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RUN · 41 active pipelines · careem.com live

Careem data,
at warehouse scale.

We extract hyper-local restaurant menus, Quik grocery pricing, delivery fees, and merchant metrics from Careem. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3, BigQuery, or Snowflake on your cadence.

Menus extracted
184K /day
Price updates
2.1M /24h
Merchant records
45K /run
Active pipelines
41
Uptime
99.94%
Data Dictionary

Every field we extract from careem.com

Structured, schema-consistent data across all major object types — delivered clean, typed, and ready to query.

Complete list of extractable fields for Restaurant Merchants objects from careem.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

merchant_idnamecuisine_tagsratingreview_countdelivery_feedelivery_time_mindelivery_time_maxminimum_order_valueis_promotedlatitudelongitudestatus
restaurant_merchants
● 200 OK
"merchant_id": "CR-AE-DXB-9321",
"name": "Al Safadi Restaurant",
"cuisine_tags": "['Lebanese', 'Middle Eastern', 'Grills']",
"rating": 4.7,
"review_count": 8432,
"delivery_fee": 7.0,
"delivery_time_min": 35,
"is_promoted": true
# merchant_idnamecuisine_tagsratingreview_countdelivery_fee
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Complete list of extractable fields for Menu Items objects from careem.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

item_idmerchant_idnamedescriptionpricecurrencyimage_urlcategoryis_availablepopular_badgecustomisation_optionscaloric_info
menu_items
● 200 OK
"item_id": "ITM-99214",
"merchant_id": "CR-AE-DXB-9321",
"name": "Mixed Grill Platter",
"description": "Selection of meat skewers, chicken taouk, and lamb kebab.",
"price": 85.0,
"currency": "AED",
"category": "Main Courses",
"is_available": true
# item_idmerchant_idnamedescriptionpricecurrency
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Complete list of extractable fields for Quik Groceries objects from careem.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

product_idstore_idnamebrandcategorysub_categorypricediscount_pricestock_statusweight_volumeimage_urlcurrency
quik_groceries
● 200 OK
"product_id": "QK-88321",
"store_id": "Q-DXB-01",
"name": "Al Ain Bottled Drinking Water",
"brand": "Al Ain",
"category": "Beverages",
"price": 8.5,
"discount_price": 7.0,
"stock_status": "IN_STOCK"
# product_idstore_idnamebrandcategorysub_category
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Complete list of extractable fields for Delivery Fees & ETA objects from careem.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

target_lattarget_lngmerchant_idbase_delivery_feesurge_multipliertotal_delivery_feeservice_feeestimated_eta_minsdistance_kmtimestamp
delivery_fees & eta
● 200 OK
"target_lat": 25.0766,
"target_lng": 55.1453,
"merchant_id": "CR-AE-DXB-9321",
"base_delivery_fee": 5.0,
"surge_multiplier": 1.2,
"total_delivery_fee": 6.0,
"estimated_eta_mins": 42,
"distance_km": 4.2
# target_lattarget_lngmerchant_idbase_delivery_feesurge_multipliertotal_delivery_fee
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Complete list of extractable fields for DineOut Offers objects from careem.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

venue_idnameneighborhoodcitydiscount_pctmax_discount_amountvalid_daysratingcuisinecareem_plus_exclusive
dineout_offers
● 200 OK
"venue_id": "DO-DXB-441",
"name": "Zuma Dubai",
"neighborhood": "DIFC",
"discount_pct": 15,
"max_discount_amount": 250.0,
"rating": 4.9,
"cuisine": "Japanese",
"careem_plus_exclusive": true
# venue_idnameneighborhoodcitydiscount_pctmax_discount_amount
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Capabilities

Everything you need from Careem — nothing you don't

Our Careem scraper handles the complexities of hyper-local MENA data: geo-spoofing, dynamic delivery fees, multi-vertical extraction (Food, Quik, DineOut), and mobile API reverse-engineering.

Full Menu Extraction

Extract categories, items, descriptions, pricing, and nested modifier groups (add-ons, sizing) for any restaurant on Careem Food.

Hyper-Local Geo-Spoofing

Inject precise latitude and longitude coordinates to capture accurate delivery fees, ETAs, and zone-specific merchant availability.

Quik Grocery Tracking

Monitor SKU-level pricing, out-of-stock statuses, and promotional discounts across Careem Quik dark stores.

Delivery Fee & Surge Monitoring

Track base fees, service fees, and surge multipliers dynamically based on time of day and target delivery radius.

Merchant Intelligence

Capture aggregate ratings, review counts, cuisine tags, and promotional placement flags for competitive benchmarking.

DineOut & Promotions

Extract DineOut discount percentages, maximum cap values, and Careem Plus exclusivity flags across thousands of venues.

Multi-Country Support

Extract data across UAE, KSA, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, and other active MENA markets from a unified pipeline.

Mobile API Emulation

Bypass limited web interfaces by directly interacting with Careem's mobile API endpoints for richer, faster data extraction.

Scheduled + Streaming Modes

Run one-off bulk exports or configure continuous pipelines at hourly, daily, or real-time cadences with change-detection diffing.

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From coordinates to warehouse record

Brief in. Clean data out.

Define Scope
d 0

Provide lat/lng coordinate pairs, target cities, or specific merchant IDs. We design the extraction schema together.

Pipeline Build
d 2–4

We configure API emulators, MENA-based proxy rotation, header signing, and session management for Careem.

Validation & QA
d 4–6

Schema validation, null-rate checks, location-accuracy verification, and sample menus before full launch.

Delivery
ongoing

JSON / CSV / Parquet pushed to your S3 bucket, BigQuery dataset, or Snowflake stage on agreed cadence.

Under the hood

How our Careem pipeline handles the hard parts

Careem relies heavily on mobile APIs and location-based scoping. Here is how we extract accurate, hyper-local data consistently.

pipeline-monitor · careem.com · live ● active
// fingerprinting
Identity rotation
TLS fingerprintrandomised
User-agentrotated
IP poolresidential
Challenges blocked0
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Page coverage
48,291 pages queued running
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Pipeline health
99.9%
uptime
142ms
p99 lat
0.3%
null rate
2
alerts
Location accuracy
Precise geospatial coordinate spoofing

Careem's merchant availability and delivery fees are strictly bound to user location. We inject precise latitude and longitude coordinates into API requests, ensuring the data exactly matches what a user at that specific address sees.

Data depth
Mobile API reverse-engineering

The Careem web interface often lacks the complete data payload available in the mobile app. We reverse-engineer and emulate iOS/Android API calls, capturing hidden metadata, deeper modifier structures, and accurate surge pricing.

Access management
MENA-specific residential proxy networks

Careem employs aggressive geo-fencing and edge protection. Our infrastructure routes requests through ISP-grade residential proxies physically located in the UAE, KSA, and Egypt to maintain high success rates and avoid regional blocks.

Efficiency
Only re-scrape what's changed

For large restaurant catalogues, we maintain a hash index of last-seen values per menu item. Subsequent runs only push diffs — reducing compute cost, storage bloat, and downstream processing load.

Reliability
24/7 pipeline health monitoring

Every run emits structured logs to our observability stack. We alert on null-rate spikes, API structural changes, and coverage drops — responding before your downstream systems are affected.

Applications

Who uses Careem data — and how

Teams across industries use careem.com data to build competitive products and smarter operations.

01
Competitive Price Monitoring

Cloud kitchens and enterprise restaurant groups monitor competitor menu pricing, promotional cadence, and modifier structures.

02
Delivery Fee Benchmarking

Rival aggregators track Careem's base fees, service charges, and surge multipliers across specific neighborhoods to optimise their own pricing.

03
Grocery Assortment Planning

FMCG brands and rival quick-commerce platforms track Quik dark store inventory, out-of-stock rates, and category pricing.

04
Merchant Lead Generation

POS vendors and B2B suppliers identify top-rated, high-volume restaurants across MENA cities to target their sales efforts.

05
Market Share Analysis

Investors and analysts track restaurant penetration, new merchant onboarding velocity, and category dominance by neighborhood.

06
Promotion & Discount Tracking

Marketing teams audit Careem DineOut campaigns and in-app promo codes to measure competitor discount depth and frequency.

Why DataFlirt

"Careem operates the most critical hyper-local delivery network in the Middle East — but extracting that data requires precise geo-spatial emulation."

Most teams fail at hyper-local scraping. Reliable Careem extraction requires MENA-based residential proxies, mobile API reverse-engineering, precise lat/lng coordinate spoofing, and continuous schema monitoring. DataFlirt absorbs that complexity so your engineers can focus on the analysis — not the infrastructure.

Technical Spec

Careem scraper — technical capabilities

Everything supported by our careem.com scraper — rendered SPA elements, auth walls, rate-limit evasion and beyond.

Geo-coordinate injection
Pass exact latitude and longitude for hyper-local merchant and fee data
Supported
Mobile API extraction
Direct interaction with mobile endpoints for complete data payloads
Supported
MENA residential proxies
ISP-grade IPs from UAE, KSA, Egypt, and other operational regions
Supported
Cross-vertical support
Unified extraction across Food, Quik, DineOut, and Rides
Supported
Menu modifier mapping
Deep extraction of nested add-ons, sizes, and customisation options
Supported
Change detection (diffs)
Hash-based diff: only emit records with changed fields since last run
Supported
Webhook delivery
HTTP POST per record for real-time downstream processing
Supported
Careem Pay transaction history
Requires authenticated user wallet access and OTP verification
Partial
Driver personally identifiable information
Captain phone numbers and full names are restricted for privacy
Partial
Infrastructure

Infrastructure powering the Careem pipeline

Open-source tooling on proven cloud infra — no vendor lock-in, full observability.

ScrapyPlaywrightPython 3.12RedisPostgreSQLApache AirflowAWS LambdaS3CloudWatch2CaptchaCapSolverResidential ProxiesDockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheus
Geospatial API Emulation

Our architecture injects precise coordinate grids into Careem's mobile API endpoints, mapping entire cities systematically without missing hyper-local zones.

MENA Proxy Infrastructure

We maintain dedicated pools of residential ISP proxies across the Middle East. Rotation happens per-request with sticky sessions to bypass regional WAF rules.

Cloud-Native Orchestration

Pipelines run on AWS Lambda (burst) and ECS (sustained). Airflow handles scheduling, dependency management, and SLA alerting. All state stored in managed Postgres.

Output & Delivery

Your data, your destination

Data delivered to where your team already works — no new tooling required.

JSON
Newline-delimited or nested — schema versioned per run
CSV
Flat file with typed columns — Excel/Sheets compatible
XLS
Excel format for direct business analyst consumption
Parquet
Columnar format for BigQuery, Snowflake, Athena
AWS S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
Webhook
HTTP POST per record for real-time downstream processing
API
REST endpoint to query your extracted Careem datasets
BigQuery
Streamed directly into your dataset with schema auto-detect
Snowflake
Stage + COPY INTO workflow — incremental or full-replace
S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
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Common questions.

About careem.com scraping, legality, and pipeline operations.

Ask us directly →
Is scraping Careem legal?

Scraping publicly available information from Careem is generally permissible. DataFlirt targets only public, non-authenticated merchant, pricing, and menu data. We do not extract personal user data, driver PII, or circumvent authentication walls. Clients should review Careem's ToS and consult legal counsel for specific use cases.

How do you handle Careem's anti-bot systems?

We use MENA-specific residential ISP proxies, mobile API header emulation, and request timing modelled on legitimate app traffic. We monitor for 403/WAF rate spikes in real time and trigger pool rotation automatically.

Which regions do you support for Careem?

We support extraction across all active Careem markets, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia (KSA), Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Morocco. You specify the cities or coordinate grids.

How fresh is the data?

Real-time streaming pipelines achieve sub-15-minute latency for delivery fees and ETAs. Full city-wide restaurant catalogue refreshes at daily cadence complete within a 4-8 hour window depending on grid density.

How do you handle hyper-local data like delivery fees?

You provide a list of target latitude/longitude coordinates (or we generate a grid for a city). Our pipeline queries Careem's endpoints as if a user is standing at each specific coordinate, capturing accurate distance-based fees and merchant visibility.

What is the minimum viable engagement?

Our smallest packages start at a defined grid of coordinates or a specific merchant list (e.g., top 5,000 restaurants in Dubai) with weekly delivery. Contact us with your use case for a scoped quote.

Can I request a sample dataset before committing?

Absolutely. We provide a sample run of up to 100 merchants or a specific neighborhood grid as part of the pre-engagement scoping process — so you can validate schema fit, field completeness, and data quality before signing any contract.

$ dataflirt scope --new-project --source=careem.com ready

Tell us what
to extract.
We do the rest.

20-minute scoping call. Pilot dataset within the week. Production within two. Whether you need a one-off menu catalogue dump or a continuous price-monitoring feed across MENA — we scope, build, and operate the pipeline. Tell us what you need.

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