Gumtree Scraper: UK classified ads, prices and photos

Scrape Gumtree UK ads by keyword, category and location. Every ad comes with its title, price, condition, category, area and town, photos, posted date, delivery and payment options, all item attributes (brand, colour, size, mileage …) and whether the seller is private or trade. Turn on ad details to add the full description, the full category path, the expiry date and video links. Big searches are automatically split into smaller areas and sub-categories, so you get far more than the first page. No login, no cookies, no Gumtree account.

This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Gumtree.com or its owners.

What you get

Ad	Gumtree ad number, URL, title, status, featured / urgent / spotlight / bumped-up flags, how many people saved it
Price	Asking price as a number, the price text as shown (£1,200pm), currency, and the frequency for rents and services (week, month …)
Item	Condition, category and category id, every attribute Gumtree shows (brand, colour, material, size, mileage, fuel, bedrooms …)
Location	Area and town as shown on the ad (Lewisham, London), distance in miles from the place you searched
Dates	Posted time (exact), "3 days ago"; with details also last update and expiry
Media	Main photo, all photo URLs, photo count, video flag (video links with details)
Delivery	Postage / delivery available, collection only, delivery and payment options
Seller	Private or trade only — never who the seller is
Ad details (optional)	Full description (search results show ~250 characters), full category path, last update, expiry date, video links

How to use it

1. Enter Keywords (e.g. brompton, lego technic), one or more Categories (e.g. bicycles, sofas, mobile-phones, cars), or both.
2. Enter one or more Locations: a town, city, area or region as Gumtree writes it (London, Manchester, Central London, Shoreditch, Scotland). Leave empty for the whole UK.
3. Set Max ads and any filters, then run.

Every keyword × category × location combination is searched separately. Max ads is the total for the run, shared fairly between your searches. An ad found by two searches is saved once.

Input examples

Bikes for sale in London (the prefill):

{
  "categories": ["bicycles"],
  "locations": ["London"],
  "maxItems": 50
}

A keyword in several cities, new or like-new only, £200–£800, with the full description:

{
  "keywords": ["brompton"],
  "locations": ["London", "Manchester", "Edinburgh"],
  "conditions": ["new", "as_good_as_new"],
  "minPrice": 200,
  "maxPrice": 800,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 300
}

Everything in a category across the UK posted in the last day (schedule it daily as a new-ads feed):

{
  "categories": ["sofas"],
  "postedWithinDays": 1,
  "maxItems": 0
}

Trade sellers only:

{
  "categories": ["mobile-phones"],
  "locations": ["Birmingham"],
  "sellerType": "trade",
  "maxItems": 100
}

You can also paste Gumtree links into Gumtree links: category or search pages such as https://www.gumtree.com/for-sale/sports-leisure-travel/bicycles/uk/london, search links such as https://www.gumtree.com/search?search_category=bicycles&search_location=london&q=carbon (turned into the same search), or single ads such as https://www.gumtree.com/p/mountain-bikes/gradient-bike/1800759820.

Output example

{
  "adId": "1802428454",
  "url": "https://www.gumtree.com/p/baby-blocks-building-toys/lego-technic-car-models-assorted-bricks-good-condition/1802428454",
  "title": "LEGO Technic Car Models & Assorted Bricks - Good Condition",
  "description": "A collection of LEGO Technic car models, including a blue race car and a yellow Jeep Rubicon. …",
  "descriptionIsFull": true,
  "price": 20,
  "priceText": "£20.00",
  "currency": "GBP",
  "priceFrequency": null,
  "condition": "Good condition",
  "category": "Blocks & Building Toys",
  "categoryPath": ["For Sale", "Baby & Kids Stuff", "Toys", "Blocks & Building Toys"],
  "sellerType": "private",
  "location": "Radcliffe, Manchester",
  "locality": "Radcliffe",
  "city": "Manchester",
  "postedAt": "2026-09-06T12:59:30.867Z",
  "expiresAt": "2026-12-05T00:00:00.000Z",
  "imageUrl": "https://img.gumtree.com/…/86",
  "imageCount": 8,
  "featured": false,
  "deliveryAvailable": true,
  "attributes": {
    "Condition": "Good condition",
    "Parcel Size": "Small",
    "Colour": "Multicoloured",
    "Material": "Plastic",
    "Seller type": "Private",
    "Delivery available": "True"
  },
  "status": "LIVE",
  "searchKeyword": "lego technic",
  "searchLocation": "manchester",
  "position": 3,
  "hasDetails": true,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-01T23:33:02.160Z"
}

Every row has the same columns; a value the ad doesn't state is null. Columns marked "with ad details" in the dataset schema are filled when Include ad details is on (or for a pasted ad link).

Use cases

• Resale and price research: what used bikes, phones, furniture or tools really sell for, by condition, brand and area.
• Sourcing and flipping: find underpriced items in your area every morning with Posted within: 1.
• Market monitoring: track supply and prices in a category across UK cities.
• Trade intelligence: see what trade sellers list, where and at what price.
• Data for apps and analysis: clean rows with prices as numbers, exact posted times and photos.

FAQ

Do I need a Gumtree account, cookies or a login? No. The scraper reads the same public pages any visitor sees. It never logs in and needs nothing from you except a keyword, a category, a location or a link.

Why does a search of 7,000 ads return fewer? Gumtree lets crawlers read only the first page (about 30 ads) of each search, and this scraper respects that. To go further it uses Gumtree's own smaller searches: a city is split into its areas (London → Central London → Shoreditch …), then into sub-categories (Bicycles → Road Bikes …), then by condition, each with its own first page, guided by Gumtree's own counts. Most searches of a few hundred to a few thousand ads are covered almost completely; for very big ones, narrow the location or category. The run's status message says how many of the search's ads could be reached.

Which places and categories can I use? Places as Gumtree writes them: towns, cities, London areas, counties and regions (Manchester, Central London, Kent, Wales). Categories as they appear in Gumtree links: bicycles, sofas, mobile-phones, cars, for-sale (everything for sale). You can also paste any Gumtree category link. A place or category Gumtree doesn't recognise is skipped, not charged, and named in the run's status message.

How fast is it? A result page takes about a second and holds up to 30 ads, so 1,000 ads take roughly one to two minutes. Include ad details opens each ad's own page, about one or two ads per second.

Which proxy should I use? Keep the default (Apify Proxy, datacenter). It comes with every Apify plan, including the free one. If Gumtree refuses datacenter IPs for a while, the run switches to UK residential proxies when your account has them, and carries on without them when it doesn't.

What does a run cost? A small fee per run, per result page read, per ad saved, and per ad whose details were loaded. See the Pricing tab. Ads removed by your filters, unknown places and duplicates are never charged as ads.

Does it collect seller names or phone numbers? No. Gumtree is mostly private individuals, so the scraper keeps item data only: no seller names, usernames, profile links, ratings, phone numbers or e-mails, no exact postcode and no map position. It never uses Gumtree's "show number" or contact features, and it masks phone numbers and e-mail addresses that sellers type into titles and descriptions ([phone removed]). It only tells you whether a seller is private or trade.

Is it legal to scrape Gumtree? This Actor only collects publicly available data: classified ads that anyone can see on Gumtree without an account, such as the title, price, condition, category, area and photos. Collecting publicly available data is generally legal, but you're responsible for how you use it. Ads on Gumtree are placed by private individuals and businesses: the scraper never collects a seller's name, profile, phone number or e-mail, and it removes phone numbers and e-mail addresses from ad texts. You must follow privacy laws such as UK GDPR, as well as Gumtree's terms. If you're unsure, check with a lawyer. More on this: Is web scraping legal?

Does it access any private data? No. Everything comes from pages Gumtree shows to any visitor without logging in. It never uses a login, never touches user accounts, messages or saved searches, and follows the site's robots.txt.