Cars & Bids Scraper: Car Auction Results & Lot Details
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Cars & Bids Scraper: Car Auction Results & Lot Details
Collect Cars & Bids past auctions and individual lot details with published auction outcomes, amounts, descriptions, specifications and photographs. Compare enthusiast-car auction records and inspect a shortlist without copying lot pages.
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Extract Cars & Bids auction listings and details with vehicle specifications, auction status, published bidding figures and listing images. Cars & Bids Scraper turns the listings into structured records for vehicle sourcing, price comparisons and market research. Choose how many results to collect for each input and export the cars you need.
Research enthusiast-car auction outcomes and inspect individual listings for mileage, equipment, seller descriptions and published bidding figures. Keep comparable records in a spreadsheet, purchasing shortlist or recurring market report, with a link back to each source listing.
| At a glance | Details |
|---|---|
| 📥 Input | Search fields or links to the selected items; see the examples below |
| 📤 Output | One row per auction lot |
| 📄 Pagination | Automatic up to maxResults for each input, when more results are available |
| 🔐 Login required | No |
| ⚡ Processing | Multiple inputs per run with automatic retries for temporary errors |
| 💾 Delivery | One complete Apify dataset table; CSV, JSON and Excel export |
What the Cars & Bids scraper collects 🚗
Collect Cars & Bids auction listings and details with vehicle specifications, auction status, published bidding figures and listing images when available.
| Collection | What you receive |
|---|---|
| Cars & Bids past auction results scraper | Auction records with source links, titles and the published result or listing information. |
| Cars & Bids auction lot details scraper | Vehicle descriptions, specifications, photographs and published auction information. |
Data can include:
- Listing identity: Vehicle or listing ID, title and original advert URL
- Vehicle specification: Make, model, variant, model year, body type, fuel and transmission when published
- Auction figures: Published current bid, auction status and closing time; sold price or bid count where supplied
- Mileage and condition: Mileage, measurement unit, colour and published condition information
- Seller and location: Published seller identity, seller type and vehicle location
- Description and images: Advert description, image URLs, equipment and additional specifications
How to scrape Cars & Bids 🚀
- Choose Auction Search in What to collect, or select another collection mode.
- Fill in the search fields, or paste links to the items you want to collect.
- Set the maximum results and any optional filters.
- Start the Actor and review the collected rows.
- Export the dataset or connect it to your application.
Cars & Bids past auction results scraper — input example
maxResults: 10 means up to 10 results for each input. It does not guarantee that the website has that many matches. You can set the limit as low as 1.
Cars & Bids auction lot details scraper — input example
Cars & Bids data fields and complete output 📦
| Field group | Included data |
|---|---|
| Listing identity | Vehicle or listing ID, title and original advert URL |
| Vehicle specification | Make, model, variant, model year, body type, fuel and transmission when published |
| Auction figures | Published current bid, auction status and closing time; sold price or bid count where supplied |
| Mileage and condition | Mileage, measurement unit, colour and published condition information |
| Seller and location | Published seller identity, seller type and vehicle location |
| Description and images | Advert description, image URLs, equipment and additional specifications |
Each collected item is a separate row. input identifies the submitted value and result_type identifies the selected mode. All returned fields appear in one table; columns that do not apply to a mode can be empty.
A complete JSON result is shown for every collection mode below, in the same order as the input examples. Each example includes every field for its mode; text and lists are not shortened. Values are representative and can change.
Cars & Bids past auction results scraper — complete JSON result
Cars & Bids auction lot details scraper — complete JSON result
Images, tags and other lists stay with their parent result instead of creating extra rows. Invalid or unavailable inputs, inputs with no results, and requests that fail after all retries produce a row with status: failed. At most one failed row is saved per input; it includes error_code and error_message explaining the outcome. A normal end of pagination after collected results does not add a failed row.
Input requirements and collection settings ⚙️
| Setting | What to enter |
|---|---|
What to collect (mode) | Choose the information to collect. |
Maximum results per search or link (maxResults) | Collect up to this many results for each search or link. Minimum: 1. |
Year from (yearFrom) | Earliest year of manufacture. For Auction Search. |
Year to (yearTo) | Latest year of manufacture. For Auction Search. |
Vehicle listing links (vehicleUrls) | Paste one link per line. Example: https://carsandbids.com/auctions/rGx2pqR2 For Auction Details. |
| Collection mode | Fields to use |
|---|---|
| Auction Details | Vehicle listing links |
| Auction Search | Year from, Year to |
The result limit applies separately to each search or supplied link. Collection ends earlier when no more matching results are available.
Cars & Bids scraping use cases 🎯
Build auction comparables
Compare the published auction figures for similar vehicles on Cars & Bids, retaining each lot link for a closer review.
Screen acquisition candidates
Shortlist Cars & Bids lots using the specifications, descriptions and condition attributes that the listing makes available.
Research published outcomes
Study auction status and visible bidding figures from Cars & Bids; distinguish a sold result from an unsold or ongoing auction.
Organize auction research
Keep lot IDs, vehicle information and auction dates together so buying teams can revisit the relevant Cars & Bids adverts.
Prepare valuation reports
Add source-linked Cars & Bids auction records to vehicle valuation reports alongside other comparable vehicles.
Pricing and saved-result behavior 💰
See the Actor's Pricing tab for the active pricing model and current rate. Store settings may change, so this README does not claim a fixed cost.
Under dataset-item pricing:
- Each collected item saved in the dataset is one result.
- Images, tags and other values attached to that item do not create additional rows.
- Automatic retry attempts do not create extra dataset rows.
- A saved
failedrow is also one billable dataset item, including invalid inputs, unavailable items, no results, or exhausted retries. At most one failed row is saved per input, including when some results were already collected. maxResultscaps all saved rows for each input, including its failed row. Repeated copies of the same input are processed once. More inputs or a higher limit can produce more saved results.
Cars & Bids scraper API and integrations 🔌
Replace $ACTOR_ID with the ID shown in the Actor API tab and $APIFY_TOKEN with your token.
Use schedules for recurring collection, webhooks for completion notifications, and Apify integrations for Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, cloud storage, a CRM or your own application.
Reliability, retries, and public-data limits ⚠️
Temporary connection errors, timeouts and access restrictions are retried automatically, up to five attempts. Invalid inputs save a failed row without an HTTP request; confirmed unavailable items save a failed row without unnecessary retries. Exhausted retries also save a failed row. Results already collected remain available if a later request fails, and normal pagination completion adds no error row. Collection also stops after two consecutive fully processed pages add no new results, even if the website provides another cursor. Required detail lookups are completed before checking a page; new results reset the counter, and independent reply branches are checked separately. Failures while initializing the Actor, saving data or scheduling requests stop the run instead of being reported as a failed website result.
Auction figures are the values published on the listing; hidden reserve prices and bidder account information are not included.
Optional fields are available only when the website publishes them.
Cars & Bids controls which information is publicly available. Removed, private or restricted items may be unavailable, and optional values can be null or empty. A run can still fail if the results cannot be saved.
Frequently asked questions ❓
Does it require an account on Cars & Bids?
No. You do not need to provide an account, password or login cookies. Only publicly available information is collected.
How does maxResults work?
It limits the number of saved results separately for every input. The minimum is 1. With maxResults set to 10, each input returns at most 10 available results. A detail lookup normally returns one record per input.
What can I use to search Cars & Bids?
Use the past-auctions catalogue for search; details accept an auction URL or its eight-character ID.
What is included in Cars & Bids vehicle records?
The output includes vehicle specifications, auction status, published bidding figures and listing images when those values are published. Availability varies by listing and selected mode.
Why are some fields empty?
The website may not publish that value, or the field may belong to a different collection mode. Missing values remain null or empty instead of being guessed.
Can I export the results to a spreadsheet?
Yes. Download CSV, Excel or JSON from the Apify dataset. All returned fields are included in the same results table.
Support and responsible use 🛟
For a reproducible issue, share the run ID, selected mode, result limit and a safe public example through the support channel. Never disclose access tokens, passwords or proxy credentials.
Use public Cars & Bids information lawfully and responsibly. Follow applicable privacy, copyright, data-protection, contractual and platform requirements when storing, analyzing or redistributing results.
