# CarGurus Car Listings Scraper (`jongoose/cargurus-scraper`) Actor

Scrape used & new car listings from CarGurus - price (+fees), VIN, mileage, make/model/year/trim, dealer name & location, deal rating, days-on-market, colour, drivetrain & photos. Paste a CarGurus search URL or scrape the national feed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jongoose/cargurus-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [James Scott](https://apify.com/jongoose) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 98.2% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.80 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## CarGurus Car Listings Scraper

Scrape **used and new car listings from CarGurus** into clean, structured data - no CarGurus account or API key required.

### What you get (per listing)

- **VIN**, stock number, and listing URL
- Year, make, model, trim, body type, condition (Used / Certified Pre-Owned / New)
- **Price**, total price with fees, and CarGurus "expected price"
- Mileage, exterior colour, drivetrain, transmission, engine
- **CarGurus deal rating** (Great / Good / Fair price) and **days on market**
- **Dealer** name, location (city / state / ZIP) and phone
- Primary photo

### Input

- **CarGurus search URLs** - build a filtered search on cargurus.com (make, model, ZIP radius, price, mileage...) and paste the result URL(s). Most precise way to target exactly the listings you want.
- Or leave URLs empty and pick **Condition** (used / new) to scrape the national feed.
- **Max listings** caps the run.

#### Example input

```json
{ "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/spt_used_cars" }], "maxItems": 200 }
```

### Why this actor

- **Fast + cheap:** every field is read straight from the search page, so there are no extra per-listing requests, and it runs on Apify's default datacenter proxy (no pricey residential proxy).
- **Complete records:** VIN and dealer details are included - fields many CarGurus scrapers skip.
- Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or pull via the API.

Great for dealers and analysts doing **pricing intelligence, inventory monitoring, and used-car market analysis**. This data is for market research; it is **not a consumer report** and must not be used for FCRA-covered purposes.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

One or more CarGurus search-results URLs. Build a filtered search on cargurus.com (make, model, ZIP radius, price, mileage, etc.) and paste the URL(s) here - this is the most precise way to target listings. If left empty, the national feed is scraped based on Condition below.

## `condition` (type: `string`):

Which national feed to scrape when no Start URL is provided.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after collecting this many listings.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

CarGurus works fine through Apify's default (datacenter) proxy - no residential proxy needed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [],
  "condition": "used",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jongoose/cargurus-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "startUrls": [] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jongoose/cargurus-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": []
}' |
apify call jongoose/cargurus-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jongoose/cargurus-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/lt0im0b3dkD1ykusc/builds/2sPJiGDGrjsWo3mZV/openapi.json