🇿🇦 Bob Shop Scraper

Want Bob Shop listings in a spreadsheet? This scraper makes it easy.

Use structured filters — better for AI agents — or paste an input_url. When input_url is set it overrides the filters.

Bob Shop (formerly bidorbuy) is a large South African marketplace for auctions and buy-now deals. This actor returns up to 2000 rows per run.

💡 Perfect for...

• Marketplaces: Export computers, phones, electronics, clothing, and more from Bob Shop.
• Dashboards: Track new listings without paging the site.
• Market research: Slice South African classifieds by department, condition, or listing type.
• Data analysts: Export structured rows with public listing URLs.
• 🤖 AI Agents: Power Claude, Cursor, Codex, the Hermes Agent, and OpenClaw workflows with live Bob Shop results.
• 📚 RAG Systems: Feed titles, prices, and seller names into retrieval pipelines.
• 🔗 AI Workflows: Plug into LangChain, AutoGPT, CrewAI, and similar stacks.

✨ Why you'll love this scraper

• 🔗 Input URL or Filters: Paste a Bob Shop category or search URL, or pick the same filters as the site. input_url always wins when set.
• 🎯 Website-Matched Filters: Department, keyword, condition, auction or buy now, price range, and sort.
• 🌐 Listing + product pages: Price, RRP, discount, specs, seller description, shipping, and listing URL.

📦 What's inside the data?

tradeId, url, title, price, amount, currency, recommended_retail_price, discount_percentage, buy_now_price, bid_count, type, condition, location, category, brand, sku, quantity, seller, seller_verified, seller_url, shipping, shipping_cost, warranty, guarantee, close_time, open_time, description, attributes, available, image, images

🚀 Quick start

Option A: paste https://www.bobshop.co.za/computers-networking/laptops-notebooks/c/18836. Option B: pick a department or keyword and set max_results.

Input Example (filters):

{
  "department": "107",
  "query": "laptop",
  "condition": "1",
  "listing_type": "5",
  "max_results": 100
}

Input Example (URL):

{
  "input_url": "https://www.bobshop.co.za/search/iphone",
  "max_results": 100
}

Output Example:

{
  "tradeId": "694409240",
  "url": "https://www.bobshop.co.za/hp-elitebook-850-g6-laptop-core-i5-8th-gen-8gb-ram-512gb-ssd-win-11-pro/p/694409240",
  "title": "HP EliteBook 850 G6 LAPTOP Core i5 8th Gen 8GB RAM 512GB SSD * WIN 11 PRO",
  "price": 4550,
  "amount": 4550,
  "currency": "ZAR",
  "recommended_retail_price": 15000,
  "discount_percentage": 70,
  "type": "Buy now",
  "condition": "Second-hand",
  "location": "Johannesburg",
  "category": "Computers & Networking/Laptops & Notebooks/PC Laptops & Notebooks",
  "brand": "HP",
  "seller": "TradeRouteAuctions",
  "shipping": "R35 shipping",
  "shipping_cost": 35,
  "description": "Key Specifications: Model: HP EliteBook 850 G6 ...",
  "attributes": {"Brand": "HP", "Memory": "8GB", "Screen Size": "15.6"},
  "image": "https://img.bobshop.co.za/f_auto,q_auto:eco,d_notfound.png/user/424919/example.png"
}

Output fields:

Field	Description
tradeId	Bob Shop listing id.
url	Public listing page.
title	Listing title.
price	Current price or bid in South African rand.
amount	Same value as price (kept for compatibility).
currency	Always ZAR.
recommended_retail_price	RRP when the listing shows a discount.
discount_percentage	Percent off RRP when shown.
buy_now_price	Buy-now price on auction listings.
bid_count	Number of bids on auction listings.
type	Auction or buy now.
condition	New, second-hand, refurbished, or open box.
location	City shown on the listing.
category	Category breadcrumb.
brand	Brand from listing specs or the product page.
sku	Product code when shown.
quantity	Remaining quantity.
seller	Seller alias.
seller_verified	Whether Bob Shop marks the seller as verified.
seller_url	Public seller profile.
shipping	Shipping note when shown.
shipping_cost	Numeric shipping rate in rand when shown.
warranty	Warranty note when offered.
guarantee	Guarantee note when offered.
close_time	Listing end time.
open_time	Listing start time.
description	Seller description / key specifications from the product page.
attributes	Specs such as memory, screen size, and brand.
available	In-stock flag from the product page when shown.
image	Listing photo.
images	All listing photos.

📋 Input reference

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
input_url	string	No	—	Bob Shop category or search URL. Overrides every filter.
department	string enum	No	all	Same departments as the site header menu.
query	string	No	—	Same as the site search box.
condition	string enum	No	any	New, second-hand, refurbished, or open box.
listing_type	string enum	No	any	Auction or buy now.
price_min	integer	No	—	Lowest price in South African rand.
price_max	integer	No	—	Highest price in South African rand.
sort	string enum	No	default	Default, lowest price, highest price, ending soon, what's new, or hot selling.
max_results	integer	No	50	Maximum rows (1–2000).