# Hibid Scraper (`zcamper/hibidactor`) Actor

Scrape auction listings and individual lot details from HiBid.com, one of the largest online auction platforms in the US. This actor uses Playwright to handle HiBid's dynamic Angular-based interface, ensuring reliable data extraction.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/zcamper/hibidactor.md
- **Developed by:** [Zac](https://apify.com/zcamper) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Other, E-commerce
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 53 total users, 3 monthly users, 93.9% runs succeeded, 2 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.00 / 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#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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Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## HiBid.com Auction Scraper

Scrape auction listings and individual lot details from [HiBid.com](https://hibid.com), one of the largest online auction platforms in the US. This actor uses Playwright to handle HiBid's dynamic Angular-based interface, ensuring reliable data extraction.

### Features

- Search lots directly by keyword using HiBid's lot-level search
- Scrape direct auction catalog URLs for all lots in an auction
- Scrape individual lot detail pages via direct URLs
- Filter by category, location, distance, and auction status
- Automatic pagination through search results
- Configurable result limits

### How it works

**Keyword search** uses HiBid's `/lots` endpoint to find matching lots directly across all auctions. This is fast and returns only relevant results (e.g., searching "minolta" returns only lots with "minolta" in the title).

**Direct URLs** let you scrape all lots from a specific auction catalog, or get full details from individual lot pages including description, full image gallery, and category breadcrumbs.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `searchKeywords` | string | Search terms (e.g., "vintage camera", "silver coins") |
| `auctionUrls` | string\[] | Direct HiBid catalog or lot URLs |
| `category` | string | Category filter (e.g., "coins", "antiques") |
| `location` | string | City, state, or zip code for proximity search |
| `distanceMiles` | number | Search radius in miles |
| `auctionStatus` | string | Filter: "open", "closing-soon", "featured" |
| `maxAuctions` | number | Used with maxLotsPerAuction to calculate max results (default: 10) |
| `maxLotsPerAuction` | number | Used with maxAuctions to calculate max results (default: 50) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify proxy configuration |

You must provide either `searchKeywords` or `auctionUrls` (or both).

For keyword search, the maximum number of results returned is `maxAuctions * maxLotsPerAuction` (default: 500).

### Output

Each result in the dataset represents a single auction lot:

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `auctionId` | number | HiBid auction ID (available for catalog/lot detail scraping) |
| `auctionTitle` | string | Auction name (available for catalog/lot detail scraping) |
| `auctioneerName` | string | Auctioneer/company name |
| `auctionUrl` | string | URL to the auction catalog |
| `auctionType` | string | e.g., "Online Only Auction", "Live Webcast" |
| `auctionStartDate` | string | Auction start date |
| `auctionEndDate` | string | Auction end date |
| `location` | string | Physical address (available for catalog/lot detail scraping) |
| `lotNumber` | string | Lot number (may be alphanumeric, e.g., "51r") |
| `lotTitle` | string | Lot title/name |
| `lotDescription` | string | Full lot description (available for lot detail scraping) |
| `currentBid` | number | Current bid amount |
| `currency` | string | Currency code (USD, CAD, GBP, EUR) |
| `bidCount` | number | Number of bids |
| `images` | string\[] | Array of image URLs (thumbnail for search, full gallery for lot detail) |
| `category` | string | Breadcrumb category path (available for lot detail scraping) |
| `lotUrl` | string | Direct URL to the lot on HiBid |

### Example output

#### Keyword search result

```json
{
    "auctionId": 0,
    "auctionTitle": "",
    "auctioneerName": "",
    "auctionUrl": "",
    "auctionType": "",
    "auctionStartDate": "",
    "auctionEndDate": "",
    "location": "",
    "lotNumber": "37",
    "lotTitle": "MINOLTA X-700 CAMERA W/ BAG & ACCESSORIES",
    "lotDescription": "",
    "currentBid": 77.5,
    "currency": "USD",
    "bidCount": 5,
    "images": [
        "https://cdn.hibid.com/img.axd?id=8285960850&wid=&rwl=false&p=&ext=&w=0&h=0&t=&lp=&c=true&wt=false&sz=MAX&checksum=N8Wc6aE2qQygycTkwVcZ0WQXo6As5MtW&h=350&w=350"
    ],
    "category": "",
    "lotUrl": "https://hibid.com/lot/284341083/minolta-x-700-camera-w--bag-and-accessories?ref=lot-list"
}
```

#### Catalog/lot detail result

```json
{
    "auctionId": 713508,
    "auctionTitle": "Random Junk & Stuff Online Auction",
    "auctioneerName": "",
    "auctionUrl": "https://hibid.com/catalog/713508/random-junk-and-stuff-online-auction",
    "auctionType": "Online Only Auction",
    "auctionStartDate": "",
    "auctionEndDate": "",
    "location": "2325 NW Clay St. Topeka, KS 66618",
    "lotNumber": "12",
    "lotTitle": "1974 dollar",
    "lotDescription": "",
    "currentBid": 3,
    "currency": "USD",
    "bidCount": 0,
    "images": [
        "https://cdn.hibid.com/img.axd?id=8282525893&wid=&rwl=false&p=&ext=&w=720&h=720&t=&lp=&c=true&wt=false&checksum=JqGwu%2fyj%2fEykTS7Yn9O%2b06htxGQtLfQJ"
    ],
    "category": "Lots > Coins & Currency > Coins > US > Dollars",
    "lotUrl": "https://hibid.com/lot/284765915/1974-dollar?ref=catalog"
}
```

### Use cases

- Market research and price tracking across auction categories
- Monitoring specific auction houses or item types
- Building datasets of collectibles, antiques, coins, and other auctioned goods
- Competitive analysis for auction sellers

# Actor input Schema

## `searchKeywords` (type: `string`):

Search terms to find auctions (e.g., 'coins', 'antiques', 'furniture')

## `auctionUrls` (type: `array`):

Direct hibid.com auction or catalog URLs to scrape

## `category` (type: `string`):

Filter by category

## `location` (type: `string`):

Location or zip code for proximity-based search

## `distanceMiles` (type: `integer`):

Search radius in miles from location (25, 50, 100, 250, or 500)

## `auctionStatus` (type: `string`):

Filter auctions by status

## `maxAuctions` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of auctions to scrape

## `maxLotsPerAuction` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of lots to scrape per auction

## `detailLevel` (type: `string`):

Fast: extract from search tiles only (no auction details). Full: visit each lot page for complete auction info, description, images, and category.

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

Apify proxy configuration

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchKeywords": "coins",
  "distanceMiles": 100,
  "auctionStatus": "open",
  "maxAuctions": 5,
  "maxLotsPerAuction": 10,
  "detailLevel": "fast"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `lotResults` (type: `string`):

Scraped auction lot data from HiBid.com including auction info, lot details, bid data, images, and categories.

# 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 = {
    "searchKeywords": "coins"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("zcamper/hibidactor").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 = { "searchKeywords": "coins" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("zcamper/hibidactor").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 '{
  "searchKeywords": "coins"
}' |
apify call zcamper/hibidactor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/UeT5dO8x7ZArgOEK5/builds/pFfxWcHMUIOofD2PG/openapi.json