# Mobile.de Car Scraper (`crawlerbros/mobile-de-scraper`) Actor Extract used car listings from mobile.de with make, model, price, mileage, year, fuel, transmission, dealer info, and photos. - **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/mobile-de-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, E-commerce - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 14 bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing from $1.00 / 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 ## Mobile.de Car Scraper Extract used and new car listings from **mobile.de** — Germany's largest vehicle marketplace with 1.5+ million listings. Returns **38 structured fields** per vehicle including make, model, year, price, mileage, power, fuel type, transmission, CO2 class, dealer contact, and preview image. ### Features - **38 output fields** per vehicle — complete flat schema with typed defaults (zero nulls) - **1.5M+ listings indexed** — cars, vans, estate cars, sedans, SUVs, and more - **Full filter pass-through** — make, model, price, mileage, year, fuel type, transmission, postal-code radius - **Pagination** — walks pages 1–50 via `pageNumber` query parameter (27 results per page) - **Price ratings** — each car has an "is this a good price?" rating from mobile.de's pricing engine - **Dealer details** — name, postcode, city, country, phone, seller type - **Preview image** per listing - **No proxy required** — uses mobile.de's public consumer JSON API from `www.mobile.de` (not the Akamai-protected `suchen.mobile.de` frontend) - **No authentication, no cookies** — works from datacenter IPs via Chrome 131 TLS impersonation ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `startUrls` | Array | Mobile.de search URLs. Use the standard `suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?...` format — the scraper automatically translates the query string to the consumer API endpoint. | | `maxItems` | Integer | Maximum vehicles to return (default 50, max 500). | #### Example Input ```json { "startUrls": [ "https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?isSearchRequest=true&s=Car&vc=Car" ], "maxItems": 100 } ```` With filters: ```json { "startUrls": [ "https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?isSearchRequest=true&s=Car&vc=Car&ms=1900;17;;;&fr=2020&ft=DIESEL&mnp=30000" ], "maxItems": 200 } ``` ### Output Each vehicle has **38 fields**. All fields are always present with typed defaults — never `null`. #### Identity | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `id` | Integer | Mobile.de listing ID | | `url` | String | Full listing URL (suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/...) | | `title` | String | Full title (make + model + variant) | | `shortTitle` | String | Short title (make + model only) | | `subTitle` | String | Variant / trim level | | `make` | String | Manufacturer (BMW, Audi, Volkswagen, etc.) | | `model` | String | Model name | | `category` | String | Body category (Estate car, Sedan, SUV, etc.) | | `vehicleClass` | String | Vehicle class code (Car) | #### Price | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `price` | Integer | Gross price (native currency, integer) | | `currency` | String | Currency code (typically EUR) | | `priceFormatted` | String | Formatted price (e.g., `€41,390`) | | `priceRating` | String | `VERY_GOOD_PRICE`, `GOOD_PRICE`, `FAIR_PRICE`, `INCREASED_PRICE`, `HIGH_PRICE` | #### Specifications | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `mileageKm` | Integer | Mileage in kilometers | | `powerKw` | Integer | Engine power in kW | | `powerHp` | Integer | Engine power in HP | | `firstRegistration` | String | First registration date (`MM/YYYY`) | | `yearConstructed` | Integer | Year of first registration | | `fuelType` | String | `Petrol`, `Diesel`, `Electric`, `Hybrid`, `LPG`, etc. | | `transmission` | String | `Manual gearbox`, `Automatic`, `Semiautomatic` | | `bodyType` | String | Body category (duplicate of `category`) | | `exteriorColor` | String | Exterior color | | `doors` | String | Door configuration (e.g., `4/5`) | | `seats` | Integer | Seat count | | `previousOwners` | Integer | Number of previous owners | | `emissionClass` | String | German emission class (`Euro 6e`, `Euro 5`, etc.) | | `co2Class` | String | CO₂ class (A-G) | | `consumption` | String | Combined consumption (`5.7 l/100km (comb.)`, etc.) | | `displacementCcm` | Integer | Engine displacement in ccm | #### Media & Dealer | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `numImages` | Integer | Number of photos on listing | | `previewImage` | String | Preview image URL | | `location` | String | Dealer town | | `postalCode` | String | Dealer postal code | | `country` | String | Country code (DE, AT, etc.) | | `dealerName` | String | Dealer name | | `dealerType` | String | `DEALER` or `PRIVATE` | | `dealerPhone` | String | Dealer phone number | #### Metadata | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `scrapedAt` | String | ISO 8601 scrape timestamp | #### Example Output ```json { "id": 444796340, "url": "https://www.mobile.de/auto-inserat/bmw-m3-touring/444796340.html", "title": "BMW M3 Touring M xDrive Competition LED HUD NAVI H/K", "shortTitle": "BMW M3", "subTitle": "Touring M xDrive Competition LED HUD NAVI H/K", "make": "BMW", "model": "M3", "category": "Estate car", "vehicleClass": "Car", "price": 110000, "currency": "EUR", "priceFormatted": "€110,000", "priceRating": "GOOD_PRICE", "mileageKm": 11340, "powerKw": 390, "powerHp": 530, "firstRegistration": "03/2025", "yearConstructed": 2025, "fuelType": "Petrol", "transmission": "Automatic", "bodyType": "Estate car", "exteriorColor": "Grey", "doors": "4/5", "seats": 5, "previousOwners": 1, "emissionClass": "Euro 6e", "co2Class": "G", "consumption": "10.5 l/100km (comb.)", "displacementCcm": 2993, "numImages": 29, "previewImage": "https://img.classistatic.de/api/v1/mo-prod/images/3f/3fbc5257.jpg", "location": "Wermelskirchen", "postalCode": "42929", "country": "DE", "dealerName": "Autohaus Kaltenbach GmbH Co.KG BMW und MINI Vertragshändler", "dealerType": "DEALER", "dealerPhone": "+49 (0)2196 76796970", "scrapedAt": "2026-04-11T12:05:00+00:00" } ``` ### FAQ **Q: Do I need a proxy?** No. This scraper uses mobile.de's public consumer JSON API at `www.mobile.de/consumer/api/search/srp`, which is served from a different infrastructure than the Akamai-protected `suchen.mobile.de` frontend. Datacenter IPs work fine with Chrome 131 TLS impersonation via curl\_cffi. **Q: How do I construct a search URL?** Apply filters on the mobile.de website, copy the URL from your browser (`suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?isSearchRequest=true&s=Car&vc=Car&...`), and paste it into `startUrls`. The scraper automatically translates the query string to the consumer API endpoint. All filters (`ms=` for make/model, `fr=` for year, `ft=` for fuel type, `mnp=`/`mxp=` for price, `mnlm=`/`mxlm=` for mileage, `pgn=` for postcode radius) pass through verbatim. **Q: How many cars per page?** 27 results per page (fixed by mobile.de). The scraper paginates automatically via `pageNumber=N` up to mobile.de's hard cap of 50 pages per search, giving you up to 1,350 unique cars per query. **Q: Why is my multi-page run returning fewer unique cars than expected?** Mobile.de promotes certain "top ads" and "eyecatcher ads" that appear on every page of a given search, so pages 2+ often have ~15-20 duplicates of page 1. The scraper deduplicates by listing ID so you only get unique vehicles. **Q: How fresh is the data?** The consumer API is the same endpoint the mobile.de mobile web app uses — it returns live data with the same freshness as the website. **Q: Does this violate mobile.de's robots.txt?** Mobile.de's robots.txt disallows crawling of `suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html` and individual `/auto-inserat/` pages. This scraper does NOT scrape those paths — it uses the public consumer JSON API at `www.mobile.de/consumer/api/search/srp` which is not disallowed by `www.mobile.de/robots.txt`. **Q: Does this work for motorbikes / motorhomes / trucks?** The scraper defaults to `s=Car&vc=Car`. Other vehicle classes (`Motorbike`, `Motorhome`, `SemiTrailerTruck`) are theoretically supported but have not been verified with this build. ### Use Cases - **Used-car market research** — track inventory, prices, and age distribution across makes/models - **Dealer monitoring** — watch specific dealers for new inventory - **Investment analysis** — find underpriced listings using the `priceRating` field - **Regional price comparisons** — filter by postal code radius to compare local markets - **EV market analysis** — filter `fuelType=Electric` to track the EV market's growth - **Price alerts** — daily runs with narrow filters (make + model + max price) for deal hunting - **Data pipelines** — feed structured JSON into CRMs, BI tools, or ML models without post-processing # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Mobile.de search URLs (suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?...) or single listing URLs. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of vehicles to return. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ "https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?isSearchRequest=true&s=Car&vc=Car" ], "maxItems": 3 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `cars` (type: `string`): No description # 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 = { "startUrls": [ "https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?isSearchRequest=true&s=Car&vc=Car" ], "maxItems": 3 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/mobile-de-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "startUrls": ["https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?isSearchRequest=true&s=Car&vc=Car"], "maxItems": 3, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("crawlerbros/mobile-de-scraper").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 '{ "startUrls": [ "https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?isSearchRequest=true&s=Car&vc=Car" ], "maxItems": 3 }' | apify call crawlerbros/mobile-de-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crawlerbros/mobile-de-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Mobile.de Car Scraper", "description": "Extract used car listings from mobile.de with make, model, price, mileage, year, fuel, transmission, dealer info, and photos.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "MmkWyc3G0At0Y2TbP" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/crawlerbros~mobile-de-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-crawlerbros-mobile-de-scraper", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~mobile-de-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-crawlerbros-mobile-de-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~mobile-de-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-crawlerbros-mobile-de-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Mobile.de search URLs (suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?...) or single listing URLs.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of vehicles to return.", "default": 50 } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```