🇸🇪 ICA Sweden Sweden REST API JSON

ICA Sweden API — Real-Time Sweden Grocery Data

Access ICA Sweden's grocery catalog via the Pepesto API — live pricing in SEK and product details from handlaprivatkund.ica.se, returned as structured JSON. ICA is Sweden's dominant grocery chain with roughly half the market.

Daily Catalog indexed
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28 Chains on one schema

What Does the ICA Sweden API Return?

Everything visible and related to food, cooking, and recipes in the ICA Sweden mobile web application, returned as clean JSON via a single REST call. The indexed product list typically contains 1,000–2,000 SKUs, focused on the most common ingredients used for cooking.

Product name
Current price (SEK)
Unit price (per 100g / per litre)
Promotional / sale price
Product images
Additional Pepesto tags

Why Use an API Instead of Building Your Own ICA Sweden Integration?

Developers who have tried to build their own ICA Sweden data pipeline know the obstacles. Unofficial workarounds exist, but they come with real costs.

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No maintenance burden

ICA Sweden updates their website regularly — changing markup, adding rate limiting, or restructuring categories. Pepesto absorbs all of that. Your integration keeps working.

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Consistent schema across all 28 chains

The same JSON field names work whether you're calling ICA Sweden, Jumbo, Tesco, or any other supported chain. One integration for all of Europe.

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Faster time to market

Calling a REST API takes hours. Building, maintaining, and scaling your own ICA Sweden data extraction takes months — and requires ongoing engineering resources.

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Reliable uptime

DIY data extraction is fragile: a single layout change can silently break your pipeline. Pepesto monitors and updates integrations continuously so you don't have to.


Fetch ICA Sweden Products in One Request

A single authenticated POST to /api/catalog returns the all products available in Pepesto for ICA Sweden.

Request — cURL
curl -X POST https://s.pepesto.com/api/catalog \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PEPESTO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"supermarket_domain": "handlaprivatkund.ica.se"}'
Response — JSON (URL key varies by product)
{
  "https://handlaprivatkund.ica.se/spaghetti/barilla-spaghettoni-nr-7-1kg/p/4934814e0251": {
    "entity_name":             "Spaghetti",
    "kg_verified":             true,
    "names": {
      "sv":                   "Barilla Spaghettoni nr 7 1kg",
      "en":                   "Barilla Spaghettoni No. 7 1kg"
    },
    "price":                   340,
    "currency":               "SEK",
    "price_per_meausure_unit": "0.34 / 100g",
    "quantity_str":           "1kg",
    "quantity": {
      "Unit": {
        "HundredGrams": 10
      },
      "accurate_grams": 1000
    }
  }
}
Full API Reference →

What Can You Build?

The ICA Sweden API gives your product a live data layer on top of one of Sweden's leading grocery retailers.

Use case
AI grocery agents

Give your AI agent the ability to search ICA Sweden's products, compare products, and place grocery orders — all programmatically via REST. Prefer tool-native? Drop in the grocery shopping MCP server → and your agent gets ICA Sweden as ready-made tools.

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Grocery price comparison

Compare ICA Sweden prices against other Sweden retailers in real time. Flag promotions, track price history, and surface the best deal per product.

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Grocery budget tracker

Let users build a weekly shopping list and see the exact ICA Sweden cost — including any active promotional prices — before they shop.

Use case
Meal planning with live prices

Match recipe ingredients to real ICA Sweden products and show the true cost of cooking from a given menu. Drive grocery orders directly from your meal planner.

Use case
Nutrition & diet apps

Bridge meal planning and shopping: match recipe ingredients to real ICA Sweden supermarket products and power dietary-aware grocery lists with live pricing.

Use case
Retail shelf analytics

Monitor ICA Sweden's product range, pricing strategy, and promotional cadence at scale. Analyse SKU composition, spot price movements, and benchmark against competitors.


Coverage & Data Freshness

Covers handlaprivatkund.ica.se — ICA Sweden's online grocery store for private customers. Pricing in SEK. ICA is the Swedish market's dominant grocery operator by a wide margin. ICA also owns Rimi Baltic (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), which is not covered by this integration.

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Country coverage

Sweden — handlaprivatkund.ica.se. Pricing in SEK.

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Refresh cadence

Daily. Promotional prices and weekly deals are included in every update cycle.

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What's included

All products listed online at handlaprivatkund.ica.se — including active promotions and product details.

All product data and pricing is sourced from publicly listed pages on handlaprivatkund.ica.se. Pepesto does not access retailer-gated pricing or any data not visible to a regular visitor. Products shown at a lower price due to a promotion or budget-tier range are included because they appear publicly on the site — not through any special retailer agreement.


How to get started

Three steps. No approval process. Your first call can be running within minutes.

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1. Buy credits

Start pay-as-you-go — all 28 chains included, no per-chain pricing. Move to a monthly plan when you grow. See pricing →

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2. Get your API key

After purchase, call /link with your email — your API key is returned immediately. No waiting, no approval form, no account setup.

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3. Start building

Make your first call to /api/catalog with chain: "ica". Full endpoint reference and example responses are in the API reference.

Buy Credits & Get Your API Key   Full API Reference →

Purchase via Stripe, then call /link with your email — your key is returned immediately.


Frequently Asked Questions about the ICA Sweden API

Does ICA Sweden have an official public API for developers?

ICA Sweden does not offer a public developer API for product data or pricing. Pepesto provides a maintained API layer that normalises ICA's product catalog from handlaprivatkund.ica.se into consistent JSON, refreshed daily.

What data does the ICA Sweden API return?

Pepesto returns a unified JSON schema across all supported chains. Each ICA product object includes name in Swedish, price in SEK, promotional price where active, unit price, and quantity (e.g., kg).

Are ICA Sweden product names returned in Swedish?

Yes. Product names and categories are returned in Swedish as displayed on handlaprivatkund.ica.se. All JSON field keys use English for consistent cross-chain programmatic access.

How current is ICA Sweden product and pricing data?

Data from handlaprivatkund.ica.se is refreshed daily, capturing current SEK prices and active promotional offers.

Does ICA's loyalty card restrict the catalog Pepesto can read?

No. ICA has a well-known loyalty programme (ICA Kortet), but the standard product catalog and public pricing are available to any visitor. The integration covers publicly listed products and prices only.

Does this integration cover ICA Sweden only, or Rimi Baltic too?

ICA owns Rimi Baltic, which operates in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania under a separate brand. This integration covers handlaprivatkund.ica.se (Sweden) only. Rimi Baltic is not included.

How do I start using the ICA Sweden API?

Buy Pepesto API credits, retrieve your key via the /link endpoint, then call /catalog with chain set to ica. Full endpoint reference is at the Pepesto API documentation.

I just want to shop at ICA Sweden from my AI chat — do I need to code?

No. The API on this page is for developers and businesses. If you simply want to shop, connect Pepesto's hosted Agent to Cart MCP to your AI assistant and get a one-tap ICA Sweden cart link — free, no API key required.

What does the ICA Sweden API return?

Everything visible and related to food, cooking, and recipes in the ICA Sweden mobile web application, returned as clean JSON via a single REST call. The indexed product list typically contains 1,000–2,000 SKUs, focused on the most common ingredients used for cooking.

Is the ICA Sweden data available in real time?

The standard catalog is indexed daily — product prices and product details are refreshed every 24 hours. If your use case requires more frequent updates or push notifications on price changes, get in touch and we can discuss what's possible.


Other Supermarkets Available on Pepesto

One API key gives you access to 28 European grocery chains with a consistent JSON schema.


Start fetching ICA Sweden data today

Live pricing and product catalog for food, cooking, and recipes from handlaprivatkund.ica.se — clean JSON, one API key.

Buy credits via Stripe → call /link with your email → API key returned immediately.

Questions? Email support@pepesto.com or book a call.