Yahoo Auctions Scraper

Yahoo Auctions Scraper extracts product data from any Yahoo Auctions Japan category or search results page. Paste a URL, choose a page range, and get structured data for every listing - title, current price, buy-now price, number of bids, end time, seller, category, and images - exported to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Because it runs on the Apify platform, you also get API access, scheduling, integrations, proxy rotation, and run monitoring out of the box.

What does Yahoo Auctions Scraper do?

Give it a Yahoo Auctions URL - a category listing such as auctions.yahoo.co.jp/category/list/... or a search results page - exactly as it appears in your browser (including any price, condition, or shipping filters you applied). The Actor walks through the results pages you asked for and returns one clean record per auction. Choose whether you only need the listing thumbnail (fast) or the full image gallery from every product page.

Why use Yahoo Auctions Scraper?

• Market & price research - track current and buy-now prices across a category.
• Reselling & sourcing - monitor new listings, bids, and end times for items you flip.
• Brand & catalog monitoring - collect titles, conditions, and images at scale.
• Data analysis - feed structured auction data into spreadsheets, BI tools, or your own database.

How to use Yahoo Auctions Scraper

1. Open Yahoo Auctions and browse to the category or search you want. Apply any filters (price range, condition, shipping, sort order).
2. Copy the URL from your browser's address bar and paste it into the Start URL field.
3. Set Start page and End page (leave both at 0 to scrape every page).
4. Pick Images to collect - thumbnail only, or all images per product.
5. Click Start and download your results from the Output tab.

Input

Configure the run in the Input tab. Fields:

Field	Description	Default
Start URL (startUrl)	Yahoo Auctions category or search URL to scrape.	example URL
Collect more than 15,000 items (splitByPrice)	Auto-splits the search into price bands to bypass Yahoo's 150-page cap (see below). When on, Start/End page are ignored — use Max items to bound the run.	true
Max items (maxItems)	Upper limit on products scraped. 0 = no limit. Strongly recommended when price-splitting is on.	0
Images to collect (imageMode)	thumbnail (listing thumbnail only) or all (full gallery from each product page).	thumbnail
Start page (startPage)	First results page (page 1 = first page). 0 = start from the first page. Only used when price-splitting is off.	0
End page (endPage)	Last results page. 0 = continue to the final available page (max 150). Only used when price-splitting is off.	0
Proxy configuration (proxyConfiguration)	Proxy used for requests. Apify Proxy recommended.	Apify Proxy

How many items can I get? (Yahoo's 150-page limit)

Yahoo Auctions only lets you page through 150 pages (~15,000 items) per search URL, no matter how many results the category actually contains (some have millions). To collect more, keep Collect more than 15,000 items enabled: the scraper reads the result count and, whenever a search exceeds the cap, automatically subdivides it into narrower price bands — recursively, until every band fits — so it can harvest the whole category. Because large categories can hold hundreds of thousands of items, always set Max items to control run time and cost.

With price-splitting off, the actor scrapes a single query (max ~15,000 items) and honors the Start/End page range: start 0 + end 5 → pages 1-5 · start 3 + end 0 → page 3 to the last page.

Example input:

{
    "startUrl": "https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/category/list/23000/?auccat=23000&price_type=currentprice&min=160000&n=100&b=1",
    "startPage": 0,
    "endPage": 5,
    "imageMode": "all",
    "maxItems": 0,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Output

Each product becomes one dataset item. You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Example item (in all image mode):

{
    "auctionId": "p1235594542",
    "title": "【中古】グッチ オールドグッチ バンブー ハンドバッグ ミディアム 2WAY ブラック 竹 Aランク",
    "url": "https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/p1235594542",
    "thumbnail": "https://auc-pctr.c.yimg.jp/i/.../i-img1200x1200-...jpg?w=300&h=300",
    "images": [
        "https://auctions.c.yimg.jp/images.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/image/.../i-img1200x1200-...jpg"
    ],
    "imageCount": 10,
    "currentPrice": 228800,
    "buyNowPrice": 228800,
    "startPrice": 228800,
    "bids": 0,
    "biddersNum": 0,
    "condition": "未使用に近い",
    "endTime": "2026-07-08T23:07:22+09:00",
    "shipping": "送料未定",
    "sellerName": "example_seller",
    "sellerId": "FS8Yz6ZzfjMBnysWJJ1pCZxftSQJW",
    "sellerRating": "100%",
    "sellerLocation": "東京都",
    "categoryPath": "オークション > ファッション > ブランド別 > グッチ",
    "brand": "GUCCI",
    "quantity": 1,
    "status": "open",
    "pageNumber": 1,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-02T09:00:00+00:00"
}

Data table

Field	Description
auctionId	Yahoo auction ID.
title	Product title.
marketplace	auction (Yahoo Auctions) or fleaMarket (Yahoo!フリマ / PayPay Flea Market — these appear mixed into auction results).
url	Link to the auction page.
thumbnail	Listing thumbnail image URL.
images	Full-resolution gallery image URLs (populated in all image mode).
imageCount	Number of images collected.
currentPrice	Current price (JPY).
buyNowPrice	Buy-now / 即決 price (JPY), if offered.
startPrice	Starting price (JPY).
bids / biddersNum	Number of bids / bidders.
condition	Item condition (all mode).
endTime / timeLeft	Auction end time (ISO 8601, JST) / human-readable time remaining.
shipping	Shipping/postage note.
sellerName / sellerId / sellerRating / sellerLocation / sellerUrl	Seller details (all mode adds name, rating, and location).
categoryPath / categoryIdPath / brand	Category breadcrumb and brand (all mode).
pageNumber	Results page the item was found on.
scrapedAt	Timestamp the record was scraped (UTC).

Note: thumbnail mode returns the core fields available on the listing page. Seller name, condition, description, brand, readable category path, and the full image gallery come from each product page and are only populated in all images mode. Both Yahoo Auctions and Yahoo!フリマ (Flea Market) item pages are fully parsed.

How much does it cost to scrape Yahoo Auctions?

Cost depends on how many pages/products you scrape and the image mode. Thumbnail mode makes a single request per results page (~100 products each), so it is very cheap. All images mode makes one extra request per product, which increases compute and time proportionally. Set Max items or a narrow page range to cap cost while testing. New Apify accounts include monthly free platform credits to get started.

Tips and advanced options

• Scrape faster / cheaper: use thumbnail mode and a bounded page range when you don't need full galleries.
• Filter at the source: apply price, condition, and sort filters on Yahoo Auctions before copying the URL - the Actor respects them.
• Items per page: the Actor honors the n parameter in your URL (Yahoo's maximum is 100).
• Avoid blocks: keep Apify Proxy enabled; for large runs, Residential proxies with country Japan are the most reliable.

FAQ, disclaimers, and support

Is scraping Yahoo Auctions legal? Scraping publicly available data is generally legal, but you are responsible for how you use the data and for complying with Yahoo Auctions' Terms of Service and applicable laws. Do not collect personal or private data.

The site layout changed and fields are missing. Yahoo occasionally updates its markup. Please report issues via the Issues tab and they can be fixed.

Can I get custom fields or a tailored version? Yes - open an issue describing what you need.