# Europcar Scraper — Brand-Direct Car Rental Prices (`studio-amba/europcar-scraper`) Actor

Scrape brand-direct car rental offers from Europcar.com, Europe's largest brand-direct rental network. Extract car models, categories, daily/total prices, fuel policy, mileage policy, and transmission by pickup city or airport. No login or cookies required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/studio-amba/europcar-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Studio Amba](https://apify.com/studio-amba) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 1,000 result scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## Europcar Scraper

Scrape brand-direct car rental offers straight from Europcar.com — Europe's largest brand-direct car rental network. Extract car models, categories, daily and total prices, fuel policy, mileage policy, and transmission by pickup city or airport. No login or cookies required.

### Why use this actor?

Every major aggregator (RentalCars.com, Kayak, Skyscanner) resells Europcar inventory with a markup and its own booking fees layered on top. This actor pulls Europcar's own rate straight from their booking engine — the price you'd actually pay booking direct. Use it to check whether the aggregator price for a given car is really the best deal, or to track Europcar's own pricing over time without going through a reseller.

### How it works

1. Enter a pickup location (city, airport, or station), for example `Paris` or `Berlin Airport`
2. Optionally set a different drop-off location for one-way rentals
3. Optionally set pickup/drop-off dates and times (defaults: 21 days from now, 5-day rental, 10:00 pickup and drop-off)
4. Optionally set driver age and a result limit
5. Start the actor

The actor resolves your pickup (and drop-off) location through Europcar's own station search, then pulls priced offers through the same JSON API their booking engine uses. No browser automation, no form filling — pure HTTP requests, so a search resolves in a few seconds.

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `pickupLocation` | String | No | City, airport, or station. Default: `Paris` |
| `dropoffLocation` | String | No | City, airport, or station to return the car. Defaults to the pickup location (round trip). |
| `pickupDate` | String | No | `YYYY-MM-DD`. Defaults to 21 days from now. Past dates are replaced by that default. |
| `pickupTime` | String | No | `HH:MM`, 24h. Default: `10:00` |
| `dropoffDate` | String | No | `YYYY-MM-DD`. Defaults to a 5-day rental. |
| `dropoffTime` | String | No | `HH:MM`, 24h. Default: `10:00` |
| `driverAge` | Integer | No | Driver age, affects pricing and young-driver surcharges (default: 30) |
| `countryOfResidence` | String | No | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, e.g. `BE`, `FR`, `DE` (default: `BE`). Affects displayed currency/tax presentation on some markets — not a hard gate. |
| `maxResults` | Integer | No | Maximum number of offers to return (default: 50, max: 200) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | No | Proxy settings. Europcar's pricing API has no anti-bot protection — the default automatic Apify proxy pool works fine, no residential group needed. |

### Output

Each result contains:

| Field | Type | Example |
|-------|------|---------|
| `carModel` | String | `"PEUGEOT 208"` |
| `carCategory` | String | `"Economy"` |
| `acrissCode` | String | `"ECAR"` |
| `transmission` | String | `"Automatic"` |
| `fuelType` | String | `"unleaded 95"` |
| `seats` | Number | `5` |
| `doors` | Number | `5` |
| `luggage` | Number | `2` |
| `totalPrice` | Number | `203.76` |
| `dailyPrice` | Number | `40.75` |
| `currency` | String | `"EUR"` |
| `fuelPolicy` | String | `"Full To Full"` |
| `mileagePolicy` | String | `"Unlimited"` |
| `minimumDriverAge` | Number | `18` |
| `rentalCompany` | String | `"Europcar"` |
| `pickupLocation` | String | `"Paris Orly Airport"` |
| `pickupStationCode` | String | `"ORYT01"` |
| `dropoffLocation` | String | `"Paris Orly Airport"` |
| `dropoffStationCode` | String | `"ORYT01"` |
| `pickupDateTime` | String | `"2026-09-19T10:00"` |
| `dropoffDateTime` | String | `"2026-09-24T10:00"` |
| `rentalDays` | Number | `5` |
| `imageUrl` | String | Car image URL |
| `url` | String | Europcar search-results page URL for this search |
| `scrapedAt` | String | `"2026-08-29T09:10:35.651Z"` |

### Example output

```json
{
    "carModel": "PEUGEOT 208",
    "carCategory": "Economy",
    "acrissCode": "ECAR",
    "transmission": "Automatic",
    "fuelType": "unleaded 95",
    "seats": 5,
    "doors": 5,
    "luggage": 2,
    "totalPrice": 203.76,
    "dailyPrice": 40.75,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "fuelPolicy": "Full To Full",
    "mileagePolicy": "Unlimited",
    "minimumDriverAge": 18,
    "rentalCompany": "Europcar",
    "pickupLocation": "Paris Orly Airport",
    "pickupStationCode": "ORYT01",
    "dropoffLocation": "Paris Orly Airport",
    "dropoffStationCode": "ORYT01",
    "pickupDateTime": "2026-09-19T10:00",
    "dropoffDateTime": "2026-09-24T10:00",
    "rentalDays": 5,
    "imageUrl": "https://static.europcar.com/carvisuals/450x300/65414_GWY_L.png",
    "url": "https://www.europcar.com/en-us/reservation/vehicles?vehicleType=CR&pickupLocation=ORYT01&dropoffLocation=ORYT01&pickupYear=2026&pickupMonth=09&pickupDay=19&dropoffYear=2026&dropoffMonth=09&dropoffDay=24&pickupHour=10&pickupMinute=00&dropoffHour=10&dropoffMinute=00&driverAge=30&countryOfResidence=BE",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-29T09:10:35.651Z"
}
```

### Use cases

- **Aggregator arbitrage** — Compare Europcar's brand-direct price against RentalCars.com or other aggregator listings for the exact same car and dates
- **Price monitoring** — Schedule daily runs to track how Europcar's own rates move over a booking window
- **Travel agencies** — Quote clients the brand-direct rate alongside aggregator options
- **Market research** — Analyze Europcar's pricing across cities, seasons, and driver-age brackets
- **Fleet analysis** — Track which car models Europcar has available at specific airports and stations

### Integrations

This actor can be combined with Apify's built-in integrations to:

- **Schedule runs** to monitor prices daily or weekly
- **Export to Google Sheets** for easy analysis and sharing
- **Send webhook notifications** when prices drop below a threshold
- **Connect to Zapier/Make** for custom automation workflows
- **Use the API** to integrate car rental data into your applications

### Cost estimate

This actor charges $0.005 per run start plus $0.002 per rental offer returned. A default run (up to 50 offers) costs about $0.105. A run's usage cost only settles after it reports SUCCEEDED.

### Proxy requirements

Europcar's pricing API (`api.aws.emobg.io`) is a separate, open AWS-hosted endpoint with no anti-bot protection — it's not behind the Akamai Bot Manager that guards the marketing site (`www.europcar.com`). The default automatic Apify proxy pool is sufficient; residential proxies are not needed and would only add unnecessary cost.

### Limitations

- Prices reflect Europcar's own booking engine at scrape time and can change without notice
- Van and truck rentals are out of scope for this actor (passenger cars only)
- One-way rentals (different pickup/drop-off locations) are supported, but availability and one-way surcharges are set by Europcar and shown as part of the returned price
- Some fields (e.g. `mileagePolicy`) may be `null` when Europcar doesn't expose a specific value for that rate
- Data is scraped from a public API and may change shape without notice

### How to scrape Europcar data

1. Go to this actor's page on the [Apify Store](https://apify.com/store).
2. Click **Try for free** to open it in Apify Console.
3. Enter a pickup location and dates, set the maximum number of results, and adjust proxy settings if needed (the default works fine).
4. Click **Start** and wait for the run to finish — searches typically resolve in a few seconds.
5. Download your data in JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect it to your workflow via API.

You can also schedule regular runs, set up webhooks for real-time notifications, or integrate the results directly into your application using the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api).

### Related Scrapers

- [RentalCars Scraper](https://apify.com/studio-amba/rentalcars-scraper) — the Booking-Group aggregator angle: compare rates across Hertz, Avis, Europcar, Sixt and dozens more suppliers in one search
- [Rental Cars Scraper](https://apify.com/studio-amba/rental-cars-scraper) — car rental prices and availability
- [EU Car Arbitrage Scanner](https://apify.com/studio-amba/eu-car-arbitrage-scanner) — cross-border price gaps on car rentals across Europe
- [European Car Search](https://apify.com/studio-amba/european-car-search) — search 10 EU car rental sites at once

# Actor input Schema

## `pickupLocation` (type: `string`):

City, airport, or station to pick up the car. The actor resolves this via the Europcar station search and prefers the airport branch when a city has more than one. Example: "Paris", "Berlin Airport", "Madrid".

## `dropoffLocation` (type: `string`):

City, airport, or station to return the car. Leave empty to return to the same station as pickup.

## `pickupDate` (type: `string`):

Pickup date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Leave empty to default to about 21 days from now. Dates in the past are automatically replaced by that default.

## `pickupTime` (type: `string`):

Pickup time, 24h HH:MM format. Leave empty to default to 10:00.

## `dropoffDate` (type: `string`):

Drop-off date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Leave empty to default to a 5-day rental.

## `dropoffTime` (type: `string`):

Drop-off time, 24h HH:MM format. Leave empty to default to 10:00.

## `driverAge` (type: `integer`):

Driver age (affects pricing and young-driver surcharges).

## `countryOfResidence` (type: `string`):

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g. "BE", "FR", "DE", "US"). Affects displayed currency and tax presentation for some markets. Leave empty to use "BE".

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of car rental offers to return.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Europcar's pricing API (api.aws.emobg.io) has no anti-bot protection — the automatic Apify proxy pool is sufficient, no residential group needed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "pickupLocation": "Paris",
  "pickupTime": "10:00",
  "dropoffTime": "10:00",
  "driverAge": 30,
  "countryOfResidence": "BE",
  "maxResults": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "pickupLocation": "Paris",
    "pickupTime": "10:00",
    "dropoffTime": "10:00",
    "countryOfResidence": "BE",
    "maxResults": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/europcar-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "pickupLocation": "Paris",
    "pickupTime": "10:00",
    "dropoffTime": "10:00",
    "countryOfResidence": "BE",
    "maxResults": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("studio-amba/europcar-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "pickupLocation": "Paris",
  "pickupTime": "10:00",
  "dropoffTime": "10:00",
  "countryOfResidence": "BE",
  "maxResults": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call studio-amba/europcar-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,studio-amba/europcar-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/367NNiQfjVg9ZVb67/builds/1YYdiPtmKjfswospC/openapi.json