Babylist Baby Registry Product Catalog Scraper

Scrapes Babylist's product catalog — product details, pricing, ratings, multi-retailer where-to-buy links, editorial badges, and category data from the leading US baby registry platform.

What it does

Babylist embeds its full product data in the page as structured JSON. This actor extracts that directly, giving you fast, reliable access to the full product catalog.

Scrape modes

Mode	Description
sitemap	Walks the full product sitemap (~10,000 products)
category	Scrapes a specific category (e.g. strollers, car-seats, baby-monitors)
product_urls	Scrapes a list of product URLs you supply
editorial	Extracts products from Babylist's best-of editorial lists

Input parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	sitemap	Which data to collect — sitemap, category, product_urls, or editorial
categorySlug	string	strollers	Category slug for category mode (e.g. car-seats, baby-monitors)
startUrls	array	—	Product URLs for product_urls mode
maxItems	integer	10	Maximum products to scrape; 0 = unlimited

Output schema

Each record contains:

Field	Type	Description
product_id	integer	Babylist internal product group ID
variant_id	integer	Babylist internal variant ID
product_name	string	Full product name including variant
product_url	string	Canonical Babylist product URL
brand	string	Brand name
category	string	Primary category
subcategory	string	Subcategory (last breadcrumb)
description	string	Product description (HTML stripped)
price_current	number	Current Babylist price in USD
price_was	number	Original/MSRP price when on sale
currency	string	Always USD
rating_average	number	Community star rating (1.0-5.0)
rating_count	integer	Number of community ratings
review_highlights	string	Top review excerpts (JSON array)
retailer_links	string	Multi-retailer where-to-buy options (JSON array of {retailer, price, url})
editorial_badges	string	Editorial callouts e.g. "Best of Babylist 2025" (JSON array)
image_urls	string	Product image URLs (JSON array)
color_options	string	Available color variants (JSON array)
size_options	string	Available size/style variants (JSON array)
gtin	string	Global Trade Item Number (barcode)
in_stock	boolean	Whether the product is available on Babylist
fsa_hsa_eligible	boolean	Whether the product qualifies for FSA/HSA spending
scraped_at	string	ISO timestamp of when the record was scraped

Example output

{
  "product_id": 13869,
  "variant_id": 22497,
  "product_name": "Book Rack - Yellow Lion",
  "product_url": "https://www.babylist.com/gp/3-sprouts-book-rack/13869/22497",
  "brand": "3 Sprouts",
  "category": "Nursery",
  "subcategory": "Nursery Storage",
  "description": "Adorable character book rack to store your little one's favorite books...",
  "price_current": 39.99,
  "price_was": null,
  "currency": "USD",
  "rating_average": 4.8,
  "rating_count": 312,
  "in_stock": true,
  "fsa_hsa_eligible": false,
  "retailer_links": "[{\"retailer\":\"Amazon\",\"price\":37.99,\"url\":\"https://...\"}]",
  "image_urls": "[\"https://images.babylist.com/...\"]",
  "scraped_at": "2026-05-24T14:31:59.000Z"
}

Usage examples

Scrape the full product catalog (sitemap mode):

{
  "mode": "sitemap",
  "maxItems": 0
}

Scrape strollers category:

{
  "mode": "category",
  "categorySlug": "strollers",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Scrape specific products:

{
  "mode": "product_urls",
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.babylist.com/gp/uppababy-mesa-v2/12345/67890",
    "https://www.babylist.com/gp/snoo-smart-sleeper/54321/11111"
  ]
}

Extract editorial best-of lists:

{
  "mode": "editorial",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Performance

• Full sitemap crawl (~10,000 products): runs in datacenter mode
• Memory: 512 MB
• Concurrency: 8 parallel requests
• Timeout: 4 hours (for full catalog runs)