Gumtree Scraper

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Gumtree scraper for UK classifieds. Each row is one listing: asking price in GBP, location, seller type, description, and photos. Search by keyword, place, and category, or paste a results URL. Use it as a Gumtree API alternative from Python, Node.js, cURL, or Apify MCP.

Best for: phone and goods comps, used-car filters, property and job leads, and a scheduled run that saves only new ads and price changes.

Actor	Role
Gumtree Scraper ◄── you are here	UK classifieds: price, seller type, description, new-ad monitor
eBay Sold Listings Scraper	Sold comps for the same goods
Facebook Marketplace Scraper	Marketplace listings
Leboncoin Scraper	France classifieds
Marktplaats Scraper	Netherlands classifieds
Cars.com Scraper	US car listings

When to use this Actor

• A keyword in a city — Set Keyword to iphone, Location to london, and Category to For sale. Leave Search URLs empty.
• Cars, vans, property, or jobs — Pick the category. Add a place name, or leave location empty for a UK-wide category page.
• A results page you already opened — Paste the category URL. A /search?q= link is rewritten to the category path. Keyword and location are ignored when Search URLs is set.
• One listing — Paste the listing URL. The run saves that page.
• New ads and price cuts — Turn on monitor mode and schedule the same search. The first run stores a baseline and saves nothing. Later runs save new listing ids and price changes.

When not to use this Actor

• Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa — This Actor reads the UK site only.
• Phone numbers — Those are not requested.
• A national dump in one run — Cap maxItems (150). Split by city or category.

Key features

• Search and listing pages — Title, GBP price, location, seller type, description, and photos. Default 256 MB. No browser.
• Keyword, place, and category — For sale, cars, vans, motorbikes, property for sale, property to rent, and jobs.
• Pasted URL — Category paths and single listing pages. Browser /search?q= links are converted before the request.
• Private versus trade — sellerType is private or trade when the page says so.
• Monitor — Named key-value store of listing id and last price for that search. The seed run does not open listing pages.

Input

Field	Required	Default	What it does
Search or listing URLs	No	iPhone in London	Wins over the filters below.
Keyword	No	—	Search text when URLs are empty.
Location	No	—	Place name, such as london or manchester.
Category	No	For sale	Section used when URLs are empty.
Sort	No	Most recent	Applied when the Actor builds the URL.
Open listing pages	No	on	Description, photos, seller name, and attributes. Same saved row.
Maximum listings	No	30	Rows to save, up to 150.
Monitor mode	No	off	Baseline first, then new ids and price changes.
Monitor state store	No	gumtree-monitor	Named store for the baseline.
Proxy	No	Datacenter	Switch to residential if a run is blocked.

{
  "keyword": "iphone",
  "location": "london",
  "category": "for-sale",
  "sort": "date",
  "includeListingDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 30,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

Output

Field	Meaning
id	Listing id
url	Public listing page
title	Listing title
price	Asking price in GBP
pricePeriod	month or week on rent cards. Omitted on a sale price
location	Town or area
postedAge	Relative age from the search card
postedAt	Timestamp from the listing page when present
sellerType	private or trade
sellerName	Display name on the listing page
description	Listing description
image, images	First photo, then the photo list
make, model, year, mileage, fuel	Vehicle fields when the listing page includes them
attributes	Attribute pairs from the listing page
changeType	new or price_change on monitor runs
previousPrice	Prior asking price when changeType is price_change
scrapedAt	UTC timestamp

{
  "id": "1803086920",
  "url": "https://www.gumtree.com/p/iphone/apple-iphone-16-pro-max-256gb/1803086920",
  "title": "Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max 256GB",
  "price": 499,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "location": "Hampstead, London",
  "postedAge": "4 days",
  "sellerType": "private",
  "sellerName": "Miles",
  "description": "Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max 256GB in Silver. Fully working.",
  "image": "https://img.gumtree.com/example/86"
}

Use cases

• Compare asking prices for one phone model in one city and keep sellerType so trade ads are separate from private sellers.
• Pull used cars in London with year, mileage, and fuel when the listing page includes them.
• Schedule monitor mode each morning and export only listings whose price moved.
• For sold comps on the same goods, run eBay Sold Listings Scraper. For France, run Leboncoin Scraper.

Integration examples

Replace APIFY_TOKEN. The slug below is the Store name.

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor("crawloop/gumtree-scraper").call({
  keyword: "iphone",
  location: "london",
  category: "for-sale",
  maxItems: 30,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python

import os
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(os.environ["APIFY_TOKEN"])
run = client.actor("crawloop/gumtree-scraper").call(run_input={
    "keyword": "bmw",
    "location": "manchester",
    "category": "cars",
    "maxItems": 30,
})
items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(len(items))

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawloop~gumtree-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keyword":"iphone","location":"london","category":"for-sale","maxItems":30}'

MCP and AI assistants

Use this Actor from AI tools via Apify MCP. Connect your Apify account, then call this Actor by its Store name crawloop/gumtree-scraper.

Example prompts:

• "Run Gumtree Scraper for iphone in london and return price, location, and seller type as JSON"
• "Scrape Gumtree cars in manchester and summarize year, mileage, and asking price"
• "Run Gumtree Scraper in monitor mode for chef jobs in bristol, then use eBay Sold Listings Scraper for sold comps"

Suite next step

This Actor covers UK classifieds. For sold prices on the same goods, run eBay Sold Listings Scraper. For another country’s classifieds, run Leboncoin Scraper or Marktplaats Scraper.

FAQ

Does this open every listing page? Yes, when Open listing pages is on. Monitor seed runs skip those pages and save nothing. Turn the option off to keep the search card only.

Which countries are included? The UK site only. Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa are not requested.

What if the run is blocked? Leave the datacenter proxy on and retry. If the run still fails, switch the proxy to residential.

What does monitor mode skip? Listing ids already stored for that same search, unless the asking price changed. A quiet tick writes zero rows. The first run only fills the baseline.

Are phone numbers included? No. The row has the public price, description, and seller display name.