Extract - Ecommerce Web Extraction

What is Extract?

Extract is the first step of the Extralt pipeline. Give it a URL, and it pulls structured product data from the page. It draws from a growing library of production crawlers, or builds a new one in minutes. Every crawler is compiled to native Rust, so extraction runs without any LLM calls. You don't need any technical knowledge to use it.

Why Extract?

Merchant feeds only show what sellers want you to see. Product APIs have limited coverage. If you want to know what's actually on the shelf and at what price, you need to look at the product pages themselves.

Traditional scrapers break when websites change their HTML. AI-powered scrapers handle changes well but cost too much to run at scale because they call an LLM on every single page.

Extract takes a different approach: AI analyzes a website once and writes a purpose-built extractor. The AI does the thinking upfront, then compiled Rust code does the actual crawling. The platform maintains a growing library of these crawlers. Popular ecommerce sites are already covered, and new ones are added in minutes.

How it works

1

Schema - One format for every site

Every extraction outputs the same ecommerce schema: title, brand, description, images, identifiers, variants, and pricing. You don't configure anything. Whether you're extracting from Nike or a Shopify store, the output looks the same.

Same fields regardless of source site
Can be further normalized with Enrich

2

Coverage - A growing library of crawlers

Extralt maintains a growing library of production crawlers for ecommerce sites. Popular sites are already covered, so you can request a URL and start extracting immediately. For new sites, our AI generates a purpose-built crawler in minutes. Every crawler is compiled to native Rust and automatically updated when sites change.

Instant access for sites already in the library
New sites added in minutes, free of charge
Compiled Rust, no LLM calls at extraction time
Quality monitored and crawlers rebuilt automatically

3

Extract - Run the crawler

The crawler crawls the site and extracts product data. No LLM is involved at this stage, it's running compiled code.

Crawl full catalogs in minutes
Live progress in your dashboard
Export as JSON, Parquet, or via API

Base schema

Every extraction returns these fields. The schema is the same whether you're pulling from a major retailer or a niche Shopify store.

Identity

id, handle
title, subtitle
brand
description

Classification

breadcrumbs
categories
tags
gender
age_group

Media

images
videos

Properties

properties_dict (key-value pairs)
properties_list (feature bullets)
ratings (average, scale, count)
release_date

Variants & Pricing

options (up to 3 axes)
variants with identifiers
offers (price, availability)
seller, condition

Relationships

recommended_products

This is a real extraction from a single Nike product page:

https://www.nike.com/t/dna-mens-dri-fit-basketball-shorts-hVGm16/HV1878-350

Men > Basketball > Shorts

Nike

Nike DNA

Men's Dri-FIT Basketball Shorts

Color

Size

$41.97$60.00

In StockIn stock

Sold by Nike (direct)

Description

Built for the court, ready for anywhere. These lightweight-yet-durable basketball shorts help keep you cool with our sweat-wicking Dri-FIT technology.

Details

Recycled Materials
Designed for Basketball
Unlined
Lightweight, sweat-wicking fabric with mesh and smooth interior
Side pockets and zippered utility pocket large enough for a phone
Elastic waistband with drawcord
Body: 100% polyester. Pocket bags: 100% polyester.
Machine wash
Imported
Shown: Chlorophyll/Black
Style: HV1878-350

Infrastructure

Crawlers run on our infrastructure. You don't manage any of this:

Managed headless browsers
Proxy rotation with IP geolocation
Anti-bot bypass and fingerprint spoofing
Automatic retries on failure
Automatic extraction quality monitoring
Crawler updates when sites change

Who uses this

Most of our customers use Extract for price monitoring, where they schedule recurring crawls to track competitor pricing. Others use it to fill gaps in their own product catalog with images, specs, and descriptions from supplier sites. Some use it to watch competitor assortment and stock levels over time.

Pricing

1 credit per URL

You only pay for successfully extracted URLs. Failed extractions are not charged.