Surplex Auction Scraper — Used Industrial Machinery & Equipment Lots

Disclaimer: This is an unofficial integration developed independently of TBAuctions. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Surplex, TBAuctions, or any of its subsidiaries.

Surplex and related names are trademarks of their respective owners. Listing data is read from publicly accessible web sources only; no proprietary databases are redistributed.

This Actor is provided for informational and research purposes only (e.g. market research, dealer outreach, auction monitoring, resale pricing). You are solely responsible for ensuring your use complies with applicable laws, platform terms of use, and your organization's policies.

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Extract used industrial machinery, auction lots, and plant closure disposals from Surplex into structured JSON on Apify. Built for European B2B workflows: auction monitoring, starting-price intelligence, equipment sourcing, and liquidation tracking across metalworking, woodworking, construction, transport, agriculture, plastics, food processing, and 30+ machinery categories.

Supports full catalog crawl, auction URLs, category URLs, and direct lot detail pages. Choose listings mode for fast JSON-LD cards or details mode for full lot pages with parsed specification tables, image galleries, location data, and PDF document names.

Cloudflare-protected pages are handled with curl_cffi Chrome fingerprint emulation — lightweight HTTP extraction without headless browser overhead.

When to use this Actor

Use the Surplex Auction Scraper when you need:

• Starting auction prices and lot metadata for industrial equipment disposals
• Technical specifications parsed from lot descriptions (manufacturer, model, year, dimensions, power)
• Auction context — auction type (A1/A3/A7), lot count, location, and multi-language URLs
• Image galleries — primary thumbnails and full photo sets for asset valuation
• Geographic filtering — Germany, Austria, Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, and 12+ European markets
• Bulk catalog discovery — crawl all open auctions or target specific machinery categories

Ideal for machinery dealers, auction analysts, asset recovery teams, liquidation buyers, and market researchers tracking European industrial auction inventory.

Used Machinery Auction Pipeline

Input sources                    Extraction modes              Output
─────────────────────           ─────────────────────         ──────────────────

  Full catalog (/auctions) ──►   listings  (fast cards)   ──►  title, price, image
  Auction URL  (/a/...)    ──►   details   (full PDP)    ──►  specs, docs, gallery
  Category URL (/c/...)    ──►                             ──►  auction context
  Lot URL      (/l/...)

  Join with manufacturer + model ──► price benchmarking & inventory alerts

Key Features

• Full auction catalog crawl — Paginate all active auctions; filter by bidding status and country code.
• Auction & category targeting — Scrape specific auction pages or machinery category URLs from input.
• Deep lot enrichment — In details mode, visit each lot page for descriptions, specification key-values, all images, and document names.
• Eight languages — Localized content and alternate URLs for de, en, fr, nl, pl, it, ro, es.
• Parsed manufacturer & model — Extract brand, model type, and year of manufacture from titles and descriptions.
• Cloudflare WAF bypass — Chrome JA3 impersonation via curl_cffi for reliable access at scale.
• Residential proxy support — Apify Proxy recommended for stable production runs.
• Pay-per-result billing — Charges only for successfully scraped lot rows (scraped-listings-row or scraped-details-row).

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	Array	[]	Auction pages (/a/…), category pages (/c/…), or lot detail pages (/l/…).
mode	String	"full_catalog"	full_catalog, auction_urls, lot_urls, or category_urls.
scrapeMode	String	"details"	listings for fast JSON-LD cards or details for full PDP enrichment.
auctionStatuses	Array	["BIDDING_OPEN"]	Filter: BIDDING_OPEN, UPCOMING, ENDED.
countries	Array	[]	ISO country codes (de, at, nl, …). Empty = all countries.
language	String	"en"	Page language: de, en, fr, nl, pl, it, ro, es.
maxAuctions	Integer	0	Max auctions to process (0 = unlimited).
maxLotsPerAuction	Integer	0	Max lots per auction (0 = unlimited).
maxItems	Integer	0	Max total lot rows (0 = unlimited).
concurrency	Integer	5	Parallel workers for detail-page fetching.
proxyConfiguration	Object	{}	Apify Proxy settings (residential recommended).

Input Example — full catalog

{
  "mode": "full_catalog",
  "scrapeMode": "details",
  "language": "en",
  "auctionStatuses": ["BIDDING_OPEN"],
  "countries": ["de", "at", "nl"],
  "maxAuctions": 10,
  "maxLotsPerAuction": 50,
  "maxItems": 500,
  "concurrency": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

Input Example — specific auction

{
  "mode": "auction_urls",
  "scrapeMode": "details",
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.surplex.com/a/branchenauktion-transport-logistik-industriemaschinen-freizeit-A1-48257" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}

Input Example — specific lots

{
  "mode": "lot_urls",
  "scrapeMode": "details",
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.surplex.com/l/reckermann-fu1000-werkzeugfrasmaschinen-A1-48257-1030" }
  ]
}

Output Format

Each row is pushed to the default Apify dataset as a lot or auction record.

Listings mode (card-level)

Field	Description
type, lotId, auctionId, lotNumber	Record type and identifiers
title, lotUrl	Lot title and canonical URL
manufacturer, modelType, yearOfManufacture	Parsed from title/description
startingPrice, currency	Auction starting price (EUR)
mainImageUrl	Primary lot image
position	Lot order within auction
scrapedAt	ISO 8601 scrape timestamp

Details mode (full lot page)

All listing fields plus:

Field	Description
description	Full lot description text
condition	Used / new / refurbished
locationCity, locationCountry, locationMapUrl	Equipment location
categoryL1, categoryL2	Machinery category hierarchy
auctionTitle, auctionUrl	Parent auction context
images, totalImages, hasVideo	Media gallery
documents	PDF attachment names (terms, datasheets)
specifications	Key-value technical specs from description
alternateUrls	Lot URLs in all supported languages

Auction records

Field	Description
auctionId, auctionType	Auction ID and type code (A1, A3, A7)
title, description, auctionUrl	Auction name and metadata
thumbnailUrl, lotCount, location	Cover image, lot count, geography
alternateUrls	Auction URLs in all supported languages

Output Example (details mode)

{
  "type": "lot",
  "lotId": "A1-48257-1030",
  "auctionId": "A1-48257",
  "lotNumber": "1030",
  "lotUrl": "https://www.surplex.com/l/reckermann-fu1000-werkzeugfrasmaschinen-A1-48257-1030",
  "title": "Reckermann FU1000 Werkzeugfräsmaschinen",
  "description": "Hersteller: Reckermann\n* Typ: FU 1000\n* Universal-Werkzeugfräsmaschine\n...",
  "manufacturer": "Reckermann",
  "modelType": "FU 1000",
  "yearOfManufacture": null,
  "condition": "used",
  "startingPrice": 250,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "locationCity": "Ahaus",
  "locationCountry": "DE",
  "categoryL1": "Metallverarbeitung",
  "categoryL2": "Fräsmaschinen",
  "auctionTitle": "Branchenauktion - Transport/Logistik, Industriemaschinen & Freizeit",
  "mainImageUrl": "https://media.tbauctions.com/image-media/.../file",
  "images": ["https://media.tbauctions.com/image-media/.../file"],
  "totalImages": 23,
  "hasVideo": false,
  "documents": ["Auction Terms - Germany - EN.pdf"],
  "specifications": {
    "Typ": "FU 1000",
    "Verfahrweg X-Achse": "ca. 1.000 mm",
    "Anschluss": "400-V"
  },
  "alternateUrls": {
    "en": "https://www.surplex.com/en/l/reckermann-fu1000-...-A1-48257-1030",
    "de": "https://www.surplex.com/l/reckermann-fu1000-...-A1-48257-1030"
  },
  "language": "en",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-12T12:00:00Z"
}

Supported Machinery Categories

Metalworking · Woodworking · Construction & Earthmoving · Transport & Logistics · Agriculture · Plastics Industry · Chemical Industry · Food Processing · Printing · Electrical · HVAC · 3D Printing · and 30+ more.

Supported Countries

Germany · Austria · Switzerland · Netherlands · Poland · France · Italy · Spain · Romania · Czech Republic · Hungary · Portugal · Croatia · and more.

Typical Workflow

1. Set mode to full_catalog for market-wide scans, or paste auction / category / lot URLs into startUrls.
2. Choose listings for a quick starting-price scan, or details for full specs, images, and documents.
3. Filter by auctionStatuses and countries to narrow European territory coverage.
4. Set maxItems and enable Apify Residential Proxy for production volumes.
5. Export the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel — or connect via API to your ERP, BI dashboard, or alerting pipeline.

Related Actors in the Used Machinery Suite

Platform focus	Actor
B2B marketplace listings & deep specs	Exapro Scraper
Dealer phones & company profiles	Resale.info Scraper
CNC & metalworking across regional TLDs	Machineseeker Scraper
Heavy equipment, trucks & coordinates	Machineryline Scraper
Industrial auctions & live bids (Troostwijk)	Troostwijk Scraper
Industrial auctions & plant closures (Surplex)	Surplex Scraper ◄── you are here