# HiBid Auction Lots Scraper (`bovi/hibid-scraper`) Actor

Collect public HiBid lot listings with bid status, estimates, images, auction details, and auction-house names. Search by term or category, browse live or archived lots, and limit the number of results.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bovi/hibid-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Vitalii Bondarev](https://apify.com/bovi) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 84.6% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.15 / 1,000 hibid auction lots scrapers

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## HiBid Auction Lots Scraper

This Actor collects publicly available auction lots from [HiBid](https://hibid.com/). It returns each lot's title, lot number, current high bid, next minimum bid, bid count, status, closing time, lead image, and the auction and auction-house details exposed by HiBid. Archived searches can include realized prices when HiBid has published them. The Actor reads HiBid's public GraphQL search endpoint and does not require an account or login.

### Input

| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `searchText` | string | empty | Optional search text for matching public lot listings. |
| `categoryId` | integer | none | Optional numeric HiBid category ID, visible in a category URL. |
| `archive` | boolean | `false` | Search closed lots and auction results when enabled. |
| `status` | string | `AUTO` | Choose `AUTO`, `OPEN`, `CLOSING`, `CLOSED`, `HOT`, `TOP`, `FEATURED`, or `ALL`. `AUTO` follows the archive setting. |
| `maxResults` | integer | `50` | Maximum number of lot rows to write. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | disabled | Optional Apify Proxy settings. The Actor works directly when omitted or disabled. |

### Example output

```json
{
  "lotId": 325478240,
  "lotUrl": "https://hibid.com/lot/325478240",
  "title": "Men's Movado Two Tone Watch",
  "lotNumber": "27867",
  "currentBid": 0,
  "nextMinimumBid": 270,
  "bidCount": 0,
  "status": "OPEN",
  "auctionName": "BEAUTIFUL JEWELRY SALE 7",
  "auctionCity": "Punta Gorda",
  "auctionState": "FL"
}
```

Rows contain only fields that HiBid supplies for a lot; optional values are omitted when the source has no value. `maxResults` is enforced across pages. The champion's published reference rate is **$0.007 per delivered result**. This source build does not embed Store pricing metadata; the actual Apify Store price is configured in the platform. Dataset items are written with `Actor.push_data`, and this Actor does not call `Actor.charge`.

### Run

Enter a term or category ID if you want to narrow the search, choose whether to include archived lots, set `maxResults`, then start the Actor. Export the resulting dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML from Apify Console. The dataset includes direct HiBid lot and auction URLs so each row can be checked against its public source page.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchText` (type: `string`):

Optional text matched against public HiBid lot listings.

## `categoryId` (type: `integer`):

Optional numeric HiBid category ID. Category IDs appear in HiBid category URLs.

## `archive` (type: `boolean`):

Search archived lots with realized prices instead of currently open lots.

## `status` (type: `string`):

AUTO selects OPEN for live searches and CLOSED for archive searches.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of lot rows to write to the dataset.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional Apify Proxy configuration. Direct requests are used when disabled or omitted.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "archive": false,
  "status": "AUTO",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset with the scraped lot records.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchText": "",
    "status": "AUTO",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bovi/hibid-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchText": "",
    "status": "AUTO",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bovi/hibid-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchText": "",
  "status": "AUTO",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call bovi/hibid-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bovi/hibid-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/pdZqiDhGcD82RKTwT/builds/0c1oZgKzZXD0wWNbm/openapi.json