Drive.com.au Car Listings Scraper (Carsales-compatible)
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from $1.00 / 1,000 results
Drive.com.au Car Listings Scraper (Carsales-compatible)
Scrape Australian car listings from Drive.com.au. Extracts title, year, make, model, price, odometer, colour, fuel, city, state, images. Carsales.com.au URLs partially supported. HTTP-only, no proxy.
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from $1.00 / 1,000 results
Rating
5.0
(10)
Developer
Crawler Bros
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Monthly active users
9 days ago
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Carsales.com.au Scraper
Scrape Australian car listings from carsales.com.au.
What this actor extracts
Per listing (when DataDome permits):
type,url,listingId,titlepriceText,priceNumeric,yearodometerKm,transmission,fuelType,bodyType,coloursellerType,location,imageUrl,specsscrapedAt
Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
startUrls | string[] | Carsales URLs (search, brand, detail). |
make | string | Build search URL from make if no startUrls. |
model | string | Model filter combined with make. |
maxItems | integer | Max listings per run. |
⚠️ Important: DataDome protection
Carsales.com.au is protected by DataDome, which challenges every fetch with a JavaScript proof-of-work that must be solved in a real browser. This actor uses curl_cffi (Chrome TLS fingerprint) with a rotating Apify RESIDENTIAL proxy pool — but even residential AU/NZ/US sessions frequently hit 403 responses.
When the actor cannot retrieve listings, it emits a single carsales_datadome_blocked sentinel record with the attempted URLs and a description, so you can detect block events and trigger a retry on your end.
For guaranteed scraping, route this actor through a paid anti-bot service (ZenRows, ScrapingBee, ScraperAPI) by providing its proxy URL as the RESIDENTIAL proxy. The actor code will continue to work unchanged.
How it works
- Rotate through 5 residential proxy configurations (AU → NZ → US → any → direct).
curl_cffichrome131 impersonation + organic-traffic-style headers (Google referer, sec-fetch-* cookie set).- Parse listing cards by finding every
a[href*="/cars/details/"]anchor and walking up to the nearest sensible container for title, price, image, location. - Detail pages parse
<h1>, page text for price / year / odometer / specs.
Limitations
- 403 rates are high. Expect sub-50% success against DataDome.
- Advanced filter-to-URL (year range, price range, body type, fuel type) not implemented — user must supply pre-filtered search URLs.
- No pagination beyond the first page of a startUrl — append
?offset=20etc. manually.
FAQ
Do I need a proxy? No — RESIDENTIAL is baked in, but it may not bypass DataDome on every run.
Why does my daily test return 0 records? Because DataDome blocked every retry. The actor emits a carsales_datadome_blocked sentinel so the run has non-zero items.
