🚗 Cars.com Unlimited Scraper

Note: This version is intended for low-volume use (less than 20,000 listings per month). For higher volumes, it is more cost-effective to use the "For rent" version of the actor available here: https://apify.com/oodoow/cars-com-unlimited

Bypass the 10,000 car search result limit on Cars.com and access all the data you need! Unlock over a million car listings.

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🚀 What does this Actor do?

This Apify actor scrapes car listings from Cars.com and is designed to bypass the 10,000 car search result limit imposed by Cars.com. Just provide your Cars.com search URLs and the actor will deliver all matching car listings, no matter how many there are.

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✨ Features

• 🔍 Flexible Search: Scrape any Cars.com search results by providing your own URLs (with any filters you want).
• 🚦 Bypass Cars.com Limit: Get all results, even for searches with more than 10,000 cars.
• 📄 Full Detail Extraction: Visits each car’s detail page for comprehensive data.
• 📦 Structured Output: Results in JSON, ready for analysis or export.

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🛠️ How it works

1. Set your input: Provide one or more Cars.com search URLs in the startUrls field. The actor will process each URL and extract all matching car listings.
2. Run the actor: On the Apify platform or locally.
3. Get your data: Download results from the default dataset in JSON, CSV, or Excel.

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📝 Input Schema

Field	Type	Description	Required
startUrls	array	List of Cars.com search URLs to scrape	Yes

Example input:

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.cars.com/shopping/results/?stock_type=all&makes[]=toyota&maximum_distance=all&zip=" }
  ]
}

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📤 Output Example

Each result contains details about a car listing. Example fields:

• url
• make
• model
• id
• vin
• year
• sellers_note
• price
• mileage
• stock_number
• engine
• transmission
• fuel
• drive_train
• exterior_color
• interior_color
• price_changes
• seller_name
• seller_address
• seller_phone_number
• features
• photos

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📚 Resources & Support

• Please use the issues tab of the actor for support.

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❓ FAQ

Q: Can I scrape all cars for a specific make or model?
A: Yes! Just use the appropriate Cars.com search URL with your desired filters.