Safeway

Learn how to start scraping Safeway.

With Web Scraper API, you can scrape various types of Safeway pages; below is an overview of all supported scrapers and their respective source values. The response returns the page HTML in content, in the standard response structure described in Realtime and Push-Pull.

For some targets our system forces JavaScript rendering even if you do not set render; those requests count as rendered traffic. The list of force-rendered targets and how to switch rendering off are in Forcing rendering on specific pages.

Source	Description
safeway_search	Search page for a search term of your choice.
safeway_product	Product page of a product ID of your choice.

Any other Safeway page can be scraped by passing its url alone, no source needed.

Besides the parameters listed below, you can include additional parameters such as user_agent_type, geo_location, render, and more to customize your scraping request. Read more here.

Search

Request samples

cURL

curl 'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries' \
--user 'USERNAME:PASSWORD' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
        "source": "safeway_search",
        "query": "milk",
        "zip_code": "98101"
    }'

Python

import requests
from pprint import pprint

# Structure payload.
payload = {
    'source': 'safeway_search',
    'query': 'milk',
    'zip_code': '98101'
}

# Get response.
response = requests.request(
    'POST',
    'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries',
    auth=('USERNAME', 'PASSWORD'),
    json=payload
)

# Instead of response with job status and results url, this will return the
# JSON response with the result.
pprint(response.json())

Node.js

const https = require("https");

const username = "USERNAME";
const password = "PASSWORD";
const body = {
    source: "safeway_search",
    query: "milk",
    zip_code: "98101"
};

const options = {
    hostname: "realtime.oxylabs.io",
    path: "/v1/queries",
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        Authorization:
            "Basic " + Buffer.from(`${username}:${password}`).toString("base64"),
    },
};

const request = https.request(options, (response) => {
    let data = "";

    response.on("data", (chunk) => {
        data += chunk;
    });

    response.on("end", () => {
        const responseData = JSON.parse(data);
        console.log(JSON.stringify(responseData, null, 2));
    });
});

request.on("error", (error) => {
    console.error("Error:", error);
});

request.write(JSON.stringify(body));
request.end();

HTTP

# The whole string you submit has to be URL-encoded.

https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries?source=safeway_search&query=milk&zip_code=98101&access_token=12345abcde

PHP

<?php

$params = array(
    'source' => 'safeway_search',
    'query' => 'milk',
    'zip_code' => '98101'
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "USERNAME" . ":" . "PASSWORD");

$headers = array();
$headers[] = "Content-Type: application/json";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close($ch);

Golang

package main

import (
    "bytes"
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "io/ioutil"
    "net/http"
)

func main() {
    const Username = "USERNAME"
    const Password = "PASSWORD"

    payload := map[string]interface{}{
        "source": "safeway_search",
        "query": "milk",
        "zip_code": "98101",
    }

    jsonValue, _ := json.Marshal(payload)

    client := &http.Client{}
    request, _ := http.NewRequest("POST",
        "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries",
        bytes.NewBuffer(jsonValue),
    )

    request.SetBasicAuth(Username, Password)
    response, _ := client.Do(request)

    responseText, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(responseText))
}

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace OxyApi
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main()
        {
            const string Username = "USERNAME";
            const string Password = "PASSWORD";

            var parameters = new {
                source = "safeway_search",
                query = "milk",
                zip_code = "98101"
            };

            var client = new HttpClient();

            Uri baseUri = new Uri("https://realtime.oxylabs.io");
            client.BaseAddress = baseUri;

            var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "/v1/queries");
            requestMessage.Content = JsonContent.Create(parameters);

            var authenticationString = $"{Username}:{Password}";
            var base64EncodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(authenticationString));
            requestMessage.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + base64EncodedAuthenticationString);

            var response = await client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
            var contents = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            Console.WriteLine(contents);
        }
    }
}

Java

package org.example;

import okhttp3.*;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class Main implements Runnable {
    private static final String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER = "Authorization";
    public static final String USERNAME = "USERNAME";
    public static final String PASSWORD = "PASSWORD";

    public void run() {
        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
        jsonObject.put("source", "safeway_search");
        jsonObject.put("query", "milk");
        jsonObject.put("zip_code", "98101");

        Authenticator authenticator = (route, response) -> {
            String credential = Credentials.basic(USERNAME, PASSWORD);
            return response
                    .request()
                    .newBuilder()
                    .header(AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, credential)
                    .build();
        };

        var client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .authenticator(authenticator)
                .readTimeout(180, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .build();

        var mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");
        var body = RequestBody.create(jsonObject.toString(), mediaType);
        var request = new Request.Builder()
                .url("https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries")
                .post(body)
                .build();

        try (var response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.body() != null) {
                try (var responseBody = response.body()) {
                    System.out.println(responseBody.string());
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception exception) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + exception.getMessage());
        }

        System.exit(0);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Thread(new Main()).start();
    }
}

JSON

{
    "source": "safeway_search",
    "query": "milk",
    "zip_code": "98101"
}

Request parameter values

Parameter	Description	Default Value
source	Sets the scraper.	safeway_search
query	The keyword or phrase to search for products.	-
zip_code	ZIP code of the Safeway store area as a string, e.g. "98101". The page shows the store that serves this ZIP code, with its prices and availability. ZIP codes outside Safeway service areas are rejected.	-

- mandatory parameter

Product

Request samples

cURL

curl 'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries' \
--user 'USERNAME:PASSWORD' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
        "source": "safeway_product",
        "product_id": "136010013",
        "zip_code": "98101"
    }'

Python

import requests
from pprint import pprint

# Structure payload.
payload = {
    'source': 'safeway_product',
    'product_id': '136010013',
    'zip_code': '98101'
}

# Get response.
response = requests.request(
    'POST',
    'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries',
    auth=('USERNAME', 'PASSWORD'),
    json=payload
)

# Instead of response with job status and results url, this will return the
# JSON response with the result.
pprint(response.json())

Node.js

const https = require("https");

const username = "USERNAME";
const password = "PASSWORD";
const body = {
    source: "safeway_product",
    product_id: "136010013",
    zip_code: "98101"
};

const options = {
    hostname: "realtime.oxylabs.io",
    path: "/v1/queries",
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        Authorization:
            "Basic " + Buffer.from(`${username}:${password}`).toString("base64"),
    },
};

const request = https.request(options, (response) => {
    let data = "";

    response.on("data", (chunk) => {
        data += chunk;
    });

    response.on("end", () => {
        const responseData = JSON.parse(data);
        console.log(JSON.stringify(responseData, null, 2));
    });
});

request.on("error", (error) => {
    console.error("Error:", error);
});

request.write(JSON.stringify(body));
request.end();

HTTP

# The whole string you submit has to be URL-encoded.

https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries?source=safeway_product&product_id=136010013&zip_code=98101&access_token=12345abcde

PHP

<?php

$params = array(
    'source' => 'safeway_product',
    'product_id' => '136010013',
    'zip_code' => '98101'
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "USERNAME" . ":" . "PASSWORD");

$headers = array();
$headers[] = "Content-Type: application/json";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close($ch);

Golang

package main

import (
    "bytes"
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "io/ioutil"
    "net/http"
)

func main() {
    const Username = "USERNAME"
    const Password = "PASSWORD"

    payload := map[string]interface{}{
        "source": "safeway_product",
        "product_id": "136010013",
        "zip_code": "98101",
    }

    jsonValue, _ := json.Marshal(payload)

    client := &http.Client{}
    request, _ := http.NewRequest("POST",
        "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries",
        bytes.NewBuffer(jsonValue),
    )

    request.SetBasicAuth(Username, Password)
    response, _ := client.Do(request)

    responseText, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(responseText))
}

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace OxyApi
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main()
        {
            const string Username = "USERNAME";
            const string Password = "PASSWORD";

            var parameters = new {
                source = "safeway_product",
                product_id = "136010013",
                zip_code = "98101"
            };

            var client = new HttpClient();

            Uri baseUri = new Uri("https://realtime.oxylabs.io");
            client.BaseAddress = baseUri;

            var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "/v1/queries");
            requestMessage.Content = JsonContent.Create(parameters);

            var authenticationString = $"{Username}:{Password}";
            var base64EncodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(authenticationString));
            requestMessage.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + base64EncodedAuthenticationString);

            var response = await client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
            var contents = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            Console.WriteLine(contents);
        }
    }
}

Java

package org.example;

import okhttp3.*;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class Main implements Runnable {
    private static final String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER = "Authorization";
    public static final String USERNAME = "USERNAME";
    public static final String PASSWORD = "PASSWORD";

    public void run() {
        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
        jsonObject.put("source", "safeway_product");
        jsonObject.put("product_id", "136010013");
        jsonObject.put("zip_code", "98101");

        Authenticator authenticator = (route, response) -> {
            String credential = Credentials.basic(USERNAME, PASSWORD);
            return response
                    .request()
                    .newBuilder()
                    .header(AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, credential)
                    .build();
        };

        var client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .authenticator(authenticator)
                .readTimeout(180, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .build();

        var mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");
        var body = RequestBody.create(jsonObject.toString(), mediaType);
        var request = new Request.Builder()
                .url("https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries")
                .post(body)
                .build();

        try (var response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.body() != null) {
                try (var responseBody = response.body()) {
                    System.out.println(responseBody.string());
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception exception) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + exception.getMessage());
        }

        System.exit(0);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Thread(new Main()).start();
    }
}

JSON

{
    "source": "safeway_product",
    "product_id": "136010013",
    "zip_code": "98101"
}

Request parameter values

Parameter	Description	Default Value
source	Sets the scraper.	safeway_product
product_id	The numeric product ID at the end of the product page URL, e.g. safeway.com/shop/pd/lucerne-milk-half-gallon-container-may-vary/136010013.	-
zip_code	ZIP code of the Safeway store area as a string, e.g. "98101". The page shows the store that serves this ZIP code, with its prices and availability. ZIP codes outside Safeway service areas are rejected.	-

- mandatory parameter