopping-api-example.py
```

## Why Use This Google Shopping API?

**Prices across merchants.** Get the products Google Shopping shows for a query, each with its merchant source, current price, and original price when discounted.

**Built-in deal signals.** Sale tags (for example `16% OFF`), original prices, and an on-sale filter make deal tracking straightforward.

**Ratings and delivery.** Each listing carries a rating, review count, and delivery terms, so you can rank on more than price.

**Flexible filtering.** Narrow by `min_price` and `max_price`, sort by price, and restrict to free shipping or on-sale items.

**Localized.** Target by `location`, country (`gl`), language (`hl`), and Google domain, and emulate desktop, tablet, or mobile.

**Predictable, pay-per-use pricing.** Billing is per page processed (about 40 products each), with a small per-run fee.

## Features

### Core Capabilities
- Product search with price-band, sort, free-shipping, and on-sale filters
- Merchant source, current and original price, and sale tag per product
- Ratings, review counts, and delivery terms
- Localization by location, country, language, and Google domain
- Pagination with a configurable page cap

### Data Quality
- One item per page, each with a `shopping_results` array
- Formatted `price` plus numeric `extracted_price`
- Sale fields (`old_price`, `tag`) when a product is discounted
- The available refinement `filters` returned per page

## Usage Examples

### Basic search
```json
{
  "q": "wireless headphones",
  "max_pages": 1
}
```

### Price band, on sale, sorted low to high
```json
{
  "q": "4k monitor",
  "min_price": 200,
  "max_price": 500,
  "on_sale": true,
  "sort_by": 1
}
```

## Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `q` | `str` | Yes | - | Product or keyword to search, e.g. `wireless headphones`. |
| `location` | `str` | No | - | Geographic location, e.g. `Austin, Texas, United States`. |
| `gl` | `str` | No | - | Country code, e.g. `us`, `uk`, `de`. |
| `hl` | `str` | No | - | Language code, e.g. `en`, `es`. |
| `google_domain` | `str` | No | `google.com` | Google domain, e.g. `google.co.uk`. |
| `device` | `str` | No | `desktop` | `desktop`, `tablet`, or `mobile`. |
| `min_price` | `number` | No | - | Only products above this price. |
| `max_price` | `number` | No | - | Only products below this price. |
| `sort_by` | `int` | No | - | `1` price low to high, `2` high to low; blank = relevance. |
| `free_shipping` | `bool` | No | `false` | Only products with free shipping. |
| `on_sale` | `bool` | No | `false` | Only products on sale or discounted. |
| `max_pages` | `int` | No | `1` | Pages to fetch (~40 products each); `0` = unlimited. Each page is billed. |

## Output Format

A real result for `wireless headphones` (one item per page; `shopping_results` is trimmed to a single product, and `filters` lists the available refinements).

```json
{
  "search_parameters": { "q": "wireless headphones", "device": "desktop", "max_pages": 1 },
  "search_metadata": { "results_count": 40, "pages_processed": 1, "max_pages_set": 1, "pagination_limit_reached": true },
  "page_number": 1,
  "shopping_results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "JLab Studio 2 Wireless Headphones",
      "product_id": "13340055750063076763",
      "source": "Target",
      "price": "$24.99",
      "extracted_price": 24.99,
      "old_price": "$30",
      "rating": 4.6,
      "reviews": 727,
      "tag": "16% OFF",
      "delivery": "Free delivery on $35+"
    }
  ],
  "filters": [ { "input_type": "link_with_icon", "options": [ "..." ] } ]
}
```

Each page item echoes the `search_parameters`, reports `search_metadata` (result count and pages processed), and lists every product in `shopping_results` with its position, title, merchant `source`, formatted and numeric price, optional sale fields (`old_price`, `tag`), rating, reviews, delivery terms, and `product_id`. The `filters` array returns the refinements Google offers for the query.

---

## Use as an MCP tool

You can load the Google Shopping API as an MCP tool so assistants call it for you. The MCP server URL preloads just this one Actor:

```
https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals
```

Authenticate with OAuth in the browser when offered, or with your Apify API token (the same `APIFY_API_TOKEN` used by the Python example). Get a token at https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations and a free Apify account at https://apify.com?fpr=9n7kx3 .

## Install in Claude Cowork Desktop

![Install in Claude Cowork Desktop](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/johnisanerd/ApifyPublicData/main/assets/guides/install_mcp_into_claude_desktop.png)

Cowork is the desktop app's automation mode. To give it the Google Shopping API as a tool, add the Apify MCP server as a connector.

1. Open the Claude desktop app and go to **Settings → Connectors** (or **Settings → Developer → Edit Config** to edit `claude_desktop_config.json` directly).
   - macOS: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
   - Windows: `%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`
2. Add the Apify MCP server, preloaded with only this Actor:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

3. Restart the app. When Cowork first calls the tool, complete the OAuth prompt in your browser, or add your Apify API token in the connector settings to skip OAuth.
4. In a Cowork chat, confirm the tool is available and ask it to run the Google Shopping API.

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More help: https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/claude-desktop

## Install in Claude Code

![Install in Claude Code](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/johnisanerd/ApifyPublicData/main/assets/guides/install_mcp_into_claude_code.png)

Claude Code is the command-line tool. Add the Actor's MCP server with one command:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http apify \
  "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals"
```

To use a token instead of browser OAuth:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http apify \
  "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
```

Then verify with `claude mcp list`, or run `/mcp` inside a session. Ask Claude Code to call the Google Shopping API.

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## Install in Claude (website)

![Install in Claude (website)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/johnisanerd/ApifyPublicData/main/assets/guides/install_mcp_into_claude_ai.png)

On claude.ai you add Apify as a connector, then enable just this Actor's tool.

1. Go to **Settings → Connectors → Browse connectors** and search for **Apify MCP server**. Install it (enable or update if prompted).
2. When connecting, authenticate with your Apify API token, and enable the tool `johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals`.
3. In any chat, open **+ → Connectors** and turn on **Apify**.
4. Alternatively, choose **Add custom connector** and paste the full MCP URL `https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals`, using OAuth when prompted.
5. Ask Claude to run the Google Shopping API.

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## Install in Cursor

![Install in Cursor](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/johnisanerd/ApifyPublicData/main/assets/guides/install_mcp_into_cursor.png)

Cursor reads MCP servers from a project file at `.cursor/mcp.json`.

1. In your project, create `.cursor/mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals"
    }
  }
}
```

2. If you prefer token auth over browser OAuth, add a header:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}
```

3. Open **Cursor → Settings → MCP** and confirm the **apify** server is connected (green dot).
4. In Composer or Chat, ask Cursor to call the Google Shopping API.

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## Install in ChatGPT

![Install in ChatGPT](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/johnisanerd/ApifyPublicData/main/assets/guides/install_mcp_into_ChatGPT.png)

ChatGPT connects to the Apify MCP server through Developer mode (available on ChatGPT Pro, Plus, Business, Enterprise, and Education plans).

1. Click your profile icon, then go to **Settings > Apps**. If you do not see a **Create app** button, open **Advanced settings** and enable **Developer mode**.
2. Click **Create app** and fill out the form:
   - **Name:** Apify
   - **MCP Server URL:** `https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals`
   - **Authentication:** OAuth
3. Click **Create** and authorize the connection with Apify.
4. To use the app in a conversation, click **+** in the chat, choose **Developer mode**, and select **Apify**.

More help: https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp

---

[**Made with care**](https://apify.com/johnvc?fpr=9n7kx3)

*Use the Google Shopping API to power price comparison, deal tracking, and competitive monitoring with reliable, structured results.*

## Featured Tasks

Ready-to-run examples on the Apify Store.

- [Export Google Shopping Products to CSV](https://apify.com/johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals/examples/export-google-shopping-products-to-csv?fpr=9n7kx3)

Last Updated: 2026.09.09