Boxhub Shipping Container Scraper

Scrape live shipping-container listings from Boxhub.com — America's largest shipping-container marketplace. Get sizes, structural types, condition grades, pricing, delivery options, and availability for every container Boxhub currently lists for your nearest depot. No login, no cookies, no paid proxy required.

What this actor does

• Reads Boxhub's live catalog page and returns every distinct container listing as a structured record
• Filters by size (20ft/40ft), structural type, condition grade, delivery method, and price range
• Captures both tilt-bed truck delivery and depot self-pickup pricing for each listing
• Optionally includes currently sold-out listings alongside in-stock ones
• Omits empty fields instead of returning null or placeholder values

Output per container

Each item in the output dataset is one distinct container listing (deduplicated across delivery methods), with:

• title — human-readable name (e.g. "40ft High Cube Cargo-Worthy Shipping Container")
• sku, localizedSku, listingId — Boxhub's own identifiers
• sizeFeet — 20 or 40
• containerType / containerTypeLabel — Standard, High Cube, High Cube (Side-Door), Standard (Side-Door), Specialty
• condition / conditionLabel — New/One-Trip, Wind & Water Tight, Cargo-Worthy, IICL Multi-Trip Certified, IICL Specialty Grade
• isAvailable — current stock status
• listPrice, currency, discountedPrice, discountPercentage — pricing (only present when the unit is in stock and actually priced)
• deliveryOptions[] — every delivery method Boxhub offers for this unit (tiltbed truck delivery and/or depot pickup), each with its own price
• totalEstimatedPrice — list price + cheapest available delivery option
• imageUrl — product photo (available for Standard and High Cube types)
• regionId, locationCity, locationState — the depot region the listing/pricing applies to
• sourceUrl — the live Boxhub page the data was read from
• recordType, scrapedAt

Empty/unavailable fields are always omitted — you'll never see null, "", or placeholder values in the output.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
size	select	all	20 or 40 (feet)
containerType	select	all	Standard / High Cube / High Cube (Side-Door) / Standard (Side-Door) / Specialty
condition	select	all	New/One-Trip / Wind & Water Tight / Cargo-Worthy / IICL Multi-Trip / IICL Specialty
deliveryMethod	select	all	Only keep listings offering tilt-bed delivery or depot pickup
includeUnavailable	boolean	false	Also emit currently sold-out listings (no price shown for these)
minPrice / maxPrice	integer	–	USD price bounds
maxItems	integer	50	Hard cap on emitted records

No input is required — running the actor with defaults returns every in-stock container currently listed for Boxhub's default depot region.

Example: 40ft cargo-worthy containers under $3,000

{
  "size": "40",
  "condition": "CWO",
  "maxPrice": 3000
}

Example: everything available for pickup (no delivery fee)

{
  "deliveryMethod": "pickup"
}

Example: include sold-out listings

{
  "includeUnavailable": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}

Use cases

• Storage & logistics buyers comparing pricing across container sizes and condition grades before buying
• Retail & events teams sourcing containers for on-site storage or pop-up shops
• Construction companies pricing site offices or secure lockups
• Container-home builders & architects comparison-shopping grades and sizes
• Price-monitoring tools tracking Boxhub's container pricing over time
• Procurement teams feeding live container prices into a sourcing dashboard

FAQ

Does this cover every U.S. region Boxhub serves? Boxhub selects the depot region automatically based on the requester's location; the actor returns the full catalog for whichever region Boxhub resolves the request to (shown in regionId/locationCity/locationState on every record). Boxhub does not expose a public way to force a different region without a paid residential-proxy service, so region is informational rather than a filter in this version.

Why do some listings have no price? Boxhub only shows a real price for in-stock units. Sold-out units are marked isAvailable: false and never carry a fabricated price — set includeUnavailable: true to see them alongside stocked listings.

Why is there no imageUrl on some records? Boxhub only hosts a predictable product photo for Standard and High Cube containers. Side-door and Specialty variants don't have a matching photo at a reliable URL, so the field is omitted rather than guessed.

How many listings should I expect? Boxhub's catalog per depot region typically has 15–30 distinct SKUs (across both sizes and all condition grades) — this is the genuine size of Boxhub's per-region catalog, not a scraping limitation.

Is a proxy or login required? No. The actor reads Boxhub's publicly served catalog page directly; no cookies, no API key, no paid proxy tier.

What does totalEstimatedPrice include? The container's list price plus its cheapest available delivery option (tilt-bed delivery or depot pickup, whichever is lower), giving you an all-in cost estimate.

Can I filter by multiple sizes or conditions at once? Not in a single run — size and condition each accept one value (or all) per run. Run the actor multiple times with different filter values if you need several specific combinations.