🚗 RockAuto Parts Scraper - Auto Parts Catalog

🚀 Collect auto parts data including prices, availability, fitment info, and specifications. Filter by vehicle year, make, model, or use direct catalog URLs. Ideal for mechanics, fleet managers, and parts aggregators.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-23

Get detailed auto parts data without coding. This scraper searches the RockAuto catalog for parts by vehicle or by direct URL, returning prices, availability, fitment notes, brand info, and warehouse details for every part.

The RockAuto Parts Scraper provides up to 24 data fields per part including brand, part number, price, core charge, stock status, fitment notes, warehouse location, and vehicle context (make, model, year, engine). Use direct URLs for specific categories or vehicle filters for broader searches.

Target Audience	Mechanics, fleet managers, parts aggregators, auto repair shops, market researchers, automotive businesses
Primary Use Cases	Price comparison, inventory tracking, fitment verification, cost analysis, parts database building, supply chain monitoring

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📋 What Does It Do

• Extracts brand names, part numbers, and part keys for organizing inventory
• Captures USD retail prices and core charge amounts for cost comparison
• Monitors availability and stock status across warehouses
• Retrieves fitment notes to ensure vehicle compatibility
• Logs vehicle context (make, model, year, engine type, part category)
• Supports direct URL input or vehicle-based filtering (year, make, model)
• Handles all engine variants for comprehensive coverage

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🎬 How to Use - Full Demo

🚧 Demo video coming soon.

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
Start URLs	array	RockAuto catalog URLs for specific categories. Leave empty to use vehicle filters	-
Max Items	integer	Free users: limited to 100 items. Paid users: up to 1,000,000	10
Vehicle Year	integer	Model year (e.g., 2020). Required when not using Start URLs	-
Vehicle Make	string	Manufacturer name (e.g., TOYOTA, HONDA, FORD). Case-insensitive	-
Vehicle Model	string	Model name (e.g., CAMRY, CIVIC, F-150). Case-insensitive	-
Part Category	string	Filter to a specific category (e.g., Brake & Wheel Hub, Engine)	-
Include All Engines	boolean	Collect parts for all engine options (default: first only)	false
Max Concurrency	integer	Parallel requests (1-20). Lower if rate limited	5

Example 1:

{
    "startUrls": ["https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/toyota,2020,camry,2.5l+l4,3445372,brake+%26+wheel+hub,brake+pad,1684"],
    "maxItems": 10
}

Example 2:

{
    "year": 2020,
    "make": "TOYOTA",
    "model": "CAMRY",
    "partCategory": "Brake & Wheel Hub",
    "maxItems": 50
}

⚠️ Prices and availability are real-time at scraping time. RockAuto prices can change frequently. Lower Max Concurrency if you encounter rate limiting.

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📊 Output

🧾 Schema: brand, partNumber, partKey, price, corePrice, currency, inStock, availability, condition, sortGroup, sortGroupText, footnote, fitmentNotes, make, year, model, engine, carcode, partCategory, partType, partTypeId, infoUrl, catalogUrl, warehouse, warehousePartNumber, scrapedAt

📦 Sample 1:

{
    "brand": "AKEBONO",
    "partNumber": "ACT1293",
    "price": 42.79,
    "corePrice": 0,
    "currency": "USD",
    "inStock": true,
    "fitmentNotes": "Ceramic; Incl. Hardware",
    "make": "TOYOTA",
    "year": 2020,
    "model": "CAMRY",
    "engine": "2.5L L4",
    "partCategory": "Brake & Wheel Hub",
    "partType": "Brake Pad",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-10T12:00:00.000Z"
}

📦 Sample 2:

{
    "brand": "RAYBESTOS",
    "partNumber": "SGD1293C",
    "price": 24.79,
    "corePrice": 0,
    "currency": "USD",
    "inStock": true,
    "fitmentNotes": "Semi-Metallic",
    "make": "TOYOTA",
    "year": 2020,
    "model": "CAMRY",
    "engine": "2.5L L4",
    "partCategory": "Brake & Wheel Hub",
    "partType": "Brake Pad",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-10T12:00:00.000Z"
}

📦 Sample 3:

{
    "brand": "BOSCH",
    "partNumber": "BC1293",
    "price": 35.99,
    "corePrice": 10.00,
    "currency": "USD",
    "inStock": true,
    "fitmentNotes": "Ceramic; Premium Brake Pads",
    "make": "TOYOTA",
    "year": 2020,
    "model": "CAMRY",
    "engine": "2.5L L4",
    "partCategory": "Brake & Wheel Hub",
    "partType": "Brake Pad",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-10T12:00:00.000Z"
}

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✨ Why Choose This Tool?

Feature	Details
24 data fields per part	Brand, price, fitment, warehouse, vehicle context, and more
Two input modes	Direct URL input or vehicle filtering by year, make, model
Multi-engine support	Collect parts for all engine variants in one run
Core charge tracking	See core return charges alongside retail prices
Warehouse details	Know which warehouse stocks each part
Fitment notes	Ensure part compatibility with specific vehicles
Adjustable concurrency	Fine-tune request pacing to avoid rate limiting

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📈 How It Compares

Capability	This Tool	Other Solutions
Data fields	24 fields per part	Basic price and name only
Input flexibility	Direct URLs or vehicle filters	Manual URL entry only
Engine variants	All variants supported	One at a time
Warehouse data	Included for fulfillment tracking	Not available
Core charges	Captured alongside retail price	Separate lookup
Export formats	JSON, CSV, Excel	Not supported

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🚀 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit (takes 2 minutes)
2. Find the Tool - Search for "RockAuto Parts Scraper" in the Apify Store
3. Set Input - Configure your search filters using the simple form
4. Run It - Click "Start" and let it collect your data
5. Download Data - Get your results in the "Dataset" tab as CSV, Excel, or JSON

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💼 Business Use Cases

Audience	How They Use It
Parts Aggregators	Build comprehensive price comparison databases with brand, pricing, and fitment data across thousands of parts
Repair Shop Managers	Track inventory and pricing for commonly needed parts to plan purchases and manage costs
Fleet Managers	Monitor parts availability and pricing across vehicle fleets for maintenance budgeting
Market Researchers	Analyze auto parts pricing trends by vehicle type to spot cost gaps and supply patterns

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🎯	Built for the job. Scoped specifically to this data source so you skip the parser engineering entirely.
🔖	Structured output. Clean, typed fields ready for analysis, dashboards, or downstream pipelines.
⚡	Fast. Optimized request patterns return results in seconds, not minutes.
🔁	Always fresh. Every run pulls live data, so the dataset reflects the source as of run time.
🌐	No infra to manage. Apify handles proxies, retries, scaling, scheduling, and storage.
🛡️	Reliable. Battle-tested across many runs and edge cases, with graceful error handling.
🚫	No code required. Configure in the UI, run from CLI, schedule via cron, or call from any language with the Apify SDK.

📊 Production-grade structured data without the engineering overhead of building and maintaining your own scraper.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ RockAuto Parts Scraper - Auto Parts Catalog (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	Full source coverage	Live per run	Source-native filters supported	⚡ 2 min
Build your own scraper	Engineering hours	Full once built	Whenever you maintain it	Custom code	🐢 Days to weeks
Paid managed APIs	$$$ monthly	Vendor-defined	Live	Vendor-defined	⏳ Hours
Third-party data dumps	Varies	Subset, often stale	Periodic	None	🕒 Variable

Pick this Actor when you want broad coverage, server-side filtering, and no pipeline maintenance.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the RockAuto Parts Scraper - Auto Parts Catalog page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Configure the input fields in the form (or paste a JSON), then set maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

📊 Data & Analytics Build trend reports and dashboards from live source data Feed BI tools, warehouses, and ML pipelines with structured records Run periodic snapshots to track changes over time Compare segments, regions, or categories with consistent fields	🏢 Operations & Strategy Monitor competitor moves, pricing, and inventory shifts Build internal directories and lookup tools backed by current data Power workflows that depend on fresh source records Cut manual data-gathering time from hours to minutes
🎯 Marketing & Growth Identify market opportunities and trending topics Research target audiences and customer personas at scale Power lead-generation pipelines with verified records Track sentiment, reviews, or social signals over time	🛠️ Engineering & Product Prototype features that need real-world data without owning a crawler Replace fragile in-house scrapers with a managed Actor Wire datasets into your apps via the Apify API or webhooks Skip the proxy, retry, and parsing maintenance entirely

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

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• Google Drive - Export to spreadsheets

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🔌 Integrate with any app

RockAuto Parts Scraper - Auto Parts Catalog connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe results into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes. Push fresh data into your product backend, or alert your team in Slack.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to RockAuto or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.