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Clove electronics data,
at warehouse scale.

We extract SIM-free device listings, ex-VAT pricing, stock availability, and tech specs from Clove. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3, BigQuery, or Snowflake on your cadence.

Products extracted
18.4K /run
Price updates
12.1K /24h
Stock changes
3.2K /day
Active pipelines
14
Uptime
99.98%
Data Dictionary

Every field we extract from clove.co.uk

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

Complete list of extractable fields for Smartphones objects from clove.co.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

skubrandmodelstorage_capacitycolourprice_inc_vatprice_ex_vatstock_statusdispatch_timeeanconditionurl
smartphones
● 200 OK
"sku": "CLV-SM-S918B-256-BLK",
"brand": "Samsung",
"model": "Galaxy S23 Ultra",
"storage_capacity": "256GB",
"colour": "Phantom Black",
"price_inc_vat": 1249.0,
"price_ex_vat": 1040.83,
"stock_status": "In Stock",
"condition": "New"
# skubrandmodelstorage_capacitycolourprice_inc_vat
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Complete list of extractable fields for Wearables objects from clove.co.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

skubrandmodelcase_sizestrap_typeconnectivityprice_inc_vatprice_ex_vatstock_statusurl
wearables
● 200 OK
"sku": "CLV-WR-GW6-44-SLV",
"brand": "Samsung",
"model": "Galaxy Watch 6",
"case_size": "44mm",
"connectivity": "Bluetooth",
"price_inc_vat": 289.0,
"price_ex_vat": 240.83,
"stock_status": "Out of Stock"
# skubrandmodelcase_sizestrap_typeconnectivity
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Complete list of extractable fields for Pricing & Stock objects from clove.co.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

skuprice_inc_vatprice_ex_vatrrpdiscount_pctstock_statusdispatch_messagestock_qtycurrencyscraped_at
pricing_& stock
● 200 OK
"sku": "CLV-SM-S918B-256-BLK",
"price_inc_vat": 1249.0,
"price_ex_vat": 1040.83,
"rrp": 1399.0,
"discount_pct": 10.7,
"stock_status": "In Stock",
"dispatch_message": "Dispatch today if ordered within 2 hrs",
"currency": "GBP"
# skuprice_inc_vatprice_ex_vatrrpdiscount_pctstock_status
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Complete list of extractable fields for Technical Specs objects from clove.co.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

skuprocessorramdisplay_sizedisplay_typecamera_maincamera_frontbattery_capacityosdimensionsweight
technical_specs
● 200 OK
"sku": "CLV-SM-S918B-256-BLK",
"processor": "Snapdragon 8 Gen 2",
"ram": "8GB",
"display_size": "6.8 inches",
"display_type": "Dynamic AMOLED 2X",
"camera_main": "200 MP",
"battery_capacity": "5000 mAh",
"os": "Android 13"
# skuprocessorramdisplay_sizedisplay_typecamera_main
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Complete list of extractable fields for Accessories objects from clove.co.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

skuproduct_namecategorycompatible_brandscompatible_devicesprice_inc_vatprice_ex_vatbrandstock_statusurl
accessories
● 200 OK
"sku": "CLV-ACC-SP-S23U",
"product_name": "Official Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Screen Protector",
"category": "Screen Protectors",
"compatible_brands": "['Samsung']",
"compatible_devices": "['Galaxy S23 Ultra']",
"price_inc_vat": 14.99,
"price_ex_vat": 12.49,
"brand": "Samsung"
# skuproduct_namecategorycompatible_brandscompatible_devicesprice_inc_vat
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Capabilities

Comprehensive electronics data extraction

Our Clove scraper captures detailed device specifications, complex variant pricing, and real-time stock availability, normalising the data for immediate warehouse ingestion.

Full Device Catalogue

Extract every SIM-free smartphone, tablet, and wearable listing, including detailed product descriptions and metadata.

VAT & Ex-VAT Pricing

Capture both inclusive and exclusive VAT pricing, crucial for B2B procurement and international market analysis.

Variant Mapping

Map parent products to child variants based on storage capacity, RAM, and colour options, ensuring accurate SKU-level tracking.

Stock & Dispatch Timing

Monitor stock statuses ('In Stock', 'Pre-order', 'Out of Stock') and parse specific dispatch messages for supply chain intelligence.

Detailed Tech Specs

Parse unstructured technical specification tables into structured JSON fields for processors, displays, cameras, and batteries.

Refurbished & Graded Stock

Track pricing and availability for refurbished devices, capturing specific condition grades (e.g., Grade A, Pristine).

Accessory Compatibility

Extract compatibility lists for cases, chargers, and screen protectors to build relational product databases.

High-Res Imagery

Extract direct URLs to high-resolution product images and gallery assets for catalogue enrichment.

Scheduled Change Detection

Run pipelines on hourly or daily cadences, emitting only records with changed prices or stock statuses to reduce warehouse bloat.

// engagement pipeline

From Clove listing to warehouse record

Brief in. Clean data out.

Define Scope
d 0

Select target categories, specific brands, or provide SKU lists. We map the required data points and delivery schema.

Pipeline Build
d 2–4

We configure crawlers to navigate Clove's category pagination, handle variant selection, and parse specification tables.

Validation & QA
d 4–6

We run test extractions to validate schema compliance, check VAT calculations, and ensure stock status accuracy.

Delivery
ongoing

Structured JSON, CSV, or Parquet files pushed directly to your S3 bucket, Snowflake stage, or via Webhook.

Under the hood

Handling e-commerce complexity on Clove

Extracting accurate pricing and stock data requires handling dynamic front-end elements and complex product variations.

pipeline-monitor · clove.co.uk · live ● active
// fingerprinting
Identity rotation
TLS fingerprintrandomised
User-agentrotated
IP poolresidential
Challenges blocked0
// pagination
Page coverage
48,291 pages queued running
// observability
Pipeline health
99.9%
uptime
142ms
p99 lat
0.3%
null rate
2
alerts
Variant Expansion
Hydrating colour and storage combinations

Smartphones on Clove often exist as a single parent URL with multiple colour and storage variants. We systematically iterate through these UI combinations to extract the unique price, SKU, and stock status for every specific variant.

Pricing Structures
Accurate VAT parsing

Clove displays both ex-VAT and inc-VAT pricing, which can shift based on region selection. We enforce UK regional contexts and extract both price points independently to ensure financial accuracy for B2B clients.

Dynamic Stock
Parsing dispatch logic

Stock isn't just binary. We parse specific string formats like 'In stock - order within 2 hours for dispatch today' to provide granular availability intelligence.

Schema Stability
Resilient DOM selectors

E-commerce platforms update their themes and layouts frequently. We utilise multiple fallback selectors (CSS, XPath, and JSON-LD structured data) to ensure pipeline continuity during site updates.

Rate Limiting
Respectful extraction velocity

To prevent IP bans and respect target infrastructure, we utilise UK residential proxies and implement intelligent request throttling, mimicking natural user browsing behaviour.

Applications

Who uses Clove data — and how

Teams across industries use clove.co.uk data to build competitive products and smarter operations.

01
Price Intelligence

Electronics retailers monitor Clove's SIM-free pricing to dynamically adjust their own pricing strategies and remain competitive.

02
B2B Procurement

IT departments and corporate buyers track ex-VAT pricing and bulk availability for enterprise device deployments.

03
Stock Monitoring

Distributors track inventory levels across specific SKUs to identify supply chain shortages in the UK market.

04
Market Research

Analysts track the introduction of new brands and models, analysing pricing decay curves over a device's lifecycle.

05
Refurbished Market Analysis

Secondary market vendors track pricing deltas between new and graded/refurbished stock to optimise their trade-in values.

06
E-commerce Aggregation

Comparison shopping engines ingest Clove's structured specs and pricing to populate consumer-facing price comparison tools.

Why DataFlirt

"Clove Technology holds highly accurate UK pricing and stock data for SIM-free devices, but accessing it programmatically across thousands of variants requires dedicated infrastructure."

Extracting data from Clove requires handling their specific category pagination, variant selection for storage and colour, and dynamic stock dispatch messaging. DataFlirt manages this complexity, delivering clean, structured records directly to your warehouse.

Technical Spec

Clove scraper — technical capabilities

Everything supported by our clove.co.uk scraper — rendered SPA elements, auth walls, rate-limit evasion and beyond.

JavaScript rendering
Playwright execution for dynamic variant pricing and stock updates
Supported
Ex-VAT pricing
Extraction of both inclusive and exclusive VAT price points
Supported
Variant mapping
Expansion of parent products into discrete SKUs based on colour/storage
Supported
Tech specs extraction
Parsing of tabular specification data into structured JSON
Supported
Stock status parsing
Extraction of granular dispatch and availability messaging
Supported
Change detection
Only emit records where price or stock has changed since last run
Supported
Webhook delivery
HTTP POST per record for real-time stock alerting
Supported
B2B Trade Account Pricing
Requires authenticated sessions tied to approved trade accounts
Partial
User Order History
Gated behind individual user authentication
Partial
Infrastructure

Infrastructure powering the Clove pipeline

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

ScrapyPlaywrightPython 3.12RedisPostgreSQLApache AirflowAWS LambdaS3CloudWatch2CaptchaCapSolverResidential ProxiesDockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheusBigQuerySnowflake
Scrapy + Playwright Stack

Scrapy handles crawl orchestration and deduplication. Playwright manages JavaScript execution to trigger variant price changes and dynamic stock loading.

Residential Proxy Infrastructure

We utilise UK-based residential proxies to ensure regional pricing accuracy and prevent IP blocking during extensive catalogue crawls.

Cloud-Native Orchestration

Pipelines are scheduled via Apache Airflow, running on scalable AWS infrastructure to ensure consistent delivery times regardless of catalogue size.

Output & Delivery

Your data, your destination

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

JSON
Newline-delimited or nested — ideal for NoSQL databases
CSV
Flat file with typed columns — ready for Excel or BI tools
XLS
Excel spreadsheet format for immediate manual review
Parquet
Columnar format optimised for BigQuery, Snowflake, and Athena
AWS S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake architecture
Webhook
HTTP POST per record for real-time downstream processing
API
REST endpoint to query the latest extracted data on demand
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
// faq

Common questions.

About clove.co.uk scraping, legality, and pipeline operations.

Ask us directly →
Is scraping Clove legal?

Scraping publicly available pricing, specification, and stock data from Clove is generally permissible. DataFlirt extracts only public, non-authenticated e-commerce data. We do not extract personal data or bypass authentication walls. Clients should consult legal counsel for their specific commercial use cases.

Can you extract both VAT and Ex-VAT prices?

Yes. We specifically target and extract both price points independently, ensuring accurate data for B2B procurement and financial modelling.

How do you handle product variations like storage and colour?

Our crawlers systematically interact with the UI to select every available combination of colour and storage, capturing the unique price, SKU, and stock status for each specific variant.

How frequently can the data be updated?

Pipelines can be configured for daily catalogue refreshes, or higher-frequency hourly runs targeting specific high-priority SKUs for real-time stock monitoring.

Do you extract refurbished device data?

Yes. We extract listings for refurbished devices, including specific condition grades and the associated price deltas.

What is the minimum viable engagement?

We build managed pipelines starting from specific category extractions or defined SKU lists. Contact us with your specific data requirements for a scoped quote.

$ dataflirt scope --new-project --source=clove.co.uk 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 continuous price monitoring for SIM-free smartphones or a full extraction of tech specs and accessories — we scope, build, and operate the pipeline.

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