# Gas Prices Scraper - US Fuel Price Tracker (`lulzasaur/gasbuddy-scraper`) Actor

Track US gas prices by state and metro area. Get current, yesterday, week/month/year ago averages for Regular, Mid-Grade, Premium, and Diesel. Data from AAA.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/gasbuddy-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 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.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Gas Prices Scraper - US Fuel Price Tracker

Track US gas prices by state and metro area. Get current averages plus historical comparisons for Regular, Mid-Grade, Premium, and Diesel fuel.

### What it does

Scrapes AAA's official gas price data for all 50 US states + DC. Returns current average prices at both state and metro-area level, along with yesterday, last week, last month, and last year comparisons.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `states` | string\[] | State codes to scrape (e.g. `["CA", "TX"]`). Leave empty for all states. |
| `includeMetros` | boolean | Include metro-area price breakdowns (default: true) |
| `includeNational` | boolean | Include US national average (default: true) |

### Output

Each result includes:

```json
{
    "area": "Los Angeles-Long Beach",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "metro",
    "regularCurrent": 6.024,
    "midgradeCurrent": 6.26,
    "premiumCurrent": 6.421,
    "dieselCurrent": 7.343,
    "regularYesterday": 6.049,
    "midgradeYesterday": 6.279,
    "premiumYesterday": 6.448,
    "dieselYesterday": 7.351,
    "regularWeekAgo": 6.144,
    "regularMonthAgo": 6.177,
    "regularYearAgo": 4.693,
    "yearOverYearChange": 1.331,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-03T12:00:00Z"
}
```

### Use cases

- **Price monitoring** — Track fuel costs across states and metro areas over time
- **Fleet management** — Find cheapest fuel regions for logistics and trucking
- **Travel planning** — Compare gas prices along your route
- **Market research** — Analyze regional fuel price trends and year-over-year changes
- **Dashboards** — Feed gas price data into BI tools and reports

### Data types

- `national` — US national average
- `state` — State-level average (e.g. "CA State Average")
- `metro` — Metro-area average (e.g. "Los Angeles-Long Beach", "San Francisco")

### Data source

All data comes from [AAA Gas Prices](https://gasprices.aaa.com/), the most trusted gas price source in the United States.

# Actor input Schema

## `states` (type: `array`):

State codes to scrape (e.g. CA, TX, NY). Leave empty for all 50 states + DC.

## `includeMetros` (type: `boolean`):

Include per-metro-area price breakdowns (more granular data)

## `includeNational` (type: `boolean`):

Include the US national average gas prices

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

Optional proxy settings

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "states": [
    "CA",
    "TX",
    "NY"
  ],
  "includeMetros": true,
  "includeNational": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "states": [
        "CA",
        "TX",
        "NY"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/gasbuddy-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 = { "states": [
        "CA",
        "TX",
        "NY",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/gasbuddy-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 '{
  "states": [
    "CA",
    "TX",
    "NY"
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/gasbuddy-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/pVZ2VUM2MefLai7PM/builds/OhZ5CdWMpXp8CUak0/openapi.json