Controller.com Scraper

Controller.com is an aircraft marketplace for jets, turboprops, piston aircraft, helicopters, and aviation equipment. This actor collects structured aircraft listing data from Controller.com search result pages.

Introduction

The Controller.com scraper starts from search listing URLs, paginates through results, and extracts structured aircraft listing data such as title, price, listing type, year, manufacturer, model, serial number, registration number, location, seller contact details, description, specifications, images, and breadcrumbs.

Use Cases

• Market research: Track aircraft availability, asking prices, locations, and aircraft categories.
• Inventory monitoring: Watch new and updated listings for selected aircraft types, manufacturers, or keywords.
• Lead generation: Build structured datasets of sellers and aircraft listings for sales workflows.
• Analytics pipelines: Feed BI tools, dashboards, and internal warehousing.

Input

Provide the following fields:

• startUrls (array, required): Controller.com search or listing URLs.
• maxItems (integer, optional): Maximum number of listing items to extract.
• proxyConfiguration (object, optional): Apify proxy settings.

Notes:

• Crawling stops when maxItems is reached or when no more result items are found.

Input Examples

1) Start URLs

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.controller.com/listings/search?ListingType=For%20Lease&page=1"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 5
}

Output

Each dataset item contains fields like:

{
  "url": "https://www.controller.com/listing/for-lease/250038063/1995-bombardier-challenger-601-3r-jet-aircraft",
  "listingId": "250038063",
  "title": "1995 BOMBARDIER CHALLENGER 601-3R",
  "price": "Call for price",
  "listingType": "For Lease",
  "year": "1995",
  "manufacturer": "BOMBARDIER",
  "model": "CHALLENGER 601-3R",
  "serialNumber": "5177",
  "registrationNumber": "N770WW",
  "category": "CHALLENGER 601-3R",
  "location": "Venice, Florida",
  "sellerName": "International Aircraft Marketing & Sales",
  "sellerPhone": "(941) 726-8953",
  "description": "Exceptionally maintained Challenger 601-3R...",
  "specifications": {},
  "images": ["https://media.sandhills.com/img.axd?id=..."],
  "breadcrumbs": [
    "FIND AIRCRAFT FOR SALE >",
    "JET AIRCRAFT FOR LEASE >",
    "BOMBARDIER >"
  ]
}

The scraper paginates through listing results and stops when maxItems is reached or when no more result items are found.

Why use the Controller.com Scraper?

• Focused: Built specifically for Controller.com aircraft listing flows.
• Structured output: Ready-to-use JSON records for automation and analysis.
• Pagination support: Collects data across result pages until the item limit is reached.
• Flexible input: Supports lease, sale, and keyword search listing URLs.
• Apify-native: Works with Apify datasets, request queue, and proxy config.

FAQ

• How many listings can it extract?
  Controlled by maxItems.

• Do I need proxies?
  No. The default input runs without a proxy. You can still configure proxies for your own network requirements.

• Can I start from a listing detail URL?
  The actor can classify detail URLs, but it is primarily designed for search/listing URLs.

• What if Controller.com changes their website structure?
  The actor may require updates to keep extraction stable.

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Image Credit

Image credit: controller.com.