# OfferUp Vehicles Scraper (`fmchisti/offerup-vehicles-scraper`) Actor Scrape OfferUp.com Cars & Trucks listings nationwide or for a specific US state. - **URL**: https://apify.com/fmchisti/offerup-vehicles-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Fahim Mahmud Chisti](https://apify.com/fmchisti) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, Integrations - **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.50 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. 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/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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/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 ## OfferUp Vehicles Scraper Scrapes [OfferUp](https://offerup.com/) Cars & Trucks listings into the same vehicle dataset contract used by the eBay, Craigslist, and Autotrader Actors in this monorepo. ### Features - Nationwide Cars & Trucks browse (`/explore/k/5/1`) or a specific US state (`/explore/sk/{state}/cars-trucks`) - Keyword searches and custom explore/search/detail start URLs - Optional detail scraping for VIN, mileage, drivetrain, transmission, colors, seller, and images - `listedAt` from relative post times when OfferUp shows them - State verification before saving when a state filter is selected - Live progress on `/` and `/status` while the run is active - Debug HTML dumps for empty or failed pages ### Input | Field | Description | | -------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | | `searchKeywords` | Vehicle keywords such as `Honda Civic` | | `startUrls` | OfferUp explore, search, or item detail URLs | | `locationScope` | `nationwide` or `state` | | `state` | US state code when scope is `state` | | `maxItems` | Cap on saved listings (`0` = unlimited) | | `maxPagesPerSearch` | Max result pages per keyword/URL | | `maxListingAgeDays` | Keep only recently posted listings | | `scrapeItemDetails` | Open each item page for richer fields | | `proxyConfiguration` | Use US residential proxies | Example: ```json { "searchKeywords": ["Toyota Camry"], "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://offerup.com/explore/sck/tx/dallas/cars-trucks" } ], "locationScope": "state", "state": "TX", "maxItems": 50, "scrapeItemDetails": true } ```` ### Output ```json { "itemId": "779357ec-5c27-3e26-8210-0c0b189db896", "title": "2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500", "listedAt": "2026-07-17T12:00:00.000Z", "price": "17899", "currency": "USD", "year": "2014", "make": "Chevrolet", "model": "Silverado 1500", "mileage": "118621", "vin": "3GCUKSEC1EG174897", "location": "Plano, TX", "seller": "Example Seller", "imageUrl": "https://images.offerup.com/example.jpg", "images": ["https://images.offerup.com/example.jpg"], "url": "https://offerup.com/item/detail/779357ec-5c27-3e26-8210-0c0b189db896" } ``` ### Tips - Keep the default US residential proxy. OfferUp redirects non-US traffic to a geolocation unavailable page. - Prefer Cars & Trucks explore URLs for category-focused crawls. - Enable detail scraping when you need VIN/specs or reliable state filtering. - Use `maxItems` and `maxPagesPerSearch` to control browser cost. ### Legal notice Scrape only public information and comply with applicable law, OfferUp's terms, and reasonable request rates. The Actor does not intentionally collect private contact information. # Actor input Schema ## `searchKeywords` (type: `array`): Used only when Start URLs are empty. Vehicle keywords such as Toyota Camry, Ford F-150, or Honda Civic. Each keyword creates a separate OfferUp search. ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): OfferUp Cars & Trucks explore/search URLs or direct item detail URLs. When provided, the Actor crawls only these URLs and ignores keywords. City and category paths are preserved. ## `locationScope` (type: `string`): Search nationwide OfferUp inventory or restrict saved results to one US state. ## `state` (type: `string`): Required when Location scope is Specific state. Results are verified against listing location before being saved. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum listings to save across all searches. Set to 0 for no item limit. ## `maxPagesPerSearch` (type: `integer`): Maximum OfferUp result pages to process for each keyword or start URL. ## `maxListingAgeDays` (type: `integer`): Optional. Save only listings with a known posted date within this many days. Listings without a date are excluded. ## `scrapeItemDetails` (type: `boolean`): Open each listing for VIN, mileage, specs, seller, description, and images. Recommended for state filtering. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): US residential proxies are required. OfferUp blocks non-US and many datacenter IPs with geolocation checks. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchKeywords": [], "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://offerup.com/explore/k/5/1" } ], "locationScope": "nationwide", "maxItems": 5, "maxPagesPerSearch": 1, "scrapeItemDetails": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description ## `scrapeState` (type: `string`): No description ## `debugItems` (type: `string`): No description ## `debugPages` (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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchKeywords": [], "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://offerup.com/explore/k/5/1" } ], "maxItems": 5, "maxPagesPerSearch": 1, "scrapeItemDetails": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("fmchisti/offerup-vehicles-scraper").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchKeywords": [], "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://offerup.com/explore/k/5/1" }], "maxItems": 5, "maxPagesPerSearch": 1, "scrapeItemDetails": False, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "US", }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("fmchisti/offerup-vehicles-scraper").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 '{ "searchKeywords": [], "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://offerup.com/explore/k/5/1" } ], "maxItems": 5, "maxPagesPerSearch": 1, "scrapeItemDetails": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } }' | apify call fmchisti/offerup-vehicles-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fmchisti/offerup-vehicles-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "OfferUp Vehicles Scraper", "description": "Scrape OfferUp.com Cars & Trucks listings nationwide or for a specific US state.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "FQY2IbNH3G9IwVFa2" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/fmchisti~offerup-vehicles-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-fmchisti-offerup-vehicles-scraper", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/fmchisti~offerup-vehicles-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-fmchisti-offerup-vehicles-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/fmchisti~offerup-vehicles-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-fmchisti-offerup-vehicles-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "properties": { "searchKeywords": { "title": "Search keywords", "type": "array", "description": "Used only when Start URLs are empty. Vehicle keywords such as Toyota Camry, Ford F-150, or Honda Civic. Each keyword creates a separate OfferUp search.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "OfferUp Cars & Trucks explore/search URLs or direct item detail URLs. When provided, the Actor crawls only these URLs and ignores keywords. City and category paths are preserved.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "locationScope": { "title": "Location scope", "enum": [ "nationwide", "state" ], "type": "string", "description": "Search nationwide OfferUp inventory or restrict saved results to one US state.", "default": "nationwide" }, "state": { "title": "State", "enum": [ "AL", "AK", "AZ", "AR", "CA", "CO", "CT", "DE", "FL", "GA", "HI", "ID", "IL", "IN", "IA", "KS", "KY", "LA", "ME", "MD", "MA", "MI", "MN", "MS", "MO", "MT", "NE", "NV", "NH", "NJ", "NM", "NY", "NC", "ND", "OH", "OK", "OR", "PA", "RI", "SC", "SD", "TN", "TX", "UT", "VT", "VA", "WA", "WV", "WI", "WY", "DC" ], "type": "string", "description": "Required when Location scope is Specific state. Results are verified against listing location before being saved." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum listings to save across all searches. Set to 0 for no item limit.", "default": 5 }, "maxPagesPerSearch": { "title": "Max pages per search", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum OfferUp result pages to process for each keyword or start URL.", "default": 1 }, "maxListingAgeDays": { "title": "Only listings from the last (days)", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Optional. Save only listings with a known posted date within this many days. Listings without a date are excluded." }, "scrapeItemDetails": { "title": "Scrape item details", "type": "boolean", "description": "Open each listing for VIN, mileage, specs, seller, description, and images. Recommended for state filtering.", "default": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "US residential proxies are required. OfferUp blocks non-US and many datacenter IPs with geolocation checks.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "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 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "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": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```