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🚗 Bring a Trailer Auctions Scraper

🚀 Collect vehicle auction data from Bring a Trailer in minutes. Pull bids, vehicle specs, seller details, and auction timelines from any BaT listing page. No coding, no login required.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-23 · 📊 50+ fields per auction · 🔗 URL-based input · 💰 Bid tracking · 🚫 No auth required

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parseforge/bringatrailer-auctions-scraper on Apify. Call:ApifyClient("TOKEN").actor("parseforge/bringatrailer-auctions-scraper").call(run_input={...}), then client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items for results. Key inputs:startUrl(string,default"https://bringatrailer.com/auctions/"),maxItems(integer,default10). Full actor spec: fetch build via GEThttps://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~bringatrailer-auctions-scraper(Bearer TOKEN). Get token: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations

🎁 Paid plan adds

The Bring a Trailer Auctions Scraper collects auction data from bringatrailer.com, returning 50+ fields per listing: vehicle make, model, year, trim, current bid, bid count, reserve status, auction end date, location, seller info, full description, modification history, documentation details, image URLs, and direct auction links. Runs support up to 1,000,000 listings on a paid plan.

The Actor works with BaT's URL structure: paste any bringatrailer.com page (active auctions, completed auctions, search results, or specific categories) and the scraper collects every listing on that page and its subsequent pages.

📋 What the Bring a Trailer Auctions Scraper does

One input method with full BaT coverage:

• 🔗 URL mode. Paste any bringatrailer.com URL: active auctions, completed sales, search results, or category pages.
• 💰 Bid data. Current bid, bid count, reserve met status, and auction end date per listing.
• 🚗 Vehicle specs. Make, model, year, trim, mileage, VIN, engine, transmission, exterior/interior colors.
• 👤 Seller details. Seller type (dealer vs private), username, and location.
• 📝 Full description. Vehicle history, modifications, documentation, and feature list.
• 🖼️ Media. High-resolution image URLs for each listing.

💡 Why it matters: manually tracking BaT auctions means refreshing pages, comparing bids, and recording specs by hand. This Actor exports structured auction data at scale, ready for your valuation models, inventory pipeline, or market analysis.

🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing how to go from sign-up to a downloaded dataset.

⚙️ Input

Example: active auctions on the main listing page.

{
"startUrl":"https://bringatrailer.com/auctions/",
"maxItems":50
}

Example: completed Porsche auctions.

{
"startUrl":"https://bringatrailer.com/porsche/?status=completed",
"maxItems":200
}

⚠️ Good to Know: BaT supports search filters on their website. Apply your filters (make, model, year, status), then copy the resulting URL and paste it here. The Actor paginates through all results automatically.

📊 Output

Each auction record contains 50+ fields. Download the dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🧾 Schema (key fields)

📦 Sample records

✨ Why choose this Actor

📊 Bring a Trailer is the largest online auction site for enthusiast vehicles, with thousands of auctions closing each month. Structured access to this data powers every collector-market analysis, dealer acquisition pipeline, and valuation workflow.

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Pick this Actor when you want BaT auction data on demand, without building a custom pipeline or subscribing to a collector-car data service.

🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the Bring a Trailer Auctions Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Paste a BaT URL and set maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

💼 Business use cases

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Open a ready-to-send prompt about this ParseForge actor in the AI of your choice:

• 💬 ChatGPT
• 🧠 Claude
• 🔍 Perplexity
• 🅒 Copilot

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔌 Automating Bring a Trailer Auctions Scraper

Control the scraper programmatically for scheduled runs and pipeline integrations:

• 🟢 Node.js. Install the apify-client NPM package.
• 🐍 Python. Use the apify-client PyPI package.
• 📚 See the Apify API documentation for full details.

The Apify Schedules feature lets you trigger this Actor on any cron interval. Daily pulls keep your auction-monitoring dashboard in sync automatically.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Bring a Trailer Auctions Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get alerts when target vehicles are listed
• Airbyte - Pipe auction data into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes. Push fresh auction data into your valuation pipeline, or alert your team in Slack.

🔗 Recommended Actors

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• 🎯 LiveAuctioneers Scraper - Art and collectibles auction data

💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection for more auction and automotive scrapers.

🆘 Need Help? Open our contact form to request a new scraper, propose a custom data project, or report an issue.

⚠️ Disclaimer: this Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Bring a Trailer or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Only publicly available auction data is collected.