Municibid Government Surplus Auction Scraper

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👁 Municibid Scraper

An Apify Actor that extracts structured data from Municibid, the online auction marketplace where 7,000+ US municipalities, school districts, and government agencies sell surplus equipment to verified bidders. Outputs clean, normalized records covering active and completed listings across 46 categories and 19 US states.

Who uses it

• Resellers and flippers — track ending-soon auctions and build comp databases for max-bid pricing decisions
• Researchers and journalists — pull per-agency or per-state history for transparency reporting and market analysis
• Developers and data analysts — feed structured listing data into comp-pricing tools, ending-soon alert services, or AI agents

How to use the Municibid scraper

1. Open the Input tab.
2. Pick categories and regions (or leave empty for all), or type a keyword like fire truck.
3. Choose status — active for live auctions, completed for comps.
4. Set maxListings to cap your run, then click Start.
5. When it finishes, download the data as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML — or pull it from the Apify API.

Features

• Broad coverage — active and completed listings across 46 categories and 19 US states.
• Deep historical archive — completed listings are paginable months back, not just a recent window. Suitable for comps and long-horizon market analysis.
• Full bid history per listing — every bid amount and timestamp, not just the current price.
• Accurate auction end times — end timestamps account for last-minute bid extensions, so ending-soon alerts don't fire on stale times.
• Complete photo galleries — every photo on each listing, not just the cover image.
• Flexible filtering — combine category, US state, keyword, agency, price range, bid count, and auction-end date in a single run.
• Filter by specific agency — pull every auction from any single government seller on the platform.
• Predictable cost — cap the number of results per run; the Actor stops there even if more matches exist.
• Read-only — the Actor never bids, watches, or touches an account. Safe to run on a schedule.

Input Parameters

priceMin, priceMax, onlyNoBids, minBids, maxBids, endingWithinHours, endAfter, and endBefore are applied after the listing is fetched. Filtered records do not count against maxListings and are not charged to you.

Coverage

Regions (19 US states)

Categories (46 total)

Status

• active — auctions currently open for bids
• completed — closed auctions, for comps and historical analysis

Example Input

Comp database — completed automotive auctions across Mid-Atlantic states:

{
"categories":["C160883"],
"regions":["R3777835","R3777817","R3777827","R3777829"],
"status":"completed",
"sort":"1",
"maxListings":2000,
"maxPagesPerFacet":25
}

Ending-soon snapshot across heavy equipment in three states (cron candidate):

{
"categories":["C169106","C169171"],
"regions":["R3777835","R3777810","R3777832"],
"status":"active",
"sort":"0",
"maxListings":200,
"maxPagesPerFacet":5
}

Single-seller history:

{
"seller":"cecil",
"status":"completed",
"maxListings":500,
"maxPagesPerFacet":25
}

Keyword search across the platform:

{
"keyword":"fire truck",
"status":"active",
"maxListings":100
}

Snipe candidates — no-bid trucks under $10,000 ending in the next 48 hours:

{
"categories":["C160883"],
"keyword":"truck",
"status":"active",
"onlyNoBids":true,
"priceMax":10000,
"endingWithinHours":48,
"maxListings":50
}

Historical window — completed automotive auctions that closed in Q1 2026:

{
"categories":["C160883"],
"status":"completed",
"endAfter":"2026-01-01",
"endBefore":"2026-03-31",
"maxListings":5000,
"maxPagesPerFacet":100
}

Refresh known listings (skip discovery):

{
"listingIds":["82825058","83327438","83089177"]
}

Output Schema

Example record

{
"id":"82825058",
"slug":"2016-ford-explorer",
"title":"2016 Ford Explorer",
"description":"2016 Ford Explorer 3.5L EcoBoost, automatic, 4x4, 115,010 miles. Routinely serviced; no fault codes. Air bag light on. Inspected through 03/27. Sold as-is, where-is. Purchaser responsible for transfer and transportation.",
"image":"https://storagemunicibidpro.blob.core.windows.net/assets/media/3f2e0b70-9063-42f9-a5f6-b5286230d87a_fullsize.jpg",
"photos":[
"https://storagemunicibidpro.blob.core.windows.net/assets/media/3f2e0b70-9063-42f9-a5f6-b5286230d87a_fullsize.jpg",
"https://storagemunicibidpro.blob.core.windows.net/assets/media/07b87ded-9c79-41f5-8851-6221585e86af_fullsize.jpg",
"https://storagemunicibidpro.blob.core.windows.net/assets/media/526776cd-37fc-445f-917b-a41a1284a4a1_fullsize.jpg",
"https://storagemunicibidpro.blob.core.windows.net/assets/media/fcd30614-0adb-4b9b-89be-5f2f45edb84e_fullsize.jpg"
],
"price":2150.00,
"currentTopBidAmount":2050.00,
"currentTopBidProxy":2555.55,
"currentTopBidder":"BidderAlias42",
"numberOfBids":32,
"priceValidUntil":"2026-05-27",
"auctionStartUtc":"2026-05-18T09:00:00.000Z",
"auctionEndUtc":"2026-05-27T14:00:00.000Z",
"reserveType":"No",
"condition":"https://schema.org/UsedCondition",
"seller":{
"displayName":"City of Springfield",
"slug":"springfield",
"type":"GovernmentOrganization"
},
"category":{
"primaryId":160883,
"primaryName":"Automotive",
"secondaryId":11965711,
"secondaryName":"SUV"
},
"region":{
"id":3777835,
"name":"Pennsylvania"
},
"vehicle":{
"year":null,
"miles":null,
"model":null
},
"bidTimeline":[
{"timestamp":"2026-05-20T22:28:48.2230000","amount":500.00},
{"timestamp":"2026-05-23T21:10:52.8870000","amount":525.00},
{"timestamp":"2026-05-25T21:42:30.9400000","amount":1400.00},
{"timestamp":"2026-05-26T23:47:46.7430000","amount":2050.00}
],
"detailUrl":"https://municibid.com/Listing/Details/82825058/2016-ford-explorer",
"scrapedAt":"2026-05-27T10:14:33.412Z"
}

Field reference

Each scraped listing includes:

How much does it cost to scrape Municibid?

You pay only for Apify platform usage. Datacenter proxy (the default) is enough, so runs are cheap; post-fetch filters (price, bids, dates) don't count toward maxListings and aren't charged. Cap maxListings and maxPagesPerFacet for predictable cost. New Apify accounts include a monthly free-usage tier.

Integrations

Connect the scraper to Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, Slack, webhooks, and the Apify API, and schedule runs for ending-soon alerts or nightly comp refreshes.

FAQ

What data formats can I export? JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or via the Apify API.

Can I track only ending-soon auctions? Yes — set sort: "0" (Ending Soon) with endingWithinHours, and schedule the run.

How far back does completed-auction history go? Completed listings paginate months back, suitable for comps and long-horizon market analysis.

Does the Actor place bids or need an account? No. It's strictly read-only — it never bids, watches, or logs in.

Why are some vehicle fields empty? vehicle.year, vehicle.miles, and vehicle.model are populated only when the seller provides them in a structured form; otherwise the details remain in the free-text description.