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"title": "AutoTrader UK Car Scraper",
"description": "Extract car listings from AutoTrader.co.uk — the UK's largest used car marketplace with 450K+ listings. Scrapes price, make, model, year, mileage, seller type & location. Supports incremental mode for scheduled runs.",
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"type": "array",
"description": "Paste one or more AutoTrader search URLs here.
Copy the URL directly from your browser after filtering the search on AutoTrader.co.uk. When set, all filter fields below are ignored.
Example: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?postcode=SW1A+1AA&make=BMW&model=3+Series&year-from=2020",
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"pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{1,2}[0-9][0-9A-Za-z]?\\s?[0-9][A-Za-z]{2}$",
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"description": "UK postcode used as the centre of the search radius.
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"description": "Filter by manufacturer.
Examples: BMW, Ford, Toyota, Volkswagen, Tesla.
Leave empty to search all makes."
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"model": {
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"type": "string",
"description": "Filter by model within the chosen make.
Examples: 3 Series, Focus, Golf, Model 3.
Requires Make to be set for reliable results."
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"body_type": {
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"Saloon",
"Estate",
"SUV",
"Coupe",
"Convertible",
"MPV",
"Pickup",
"Camper",
"Limousine"
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"type": "string",
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"fuel_type": {
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"Hybrid",
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"Bi-Fuel"
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"type": "string",
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"gearbox": {
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"enum": [
"any",
"Manual",
"Automatic"
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"type": "string",
"description": "Filter by transmission type.",
"default": "any"
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"seller_type": {
"title": "Seller type",
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"trade",
"private"
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"type": "string",
"description": "Filter by who is selling the car.
Trade = franchised dealerships and independent garages.
Private = individual owners selling directly.",
"default": "any"
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"year_from": {
"title": "Year from",
"minimum": 1950,
"maximum": 2030,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Minimum registration year.
Example: 2018 to exclude cars older than 2018."
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"year_to": {
"title": "Year to",
"minimum": 1950,
"maximum": 2030,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum registration year.
Example: 2023 to exclude cars newer than 2023."
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"price_from": {
"title": "Min price (£)",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Minimum asking price in GBP.
Example: 5000 to exclude listings below £5,000."
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"price_to": {
"title": "Max price (£)",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum asking price in GBP.
Example: 25000 to exclude listings above £25,000."
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"max_mileage": {
"title": "Max mileage",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum odometer reading in miles.
Example: 50000 to show only cars with under 50,000 miles."
},
"sort_by": {
"title": "Sort by",
"enum": [
"relevance",
"price-asc",
"price-desc",
"year-desc",
"year-asc",
"mileage",
"latest-listings"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Order in which results are returned.
Newest listings first is automatically forced when Incremental mode is enabled.",
"default": "relevance"
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"max_results": {
"title": "Max results",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Hard cap on total listings returned across all pages.
Set to 0 to use Max pages instead. The default of 20 finishes in under 2 minutes. Raise it for full exports — 1,000 listings ≈ 3 min, 10,000 listings ≈ 25 min.",
"default": 0
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"max_pages": {
"title": "Max pages",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 500,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum search result pages to scrape.
Each page returns 26 listings. Ignored when Max results is greater than 0. AutoTrader supports up to ~17,000 pages (450K+ nationwide listings).",
"default": 3
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"type": "boolean",
"description": "Only scrape listings newer than the previous run.
When enabled, results are sorted by Newest first and the actor stops as soon as it reaches a listing already seen in the last run.
Ideal for scheduled runs that monitor new inventory without re-processing old data.
ℹ️ The cursor (last-seen listing ID) is stored in a Key-Value Store named autotrader-scraper-state. Delete that store to reset and re-scrape everything.",
"default": false
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"type": "object",
"description": "Pre-configured — no changes needed.
The proxy is set up automatically to ensure reliable access to AutoTrader.co.uk. Leave this setting as-is for best results."
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