Target Shopping

Search Target.com, look up products, check per-store stock and pickup ETAs near a ZIP, and build a deep link that pre-populates a guest cart. Read-only browsing plus an unauthenticated guest-cart builder; no login, no checkout.

target-com-shopper

Browse Target.com from the assistant. Wraps a handful of Target's public-facing JSON endpoints (the same ones target.com itself loads) and one local URL builder that pre-populates a guest cart in the user's browser.

Disclaimers & limitations

Unofficial. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Target Corporation. "Target" and the Target bullseye are trademarks of Target Brands, Inc.; they are used here only to describe the service this skill talks to.

Public web endpoints, not a stable API. The skill calls Target's public-facing web API (the same JSON endpoints target.com itself loads in your browser) and carts.target.com. These are not a documented public API. Field shapes, auth keys, throttling, and even endpoint availability can change without notice; expect breakage and pin the version you tested against.

No warranty on prices, stock, or pickup ETAs. Results are point-in-time snapshots of what the API returned. Prices and availability change constantly and may differ from what the user actually sees at checkout. Always direct the user to buy_url for the source of truth before they commit to a purchase.

Personal / light use only. Single-shot lookups for a real shopping task, not bulk scraping, competitive price monitoring, or inventory mirroring. The in-script throttle (TARGET_MIN_INTERVAL, default 1s) is the floor — do not lower it. See references/tos-and-etiquette.md.

The cart-link feature creates a real server-side guest cart. It mints a 24-hour anonymous bearer token against gsp.target.com and POSTs TCINs to carts.target.com. Treat the resulting URL like a one-time share link: it grants ~24h of cart-write access to whoever holds it. No login, payment info, or shipping address is ever transmitted.

No checkout, payment, or auth. Checkout, returns, saved carts, Circle deals tied to an account, and order history are out of scope and will stay out of scope. If you need any of those, open target.com in a browser.

When to use

• "Search Target for X."
• "What's the price / rating / spec on Target product ?"
• "Is this in stock near ZIP ? When can I pick it up?"
• "Find Target stores near me."
• "Build me a Target cart link for these items."

When NOT to use

• Anything requiring login (saved carts, Circle deals tied to account, order history, returns, gift registry edits). This skill is read-only and intentionally unauthenticated.
• Checkout, payment, or shipping addresses. The skill builds a cart URL the user opens in their own browser; everything from there is on them.
• Bulk scraping or price monitoring. See references/tos-and-etiquette.md.

Setup (once)

The skill ships as a uv project under its own directory. From the skill root (~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/target-com-shopper/ at runtime):

bash

uv sync

That's it — runtime is stdlib-only; uv is just used for the venv and to run scripts reproducibly.

Discover the user's store first

store_id shapes every product/price/fulfillment response. Ask the user for their ZIP code (or city) before calling product endpoints, then look up nearby stores:

bash

uv run python -m scripts.stores 55403 --limit 5

Pick a store_id from the results and pass it as --store-id to search, pdp, and summary. (Or set TARGET_DEFAULT_STORE_ID in the environment for the session.) If the user truly doesn't care about location, the default store (2281, San Jose Central) is fine for keyword search and PDP, but not for accurate "in stock today" answers.

Common tasks

Search

bash

uv run python -m scripts.search "wireless earbuds" --count 10 --store-id 1375
uv run python -m scripts.search --category 5xteg --count 10
uv run python -m scripts.search "chicken breast" --category 4tgi7   # keyword AND category

--raw returns the full API payload. Default trims to tcin, title, brand, price, rating, buy_url, image.

Fresh-grocery searches: generic keyword search drowns fresh items in shelf-stable hits (e.g. "chicken breast" returns canned chicken first). Combine the keyword with a category N-ID to scope — see references/categories.md for the curated list of common N-IDs (Fresh Chicken, Fresh Produce, Herbs & Spices, etc.).

Building a multi-item shopping list? The skill has no batched search endpoint — plp_search_v2 accepts one query at a time. Fire individual scripts.search calls in parallel from the agent runtime; the in-script TARGET_MIN_INTERVAL throttle (default 1s) protects the upstream. For a 6-item list expect ~6 seconds wall time. Do not lower TARGET_MIN_INTERVAL below 0.5s — see references/tos-and-etiquette.md.

Product detail

bash

uv run python -m scripts.pdp 89827259 --store-id 1375

Returns title, brand, price, bullets, images, promotions, variant TCINs.

Multi-product fulfillment summary

For a shortlist (e.g. comparing 3–5 candidates) use summary instead of calling pdp N times — one round trip:

bash

uv run python -m scripts.summary 89827259 94783927 --zip 55403 --store-id 1375

Note: summary does not return price. Combine with pdp if needed.

Per-store stock & pickup ETA

bash

uv run python -m scripts.fulfillment 89827259 --zip 55403 --radius 25 --only-available

Find nearby stores

bash

uv run python -m scripts.stores "Minneapolis, MN" --limit 5
uv run python -m scripts.stores 55403 --within 25

Build a cart deep link

This actually pre-populates the recipient's cart. Behind the scenes the script mints a 24h anonymous guest token (gsp.target.com), creates a real server-side cart by POSTing each TCIN to carts.target.com, writes a local HTML redirect file, and tries to launch the user's default browser at:

text

https://www.target.com/cart?access_token=<TOKEN>

When the browser opens it, target.com merges the items into the session cart and lands on /cart. No login required.

bash

uv run python -m scripts.cart_link 89827259 94783927 --quantities 1 2
uv run python -m scripts.cart_link 89827259                 # qty defaults to 1
uv run python -m scripts.cart_link 111 222 333 --quantities 2  # qty=2 for all
uv run python -m scripts.cart_link 89827259 --refresh-token    # force new token
uv run python -m scripts.cart_link 89827259 --no-open          # just write the file
uv run python -m scripts.cart_link 89827259 --cart-file ~/Downloads/cart.html

CRITICAL — DO NOT inline the url field into your chat reply. The token is ~600 characters. Most chat UIs truncate URLs of that length, which silently breaks the cart handoff (the recipient lands on /cart with an invalid access_token and an empty basket). Always hand off via:

1. auto_opened: true — the script already launched the user's browser; just confirm in the reply.
2. cart_file — short local path (e.g. /tmp/target-com-shopper/cart-XXX.html). Tell the user to open that file if the browser didn't launch.
3. shopping_list_markdown — clickable per-item PDP links as a fallback, in case the auto-merge fails. Each link is short and click-safe.

The skill emits url_preview (truncated for logging) and url_length so you can see at a glance how oversized the raw URL is. The full url stays in the output for programmatic callers, but treat it as private.

Treat the URL like a one-time share link. It contains a bearer token that grants ~24h of cart-write access. Do not commit it, do not paste it into long-lived chat history. The skill caches the token under $TMPDIR/target-com-shopper/anonymous-token.json (mode 0600) and reuses it across calls until ~10 min before expiry.

Output JSON includes cart_file, auto_opened, cart_id, guest_id, total_cart_item_quantity, items_added (with per-item title, unit_price, current_price), items_failed, shopping_list_markdown, shopping_list_text, token_expires_in_hours, url_length, url_preview, url_warning, and url. If any TCIN fails to add, it appears under items_failed and the script exits 2.

Reviews

bash

uv run python -m scripts.reviews 89827259

Returns the review count and average rating only. Full review text is not exposed by product_review_v1 — point the user at buy_url to read reviews on target.com.

Environment variables

Var	Default	Purpose
TARGET_API_KEY	baked-in public key	Override if Target rotates the public web key. Not a secret.
TARGET_DEFAULT_STORE_ID	2281	Fallback store when --store-id is omitted.
TARGET_USER_AGENT	target-com-shopper-skill/0.1 ...	UA string sent on every request.
TARGET_HTTP_TIMEOUT	10	Seconds.
TARGET_MIN_INTERVAL	1.0	Minimum seconds between requests (politeness throttle).
TARGET_LIVE_TESTS	unset	Set to 1 to enable live-network tests.

Tests

bash

uv run pytest                           # offline only (default)
TARGET_LIVE_TESTS=1 uv run pytest -m live -v   # hit the real API

References

• references/endpoints.md — every API operation used, required params, field-path gotchas.
• references/categories.md — curated Target category N-IDs (grocery, fresh meat, produce, spices, etc.) for use with scripts.search --category.
• references/status-codes.md — what 206/400/410/429/5xx mean here.
• references/tos-and-etiquette.md — be a polite client.