AutoTrader Scraper
Spider read autotrader.com in 1.9 s without a browser and returned 40 lines of clean markdown.
4. Vehicle must be removed from inventory feed immediately after sold, no later than 24 hours.1. Price must be available to most shoppers.1. No qualifications should be required to receive the price*(e.g.: Military or College Grad rebates should not be reflected in asking price).*2. No financing of any amount or from any party should be required to receive the price.3. The price must be available regardless of payment method*(Price cannot be available to those who pay in some preferred method of payment, e.g.: available only to those who are financing).*4. A trade-in cannot be required to receive the price.5. No minimum down payment or trade-in equity can be required.6. Price may be reduced by a rebate, incentive and/or offer that is available to most buyers without conditions, eligibility or other requirements.1. Price cannot be reduced by a trade-in or down payment amount2. Rebates, incentives and/or offers may be combined provided such combination is (1) in accordance with OEM requirements, (2) available to most shoppers, and (3) allowed by applicable state laws.3. Tax, title, license/registration fees may be included in a disclosure/disclaimer.1. All other fees and charges must be either included in the price or displayed/disclosed in accordance with applicable state and other laws*(e.g.: destination/handling, document, reconditioning, dealer fees).*2. All charges and fees for any options/aftermarket equipment already installed by dealer must be included in price.Autotrader may audit the dealer’s site, use third-party sites and pricing, complaints and other information as a basis for its decisions and actions related to dealer advertisements and prices.The same call, in code.
The capture above came back as markdown. These examples add a key, so you get browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on autotrader.com.
import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/all-cars/los-angeles-ca");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
stealth: 2,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/all-cars/los-angeles-ca");
await page.content();
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const vehicles = [];
document.querySelectorAll('[data-cmp="inventoryListing"]').forEach(el => {
const title = el.querySelector('[data-cmp="subheading"]')?.textContent?.trim();
const price = el.querySelector('[data-cmp="firstPrice"]')?.textContent?.trim();
const mileage = el.querySelector('.text-subdued-lighter')?.textContent?.trim();
const dealer = el.querySelector('[data-cmp="ownerName"]')?.textContent?.trim();
if (title) vehicles.push({ title, price, mileage, dealer });
});
return JSON.stringify({ total: vehicles.length, vehicles: vehicles.slice(0, 10) });
})()`);
console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();Ready for volume? Get an API key →
Fields you can pull.
Spider names these from the page. The capture above came back as markdown; the same
call with return_format: "json" returns them as keys.
What autotrader.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000349 to fetch. Pricing is $1 per GB of pre-transformation bandwidth plus $0.001 per CPU minute, so a page like this one lands at a fraction of a cent. Failed requests are billed at $0.
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