# Bring a Trailer Auction Scraper - Low-cost💲🔥🏎️🚗 (`delectable_incubator/bring-a-trailer-auction-scraper-low-cost`) Actor

Scrape Bring a Trailer auction listings 🟠🚗 with a powerful automotive auction scraper.

Extract vehicle titles, time remaining, no-reserve status, premium flags, and auction details from live and ended listings.

Ideal for price tracking, auction insights & automotive market trend analysis 💰📊

- **URL**: https://apify.com/delectable\_incubator/bring-a-trailer-auction-scraper-low-cost.md
- **Developed by:** [Prime Scrape](https://apify.com/delectable_incubator) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation, Travel
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $0.00005 / actor start

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#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".

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- **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`.
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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

<p align="center"> <img src="https://i.ibb.co/jkNS73wX/readme.png" alt="Bring a Trailer Auctions Scraper" width="100%"> </p>

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### Bring A Trailer Auctions Scraper 🚀🏎️🔎

The Bring A Trailer Auctions Scraper is a powerful and scalable Apify Actor designed to extract structured auction listings directly from Bring a Trailer.

## It enables collector car market analysis, auction tracking, price monitoring, and structured automotive dataset creation from one of the most popular classic car auction platforms.

### 🎯 What This Scraper Does

Simply provide one or more Bring a Trailer auction or category URLs and the scraper handles everything automatically.

✅ Extracts structured auction listings from Bring a Trailer

✅ Supports multiple URLs (auctions, makes, models, filters)

✅ Collects live & ended auction data

✅ Captures bids, countdowns, and auction status

✅ Handles infinite scrolling & pagination automatically

✅ Detects premium, no-reserve, and alumni listings

✅ Stops at your defined maxItemsPerUrl limit

✅ Ideal for automotive analytics & market tracking

✅ Ready for automation pipelines

✅ Clean and structured output format

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### 📊 Data Extracted

🏎️ Auction Listing Information

| Field            | Description          |
| ---------------- | -------------------- |
| 🔑 `listingId`   | Unique auction ID    |
| 🚗 `title`       | Vehicle title        |
| 📝 `excerpt`     | Short description    |
| 💰 `currentBid`  | Current bid amount   |
| 🏷️ `bidLabel`   | Bid label text       |
| ⏱️ `countdown`   | Time remaining       |
| 📅 `endDate`     | Auction end date     |
| ⏳ `timestampEnd` | End timestamp        |
| 🌍 `country`     | Listing country      |
| ⭐ `isPremium`    | Premium listing flag |
| 🔓 `isNoReserve` | No-reserve indicator |
| 🏷️ `isAlumni`   | Alumni listing flag  |
| 🖼️ `imageUrl`   | Main vehicle image   |
| 🔗 `listingUrl`  | Auction page URL     |
| 👁️ `watchUrl`   | Watchlist URL        |
| 🔗 `sourceUrl`   | Source page URL      |

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### 🛠 How to Use

1️⃣ Configure Input

Provide one or more Bring a Trailer URLs:

```
{
  "urls": [
    "https://bringatrailer.com/auctions/",
    "https://bringatrailer.com/mercedes-benz/"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerUrl": 50
}
```

2️⃣ Run the Actor

• Loads auction listings from each URL
• Automatically scrolls and paginates results
• Extracts structured auction data
• Stops when maxItemsPerUrl is reached

3️⃣ Export the Dataset

Download your results in multiple formats:

✅ JSON

✅ CSV

✅ Excel

✅ XML

✅ HTML

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### ⚙️ Input Configuration

#### 📥 Input Example

```
{
  "job_function": "Software & Data",
  "location": "Nairobi",
  "experience_level": "Mid level",
  "max_items": 50
}
```

#### Input Fields

| Field            | Type    | Description                                    |
| ---------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `urls`           | array   | Bring a Trailer auction or category URLs       |
| `maxItemsPerUrl` | integer | Max listings to scrape per URL (0 = unlimited) |

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### 📤 Output Example

```
{
  "listingId": "108273698",
  "title": "1989 Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary",
  "excerpt": "This 1989 Lamborghini Countach is one of approximately 658 examples...",
  "currentBid": "USD $451,000",
  "bidLabel": "Bid:",
  "countdown": "17:38:32",
  "soldText": "false",
  "isPremium": true,
  "isNoReserve": false,
  "isAlumni": false,
  "country": "USA",
  "endDate": null,
  "timestampEnd": null,
  "imageUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/example.jpg",
  "listingUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/listing/example/",
  "watchUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=bat_listing_watch&listing=108273698",
  "sourceUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/auctions/"
}
```

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### 📊 Output explanation

| Use Case                  | Description                              |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| 💼 Job Aggregation        | Build job boards and listing platforms   |
| 📊 Labor Market Analysis  | Analyze hiring trends in Kenya           |
| 🎯 Recruitment & Staffing | Identify and track job opportunities     |
| 🤖 AI / NLP Datasets      | Train models on structured job data      |
| 📈 Data Analytics         | Create insights from employment datasets |

***

### 🌍 Why Use This Scraper?

🚀 Extract Bring a Trailer auctions at scale

⚡ Fully automated scrolling & pagination

📊 Structured automotive dataset output

🏎️ Perfect for collector car market analysis

📈 Ideal for investors, analysts & enthusiasts

🤖 Automation-ready for scheduled tracking

***

### ⚠️ Disclaimer

This tool is an independent solution and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Bring a Trailer.

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### 💸 Pricing

This scraper runs on a **pay per events subscription model**.

You only pay for **successful runs**.

💳 **Price:** $12.99 / 1000 results

***

### Related Actors

If you're interested in other Jobs scraping solutions, explore more tools:

(Coming soon)

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### 📬 Support

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a 5-star rating if you like this tool

***

### 🌍 PrimeScrape

Built for scalable web data extraction & automation

Contact for custom scraping solutions or enterprise requests via Apify or by email.

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

One or more Bring A Trailer URLs to scrape. Can be the main auctions page, a make/model page, or a filtered category URL (e.g. with ?category=). Pagination is not needed — the actor scrolls automatically until maxItemsPerUrl is reached.

## `maxItemsPerUrl` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of auction listings to collect per URL. Set 0 for unlimited (scrapes until no new items load after 2 consecutive scroll rounds).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://bringatrailer.com/auctions/"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerUrl": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "urls": [
        "https://bringatrailer.com/auctions/"
    ],
    "maxItemsPerUrl": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("delectable_incubator/bring-a-trailer-auction-scraper-low-cost").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 = {
    "urls": ["https://bringatrailer.com/auctions/"],
    "maxItemsPerUrl": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("delectable_incubator/bring-a-trailer-auction-scraper-low-cost").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 '{
  "urls": [
    "https://bringatrailer.com/auctions/"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerUrl": 100
}' |
apify call delectable_incubator/bring-a-trailer-auction-scraper-low-cost --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,delectable_incubator/bring-a-trailer-auction-scraper-low-cost"
        }
    }
}

```

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/Sz4il25hYsMKEJ8Bl/builds/7w5AolYTiUcGmULHN/openapi.json