Polovni Automobili Scraper — Serbia Vehicle Listings

The Polovni Automobili Scraper extracts vehicle listings from PolovniAutomobili.com, Serbia's largest online marketplace for new and used vehicles. Whether you need data on cars, trucks, motorcycles, tractors, heavy machinery, buses, boats, trailers, or bicycles — this actor collects structured listing data at scale with zero manual effort.

PolovniAutomobili.com hosts hundreds of thousands of active vehicle listings across Serbia, making it the primary data source for Serbian automotive market intelligence. The Polovni Automobili Scraper handles pagination, proxy rotation, and anti-detection automatically, delivering clean, normalized data ready for analysis.

What data can you extract from Polovni Automobili?

The Polovni Automobili Scraper collects comprehensive listing data from every vehicle category on the platform:

• Vehicle details — make, model, year of manufacture, condition, vehicle type
• Pricing — listing price and currency (EUR or RSD)
• Technical specifications — engine type (diesel, petrol, electric), engine power (kW), engine displacement (cc), gearbox type, mileage
• Location and seller — city, country, seller type (dealer or private), seller reference
• Media — listing images from CDN
• Metadata — listing URL, unique listing ID, publication date, scrape timestamp

The scraper supports all nine vehicle categories available on PolovniAutomobili.com: Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, Boats, Tractors, Heavy Machinery, Trailers, Buses, and Bicycles.

How to scrape Polovni Automobili

Follow these steps to scrape vehicle listings from PolovniAutomobili.com using the Polovni Automobili Scraper:

1. Go to the actor page — Navigate to the Polovni Automobili Scraper on Apify Store.
2. Select vehicle categories — Choose one or more categories to scrape. The default selection includes Heavy Machinery and Tractors. Available categories: Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, Boats, Tractors, Heavy Machinery, Trailers, Buses, Bicycles.
3. Set result limits — Configure the maximum number of results (default: 100, up to 50,000) and the maximum pages to crawl per category (default: 5, up to 500).
4. Choose sort order — Select how listings are sorted: Default, Newest first, Price low to high, or Price high to low.
5. Configure concurrency — Set how many categories to scrape in parallel (1-10, default: 3). Higher values are faster but use more memory.
6. Select output format — Choose between English field names (default) or FTP-28 Spanish canonical schema for pipeline integration.
7. Start the scraper — Click "Start" to begin. The actor handles proxy rotation, pagination, and rate limiting automatically.
8. Download your data — Once complete, export results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect via API for automated pipelines.

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
categories	Array	["radne-masine", "traktori"]	Vehicle categories to scrape
sort	String	basic	Sort order: basic, renewDate_desc, price_asc, price_desc
maxItems	Integer	100	Maximum total listings to collect (1 - 50,000)
maxPages	Integer	5	Max pages per category (1 - 500)
maxConcurrent	Integer	3	Parallel category scrapers (1 - 10)
outputSchema	String	english	Output format: english or ftp28

Output example

Each listing scraped by the Polovni Automobili Scraper produces a JSON object with the following structure:

{
    "source": "polovniautomobili",
    "item_id": "29735001",
    "scraped_at": "2026-06-30T19:34:57+00:00",
    "category": "Radne mašine",
    "url": "https://www.polovniautomobili.com/radne-masine/29735001/jcb-js-370lc",
    "make": "JCB",
    "model": "JS 370LC",
    "year": "2023",
    "condition": null,
    "type": "Radne mašine",
    "location": "Kosjerić",
    "hours": null,
    "price": "178000",
    "daily_rate": null,
    "seller": null,
    "date_published": null,
    "phone": null,
    "engine_type": "Dizel",
    "engine_brand": null,
    "engine_power": "212",
    "weight": null,
    "payload": null,
    "country_of_origin": null,
    "delivery_date": null,
    "images": "https://cdn.polovniautomobili.com/user-images/thumbs/2973/29735001/12c3c22aa075.jpg",
    "country": "RS",
    "email": null,
    "serial_number": null,
    "seller_ref": null,
    "listing_id": "29735001",
    "currency": "EUR",
    "ext_title": "JCB JS 370LC",
    "ext_km": null,
    "ext_fuel_raw": "Dizel",
    "ext_gearbox": "Automatski",
    "ext_power_cc": 10500,
    "ext_seller_type": "1740298"
}

Pricing

The Polovni Automobili Scraper uses Apify's pay-per-event (PPE) pricing at $0.0002 per result. You only pay for the listings you actually receive.

Plan	Monthly Budget	Estimated Results
Free	$5	~25,000 listings
Starter	$49	~245,000 listings
Scale	$499	~2,495,000 listings
Enterprise	Custom	Unlimited

Platform compute and proxy costs are billed separately by Apify. A typical run scraping 1,000 listings uses approximately 1 GB of memory and completes in under 5 minutes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is it legal to scrape Polovni Automobili?

The Polovni Automobili Scraper collects only publicly available listing data from PolovniAutomobili.com. No login is required and no private or personal data beyond what is publicly displayed on listings is extracted. Always review PolovniAutomobili.com's terms of service and ensure your use case complies with applicable data protection regulations such as GDPR and Serbian data protection law.

Do I need an account on Polovni Automobili?

No. The Polovni Automobili Scraper accesses only public listing pages. No Polovni Automobili account or login credentials are needed.

How many results can I scrape?

The scraper supports up to 50,000 listings per run across all selected categories. For larger datasets, you can schedule multiple runs using Apify's scheduling feature or use the API to chain runs across categories.

Does the scraper handle anti-bot protection?

Yes. The Polovni Automobili Scraper includes residential proxy rotation via Decodo, realistic human-paced request delays, and automatic retry logic for rate-limited or blocked requests. Sticky sessions ensure consistent IP addresses during pagination.

What output formats are available?

Results can be exported as JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), XML, or accessed directly via the Apify API. The scraper also supports two schema modes: English field names (default) and FTP-28 Spanish canonical format for pipeline integration with other Rastriq actors.

How often is the data updated?

Each scraper run captures a fresh snapshot of current listings. Schedule runs hourly, daily, or weekly using Apify's built-in scheduler to maintain an up-to-date dataset for market monitoring or price tracking.