HiBid.com Auction Scraper

Scrape auction listings and individual lot details from HiBid.com, one of the largest online auction platforms in the US. This actor uses Playwright to handle HiBid's dynamic Angular-based interface, ensuring reliable data extraction.

Features

• Search lots directly by keyword using HiBid's lot-level search
• Scrape direct auction catalog URLs for all lots in an auction
• Scrape individual lot detail pages via direct URLs
• Filter by category, location, distance, and auction status
• Automatic pagination through search results
• Configurable result limits

How it works

Keyword search uses HiBid's /lots endpoint to find matching lots directly across all auctions. This is fast and returns only relevant results (e.g., searching "minolta" returns only lots with "minolta" in the title).

Direct URLs let you scrape all lots from a specific auction catalog, or get full details from individual lot pages including description, full image gallery, and category breadcrumbs.

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchKeywords	string	Search terms (e.g., "vintage camera", "silver coins")
auctionUrls	string[]	Direct HiBid catalog or lot URLs
category	string	Category filter (e.g., "coins", "antiques")
location	string	City, state, or zip code for proximity search
distanceMiles	number	Search radius in miles
auctionStatus	string	Filter: "open", "closing-soon", "featured"
maxAuctions	number	Used with maxLotsPerAuction to calculate max results (default: 10)
maxLotsPerAuction	number	Used with maxAuctions to calculate max results (default: 50)
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify proxy configuration

You must provide either searchKeywords or auctionUrls (or both).

For keyword search, the maximum number of results returned is maxAuctions * maxLotsPerAuction (default: 500).

Output

Each result in the dataset represents a single auction lot:

Field	Type	Description
auctionId	number	HiBid auction ID (available for catalog/lot detail scraping)
auctionTitle	string	Auction name (available for catalog/lot detail scraping)
auctioneerName	string	Auctioneer/company name
auctionUrl	string	URL to the auction catalog
auctionType	string	e.g., "Online Only Auction", "Live Webcast"
auctionStartDate	string	Auction start date
auctionEndDate	string	Auction end date
location	string	Physical address (available for catalog/lot detail scraping)
lotNumber	string	Lot number (may be alphanumeric, e.g., "51r")
lotTitle	string	Lot title/name
lotDescription	string	Full lot description (available for lot detail scraping)
currentBid	number	Current bid amount
currency	string	Currency code (USD, CAD, GBP, EUR)
bidCount	number	Number of bids
images	string[]	Array of image URLs (thumbnail for search, full gallery for lot detail)
category	string	Breadcrumb category path (available for lot detail scraping)
lotUrl	string	Direct URL to the lot on HiBid

Example output

Keyword search result

{
    "auctionId": 0,
    "auctionTitle": "",
    "auctioneerName": "",
    "auctionUrl": "",
    "auctionType": "",
    "auctionStartDate": "",
    "auctionEndDate": "",
    "location": "",
    "lotNumber": "37",
    "lotTitle": "MINOLTA X-700 CAMERA W/ BAG & ACCESSORIES",
    "lotDescription": "",
    "currentBid": 77.5,
    "currency": "USD",
    "bidCount": 5,
    "images": [
        "https://cdn.hibid.com/img.axd?id=8285960850&wid=&rwl=false&p=&ext=&w=0&h=0&t=&lp=&c=true&wt=false&sz=MAX&checksum=N8Wc6aE2qQygycTkwVcZ0WQXo6As5MtW&h=350&w=350"
    ],
    "category": "",
    "lotUrl": "https://hibid.com/lot/284341083/minolta-x-700-camera-w--bag-and-accessories?ref=lot-list"
}

Catalog/lot detail result

{
    "auctionId": 713508,
    "auctionTitle": "Random Junk & Stuff Online Auction",
    "auctioneerName": "",
    "auctionUrl": "https://hibid.com/catalog/713508/random-junk-and-stuff-online-auction",
    "auctionType": "Online Only Auction",
    "auctionStartDate": "",
    "auctionEndDate": "",
    "location": "2325 NW Clay St. Topeka, KS 66618",
    "lotNumber": "12",
    "lotTitle": "1974 dollar",
    "lotDescription": "",
    "currentBid": 3,
    "currency": "USD",
    "bidCount": 0,
    "images": [
        "https://cdn.hibid.com/img.axd?id=8282525893&wid=&rwl=false&p=&ext=&w=720&h=720&t=&lp=&c=true&wt=false&checksum=JqGwu%2fyj%2fEykTS7Yn9O%2b06htxGQtLfQJ"
    ],
    "category": "Lots > Coins & Currency > Coins > US > Dollars",
    "lotUrl": "https://hibid.com/lot/284765915/1974-dollar?ref=catalog"
}

Use cases

• Market research and price tracking across auction categories
• Monitoring specific auction houses or item types
• Building datasets of collectibles, antiques, coins, and other auctioned goods
• Competitive analysis for auction sellers