Bring a Trailer Scraper Pro

This Apify actor crawls and extracts data from Bring a Trailer (bringatrailer.com), the premier online auction platform for collector cars, trucks, motorcycles, and other unique vehicles.

Features

• Auction Listings: Extracts complete listing details including title, year, make, model, VIN, location, and current bid
• Bid History: Captures all bid activity including bid amounts, timestamps, and bidders
• User Comments: Extracts community comments with timestamps, usernames, and like counts
• Image Gallery: Downloads URLs for all vehicle images including main and gallery photos
• Auction Status: Identifies auction status (live/closed), reserve met status, and sold information
• Vehicle Highlights: Extracts key vehicle specifications and features
• Carfax Integration: Captures Carfax report links when available
• Auction History: Tracks previous auction appearances and sale history

Use Cases

• Market research for vehicle values and auction trends
• Collecting data for automotive analysis and pricing models
• Tracking specific makes, models, or vehicle types over time
• Building databases of collector car sales and auction results
• Competitive analysis for automotive businesses

Input Parameters

• Start Page (required): First page of auction results to crawl (default: 1)
• End Page (required): Last page of auction results to crawl (default: 10)
• Items Per Page: Number of listings per page (max: 36, default: 36)

Output Data

Each listing includes:

Basic Listing Info

• External ID, URL, title, year
• Current bid (raw and formatted)
• Currency, location, country code
• Auction end date and timestamp
• Last crawled timestamp

Vehicle Details

• Make, model, VIN
• Era and origin
• Vehicle description
• Carfax report link (when available)

Auction Activity

• Complete bid history with usernames and amounts
• User comments with timestamps and likes
• Auction status (live/closed)
• Reserve met status
• Sold indicator

Media

• Main vehicle image
• Gallery image URLs
• Video gallery links

Additional Data

• Listing highlights and key features
• Auction statistics (views, watchers)
• Previous auction history
• Seller information

Technical Details

• Browser Impersonation: Uses Chrome 110 fingerprint to avoid detection
• Retry Logic: Automatic retry with exponential backoff for failed requests
• Rate Limiting: Respectful crawling with built-in delays
• Error Handling: Graceful failure handling and logging

Example Output

{
  "source": "bat",
  "external_id": 123456,
  "title": "2020 Porsche 911 Carrera S",
  "year": 2020,
  "make": "Porsche",
  "model": "911 Carrera S",
  "current_bid": 125000,
  "current_bid_formatted": "$125,000",
  "currency": "USD",
  "auction_end_date": "2024-01-15T20:30:00",
  "bids": [
    {
      "timestamp": "2024-01-14T15:30:00",
      "username": "bidder123",
      "bid_amount": 120000
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "timestamp": "2024-01-14T14:00:00",
      "username": "enthusiast",
      "comment_text": "Beautiful spec!",
      "likes": 5
    }
  ],
  "gallery_images": [
    "https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/...",
    "https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/..."
  ]
}