We extract PC components, pro audio gear, 3XS system specs, and stock availability from scan.co.uk. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3, BigQuery, or Snowflake on your cadence.
Structured, schema-consistent data across all major object types — delivered clean, typed, and ready to query.
Complete list of extractable fields for Components objects from scan.co.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.
"ln_number": "135123", "manufacturer_code": "90YV0J50-M0NA00", "title": "ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090", "brand": "ASUS", "price_inc_vat": 1899.98, "stock_status": "In Stock", "scan_protect_eligible": true
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Complete list of extractable fields for 3XS Systems objects from scan.co.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.
"system_id": "3XS-GZ1", "name": "3XS Vengeance RTX", "base_price": 2499.99, "cpu": "Intel Core i9 14900K", "gpu": "NVIDIA RTX 4080 Super", "ram": "32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5", "delivery_time": "5-7 working days"
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Complete list of extractable fields for Pricing & Deals objects from scan.co.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.
"ln_number": "135123", "current_price": 1899.98, "previous_price": 1999.99, "discount_pct": 5.0, "is_today_only": true, "finance_available": true, "refurbished": false
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Complete list of extractable fields for Technical Specs objects from scan.co.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.
"ln_number": "135123", "form_factor": "ATX", "interface": "PCIe 4.0", "memory_size": "24GB", "memory_type": "GDDR6X", "tdp": "450W", "power_connectors": "1x 16-pin"
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Complete list of extractable fields for Reviews & Ratings objects from scan.co.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.
"ln_number": "135123", "review_id": "REV-9921", "rating": 5, "date": "2023-11-14", "summary": "Incredible performance", "verified_buyer": true, "helpful_votes": 12
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Our Scan scraper handles every layer of the platform: component listings, dynamic stock indicators, 3XS configurations, and Today Only deals with bot circumvention built in.
Extract GPUs, CPUs, motherboards, and memory with precise LN numbers and manufacturer codes.
Monitor In Stock, Pre-order, and specific ETA dates for high-demand hardware.
Capture flash sales, discount percentages, and countdown timers before they expire.
Extract base specifications, upgrade options, and build times for custom PCs.
Parse tabular specification data into structured JSON for component comparison.
Extract VAT-inclusive, VAT-exclusive, and monthly finance breakdown prices.
Track ex-demo, refurbished, and clearance items with their respective grade and warranty.
Scrape professional workstation equipment, monitors, and studio hardware categories.
Run differential updates to only export records where price or stock status has changed.
Brief in. Clean data out.
Provide category URLs, LN numbers, or search terms. We design the extraction schema together.
We configure Scrapy / Playwright crawlers, proxy rotation, and anti-bot circumvention for scan.co.uk.
Schema validation, null-rate checks, and stock-status mapping before full launch.
JSON / CSV / Parquet pushed to your S3 bucket, BigQuery dataset, or Snowflake stage on agreed cadence.
Hardware retailers deploy aggressive caching and bot protection to prevent scraping during GPU launches. Here is how we bypass it.
Scan uses Cloudflare to block automated traffic. We route requests through UK-based residential proxies with TLS fingerprint spoofing to maintain access during high-traffic drops.
Stock indicators often rely on client-side hydration. We render pages via Playwright to capture accurate In Stock, Pre-order, and ETA dates instead of stale cached HTML.
Scan uses proprietary LN numbers alongside manufacturer codes. We extract both to ensure accurate cross-referencing with other distributors and retailers.
Flash deals expire daily. We schedule high-frequency micro-crawls to capture promotional pricing and stock depth before the deal window closes.
Tech specs vary wildly between a CPU and a monitor. We build dynamic parsers that map unstructured HTML tables into clean, category-specific JSON schemas.
Hardware retailers track Scan prices to adjust their own margins on CPUs, GPUs, and peripherals.
System integrators monitor high-demand component drops to secure inventory for custom builds.
Analysts track component pricing trends and availability to forecast hardware lifecycles and supply chain health.
Resellers use structured manufacturer codes and technical specs to enrich their own eCommerce databases.
Affiliate sites and deal trackers stream Today Only promotions to alert users of hardware discounts.
Competitors analyse 3XS system configurations and pricing tiers to optimise their own pre-built PC offerings.
"Scan holds the most accurate pricing and stock data for UK PC hardware, but capturing it during a GPU launch requires enterprise-grade infrastructure."
Most teams underestimate the investment required: reliable hardware scraping requires UK residential proxies, JavaScript rendering for stock hydration, and high-frequency scheduling. DataFlirt absorbs that complexity so your engineers can focus on the analysis, not the infrastructure.
Everything supported by our scan.co.uk scraper — rendered SPA elements, auth walls, rate-limit evasion and beyond.
Open-source tooling on proven cloud infra — no vendor lock-in, full observability.
Scrapy handles crawl orchestration. Playwright handles JavaScript rendering for dynamic stock indicators. Combined via scrapy-playwright middleware.
We maintain pools of UK residential ISP proxies. Rotation happens per-request with sticky sessions to bypass Cloudflare protection.
Pipelines run on AWS Lambda for burst scaling during hardware drops. Airflow handles scheduling and SLA alerting.
Data delivered to where your team already works — no new tooling required.
About scan.co.uk scraping, legality, and pipeline operations.
Ask us directly →Scraping publicly available information from Scan is generally permissible under applicable UK law. DataFlirt targets only public, non-authenticated product, pricing, and stock data. We do not extract personal data or circumvent authentication walls.
We use UK residential ISP proxies, full Playwright browser sessions with realistic fingerprints, and request timing modelled on human behaviour to bypass Cloudflare bot protection.
Yes. We schedule high-frequency micro-crawls to capture promotional pricing and stock depth before the deal window closes.
Yes. We extract manufacturer codes alongside proprietary Scan LN numbers to ensure accurate cross-referencing.
Real-time streaming pipelines achieve sub-5-minute latency for stock signals on a defined LN list.
Yes. We capture base configurations, available upgrade options, and associated pricing tiers for 3XS systems.
Our smallest packages start at a defined category or LN list with weekly delivery. Contact us with your use case for a scoped quote.
20-minute scoping call. Pilot dataset within the week. Production within two. Whether you need a one-off component catalogue dump or a continuous stock-monitoring feed across 50K products, we scope, build, and operate the pipeline. Tell us what you need.
