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Cars & Bids Auction Scraper

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Cars & Bids Auction Scraper

Cars & Bids Auction Scraper

Scrape Cars & Bids enthusiast car auctions, live and sold. Per-lot: year/make/model, current bid or final sale price, mileage, transmission, location, seller, end date, image, and optional bid/comment/view counts. Search by keyword or browse live & past auctions.

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Scrape enthusiast car auctions from Cars & Bids — modern cool cars, trucks, and SUVs. Get live auctions with current bids and sold/closed auctions with final realized prices, perfect for market research, price comps, valuation, and resale arbitrage.

This Actor talks directly to the Cars & Bids JSON API (reverse-engineered from the site's own front end), so it's fast and returns clean structured data — no flaky HTML scraping.

What you get

Per auction lot:

FieldDescription
titleFull listing title, e.g. "2014 Porsche 911 Carrera S"
year, make, modelParsed out of the title
subTitleTrim / spec summary
statuslive, sold, closed (reserve not met), etc.
isSoldBoolean — did it sell?
currentBidCurrent high bid (live auctions)
saleAmountFinal sale price (sold auctions)
finalPriceConvenience: sale price if sold, else current bid
noReserveNo-reserve auction flag
mileage / mileageTextNumeric miles + original text
transmissionAutomatic / Manual / Other
locationSeller city, state, ZIP
sellerUsernameSeller handle
auctionEndISO end timestamp
bidCount, commentCount, questionCount, watcherCount, viewCountEngagement stats (when Scrape Detail Stats is on)
hasInspection, isNotable, featuredListing flags
imageUrlMain exterior photo
listingUrlLink to the auction page
scrapedAtISO timestamp of capture

Input

FieldTypeDescription
searchQueriesarrayKeywords, e.g. ["Porsche 911", "BMW M3"]. Each runs separately; results merged & de-duplicated. Empty = browse all.
statusstringlive, closed (sold/ended, with final prices), or new (upcoming).
includeSoldbooleanShortcut for status = closed.
scrapeDetailsbooleanFetch each auction's detail page for bid/comment/view counts (slower).
maxResultsintegerMax records across all queries. 0 = all. Default 100.
proxyConfigurationobjectDefaults to Apify datacenter proxy. Switch to residential if blocked.

Example input

{
"searchQueries": ["Porsche 911", "Toyota Supra"],
"status": "closed",
"includeSold": true,
"scrapeDetails": true,
"maxResults": 50,
"proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Example output

{
"id": "KPmOw6eq",
"title": "2025 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe",
"year": 2025,
"make": "Porsche",
"model": "911 Carrera Coupe",
"status": "sold",
"isSold": true,
"currentBid": 142000,
"saleAmount": 142000,
"finalPrice": 142000,
"noReserve": false,
"mileage": 1200,
"mileageText": "1,200 Miles",
"transmission": "Automatic",
"location": "Sunnyvale, CA 94087",
"sellerUsername": "apbcars",
"auctionEnd": "2026-06-24T19:22:18.789+00:00",
"bidCount": 34,
"commentCount": 58,
"watcherCount": 612,
"viewCount": 18450,
"imageUrl": "https://media.carsandbids.com/.../photo.jpg",
"listingUrl": "https://carsandbids.com/auctions/KPmOw6eq",
"scrapedAt": "2026-06-24T19:30:00.000Z"
}

Use cases

  • Price comps & valuation — pull sold prices for a make/model to value a car.
  • Resale arbitrage — spot under-bid live auctions vs. recent sold comps.
  • Market research — track demand (bids, comments, watchers, views) by model.
  • Dealer sourcing — monitor live no-reserve listings.

Notes

  • Cars & Bids is behind Cloudflare. This Actor uses realistic browser headers and the site's own request-signing flow. Datacenter proxy usually works; if a run is blocked, switch the proxy to residential in the input.
  • The search/browse endpoint returns a full result set per query (no deep pagination), so maxResults caps how many records are stored.
  • Pricing is pay per result — you're charged per auction record returned.

Not affiliated with Cars & Bids. For research and analytics use. Respect the site's terms of service.