# Bring a Trailer Scraper — Classic Car Auctions (`rastriq/bringatrailer-scraper`) Actor

Scrape auction listings from Bring a Trailer (bringatrailer.com). Extract bid prices, bid counts, reserve status, seller location, and outcomes for active and completed classic car auctions. Ideal for collector car market analysis and price tracking.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rastriq/bringatrailer-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Rastriq — Structured data from the world](https://apify.com/rastriq) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 96.6% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.90 / 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.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Bring a Trailer Scraper

Extract structured data from [Bring a Trailer](https://bringatrailer.com) — the world's largest online enthusiast car auction platform, with 40,000+ auctions completed annually.

### Why use this scraper?

- **Live & completed auctions** — current bids, final hammer prices, reserve status
- **Auction metrics** — bid count, no-reserve flag, sold/unsold outcome, time remaining
- **Vehicle details** — make, model, year, seller location, listing images
- **Ready to use** — Clean, normalized JSON/CSV/Excel output. No coding required.

### How to use

1. Click **Try for free** on Apify
2. Set a make filter (or leave empty for all makes)
3. Choose listing type: **All**, **Active only**, or **Completed only**
4. Click **Save & Run** — default settings scrape 10 Porsche auctions in under 60 seconds

### Output fields

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `id` | integer | BaT internal listing ID |
| `listing_type` | string | `auction` (active) or `completed` |
| `url` | string | Direct link to the auction |
| `title` | string | Full auction title |
| `brand` | string | Car make / manufacturer |
| `model` | string | Car model (parsed from title) |
| `model_year` | integer | Year manufactured |
| `price` | number | Current bid (active) or hammer price (completed) |
| `price_currency` | string | Currency code (typically `USD`) |
| `bid_count` | integer | Number of comments/bids |
| `no_reserve` | boolean | Whether the auction has no reserve |
| `sold` | boolean | Whether the car sold (completed only) |
| `time_remaining` | string | Time left (active) or sale date (completed) |
| `location` | string | Seller country or location |
| `image_url` | string | Thumbnail image URL |
| `scraped_at` | datetime | UTC timestamp of extraction |
| `source` | string | Always `bringatrailer.com` |

### How it works

The scraper uses two data sources depending on the listing type:

- **Active auctions** — extracted from embedded page data on `/auctions/` (all live listings in a single request)
- **Completed auctions** — paginated REST API (`/wp-json/bringatrailer/1.0/data/listings-filter`) with server-side filtering by make and year range

### Use cases

- **Market valuation** — Track realized prices for specific makes/models over time
- **Dealer intelligence** — Monitor auction activity and price trends by region
- **Collection research** — Find comparable sales for insurance or purchase decisions

### Cost & performance

This Actor uses **pay-per-result** pricing — you only pay for the data you get.

| Concept | Price |
|---------|-------|
| **Per result** | **$0.0019** |
| Actor start | $0.0005 (per GB of memory) |

**Examples:**

| Volume | Estimated cost |
|--------|---------------|
| 100 listings | ~$0.19 |
| 1,000 listings | ~$1.90 |
| 10,000 listings | ~$19.00 |

Platform costs (compute & proxy) are included — no hidden extras.

### Integration

Export data as JSON, CSV, or Excel. Connect to Google Sheets, Slack, email, or 1,500+ apps via [Apify integrations](https://apify.com/integrations).

Schedule runs hourly, daily, or weekly to keep your data fresh.

# Actor input Schema

## `make` (type: `string`):

Car make to search for on Bring a Trailer.<br><br>Examples: <code>porsche</code>, <code>ferrari</code>, <code>mercedes-benz</code>, <code>jaguar</code><br><br>Leave empty to scrape all makes.

## `year_min` (type: `integer`):

Earliest model year to include. Leave empty for no lower bound.

## `year_max` (type: `integer`):

Latest model year to include. Leave empty for no upper bound.

## `listing_type` (type: `string`):

Filter by listing status. <b>All</b> includes both active and completed.

## `max_items` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of listings to extract.<br>Start with <b>10</b> for a quick test, then increase for production runs.

## `max_pages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of search result pages to process. Leave empty to use <b>Max results</b> as the only limit.

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

Select proxies for the scraping run. Datacenter proxy (default) works for most sites and is included in the Apify Free plan.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "make": "porsche",
  "listing_type": "all",
  "max_items": 10,
  "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 = {
    "make": "porsche",
    "max_items": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rastriq/bringatrailer-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 = {
    "make": "porsche",
    "max_items": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "make": "porsche",
  "max_items": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call rastriq/bringatrailer-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=rastriq/bringatrailer-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/fPA9Sam4s2cADD2fw/builds/p3LIzOq1POGjaT22l/openapi.json