# AuctionTime Equipment Auction Scraper (`muhammadafzal/auctiontime-scraper`) Actor

Scrape public AuctionTime equipment auctions for farm machinery, construction equipment, trucks, trailers, and attachments. Return listing URLs, titles, auction dates, prices, year, make, model, hours, locations, sellers, and images. No login, bidding, watchlists, or account actions.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/muhammadafzal/auctiontime-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Muhammad Afzal](https://apify.com/muhammadafzal) (community)
- **Categories:** Other, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $50.00 / 1,000 auction listing returneds

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 web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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

## AuctionTime Scraper

Scrapes publicly available AuctionTime equipment auction listings into structured records for machinery, farm equipment, construction equipment, trucks, trailers, and attachments.

Use public AuctionTime search/category/upcoming-auction URLs or a public auction-result listing URL. The actor uses a bounded browser session, optional Apify Residential Proxy, deduplicates by listing URL, validates records before writing, and reports Cloudflare/anti-bot blocks honestly. It does not log in, bid, access watchlists, or perform account actions.

### Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.auctiontime.com/listings/upcoming-auctions/tractors/1100" }],
  "maxResults": 25,
  "maxRequestRetries": 2,
  "useResidentialProxy": true
}
```

### Output

Each dataset row includes listing ID and URL, title, category, auction date, current price, year, make, model, hours, location, seller, image URLs, source URL, and scrape timestamp. A `SUMMARY` key-value record contains counts and warnings.

### Pricing

Pricing is pay per event: `$0.01` per run start and `$0.05` per unique validated listing written to the dataset. A 25-result run has a maximum event charge of `$1.26`, excluding Apify compute and any proxy usage. The actor logs the result-charge cap before crawling.

### Limitations

AuctionTime may challenge automated traffic or change its page markup. The actor detects challenge pages and fails honestly when every supplied page is blocked. It is intended for public-data research and automation; confirm compliance with AuctionTime terms and applicable law.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Public AuctionTime search, category, upcoming-auction, or auction-result listing URLs. Do not use login, bidding, or account URLs.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum unique auction listings to return across all supplied pages.

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

Retries for transient navigation failures; capped to keep runs bounded.

## `useResidentialProxy` (type: `boolean`):

Use Apify Residential Proxy for public pages that challenge datacenter traffic. Proxy usage is billed by Apify separately.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.auctiontime.com/listings/upcoming-auctions/tractors/1100"
    }
  ],
  "maxResults": 25,
  "maxRequestRetries": 2,
  "useResidentialProxy": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("muhammadafzal/auctiontime-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("muhammadafzal/auctiontime-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call muhammadafzal/auctiontime-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,muhammadafzal/auctiontime-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/9tcFeBjKCbdgQVBfW/builds/UATIt1VfThcaWogf7/openapi.json