CarFax Scraper
Spider read carfax.com in 354 ms without a browser and returned 57 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Drive like a hero. Check like a pro", "Before buying a used car just say: Show me the CARFAX" and "How we help you find the best car".
More safety when buying a used car# Drive like a hero. Check like a pro.With CARFAX, you get access to the largest global database of vehicle history information with more than 45 billion historical events. Obtain valuable information, such as known accidents, damages, or theft reports from 32 countries.## Before buying a used car just say: Show me the CARFAXTake a look at this example of what information we can offer in our Vehicle History Reports.## We check every car for any reports of:Maintenance and inspectionsOpen recalls of the manufacturer## How we help you find the best carAt CARFAX, we collect events from the lives of millions of used cars from 30 European countries, as well as the USA and Canada. We can then create a vehicle history for every car in our database and make it available to you.The information helps you to check sales data, avoid expensive follow-up costs and negotiate a fair purchase price.## What makes us special:The largest international database for vehicle histories100% committed to customer satisfactionTransparent, independent & neutral## Everything you need to know about the CARFAX Report### What does a CARFAX Vehicle History Report include?### Where does CARFAX get its data?### Why do partners share their data with CARFAX?### Why trust CARFAX?### What do customers appreciate about CARFAX reports?### What do less satisfied customers criticize?### Is CARFAX worth the price?### What can I do if I'm not satisfied with the CARFAX report?Vehicle history with CARFAXThe 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 carfax.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.carfax.com/Used-Toyota-Camry_w302");
// 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.carfax.com/Used-Toyota-Camry_w302");
await page.content();
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const vehicles = [];
document.querySelectorAll("article, a[href*='/vehicle/']").forEach(el => {
const title = el.querySelector("h2, h3, [class*='title']")?.textContent?.trim();
const price = [...el.querySelectorAll("span")].find(s => /$[d,]+/.test(s.textContent))?.textContent?.trim();
const mileage = [...el.querySelectorAll("span")].find(s => /[d,]+ mi/i.test(s.textContent))?.textContent?.trim();
const owners = [...el.querySelectorAll("span")].find(s => /d+.*owner/i.test(s.textContent))?.textContent?.trim();
const accidents = [...el.querySelectorAll("span")].find(s => /d+.*accident|no accident/i.test(s.textContent))?.textContent?.trim();
if (title) vehicles.push({ title, price, mileage, owners, accidents });
});
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 carfax.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000314 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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- Balance never expires
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Start scraping carfax.com.
You already have the call. A key raises the rate limit and turns on browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency. Balance never expires, and top-ups go through secure checkout.