# Controller.com Scraper (`lexis-solutions/controller-com-scraper`) Actor

Controller.com Scraper: scrape structured aircraft listings from Controller.com search results, including price, year, manufacturer, model, registration, location, seller contacts, description, specs, images and breadcrumbs for aviation market research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/controller-com-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Lexis Solutions](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, AI, Travel
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 11 total users, 4 monthly users, 97.1% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $19.90 / 1,000 listings

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Controller.com Scraper

![banner](https://i.imgur.com/sEd0IIr.png)

Controller.com is an aircraft marketplace for jets, turboprops, piston aircraft, helicopters, and aviation equipment. This actor collects structured aircraft listing data from Controller.com search result pages.

### Introduction

The Controller.com scraper starts from search listing URLs, paginates through results, and extracts structured aircraft listing data such as title, price, listing type, year, manufacturer, model, serial number, registration number, location, seller contact details, description, specifications, images, and breadcrumbs.

### Use Cases

- **Market research**: Track aircraft availability, asking prices, locations, and aircraft categories.
- **Inventory monitoring**: Watch new and updated listings for selected aircraft types, manufacturers, or keywords.
- **Lead generation**: Build structured datasets of sellers and aircraft listings for sales workflows.
- **Analytics pipelines**: Feed BI tools, dashboards, and internal warehousing.

### Input

Provide the following fields:

- `startUrls` (array, required): Controller.com search or listing URLs.
- `maxItems` (integer, optional): Maximum number of listing items to extract.
- `proxyConfiguration` (object, optional): Apify proxy settings.

Notes:

- Crawling stops when `maxItems` is reached or when no more result items are found.

### Input Examples

**1) Start URLs**

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.controller.com/listings/search?ListingType=For%20Lease&page=1"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 5
}
```

### Output

Each dataset item contains fields like:

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.controller.com/listing/for-lease/250038063/1995-bombardier-challenger-601-3r-jet-aircraft",
  "listingId": "250038063",
  "title": "1995 BOMBARDIER CHALLENGER 601-3R",
  "price": "Call for price",
  "listingType": "For Lease",
  "year": "1995",
  "manufacturer": "BOMBARDIER",
  "model": "CHALLENGER 601-3R",
  "serialNumber": "5177",
  "registrationNumber": "N770WW",
  "category": "CHALLENGER 601-3R",
  "location": "Venice, Florida",
  "sellerName": "International Aircraft Marketing & Sales",
  "sellerPhone": "(941) 726-8953",
  "description": "Exceptionally maintained Challenger 601-3R...",
  "specifications": {},
  "images": ["https://media.sandhills.com/img.axd?id=..."],
  "breadcrumbs": [
    "FIND AIRCRAFT FOR SALE >",
    "JET AIRCRAFT FOR LEASE >",
    "BOMBARDIER >"
  ]
}
```

The scraper paginates through listing results and stops when `maxItems` is reached or when no more result items are found.

### Why use the Controller.com Scraper?

- **Focused**: Built specifically for Controller.com aircraft listing flows.
- **Structured output**: Ready-to-use JSON records for automation and analysis.
- **Pagination support**: Collects data across result pages until the item limit is reached.
- **Flexible input**: Supports lease, sale, and keyword search listing URLs.
- **Apify-native**: Works with Apify datasets, request queue, and proxy config.

### FAQ

- **How many listings can it extract?**\
  Controlled by `maxItems`.

- **Do I need proxies?**\
  No. The default input runs without a proxy. You can still configure proxies for your own network requirements.

- **Can I start from a listing detail URL?**\
  The actor can classify detail URLs, but it is primarily designed for search/listing URLs.

- **What if Controller.com changes their website structure?**\
  The actor may require updates to keep extraction stable.

### Need to scrape other automotive or marketplace platforms?

Check out our other scrapers:

- [Napaonline](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/napaonline-scraper).
- [AutoZone](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/auto-zone-com).
- [CARFAX](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/carfax-com).
- [CarGurus](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/cargurus-com).

***

**Need help or want a custom solution?**

Lexis Solutions is a certified Apify Partner. We can help with custom data extraction projects.

Contact us over [Email](mailto:scraping@lexis.solutions) or [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lexis-solutions).

### Support Our Work

If you're happy with our work and scrapers, you're welcome to leave us a company review [here](https://apify.com/partners/find/lexis-solutions/review) and leave a review for the scrapers you're subscribed to.

### Image Credit

Image credit: controller.com.

# Actor input Schema

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

Controller.com search or listing URLs to scrape.

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

Maximum number of listings to scrape.

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

Proxy settings for the scraper.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.controller.com/listings/search?ListingType=For%20Lease&page=1"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.controller.com/listings/search?ListingType=For%20Lease&page=1"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lexis-solutions/controller-com-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": [{ "url": "https://www.controller.com/listings/search?ListingType=For%20Lease&page=1" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lexis-solutions/controller-com-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).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": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.controller.com/listings/search?ListingType=For%20Lease&page=1"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call lexis-solutions/controller-com-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lexis-solutions/controller-com-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/VhNTzXtilbKl74FOS/builds/DgDjlYG2WziNfuLfc/openapi.json