American Eagle Outfitters product scraper

American Eagle Outfitters is an American retailer of clothing and accessories headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The brand was founded in 1977 by brothers Jay and Mark Silverman. Using this product scraper, you can collect information about the products and prices from ae.com website.

Approx number of goods: 10000
Approx number of page requests: 20000
Recommended subscription plan: X-Small

PLEASE NOTE! The number of requests can exceed the number of products, because data about variations, images, etc. can be scraped from other resources and will require additional requests. Also part of the product data can be delivered using XHR requests, which also increases the total number of required page requests.

How to use the web scraper to extract data about products and prices from ae.com

To use the web scraper for American Eagle Outfitters, you must have an account with our Diggernaut service. You can just simply follow this comprehensive guide:

  1. Go through this registration link to open free account with Diggernaut
  2. After registering and confirming the email address, you will need to log in to your account
  3. Create a project with any name and description, if you do not know how to do it, please refer to our documentation
  4. Switch to the created project and create a digger with any name, if you do not know how to do it, please refer to our documentation
  5. Copy the following digger configuration to the clipboard and paste it into the digger you created, if you do not know how to do it, refer to our documentation
  6. Switch the mode of the digger from Debug to Active, if you do not know how to do it, please refer to our documentation
  7. Run your digger and wait until the completion, if you do not know how to do it, please refer to our documentation
  8. Download the scraped dataset in the format you need, if you do not know how to do it, please refer to our documentation

You can also setup a schedule for running your scraper and collect data regularly.

Scraping configuration for the digger

---
config:
    debug: 2
do:
- pool_clear: pages
- walk:
    to: https://www.ae.com
    do:
    - find:
        path: a.third-level,a.second-level-item
        do:
        - parse:
            attr: href
        - normalize:
            routine: url
        - link_add:
            pool: catalog
- walk:
    to: links
    pool: catalog
    do:
    - find:
        path: div.product-tile>div.product-details-container>a[data-qa-link-to="pdp"]
        do:
        - parse:
            attr: href
            filter: ^([^\?]+)
        - normalize:
            routine: url
        - link_add:
            pool: pages
- walk:
    to: links
    pool: pages
    do:
    - sleep: 3
    - find:
        path: div.container-fluid[itemtype="http://schema.org/Product"]
        do:
        - variable_clear: pid
        - object_new: product
        - eval:
            routine: js
            body: '(function (){var d = new Date(); return d.toISOString()})();'
        - object_field_set:
            object: product
            field: date
        - static_get: url
        - object_field_set:
            object: product
            field: url
        - find:
            path: h1.psp-product-name
            do:
            - parse
            - space_dedupe
            - trim
            - object_field_set:
                object: product
                field: name
        - find:
            path: span.pdp-about-cs
            do:
            - parse
            - space_dedupe
            - trim
            - object_field_set:
                object: product
                field: sku
        - find:
            in: doc
            path: script:contains("var $AWP_ENV")
            do:
            - parse:
                filter: var\s+\$AWP_ENV\s+\=\s+(.+)\s*$
            - normalize:
                routine: json2xml
            - to_block
            - find:
                path: body_safe>viewdata>availableproducts
                do:
                - find:
                    path: brandname
                    slice: 0
                    do:
                    - parse
                    - space_dedupe
                    - trim
                    - object_field_set:
                        object: product
                        field: brand
                - find:
                    path: colorname
                    do:
                    - parse
                    - space_dedupe
                    - trim
                    - if:
                        match: \w+
                        do:
                        - object_field_set:
                            object: product
                            joinby: "|"
                            field: variations
                - find:
                    path: largeimages
                    do:
                    - parse
                    - space_dedupe
                    - trim
                    - if:
                        match: \w+
                        do:
                        - normalize:
                            routine: url
                        - variable_set: iurl
                        - register_set: "?scl=1"
                        - object_field_set:
                            object: product
                            joinby: "|"
                            field: images
        - find:
            path: span.psp-product-regularprice[itemprop="priceCurrency"]
            do:
            - parse:
                attr: content
            - object_field_set:
                object: product
                field: currency
        - find:
            path: span.psp-product-regularprice[itemprop="price"]
            do:
            - parse:
                attr: content
            - object_field_set:
                object: product
                type: float
                field: price
        - find:
            path: span.psp-product-saleprice[itemprop="priceCurrency"],span.psp-product-sale-currency[itemprop="priceCurrency"]
            do:
            - parse:
                attr: content
            - object_field_set:
                object: product
                field: currency
        - find:
            path: span.psp-product-saleprice[itemprop="price"]
            do:
            - parse:
                attr: content
            - object_field_set:
                object: product
                type: float
                field: price
        - find:
            in: doc
            path: div.pdp-about-details-equit
            slice: 0
            do:
            - parse
            - space_dedupe
            - trim
            - object_field_set:
                object: product
                field: description
        - find:
            in: doc
            path: ol.breadcrumb>li.bc-item
            slice: 0:-2
            do:
            - variable_clear: list_item
            - parse
            - space_dedupe
            - trim
            - if:
                match: \w{2,}
                do:
                - object_field_set:
                    object: product
                    joinby: "|"
                    field: category
        - object_save:
            name: product

Sample of scraped ae.com data

Below is a sample of a dataset with several products in JSON format (so you can easily review it and see data structure). The dataset can be downloaded as CSV, XLSX, XML, or any other text format using the templates.

[{
    "product": {
        "brand": "AEO",
        "category": "Women|Featured|Best Sellers",
        "currency": "USD",
        "date": "2017-12-05T09:15:17.642Z",
        "description": "Sweater weather forever.",
        "images": "https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_020_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_020_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_020_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_020_b?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_020_d1?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_410_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_410_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_410_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_410_b?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_410_d1?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_639_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_639_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_639_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_639_b?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_951_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_951_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_951_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_951_b?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_7976_951_d1?scl=1",
        "name": "AE Chenille Balloon-Sleeve Sweater",
        "price": 26.97,
        "url": "https://www.ae.com/women-gifts-ae-chenille-balloon-sleeve-sweater-light-gray/web/s-prod/0341_7976_951",
        "variations": "Gray|Navy|Rose|Light Gray"
    }
}
,{
    "product": {
        "brand": "AEO",
        "category": "Women|Featured|Best Sellers",
        "currency": "USD",
        "date": "2017-12-05T09:15:37.475Z",
        "description": "Sweater weather forever.",
        "images": "https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_401_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_401_os?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_401_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_401_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_401_b?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_401_d1?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_500_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_500_os?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_500_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_500_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_500_b?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_500_d1?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_639_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_639_os?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_639_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_639_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/0341_8032_639_b?scl=1",
        "name": "AE Soft & Pretty Sweater",
        "price": 24.99,
        "url": "https://www.ae.com/women-gifts-ae-soft-pretty-sweater-rose/web/s-prod/0341_8032_639",
        "variations": "Light Blue|Purple|Rose"
    }
}
,{
    "product": {
        "brand": "AEO",
        "category": "Women|Featured|New Arrivals|Tops|Sweaters",
        "currency": "USD",
        "date": "2017-12-05T09:15:58.845Z",
        "description": "Sweater weather forever.",
        "images": "https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_020_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_020_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_020_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_020_b?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_401_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_401_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_401_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_401_b?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_410_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_410_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_410_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_410_b?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_580_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_580_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_580_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_613_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_613_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_613_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7951_613_b?scl=1",
        "name": "AE Waffle Knit Turtleneck Tunic",
        "price": 32.97,
        "url": "https://www.ae.com/women-gifts-ae-waffle-knit-turtleneck-tunic-gray/web/s-prod/1341_7951_020",
        "variations": "Gray|Light Blue|Navy|Lavender|Burgundy"
    }
}
,{
    "product": {
        "brand": "AEO",
        "category": "Women|Featured|New Arrivals|Tops|Sweaters",
        "currency": "USD",
        "date": "2017-12-05T09:16:41.537Z",
        "description": "Sweater weather forever.",
        "images": "https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7947_286_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7947_286_os?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7947_286_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7947_286_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7947_286_b?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7947_286_d1?scl=1",
        "name": "AE Destroyed Cutout-Collar Sweater",
        "price": 26.97,
        "url": "https://www.ae.com/women-gifts-ae-destroyed-cutout-collar-sweater-oatmeal/web/s-prod/1341_7947_286",
        "variations": "Oatmeal"
    }
}
,{
    "product": {
        "brand": "AEO",
        "category": "Women|Featured|Statement Sleeves",
        "currency": "USD",
        "date": "2017-12-05T09:17:09.343Z",
        "description": "Sweater weather forever.",
        "images": "https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_008_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_008_os?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_008_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_008_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_008_b?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_106_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_106_os?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_106_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_106_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_106_b?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_309_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_309_b?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_628_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_628_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_628_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_628_b?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_639_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_639_os?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_639_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_639_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7819_639_b?scl=1",
        "name": "AE Zip-Back Bell Sleeve Sweater",
        "price": 26.97,
        "url": "https://www.ae.com/women-ae-zip-back-bell-sleeve-sweater-neon-pink/web/s-prod/1341_7819_628",
        "variations": "Charcoal|Cream|Olive|Neon Pink|Rose"
    }
}
,{
    "product": {
        "brand": "AEO",
        "category": "Women|Featured|New Arrivals|Tops|Sweaters",
        "currency": "USD",
        "date": "2017-12-05T09:17:29.820Z",
        "description": "Sweater weather forever.",
        "images": "https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7808_001_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7808_001_b?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7808_300_of?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7808_300_os?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7808_300_ob?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7808_300_f?scl=1|https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/aeo/1341_7808_300_b?scl=1",
        "name": "AE Chenille Side-Tie Sweater",
        "price": 26.97,
        "url": "https://www.ae.com/women-ae-chenille-side-tie-sweater-green/web/s-prod/1341_7808_300",
        "variations": "Black|Green"
    }
}
]
Mikhail Sisin: Co-founder of cloud-based web scraping and data extraction platform Diggernaut. Over 10 years of experience in data extraction, ETL, AI, and ML.
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