Copart Public Search Scraper

Scrape publicly available Copart search-result and lot pages into clean, structured auction-vehicle records. It is intended for auction inventory research, sourcing, price comparison, and workflow automation—not for logging in, bidding, payment, watchlists, or accessing non-public data.

What it returns

Each dataset item represents one unique public lot. The actor returns lotNumber, lotUrl, vehicle year/make/model, VIN when publicly shown, current bid, estimated retail value, damage, sale date, location, image URLs, the source search URL, and an ISO 8601 collection timestamp. Optional values are returned as null so the shape is stable for API and AI-agent workflows.

When to use it

Use it when you have a public Copart search URL with filters already selected, or a direct public lot URL. For example, paste a URL from a Copart search after filtering for year, make, damage, sale location, or vehicle condition. The actor preserves the public page you provide and deduplicates lots by lot number.

Do not use it for Copart login, member, payment, bidding, saved-search, watchlist, or other authenticated URLs. It does not provide account access, bypass access controls, or take auction actions.

Input

startUrls accepts one or more public URLs. The default is a public search page so the Apify health check has a safe, valid input. maxResults caps results from 1 to 200, including the billable maximum. maxRequestRetries controls temporary-failure retries and is deliberately capped at three.

Example input:

{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.copart.com/vehicle-search-featured/vehicleFinder" }],
  "maxResults": 25,
  "maxRequestRetries": 2
}

Output example

{
  "lotNumber": "99714325",
  "lotUrl": "https://www.copart.com/lot/99714325",
  "year": 2019,
  "make": "TOYOTA",
  "model": "CAMRY",
  "vin": null,
  "currentBid": 4250,
  "estimatedRetailValue": 12450,
  "primaryDamage": "FRONT END",
  "saleDate": null,
  "location": "PA - PITTSBURGH SOUTH",
  "imageUrls": [],
  "searchUrl": "https://www.copart.com/vehicle-search-featured/vehicleFinder",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-22T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Pricing

The actor charges $0.00005 per run start and $0.016 per unique lot written to the dataset. A 25-lot run is capped at $0.40005 before Apify platform compute and proxy usage. The actor logs the maximum cost before collecting data and records the final charged amount in SUMMARY.

Reliability and limits

Copart can change public-page structure or temporarily limit automated traffic. The actor uses conservative retries, keeps valid no-results searches successful, and reports all-request public-access failures honestly instead of silently producing an empty dataset. Partial data is preserved when individual lot enrichment cannot complete. For repeat research workloads, use reasonable result limits and respect Copart's terms and applicable law.

API and AI-agent use

This actor has a narrow input contract and a stable flat output shape for Apify API and MCP users. Use it for public auction-inventory research. Do not use it as a vehicle-history, private-account, bidding, or title-verification tool.

Compliance

You are responsible for confirming that your collection and use of public data comply with Copart terms, applicable law, and your own authorization. Do not submit credentials or attempt to use this actor to access non-public content.

Support

When reporting a problem, include the Actor run ID, a redacted input, the expected result, and a small public example URL when applicable. Do not post API tokens, cookies, credentials, or personal data in an issue.

Frequently asked questions

Can I schedule Copart Public Search Scraper?

Yes. Use an Apify schedule to run the same saved input at a chosen interval, then connect a webhook or integration to process the dataset when the run finishes.

How should I test a new input?

Begin with the prefilled example or a small limit. Confirm that the output fields, source coverage, runtime, and live charges match your workflow before increasing the scope.

How do I export the results?

Open the run's default dataset in Apify Console and export JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS. Applications can retrieve the same records through the Apify API client or REST dataset endpoint.

Can an AI agent call this Actor?

Yes. Add muhammadafzal/copart-public-search-scraper through the hosted Apify MCP server or call it through the API. The Actor's input and dataset schemas help agents construct valid requests and interpret returned records.