Autotrader Scraper API

The Piloterr Autotrader Scraper API lets you extract public data from Autotrader as clean, structured JSON — no proxies, headless browsers or HTML parsing to maintain. Endpoints available in production:

Autotrader Ad API — Extract full vehicle details from an AutoTrader UK car-details URL, including price, specs, gallery, seller, and description via browser rendering.
Autotrader Search API — Search AutoTrader UK listings from a car-search URL and retrieve prices, specs, photos, seller info, and pagination via browser rendering.

Use it for listing monitoring, price benchmarks, stock sourcing or market analytics on second-hand and vehicle marketplaces.

Endpoint	Path	Credits	What you get
Autotrader Ad API	`/v2/autotrader/ad`	2	Extract full vehicle details from an AutoTrader UK car-details URL, including price, specs, gallery, seller, and description via browser rendering.
Autotrader Search API	`/v2/autotrader/search`	2	Search AutoTrader UK listings from a car-search URL and retrieve prices, specs, photos, seller info, and pagination via browser rendering.

How it works

Create a free Piloterr account and copy your API key from the dashboard.
Send a GET (or POST) request to https://api.piloterr.com/v2/... with the header x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY.
Receive structured JSON — Piloterr handles rendering, proxies, retries and parsing.

export PILOTERR_API_KEY="your-api-key"
pip install requests        # Python
# TypeScript: Node.js 18+ (native fetch), run with `npx tsx file.ts`

Every endpoint accepts both GET (query string) and POST (JSON body with the same fields).

Autotrader Ad API

Extract full vehicle details from an AutoTrader UK car-details URL, including price, specs, gallery, seller, and description via browser rendering.

GET | POST https://api.piloterr.com/v2/autotrader/ad · 2 credits per request · Full reference

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	✅	Full AutoTrader UK car details URL.

Python example

import json
import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.piloterr.com/v2/autotrader/ad",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["PILOTERR_API_KEY"]},
    params={
        "query": "https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202606053030491",
    },
    timeout=120,
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()

print(json.dumps(data, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)[:2000])

TypeScript example

type AutotraderAd = {
  id?: string;
  url?: string;
  image?: string;
  price?: string;
  title?: string;
  images?: string[];
  seller?: {
    name?: string;
    type?: string;
    phone?: string;
    rating?: number;
    location?: string;
  };
  subtitle?: unknown;
  description?: string;
  price_amount?: number;
  specifications?: {
    doors?: string;
    seats?: string;
    engine?: string;
    gearbox?: string;
    mileage?: string;
    body_type?: string;
    fuel_type?: string;
    body_colour?: string;
    registration?: string;
    emission_class?: string;
  };
  reserve_available?: boolean;
};

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  "query": "https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202606053030491",
});

const response = await fetch(`https://api.piloterr.com/v2/autotrader/ad?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.PILOTERR_API_KEY! },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Piloterr error ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);

const data = (await response.json()) as AutotraderAd;

console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2).slice(0, 2000));

POST variant

POST https://api.piloterr.com/v2/autotrader/ad
x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202606053030491"}

Output example

Example response from the API reference, abridged — real values depend on the page you scrape.

{
  "id": "202606053030491",
  "url": "https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202606053030491",
  "image": "https://m.atcdn.co.uk/a/media/w800/ed2eccf887a74d7b99442845d25c21ce.jpg",
  "price": "£2,499",
  "title": "2011 Vauxhall Astra",
  "images": [
    "https://m.atcdn.co.uk/a/media/w800/ed2eccf887a74d7b99442845d25c21ce.jpg",
    "https://m.atcdn.co.uk/a/media/w600/d0da32981b3e414e9cc118f4002bc0a2.jpg"
  ],
  "seller": {
    "name": "example",
    "type": "example",
    "phone": "example",
    "rating": 0,
    "location": "example"
  },
  "subtitle": null,
  "description": "Example Motors present this Beautiful Vauxhall  Astra 1.4L petrol !!! A GREAT SPEC CAR with Low miles and ONLY 2 OWNERS FROM NEW !! Drive…",
  "price_amount": 2499,
  "specifications": {
    "doors": "5",
    "seats": "5",
    "engine": "1.4L",
    "gearbox": "Manual",
    "mileage": "59,000 miles",
    "body_type": "Hatchback",
    "fuel_type": "Petrol",
    "body_colour": "Silver",
    "registration": "2011 (11 reg)",
    "emission_class": "Euro 5"
  },
  "reserve_available": false
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
`id`	string
`url`	string
`image`	string
`price`	string
`title`	string
`images`	string[]
`seller`	object
`seller.name`	string
`seller.type`	string
`seller.phone`	string
`seller.rating`	number
`seller.location`	string
`subtitle`	object
`description`	string
`price_amount`	integer
`specifications`	object
`specifications.doors`	string
`specifications.seats`	string
`specifications.engine`	string
`specifications.gearbox`	string
`specifications.mileage`	string
`specifications.body_type`	string
`specifications.fuel_type`	string
`specifications.body_colour`	string
`specifications.registration`	string

Autotrader Search API

Search AutoTrader UK listings from a car-search URL and retrieve prices, specs, photos, seller info, and pagination via browser rendering.

GET | POST https://api.piloterr.com/v2/autotrader/search · 2 credits per request · Full reference

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	✅	Full AutoTrader UK car search URL.

Python example

import json
import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.piloterr.com/v2/autotrader/search",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["PILOTERR_API_KEY"]},
    params={
        "query": "https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?channel=cars&postcode=W1F%208EB&price_search_type=total&sort=relevance&page=1",
    },
    timeout=120,
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()

print(json.dumps(data, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)[:2000])

TypeScript example

type AutotraderSearch = {
  results?: {
    id?: string;
    url?: string;
    year?: string;
    image?: string;
    price?: string;
    title?: string;
    images?: string[];
    mileage?: string;
    location?: string;
    subtitle?: string;
    seller_type?: string;
    price_amount?: number;
    attention_grabber?: string;
  }[];
  pagination?: {
    next?: number;
    current?: number;
    next_url?: string;
    per_page?: number;
    total_count?: number;
    total_pages?: number;
    has_next_page?: boolean;
  };
};

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  "query": "https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?channel=cars&postcode=W1F%208EB&price_search_type=total&sort=relevance&page=1",
});

const response = await fetch(`https://api.piloterr.com/v2/autotrader/search?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.PILOTERR_API_KEY! },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Piloterr error ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);

const data = (await response.json()) as AutotraderSearch;

console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2).slice(0, 2000));

POST variant

POST https://api.piloterr.com/v2/autotrader/search
x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?channel=cars&postcode=W1F%208EB&price_search_type=total&sort=relevance&page=1"}

Output example

Example response from the API reference, abridged — real values depend on the page you scrape.

{
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "202605302836426",
      "url": "https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202605302836426?journey=FEATURED_LISTING_JOURNEY&sort=relevance&twcs=true&searchId=3e386cc3-ab04…",
      "year": "2007 (07 reg)",
      "image": "https://m.atcdn.co.uk/a/media/w480/a75ac2d47f854a5ebaf070a25c3fe883.jpg",
      "price": "£2,500",
      "title": "Ford Focus1.8 Sport S 5dr",
      "images": [
        "https://m.atcdn.co.uk/a/media/w480/a75ac2d47f854a5ebaf070a25c3fe883.jpg",
        "https://m.atcdn.co.uk/a/media/w480/5f16246bee0e45d68ea4af8ee80b0d41.jpg"
      ],
      "mileage": "93,018 miles",
      "location": "Leicester",
      "subtitle": "1.8 Sport S 5dr",
      "seller_type": "dealer",
      "price_amount": 2500,
      "attention_grabber": "FULL SERVICE HISTORY+2 KEYS!!!"
    },
    {
      "id": "202606053041984",
      "url": "https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202606053041984?sort=relevance&twcs=true&searchId=3e386cc3-ab04-4465-bc96-dc0210e1801f&page=1&po…",
      "year": "2014 (14 reg)",
      "image": "https://m.atcdn.co.uk/a/media/w480/27178641a4bc471ebd9a6ea3d1d388fe.jpg",
      "price": "£3,795",
      "title": "Toyota Prius1.5 CVT 4dr",
      "images": [
        "https://m.atcdn.co.uk/a/media/w480/27178641a4bc471ebd9a6ea3d1d388fe.jpg",
        "https://m.atcdn.co.uk/a/media/w480/8834d446806d446c826019ae2ad60870.jpg"
      ],
      "mileage": "82,000 miles",
      "location": "Sidcup",
      "subtitle": "1.5 CVT 4dr",
      "seller_type": "dealer",
      "price_amount": 3795,
      "attention_grabber": "LOW MILEAGE|CHEAP INSURANCE"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "next": 2,
    "current": 1,
    "next_url": "https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?page=2",
    "per_page": 25,
    "total_count": 464626,
    "total_pages": 18586,
    "has_next_page": true
  }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
`results[]`	object[]
`results[].id`	string
`results[].url`	string
`results[].year`	string
`results[].image`	string
`results[].price`	string
`results[].title`	string
`results[].images`	string[]
`results[].mileage`	string
`results[].location`	string
`results[].subtitle`	string
`results[].seller_type`	string
`results[].price_amount`	integer
`results[].attention_grabber`	string
`pagination`	object
`pagination.next`	integer
`pagination.current`	integer
`pagination.next_url`	string
`pagination.per_page`	integer
`pagination.total_count`	integer
`pagination.total_pages`	integer
`pagination.has_next_page`	boolean

Code examples in other languages

Ready-to-run examples live in the examples/ folder. Each one reads your key from the PILOTERR_API_KEY environment variable.

Language	Ad	Search
cURL (Bash)	`ad`	`search`
PHP	`ad`	`search`
C#	`ad`	`search`
Go	`ad`	`search`
Java	`ad`	`search`
Ruby	`ad`	`search`
Node.js	`ad`	`search`

Practical use cases

Listing monitoring — Get alerted when new ads matching your criteria are published.
Price benchmarks — Compute market prices per model, category or location.
Sourcing — Find stock, vehicles, parts or equipment faster than manual browsing.
Market analytics — Measure supply, turnover and pricing trends over time.
Data products — Feed valuation models and dashboards with structured listings.

Why Piloterr?

No infrastructure — no proxies, headless browsers or CAPTCHA solving to run yourself.
Structured JSON — stable, documented fields instead of brittle HTML selectors.
Pay per request — transparent credit cost per endpoint, failed requests are retried for you.
One API key, hundreds of sources — Autotrader plus many other e-commerce, search and company data endpoints in the Piloterr library.
Any language — plain HTTPS + JSON, with examples for Python, TypeScript, cURL, PHP, C#, Go, Java, Ruby and Node.js.

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape Autotrader?

Collecting publicly available data is generally allowed in many jurisdictions, but rules depend on your country, the data you collect and how you use it. Avoid personal data unless you have a lawful basis, respect the website's terms where they apply, and get legal advice for your specific use case. This is not legal advice.

Do I need proxies or a headless browser?

No. Piloterr handles rendering, proxy rotation and retries on its side. You only send an HTTPS request with your x-api-key header and receive JSON.

How much does a request cost?

Credits per call: /v2/autotrader/ad 2, /v2/autotrader/search 2. See the Piloterr website for plans.

What data does the Autotrader API return?

Each endpoint returns structured JSON: Autotrader Ad — id, url, image, price, title, images; Autotrader Search — results[], results[].id, results[].url, results[].year, results[].image, results[].price.

Which languages are supported?

Any language that can make an HTTP request. This README shows Python and TypeScript; the examples/ folder contains cURL, PHP, C#, Go, Java, Ruby and Node.js.

Official SDKs

Use Piloterr from your own language with a typed client:

SDK	Package	Install
Node.js	`@piloterr/sdk`	`npm install @piloterr/sdk`
Python	`piloterr`	`pip install piloterr`
Go	`piloterr-go`	`go get github.com/piloterr/piloterr-go`
.NET	`Piloterr`	`dotnet add package Piloterr`
Ruby	`piloterr`	`gem install piloterr`
PHP	`piloterr/sdk`	`composer require piloterr/sdk`
Java	`piloterr-java`	build from source, see its README
CLI	`@piloterr/cli`	`npm install -g @piloterr/cli`
MCP server	`@piloterr/mcp`	`npx -y @piloterr/mcp`

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Support

💬 Join the Piloterr Discord to ask questions and share what you build.
📚 Browse the API reference (OpenAPI) and the Piloterr library.
🔑 Get your API key.

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