# LiveAuctioneers Auction Lot Data Scraper (`muhammadafzal/liveauctioneers-scraper`) Actor

Scrape public LiveAuctioneers lots by keyword or URL, including titles, bids, estimates, sellers, locations, images, and descriptions.

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

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 lot scrapeds

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?

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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

## LiveAuctioneers Scraper

Scrapes public LiveAuctioneers lot data from keyword searches or specific item URLs. It returns one homogeneous dataset record per lot, including title, lot number, auction, estimates, current bid, seller, location, images, and available detail text.

### Input

Use `searchQueries`, for example:

```json
{ "searchQueries": ["Cartier watch"], "maxResults": 50, "maxPages": 2, "includeDetails": true }
```

You can also pass `startUrls` with a LiveAuctioneers `/search/` or `/item/` URL. Search results are paginated in the actor; item URLs return the single lot.

### Output

Dataset records use stable camelCase fields such as `itemId`, `title`, `url`, `auctionTitle`, `lotNumber`, `price`, `lowEstimate`, `highEstimate`, `leadingBid`, `bidCount`, `sellerName`, `imageUrls`, `description`, and `condition`.

The actor uses LiveAuctioneers’ public server-rendered HTML state. It does not log in, bid, access private data, or accept credentials. Site markup and access controls can change; a blocked all-request run is reported as an error rather than producing fabricated records. Run diagnostics are written to the `OUTPUT` key-value record.

### Pricing

| Event | Price |
| --- | ---: |
| `lot-scraped` | $0.005 |

Billing is pay per event. One `lot-scraped` event is charged only after a validated lot has been written to the dataset. Valid searches with no matching lots and invalid inputs do not produce billable events. There is no start fee; each run is capped by `maxResults`.

### When to use this actor

Use it for auction-market research, collectible discovery, auction-house monitoring, and price-estimate datasets. It is limited to public LiveAuctioneers search and item pages; it does not place bids, access private bidder data, or scrape authenticated accounts.

### Local development

```bash
npm ci
npm test
```

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keyword searches, for example \["watch", "mid-century furniture"].

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

LiveAuctioneers /search/ or /item/ URLs. Use this to scrape a specific lot or an existing search URL.

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

Maximum unique lots to return (1–500).

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Pages per search target (24 lots per page; 1–20).

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Include descriptions and condition reports when present in the server-rendered page.

## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Per-page timeout in seconds (5–90).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "watch"
  ],
  "startUrls": [],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

## `lots` (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/liveauctioneers-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/liveauctioneers-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/liveauctioneers-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,muhammadafzal/liveauctioneers-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/7NBSjSha1BzBStqUD/builds/dYxbGL91qsIRNEkO0/openapi.json