# PistonHeads UK Car Listings Scraper (`crawlerbros/autotrader-uk-car-listings`) Actor Scrape used car listings from PistonHeads UK (pistonheads.com) - a UK car classifieds site. Get car makes, models, prices, mileage, location, and seller details. No proxy, no auth required. - **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/autotrader-uk-car-listings.md - **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, E-commerce, Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## AutoTrader UK — Gumtree UK Car Listings Scraper Scrape used car listings from **Gumtree UK** (`gumtree.com`) — the UK's largest free classifieds site. Search by keyword, make, model, or location. Extracts car make/model, year, price, mileage, condition, seller info, images, and listing URLs. No proxy, no auth required. ### What this actor does - **Two modes:** free-text `search` (e.g. "ford focus london") or structured `byMakeModel` (make + optional model) - **Sort options:** newest first, cheapest first, most expensive first, or best match - **Location filter:** narrow results by UK city, postcode area, or region - **Rich data:** extracts schema.org JSON-LD from individual listing pages for full vehicle details - **Empty fields are omitted** — no nulls in output ### Output per listing | Field | Description | |---|---| | `listingId` | Gumtree listing ID | | `name` | Full listing title | | `description` | Listing description (up to 500 chars) | | `listingUrl` | Direct URL to the listing | | `brand` | Vehicle make (e.g. Ford) | | `model` | Vehicle model (e.g. Focus ST) | | `vehicleModelDate` | Year of manufacture | | `price` | Asking price (number) | | `priceCurrency` | Always `GBP` | | `availability` | Availability status (e.g. InStock) | | `mileage` | Odometer reading (integer) | | `mileageUnit` | Unit code (usually `SMI` = statute miles) | | `condition` | Used / New / Refurbished | | `imageUrl` | Primary listing image URL | | `imageCount` | Total number of images | | `location` | Seller location | | `isTrade` | `true` if seller is a dealer | | `isDelivery` | `true` if delivery available | | `age` | Listing age string (e.g. "2 days ago") | | `recordType` | Always `carListing` | | `sourceUrl` | URL the record was scraped from | | `scrapedAt` | ISO 8601 timestamp | ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `mode` | string | `search` | `search` (free-text) or `byMakeModel` (structured) | | `searchQuery` | string | `ford focus` | Free-text query (mode=search) | | `make` | string | – | Vehicle make, lowercase (mode=byMakeModel), e.g. `ford` | | `model` | string | – | Vehicle model, lowercase (mode=byMakeModel), e.g. `focus` | | `location` | string | – | UK location/postcode to narrow results, e.g. `london`, `SW1` | | `sortOrder` | string | `date` | `date` / `price_asc` / `price_desc` / `relevance` | | `maxItems` | integer | `30` | Maximum records to emit (1–500) | #### Example: free-text search ```json { "mode": "search", "searchQuery": "bmw 3 series diesel 2020", "location": "manchester", "sortOrder": "price_asc", "maxItems": 50 } ```` #### Example: structured search by make and model ```json { "mode": "byMakeModel", "make": "volkswagen", "model": "golf", "sortOrder": "date", "maxItems": 30 } ``` ### Use cases - **Used car price research** — compare asking prices across UK regions for a specific make/model - **Market intelligence** — track listing volumes, price trends, and average mileage - **Lead generation** — monitor new listings for specific vehicles as they appear - **Data aggregation** — combine Gumtree data with other UK car sources for comprehensive market views - **Price comparison** — find the cheapest listings for a given specification - **Dealer analysis** — identify trade vs private sellers in a given area ### FAQ **What is Gumtree?** Gumtree is the UK's largest free classifieds website, operated by eBay. It lists millions of used cars, vans, and motorbikes from private sellers and dealers across the UK. **Do I need a proxy or API key?** No. Gumtree's public listing pages are accessible without authentication. The actor uses standard HTTP requests with no proxy or paid add-ons required. **How many listings can I get?** Up to 500 per run (configurable via `maxItems`). Gumtree paginates results — the actor follows pagination automatically. **What data comes from individual listing pages?** The actor fetches each listing page to extract schema.org JSON-LD data, which includes make, model, year, price, mileage, condition, images, and availability — richer than search snippets alone. **What does `isTrade` mean?** `true` means the seller is a registered car dealer; `false` means a private seller. **Why might some fields be missing?** Gumtree listings are user-generated. Not all sellers fill in make, mileage, or year — those fields are omitted from records where the data is absent. **What's the `scrapedAt` field?** An ISO 8601 UTC timestamp indicating when the record was extracted. **Can I filter by price range?** Use `sortOrder: "price_asc"` to see cheapest listings first, then limit with `maxItems`. For a strict price filter, post-process the output. # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): What to fetch. ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): Free-text search query (mode=search). First word is treated as the make, remaining words as the model. E.g. 'ford focus' or 'bmw 3-series'. ## `make` (type: `string`): Vehicle manufacturer, e.g. ford, bmw, audi (lowercase). ## `model` (type: `string`): Vehicle model, e.g. focus, 3-series, a4 (lowercase, hyphen-separated). ## `location` (type: `string`): UK location label to attach to records as a fallback seller location (e.g. 'london', 'manchester'). ## `sortOrder` (type: `string`): How to sort results. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Hard cap on emitted records. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "search", "searchQuery": "ford focus", "sortOrder": "date", "maxItems": 30 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `listings` (type: `string`): Dataset containing all scraped UK car listing 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "mode": "search", "searchQuery": "ford focus", "sortOrder": "date", "maxItems": 30 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/autotrader-uk-car-listings").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "mode": "search", "searchQuery": "ford focus", "sortOrder": "date", "maxItems": 30, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("crawlerbros/autotrader-uk-car-listings").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "mode": "search", "searchQuery": "ford focus", "sortOrder": "date", "maxItems": 30 }' | apify call crawlerbros/autotrader-uk-car-listings --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crawlerbros/autotrader-uk-car-listings", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "PistonHeads UK Car Listings Scraper", "description": "Scrape used car listings from PistonHeads UK (pistonheads.com) - a UK car classifieds site. Get car makes, models, prices, mileage, location, and seller details. No proxy, no auth required.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "wiYG6d2ST8ddGUxVG" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/crawlerbros~autotrader-uk-car-listings/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-crawlerbros-autotrader-uk-car-listings", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~autotrader-uk-car-listings/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-crawlerbros-autotrader-uk-car-listings", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~autotrader-uk-car-listings/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-crawlerbros-autotrader-uk-car-listings", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "mode" ], "properties": { "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "search", "byMakeModel" ], "type": "string", "description": "What to fetch.", "default": "search" }, "searchQuery": { "title": "Search query", "type": "string", "description": "Free-text search query (mode=search). First word is treated as the make, remaining words as the model. E.g. 'ford focus' or 'bmw 3-series'.", "default": "ford focus" }, "make": { "title": "Vehicle make (mode=byMakeModel)", "type": "string", "description": "Vehicle manufacturer, e.g. ford, bmw, audi (lowercase)." }, "model": { "title": "Vehicle model (mode=byMakeModel)", "type": "string", "description": "Vehicle model, e.g. focus, 3-series, a4 (lowercase, hyphen-separated)." }, "location": { "title": "UK Location / postcode area", "type": "string", "description": "UK location label to attach to records as a fallback seller location (e.g. 'london', 'manchester')." }, "sortOrder": { "title": "Sort order", "enum": [ "date", "price_asc", "price_desc", "relevance", "mileage_asc" ], "type": "string", "description": "How to sort results.", "default": "date" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard cap on emitted records.", "default": 30 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```