# GovDeals Scraper - Low-cost💲🔥🚜🏛️ (`delectable_incubator/govdeals-scraper-low-cost`) Actor

Scrape GovDeals auction listings 🔨🏛️ with a powerful government surplus scraper. Extract asset titles, current bids, locations, closing dates, categories, and auction URLs from filtered or category pages. Ideal for surplus asset research, auction monitoring, and procurement intelligence 📊🚜🚀

- **URL**: https://apify.com/delectable\_incubator/govdeals-scraper-low-cost.md
- **Developed by:** [Prime Scrape](https://apify.com/delectable_incubator) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, E-commerce, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use 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

<p align="center">
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/jkNS73wX/readme.png" alt="GovDeals Government Auction Scraper" width="100%">
</p>

---

## GovDeals Government Auction Scraper 🔨 | Government Surplus Auctions Scraper | Apify Actor 🚜🏛️ 

### 🚀 Extract GovDeals Auction Listings in Seconds (No Code)

The **GovDeals Government Auction Scraper (Apify Actor)** is a powerful, scalable and **SEO-optimized government auction scraping tool** designed to extract structured surplus asset listings directly from GovDeals.

It allows you to **scrape GovDeals auction listings in bulk**, collect government surplus inventory data, monitor auction prices, track equipment sales, and export structured datasets for **market intelligence, procurement research, resale opportunities, auction monitoring, AI datasets, and public sector analytics**.

---

### 🔥 Why This GovDeals Scraper?

✔ Best GovDeals scraper on Apify

✔ Supports **bulk URL scraping (multi-URL mode)**

✔ Fast & scalable auction data extraction

✔ Extract vehicles, machinery, tools & equipment

✔ 100% structured JSON / CSV / Excel output

✔ Ideal for government surplus monitoring

✔ Perfect for resellers, researchers & procurement teams

✔ No coding required

---

### 🎯 What This Scraper Does (GovDeals Auction Data Extraction)

This Apify Actor extracts **real-time government auction asset listings from GovDeals category pages and filtered search URLs.**

#### 📌 Core Features:

✅ Scrape GovDeals auction listings

✅ Bulk URL scraping support (SEO BOOST 🚀)

✅ Government surplus equipment extraction

✅ Vehicle & machinery auction monitoring

✅ Current bid tracking

✅ Auction closing date extraction

✅ Asset images & listing URLs

✅ Automatic pagination handling

✅ Structured dataset output

✅ High-speed extraction engine

---

### ⚡ Input Configuration (Simple & Powerful)

#### 🔥 BULK URL MODE (SEO BOOST 🚀)

````

{
"urls": \[
"https://www.govdeals.com/en/facility-support-equipment",
"https://www.govdeals.com/en/power-generation-distribution-equipment"
],
"maxItemsPerUrl": 100
}

```

---

### 📊 Extracted Auction Data (Structured Output)

| Field           | Description             |
| --------------- | ----------------------- |
| assetId         | Unique auction asset ID |
| agencyId        | Government agency ID    |
| lotNumber       | Auction lot number      |
| title           | Asset title             |
| auctionType     | Auction type            |
| location        | Asset location          |
| currentBid      | Current highest bid     |
| currentBidValue | Raw bid value           |
| closingDate     | Auction end date        |
| eventId         | Auction event ID        |
| eventUrl        | Auction event URL       |
| imageUrl        | Asset image             |
| assetUrl        | Direct asset listing    |
| sourceUrl       | Original source URL     |

---

### 💡 Use Cases (High Demand SEO Keywords)

This GovDeals scraper is used for:

🏛 Government surplus asset monitoring

🚜 Heavy equipment auction tracking

🚚 Government vehicle auction research

💰 Auction price intelligence

📊 Public sector liquidation analysis

🔍 Procurement research

♻ Asset resale opportunities

🤖 AI training datasets (auction data)

📈 Auction market analytics

⚡ Bulk government auction data extraction

---

### 🚀 Key Features (Apify SEO Optimized)

⚡ Bulk URL scraping support

🌍 Nationwide GovDeals coverage

📌 Smart pagination system

🧠 Clean structured output

📊 High-speed scraping engine

🔁 Auto retry & stability system

💾 Export-ready datasets

⚙️ Scalable cloud execution (Apify Actor)

---

### 📤 Output Formats Supported

✔ JSON (structured API ready)

✔ CSV (Excel analysis)

✔ Excel XLSX (business reports)

✔ XML (data pipelines)

✔ HTML (dashboards)

---

### 📦 Example Output

```

{
"assetId": "1234567",
"agencyId": "890",
"lotNumber": "45",
"title": "2015 Ford F-250 Pickup Truck",
"auctionType": "Online Auction",
"location": "Texas, United States",
"currentBid": "$8,500",
"currentBidValue": "8500",
"closingDate": "2026-04-15",
"eventId": "EVT-9911",
"eventUrl": "https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item\&itemid=1234567",
"imageUrl": "https://govdeals-assets.example/image.jpg",
"assetUrl": "https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item\&itemid=1234567",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.govdeals.com/en/facility-support-equipment"
}

````

---

### 🔥 Why This is the BEST GovDeals Scraper on Apify?

✔ Optimized for Apify search ranking

✔ High-performance auction scraping engine

✔ Bulk URL support (rare feature)

✔ Government surplus focused

✔ Clean structured dataset output

✔ Enterprise-ready scalability

✔ Perfect for SEO traffic & marketplace visibility

---

### 💸 Pricing

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

You only pay for **successful runs**.

💳 **Price:** $10.99 / 1000 results

---

### ❓ FAQ (SEO BOOST SECTION)

#### Can I scrape multiple GovDeals URLs at once?

Yes — bulk URL mode is fully supported.

#### Can I monitor government vehicle auctions?

Yes — vehicles, trucks, trailers and fleet assets are supported.

#### Can I scrape equipment auctions?

Yes — machinery, generators, industrial equipment and tools can be extracted.

#### Is this scraper fast?

Yes — optimized for high-speed extraction.

#### Is coding required?

No — 100% no-code Apify Actor.

#### Can I export data?

Yes — JSON, CSV, Excel, XML and HTML are supported.

---

### ⚠️ Disclaimer

This tool is not affiliated with GovDeals.

It is an independent data extraction solution.

---

### 🔗 Related Actors (Government & Auction Intelligence Suite)

We are building a full **PrimeScrape Auction Intelligence Suite**:

👉 Coming Soon 🚀

---

### 🌍 PrimeScrape Ecosystem

Built for **data scraping, automation, AI training datasets, and market intelligence at scale.**

🏛 Government auction monitoring

🚜 Equipment intelligence

🚚 Vehicle auction tracking

📊 Market analytics

🤖 AI datasets

⚙️ Automation pipelines

💰 Auction intelligence

---

### 📬 Support

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a review if you like this scraper

📩 Contact us for custom scraping solutions and enterprise requests

**PrimeScrape**

# Actor input Schema

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

One or more GovDeals category or filtered URLs. Pagination is added/incremented automatically.

Examples:
• https://www.govdeals.com/en/facility-support-equipment
• https://www.govdeals.com/en/power-generation-distribution-equipment
• https://www.govdeals.com/en/facility-support-equipment/filters?condition=SD&so=desc&pn=1&sf=bestfit&ps=24
• https://www.govdeals.com/en/power-generation-distribution-equipment/filters?condition=SD&so=desc&pn=1&sf=bestfit&ps=24
## `maxItemsPerUrl` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of auction assets to collect per URL. Each page yields up to 24 results (ps=24). Set to 0 for no limit. Scraping stops automatically after 2 consecutive pages with 0 cards.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.govdeals.com/en/consumer-goods"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerUrl": 48
}
````

# 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://www.govdeals.com/en/consumer-goods"
    ],
    "maxItemsPerUrl": 48
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("delectable_incubator/govdeals-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://www.govdeals.com/en/consumer-goods"],
    "maxItemsPerUrl": 48,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("delectable_incubator/govdeals-scraper-low-cost").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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://www.govdeals.com/en/consumer-goods"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerUrl": 48
}' |
apify call delectable_incubator/govdeals-scraper-low-cost --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=delectable_incubator/govdeals-scraper-low-cost",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
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        "description": "Scrape GovDeals auction listings 🔨🏛️ with a powerful government surplus scraper. Extract asset titles, current bids, locations, closing dates, categories, and auction URLs from filtered or category pages. Ideal for surplus asset research, auction monitoring, and procurement intelligence 📊🚜🚀",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "u6uCBM0WkHyImphAV"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
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                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/delectable_incubator~govdeals-scraper-low-cost/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-delectable_incubator-govdeals-scraper-low-cost",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
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                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/delectable_incubator~govdeals-scraper-low-cost/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-delectable_incubator-govdeals-scraper-low-cost",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "urls"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "urls": {
                        "title": "Category / Search URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "One or more GovDeals category or filtered URLs. Pagination is added/incremented automatically.\n\nExamples:\n• https://www.govdeals.com/en/facility-support-equipment\n• https://www.govdeals.com/en/power-generation-distribution-equipment\n• https://www.govdeals.com/en/facility-support-equipment/filters?condition=SD&so=desc&pn=1&sf=bestfit&ps=24\n• https://www.govdeals.com/en/power-generation-distribution-equipment/filters?condition=SD&so=desc&pn=1&sf=bestfit&ps=24",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "default": [
                            "https://www.govdeals.com/en/consumer-goods"
                        ]
                    },
                    "maxItemsPerUrl": {
                        "title": "Max Assets per URL",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of auction assets to collect per URL. Each page yields up to 24 results (ps=24). Set to 0 for no limit. Scraping stops automatically after 2 consecutive pages with 0 cards.",
                        "default": 48
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
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                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
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                            "buildId": {
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                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
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                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
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                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                        "example": 0
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                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```