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RUN · 41 active pipelines · viovet.co.uk live

Viovet catalogue data,
at warehouse scale.

We extract product listings, prescription medicine flags, pricing tiers, stock availability, and nutritional data from Viovet. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3, BigQuery, or your API on a defined schedule.

Products extracted
84,192 /run
Price updates
312K /24h
Review records
1.4M /total
Active pipelines
41
Uptime
99.98%
Data Dictionary

Every field we extract from viovet.co.uk

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

Complete list of extractable fields for Product Listings objects from viovet.co.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

skutitlebrandanimal_typecategory_pathprescription_requireddescriptionimage_urlspage_url
product_listings
● 200 OK
"sku": "VIO-84921",
"title": "Royal Canin Veterinary Health Nutrition Gastrointestinal Dry Dog Food",
"brand": "Royal Canin",
"animal_type": "Dog",
"prescription_required": false,
"category_path": "Dogs > Dog Food > Veterinary Diets",
"page_url": "https://www.viovet.co.uk/royal-canin-gastrointestinal-dog-food"
# skutitlebrandanimal_typecategory_pathprescription_required
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Complete list of extractable fields for Pricing & Stock objects from viovet.co.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

skucurrent_pricerrpcurrencydiscount_percentagein_stockstock_messagebulk_buy_optionsscraped_at
pricing_& stock
● 200 OK
"sku": "VIO-84921",
"current_price": 54.99,
"rrp": 68.49,
"currency": "GBP",
"discount_percentage": 19,
"in_stock": true,
"stock_message": "In stock, usually dispatched within 24 hours",
"scraped_at": "2023-10-24T08:12:00Z"
# skucurrent_pricerrpcurrencydiscount_percentagein_stock
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Complete list of extractable fields for Nutritional Data objects from viovet.co.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

skuingredientsanalytical_constituentsnutritional_additivestechnological_additivesfeeding_guidecaloriesdietary_flags
nutritional_data
● 200 OK
"sku": "VIO-84921",
"ingredients": "Rice, dehydrated poultry protein, maize, animal fats...",
"analytical_constituents": "Protein: 25.0%, Fat content: 20.0%, Crude ash: 6.6%",
"nutritional_additives": "Vitamin A: 16500 IU, Vitamin D3: 1000 IU",
"feeding_guide": "See table on packaging. Water should be available at all times.",
"dietary_flags": "['Veterinary Diet', 'Digestive Care']"
# skuingredientsanalytical_constituentsnutritional_additivestechnological_additivesfeeding_guide
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Complete list of extractable fields for Reviews & Ratings objects from viovet.co.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

review_idskuratingauthor_namereview_datereview_textverified_buyerhelpful_votes
reviews_& ratings
● 200 OK
"review_id": "REV-993821",
"sku": "VIO-84921",
"rating": 5,
"author_name": "Sarah J.",
"review_date": "2023-09-15",
"review_text": "Sorted my dog's stomach issues within days. Excellent delivery speed.",
"verified_buyer": true,
"helpful_votes": 12
# review_idskuratingauthor_namereview_datereview_text
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Complete list of extractable fields for Search Results objects from viovet.co.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

keywordpositionskutitlepriceratingreview_countsponsored_flagscraped_at
search_results
● 200 OK
"keyword": "flea treatment cats",
"position": 3,
"sku": "VIO-11234",
"title": "Frontline Plus Flea & Tick Treatment for Cats",
"price": 18.5,
"rating": 4.6,
"review_count": 842,
"sponsored_flag": false
# keywordpositionskutitlepricerating
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Capabilities

Extract the complete Viovet catalogue

Our Viovet scraper handles the entire site structure: complex category trees, prescription medication flags, dynamic stock loading, and detailed nutritional tables.

Product Data Extraction

Title, brand, description, and variant mapping for different weights and pack sizes.

Price & Discount Tracking

Capture current price, RRP, bulk discount tiers, and promotional flags.

Prescription Medication Flags

Identify POM-V and NFA-VPS items, capturing required prescription warnings.

Stock & Availability Monitoring

Track exact stock messages, dispatch estimates, and out-of-stock statuses.

Nutritional Information Parsing

Extract structured ingredients lists, analytical constituents, and additives tables.

Review Aggregation

Paginate through customer reviews to extract ratings, text, dates, and verified buyer status.

Category Taxonomy Mapping

Reconstruct the full breadcrumb trail and category hierarchy for every item.

Search Rank Tracking

Monitor organic positions for key search terms like 'wormer' or 'joint supplement'.

Delta Exports

Receive only updated records. We hash previous runs to minimise your ingestion load.

// engagement pipeline

From URL list to structured database

Brief in. Clean data out.

Define Scope
d 0

Provide categories, search terms, or specific brands. We map the extraction schema.

Pipeline Build
d 2–4

We configure crawlers, proxy rotation, and parsers tailored to Viovet's DOM structure.

Validation & QA
d 4–6

Data is checked for null rates, schema compliance, and price outliers before deployment.

Delivery
ongoing

Structured data is pushed to your preferred destination on your required schedule.

Under the hood

Overcoming Viovet extraction challenges

Modern retail sites deploy anti-bot measures and complex dynamic rendering. We handle the infrastructure so you receive clean data.

pipeline-monitor · viovet.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
Anti-bot protection
UK residential proxy rotation

We utilise UK-based residential IP addresses to blend with natural consumer traffic, avoiding data centre IP blocks and rate limits.

Dynamic content
Playwright execution for JS elements

Stock levels and variant pricing often load asynchronously. We execute JavaScript to ensure all dynamic elements are fully rendered before extraction.

Complex variants
Parent-child sku mapping

Pet food often comes in multiple weights. We map all child variants to their parent product, capturing specific prices and stock levels for each size.

Data structuring
Parsing unstructured text into tables

Nutritional information is frequently presented as raw text blocks. Our parsers structure this into clean JSON arrays for ingredients and analytical constituents.

Pipeline monitoring
Automated schema validation

If Viovet updates their website layout, our monitoring stack detects extraction failures instantly, allowing us to patch selectors before your next scheduled run.

Applications

How teams utilise Viovet data

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

01
Competitor Price Monitoring

Retailers track Viovet pricing to optimise their own pricing strategies and remain competitive.

02
Brand MAP Compliance

Pet food and medication manufacturers monitor retail prices to ensure compliance with Minimum Advertised Price agreements.

03
Market Research

Analysts track the introduction of new brands, dietary trends, and category expansion within the UK pet sector.

04
Inventory Forecasting

Suppliers monitor out-of-stock rates across specific categories to anticipate wholesale demand.

05
Sentiment Analysis

Brands aggregate customer reviews to identify product issues, palatability feedback, or packaging complaints.

06
Search Optimisation

Brands track their organic search ranking on Viovet to measure the impact of their retail media spend.

Why DataFlirt

"Accurate pricing and stock data from major veterinary pharmacies is critical for market positioning in the UK pet sector."

Building a reliable scraper for a site with tens of thousands of variants, dynamic stock loading, and strict anti-bot measures requires dedicated engineering. DataFlirt manages the proxies, the parsers, and the maintenance. You just query the database.

Technical Spec

Viovet extraction capabilities

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

JavaScript rendering
Required for dynamic variant pricing and stock availability.
Supported
UK Proxy rotation
Localised residential IPs to view correct regional pricing.
Supported
Variant mapping
Extracts all weight and pack size variations per product.
Supported
Nutritional parsing
Structures ingredients and analytical constituents.
Supported
Prescription flags
Identifies POM-V, POM-VPS, NFA-VPS, and AVM-GSL classifications.
Supported
Review pagination
Extracts complete historical review data.
Supported
Change detection
Delivers only records that have changed since the last extraction.
Supported
User order history
Requires authenticated customer login credentials.
Partial
Prescription document uploads
Private customer medical documents are not accessible.
Partial
Infrastructure

Infrastructure powering the extraction

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

ScrapyPlaywrightPython 3.12RedisPostgreSQLApache AirflowAWS LambdaS3CloudWatch2CaptchaCapSolverResidential ProxiesDockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheusFastAPISnowflake
Distributed Crawling

Scrapy manages the crawl queue, deduplication, and concurrency limits to extract data efficiently without overloading the target servers.

Proxy & Session Management

We route requests through UK residential proxies, managing cookies and headers to mimic genuine user sessions.

Data Normalisation

Raw HTML is parsed, cleaned, and typed. Prices are converted to floats, dates to ISO 8601, and text is stripped of whitespace.

Output & Delivery

Your data, your destination

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

JSON
Nested arrays for variants and reviews.
CSV
Flat files suitable for spreadsheet analysis.
XLS
Excel format for immediate business use.
Parquet
Columnar storage for efficient data lake querying.
AWS S3
Direct upload to your cloud storage buckets.
Webhook
HTTP POST delivery for immediate ingestion.
API
REST endpoints to query your extracted data.
PostgreSQL
Direct database insertion and upserts.
S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
// faq

Common questions.

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

Ask us directly →
Is it legal to scrape Viovet?

Scraping public factual data such as prices, ingredients, and stock levels is generally permissible. DataFlirt does not extract personal identifiable information (PII) or attempt to bypass authentication walls to access private user accounts. Clients must ensure their specific use cases comply with relevant UK laws.

How frequently can you update pricing data?

We can configure pipelines to run daily, weekly, or at custom intervals. For the complete Viovet catalogue, a daily refresh provides an optimal balance between data freshness and infrastructure cost.

Can you extract data for specific brands only?

Yes. We can scope the crawler to target specific brand pages, search terms, or categories, reducing extraction time and focusing on the exact data you require.

How do you handle out-of-stock items?

We extract the exact stock status message. The item remains in the dataset with an updated 'in_stock' boolean set to false, allowing you to track inventory availability over time.

Do you capture prescription requirements?

Yes. We identify and extract the legal classification flags (e.g., POM-V) displayed on medication product pages.

What happens if Viovet changes their website design?

Our automated monitoring detects schema failures immediately. Our engineering team updates the extraction logic, typically resolving selector issues within 24 hours to ensure continuous data delivery.

$ dataflirt scope --new-project --source=viovet.co.uk ready

Tell us what
to extract.
We do the rest.

20-minute scoping call. Pilot dataset within the week. Production within two. Specify your target categories, required fields, and delivery schedule. We build and maintain the pipeline.

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