Bring a Trailer Scraper

Extract auction listings from Bring a Trailer — America's premier marketplace for collector cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Get current bids, sold prices, reserve status, seller info, and direct URLs.

What does Bring a Trailer Scraper do?

Scrape live and completed auction data from bringatrailer.com. Browse by make, model, or category, or pull the entire live auctions feed. Get structured data ready for market analysis, vehicle valuation, and investment research.

Output fields

Field	Description
listingId	BaT listing identifier
title	Full listing title
year	Vehicle year
make	Manufacturer
model	Model name
status	live or sold
sold	Whether the auction completed with a sale
currentBid	Current highest bid (live auctions)
soldPrice	Final sale price (sold auctions)
noReserve	Whether the auction has no reserve
country	Seller country
location	City, state
seller	Seller username
commentsCount	Number of comments
endDate	Auction end timestamp
thumbnailUrl	Primary image URL
url	Direct link to listing
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp

Who is it for?

• Car collectors tracking market values and auction trends
• Dealers sourcing inventory and pricing competitively
• Investors analyzing collector car returns
• Market researchers building automotive valuation datasets
• Insurance appraisers finding comparable sales

Pricing

$0.0012 per result ($1.20 per 1,000 listings). No subscription.

Results	Cost
100	$0.12
1,000	$1.20
10,000	$12.00

How to use it

1. Open bringatrailer.com and navigate to a category, make/model page, or the live auctions feed.
2. Copy the URL from your browser.
3. Paste it into Bring a Trailer URLs in Apify Console.
4. Set Max Items (default 100) and Max Pages per URL (default 3).
5. Click Start.

Supported URLs

Type	URL example
Live auctions feed	https://bringatrailer.com/auctions/
Make page	https://bringatrailer.com/porsche/
Model page	https://bringatrailer.com/porsche/911/
Category	https://bringatrailer.com/trucks/

Output example

{
  "listingId": "1967-bmw-1600-gt",
  "title": "Ex-Pietro Frua 1967 BMW 1600 GT Coupe",
  "year": "1967",
  "make": "BMW",
  "model": "1600 GT Coupe",
  "status": "live",
  "sold": false,
  "currentBid": 60000,
  "soldPrice": null,
  "noReserve": false,
  "country": "United States",
  "location": "Santa Barbara, California",
  "seller": "997M3",
  "commentsCount": 48,
  "endDate": "2026-07-02T17:00:00.000Z",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/...",
  "url": "https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-bmw-1600-gt/",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-18T10:00:00.000Z"
}

Technical details

• Uses got-scraping with Chrome TLS impersonation
• Parses inline auctionsCurrentInitialData JSON — no browser required
• US residential proxies pre-configured
• Automatic pagination across category and search pages
• Fast: hundreds of listings per page in under 2 seconds

FAQ

Do I need to configure proxies? No. US residential proxies are pre-configured.

Can I scrape sold auctions? Yes — sold listings appear in make/model category pages with final sale prices.

Does this include full vehicle specs? Basic specs (year, make, model) are parsed from titles. Full VIN, mileage, and engine details are on the roadmap.

How do I export data? After a run, go to Storage → Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML.

Support

Open an issue on the Actor's page for bugs or feature requests.