Header
x-api-key required
string
This parameter defines the Piloterr private key to use for authentification.
Parameters
query
string
Search term, brand name, or product reference for the Tesco grocery catalogue.
category
string
Tesco superdepartment slug: fresh-food, food-cupboard, frozen-food, drinks, bakery, baby, health-and-beauty, household, pets.
promotion
string
Restrict to products with an active offer: any, clubcard, or multibuy.
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Get Real-Time Tesco Data via API, No Infrastructure Required
Tesco is the UK's largest grocery retailer with roughly 27% market share and well over 50,000 SKUs across fresh food, ambient grocery, drinks, household, and health and beauty. The Tesco Search API returns paginated product results for any keyword, brand, or category, with live shelf prices, Clubcard offers, price-per-unit, dietary tags, ratings, and online stock status as structured JSON. Akamai bot protection and the strict rate limits enforced on tesco.com/groceries are handled transparently by Piloterr, so you never run proxy rotation or browser automation on your side.
Application Scenarios for the Tesco Search API
- Track UK grocery inflation across a SKU basket: Pull Tesco shelf prices and Clubcard offers daily across hundreds of SKUs to feed an inflation index or pricing dashboard, with data fresh at the moment of every call.
- Build a Clubcard offer alerting product: Surface deals on a user's favourite items the moment Tesco activates a Clubcard Price, with the start and end dates returned in the `promotion` object so users know when to shop.
- Power a UK grocery price comparison platform: Aggregate Tesco inventory alongside Sainsbury's, Asda, and Morrisons to power a consumer-facing comparison engine. The structured JSON schema integrates cleanly into any analytics stack.
- Benchmark private label vs branded competitors: Compare Tesco own-label pricing and ranking against branded competitors per category for FMCG manufacturers, using the `is_tesco_brand` flag to filter quickly.
- Audit dietary range coverage across the catalog: Filter by vegan, gluten-free, organic, dairy-free, and other dietary tags to map Tesco's coverage of niche dietary segments and inform product launch or distribution decisions.
Why Use Piloterr Instead of Building Your Own Scraper
- No anti-bot management: Tesco blocks automated requests with Akamai bot protection and aggressive rate limiting. Piloterr handles the bypass transparently so you never touch proxies, fingerprinting, or TLS configuration.
- Real-time data: Every call returns live data from Tesco, not a cached snapshot or a stale dataset dump.
- Structured JSON: No HTML parsing, no fragile selectors. The response schema is stable and documented.
- No infrastructure costs: No proxy pool to buy, no headless browser cluster to maintain. Pay only for successful requests.
One Piloterr subscription gives access to the full public API catalog, including real estate, retail, search, and B2B endpoints. See the API documentation for authentication, parameters, and how credits are deducted.
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3 credits = WebUnlocker API request
2 credits = JS rendering API request
3 credits = WebUnlocker API request
2 credits = JS rendering API request
3 credits = WebUnlocker API request
2 credits = JS rendering API request
3 credits = WebUnlocker API request
2 credits = JS rendering API request
3 credits = WebUnlocker API request
2 credits = JS rendering API request
3 credits = WebUnlocker API request
2 credits = JS rendering API request
3 credits = WebUnlocker API request
2 credits = JS rendering API request
3 credits = WebUnlocker API request
2 credits = JS rendering API request
3 credits = WebUnlocker API request
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Everything you need to know about our products & services.
We have implemented industry-standard security measures to ensure the safety of your data. Our platform uses SSL encryption to protect your API requests. We're also fully aligned with GDPR and CCPA compliance standards.
We are always adding new APIs to our platform based on customer demand and emerging technologies. If you have a specific API you would like us to add, please contact our support team and let us know.
Active plans can be upgraded, downgraded and cancelled anytime. Changes are immediate. When changing plan, the remaining unused requests of your current plan are added from your next invoice amount.
We understand that things change. You can cancel your plan at any time and we’ll refund you the difference that you already paid (annual subscriptions only and under the terms described here).
Your monthly subscription restarts with your monthly allowance of successful search credits on the first day of your billing cycle's subscription.
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Only successful requests are counted towards your monthly searches. Errored and failed searches are not. For the credit system, please consult our documentation.
Of course! We are always expanding our code and building new APIs for different search engines. You can create a feature request on our Roadmap. We aren't able to build APIs for every websites for a variety of reasons but we do always make additions where they are needed and able to be done.
