# Mobile.de Scraper — Fast & Enterprise Grade (`thirdwatch/mobile-de-scraper`) Actor

Scrape mobile.de listings: gross/net price, mileage, registration, fuel, dealer name, rating, phone, and KBA codes via the internal search API. Built for price monitoring, competitor tracking, and catalog research. No login, cookies, or API keys — clean JSON output and pay-per-result pricing.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/thirdwatch/mobile-de-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Thirdwatch](https://apify.com/thirdwatch) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Mobile.de Scraper — German Car Listings

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Scrape mobile.de — Germany's biggest vehicle marketplace — through its internal consumer search API. Structured JSON, not HTML: gross and net prices, mileage, first registration, dealer contact data, and KBA type codes on every listing.

Use it for dealer price monitoring, cross-border arbitrage research, market analytics, and lead generation.

### Why this Actor

- **Internal API, not HTML:** hits the same `consumer/api/search` backend the web app uses — stable, complete, fast.
- **Dealer contact data:** seller name, type, rating, rating count, and **phone number** — rare among car-marketplace scrapers.
- **Full pricing detail:** gross price, net price, VAT flag, and leasing rate where offered.
- **KBA codes:** `kbaHsn`/`kbaTsn` German type-approval codes for exact variant identification.
- **Keyword or URL input:** free-text `queries` or paste a full `search.html` URL with your own filters.

### Quick start

```json
{
  "queries": ["audi a4"],
  "maxResults": 20
}
```

Filtered search:

```json
{
  "queries": ["bmw 320d"],
  "minPrice": 15000,
  "maxPrice": 30000,
  "maxMileage": 80000,
  "fetchDetail": false
}
```

### Input

| Field | Required | Description |
|---|---:|---|
| `queries` | No\* | Free-text searches, e.g. `audi a4`. |
| `searchUrls` | No\* | Full mobile.de `search.html` URLs. |
| `categoryId` | No | Vehicle category filter. |
| `minPrice` / `maxPrice` | No | Price bounds in EUR. |
| `maxMileage` | No | Mileage ceiling in km. |
| `fetchDetail` | No | Enrich each listing via the detail endpoint (slower). Default: `false`. |
| `maxResults` | No | Max listings total. Default: 50. |

\* Provide at least one of `queries` or `searchUrls`.

### Output

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `id`, `title`, `shortTitle`, `subTitle`, `url` | Listing identity. |
| `price`, `netPrice`, `priceFormatted`, `currency`, `vat` | Pricing detail. |
| `make`, `model`, `bodyType`, `color`, `doors` | Vehicle identity. |
| `mileage`, `firstRegistration`, `fuel`, `gearbox`, `engineCc`, `power` | Specs. |
| `kbaHsn`, `kbaTsn` | German type-approval codes. |
| `sellerName`, `sellerType`, `sellerPhone`, `sellerRating`, `sellerRatingCount` | Dealer data. |
| `location`, `country`, `image`, `numImages` | Location and media. |
| `isFinancingAvailable`, `leasingRate` | Finance offers. |

### Notes & limitations

- Uses a residential proxy — mobile.de's API rejects datacenter IPs. ~26 listings per page, ~50-page cap per search.
- `fetchDetail` adds one request per listing; leave it off for volume runs.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Free-text searches like 'volkswagen golf' or 'bmw 320d'.

## `searchUrls` (type: `array`):

Full suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?... URLs copied from the browser with your filters already applied.

## `categoryId` (type: `string`):

Vehicle category for query searches.

## `minPrice` (type: `integer`):

0 = no lower limit.

## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`):

0 = no upper limit.

## `maxMileage` (type: `integer`):

0 = no limit.

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

Maximum listings per query/URL. mobile.de caps deep pagination around 50 pages.

## `fetchDetail` (type: `boolean`):

Also collect full equipment list, description and finance info per listing (slower).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "audi a4"
  ],
  "categoryId": "Car",
  "minPrice": 0,
  "maxPrice": 0,
  "maxMileage": 0,
  "maxResults": 26,
  "fetchDetail": false
}
```

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "audi a4"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("thirdwatch/mobile-de-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 = { "queries": ["audi a4"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("thirdwatch/mobile-de-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 '{
  "queries": [
    "audi a4"
  ]
}' |
apify call thirdwatch/mobile-de-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,thirdwatch/mobile-de-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/NWiWlBsAqXt6j7P28/builds/ntxNrtanqoLp1ksXf/openapi.json