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Bring a Trailer Scraper

Scrape Bring a Trailer auction listings, current bid amounts, time remaining, comment counts, and seller details. Built on spider-browser .

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target
bringatrailer.com
success rate
99.9%
latency
~4ms
Quick start

Extract data in minutes.

bring-a-trailer-scraper.ts
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://bringatrailer.com/auctions/");
await page.content();

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const auctions = [];
  document.querySelectorAll(".auction-item").forEach(el => {
    const title = el.querySelector(".auction-title a")?.textContent?.trim();
    const bid = el.querySelector(".auction-snippet-bid")?.textContent?.trim();
    const timeLeft = el.querySelector(".auction-snippet-time-left")?.textContent?.trim();
    const comments = el.querySelector(".auction-snippet-comments")?.textContent?.trim();
    if (title) auctions.push({ title, bid, timeLeft, comments });
  });
  return JSON.stringify({ total: auctions.length, auctions: auctions.slice(0, 10) });
})()`);

console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();
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Fetch API

One endpoint for bringatrailer.com.

Structured JSON from bringatrailer.com with a single POST. AI-resolved selectors, cached on the first call.

POST /fetch/bringatrailer.com/
Auction titleCurrent bidTime remainingComment countSeller locationVIN
cURL
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/bringatrailer.com/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"return_format": "json"}'
Python
import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/bringatrailer.com/",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"return_format": "json"},
)
print(resp.json())
Node.js
const resp = await fetch("https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/bringatrailer.com/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ return_format: "json" }),
});
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);
Extraction

Fields you can pull.

Auction titleCurrent bidTime remainingComment countSeller locationVINLot numberReserve status
Listings

Vehicle inventory

Extract make, model, year, price, and mileage from bringatrailer.com listings.

Rendering

Dynamic search

Handle interactive search filters, map views, and lazy-loaded inventory pages.

Scale

Market coverage

Process thousands of vehicle listings across dealers and private sellers.

Related

More Automotive scrapers.

Start

Start scraping bringatrailer.com.

Grab an API key and call the endpoint above. The first request resolves the config; every request after hits cache.