Cars & Bids Auction Scraper
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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:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
title | Full listing title, e.g. "2014 Porsche 911 Carrera S" |
year, make, model | Parsed out of the title |
subTitle | Trim / spec summary |
status | live, sold, closed (reserve not met), etc. |
isSold | Boolean — did it sell? |
currentBid | Current high bid (live auctions) |
saleAmount | Final sale price (sold auctions) |
finalPrice | Convenience: sale price if sold, else current bid |
noReserve | No-reserve auction flag |
mileage / mileageText | Numeric miles + original text |
transmission | Automatic / Manual / Other |
location | Seller city, state, ZIP |
sellerUsername | Seller handle |
auctionEnd | ISO end timestamp |
bidCount, commentCount, questionCount, watcherCount, viewCount | Engagement stats (when Scrape Detail Stats is on) |
hasInspection, isNotable, featured | Listing flags |
imageUrl | Main exterior photo |
listingUrl | Link to the auction page |
scrapedAt | ISO timestamp of capture |
Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
searchQueries | array | Keywords, e.g. ["Porsche 911", "BMW M3"]. Each runs separately; results merged & de-duplicated. Empty = browse all. |
status | string | live, closed (sold/ended, with final prices), or new (upcoming). |
includeSold | boolean | Shortcut for status = closed. |
scrapeDetails | boolean | Fetch each auction's detail page for bid/comment/view counts (slower). |
maxResults | integer | Max records across all queries. 0 = all. Default 100. |
proxyConfiguration | object | Defaults 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
maxResultscaps 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.