# Plant and Equipment Scraper — MEA Heavy Machinery & Auctions (`crawloop/plantandequipment-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Plant & Equipment MEA heavy machinery listings and timed auctions: prices, bids, hours, inspected lots, dealer phones, and images. Search, category, dealer, or detail URLs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/crawloop/plantandequipment-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Andrej Kiva](https://apify.com/crawloop) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.79 / 1,000 scraped plant & equipment listings

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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

../README.md

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Plant & Equipment search, category, dealer, equipment detail, or auction lot URLs (e.g. /search-machinery, /construction/excavators, /equipment-items/..., /auction-item/..., /machinery-equipment-dealers/...).

## `searchKeyword` (type: `string`):

Optional keyword search (builds /search-machinery?q=…).

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Optional built-in category roots when startUrls is empty.

## `listingTypes` (type: `array`):

Optional filter for card crawl: auction, make\_offer, listing. Empty = all types on the page.

## `scrapeLiveAuctions` (type: `boolean`):

When true, also crawl /search-machinery for current auction + listing cards.

## `includeDealerProfiles` (type: `boolean`):

When a dealer start URL is provided, also push a dealer profile row (phone, name, inventory links).

## `runMode` (type: `string`):

listings = fast card-level data from search/category pages. details = visit each equipment/auction page for JSON-LD + HTML specs, prices/bids, gallery.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum records to return (listings + dealers). 0 = unlimited. Keep small for Store auto-tests (under 5 minutes).

## `maxPagesPerUrl` (type: `integer`):

Pagination depth per search/category/dealer URL. 0 = until exhausted. Site crawl-delay is ~4s — keep modest for large crawls.

## `concurrencyLimit` (type: `integer`):

Parallel detail-page workers (1–12). Keep low to respect crawl-delay.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy. RESIDENTIAL recommended if you see blocks; AE (UAE) or US work well for this MEA marketplace.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.plantandequipment.com/search-machinery"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [],
  "listingTypes": [],
  "scrapeLiveAuctions": false,
  "includeDealerProfiles": true,
  "runMode": "listings",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "maxPagesPerUrl": 1,
  "concurrencyLimit": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "AE"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Default dataset items.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.plantandequipment.com/search-machinery"
        }
    ],
    "runMode": "listings",
    "maxItems": 10,
    "maxPagesPerUrl": 1,
    "concurrencyLimit": 3
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("crawloop/plantandequipment-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.plantandequipment.com/search-machinery" }],
    "runMode": "listings",
    "maxItems": 10,
    "maxPagesPerUrl": 1,
    "concurrencyLimit": 3,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("crawloop/plantandequipment-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).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": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.plantandequipment.com/search-machinery"
    }
  ],
  "runMode": "listings",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "maxPagesPerUrl": 1,
  "concurrencyLimit": 3
}' |
apify call crawloop/plantandequipment-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,crawloop/plantandequipment-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/QhwPtr74l9hWlLx8l/builds/HIKhSRC5iPqif9SA4/openapi.json