Rentalcars Search API (per-search)
Pricing
from $6.00 / 1,000 search executeds
Private client build of the RentalCars.com scraper, billed per executed search instead of per result. Not published on the Apify Store.
You can access the Rentalcars Search API (per-search) programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
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Leave empty to default to a 7-day rental." }, "driverAge": { "title": "Driver Age", "minimum": 18, "maximum": 99, "type": "integer", "description": "Driver age (affects pricing and availability).", "default": 30 }, "currency": { "title": "Currency", "enum": [ "", "EUR", "GBP", "USD", "CHF", "PLN", "CZK", "HUF", "RON", "SEK", "NOK", "DKK", "CAD", "AUD" ], "type": "string", "description": "ISO 4217 currency code to price results in (e.g. EUR, GBP, USD, CHF, PLN). Leave empty to auto-detect from the pickup destination's country — a Spanish airport returns EUR, a UK airport returns GBP, etc. Set this to force a specific currency regardless of destination (e.g. price a Spanish rental in USD for a US customer)." }, "countryOfResidence": { "title": "Country of Residence (advanced)", "type": "string", "description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g. \"gb\", \"es\", \"us\") sent as the location-search locale. 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