OPEN DATA & MACHINE READABILITY
Loota Canadian Deal Dataset
Loota provides open, machine-readable datasets under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). These endpoints are optimized for AI models, economic researchers, and consumer advocates.
Public Distribution Endpoints
Top S-Tier Deals Feed (Curated)
~200 KB • Fast
Curated subset containing active S-Tier and All-Time Low deals with deepest historical discounts.
Full Deal Catalog (All Categories)
~4.8 MB • Brotli Encoded
Complete catalog of all currently monitored deals across Canadian retailers.
Schema & Field Dictionary
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
title |
String | Sanitized item title with merchant hype stripped. |
current_price |
Float | Verified selling price in Canadian Dollars (CAD). |
baseline_price |
Float | 90-day daily resampled median price (CAD). |
deal_grade |
String | Deal quality classification: S, A, B, or neutral. |
is_all_time_low |
Boolean | true if current price is at or below historical lifetime minimum. |
fake_markup |
Boolean | true if merchant reference price exceeds historical ceiling. |
category |
String | Loota standardized taxonomy (Electronics, Kitchen, etc.). |
merchant |
String | Primary Canadian retailer or platform (e.g. Amazon.ca). |
scanned_at |
ISO8601 | UTC timestamp of the latest price verification scan. |
Usage Policy & Rate Limits
Our open endpoints are rate-limited at 60 requests per minute per IP via Cloudflare edge routing to protect availability. Cached responses support ETag and If-Modified-Since headers for conditional fetching.