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Autotrader Ad API

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

Active2 credits = 1 requestGET/v2/autotrader/ad
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OverviewLink to Overview

Extract full vehicle details from any AutoTrader UK advert page (autotrader.co.uk/car-details/{id}). Returns price, specifications, photo gallery, seller info, description, and reserve availability.

AutoTrader advert pages are React single-page applications (sauron-adverts-app). Price, specs, gallery, and seller blocks load via JavaScript after the initial HTML shell. Piloterr uses website rendering to execute the page in a browser, wait for key sections (advert-price, overview, key-information), and scrape structured JSON from the rendered DOM.

QuickstartLink to Quickstart

GET https://api.piloterr.com/v2/autotrader/ad?query=https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202606053030491

ParametersLink to Parameters

Parameter Type Required Description
query string yes Full AutoTrader UK /car-details/{id} URL

Response fieldsLink to Response fields

Field Type Description
id string AutoTrader advert ID
url string Canonical listing URL
title string | null Listing title
subtitle string | null Trim / derivative
price string | null Formatted price
price_amount integer | null Numeric price in GBP
description string | null Full listing description
image string | null Main image URL
images array Full photo gallery URLs
reserve_available boolean Whether online reserve is available
specifications object Vehicle specs (engine, gearbox, mileage, fuel, etc.)
specifications.registration string | null Registration year
specifications.mileage string | null Mileage
specifications.fuel_type string | null Fuel type
specifications.gearbox string | null Transmission
specifications.body_type string | null Body style
specifications.engine string | null Engine size
seller object Dealer or private seller info
seller.name string | null Seller name
seller.type string | null dealer or private
seller.location string | null Seller location
seller.phone string | null Contact phone
seller.rating number | null Dealer rating

NotesLink to Notes

  • Targets autotrader.co.uk (UK). US listings on autotrader.com are not supported.
  • seller.phone and seller.rating may be absent on private listings.
  • specifications keys are normalized to snake_case.
  • subtitle may be null on some listings.

Main use casesLink to Main use cases

  • Extract full vehicle specs for inventory or comparison tools
  • Pull dealer contact details for automotive lead generation
  • Monitor individual listings for price changes
  • Build VIN-free market datasets from public advert pages

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