Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Scraper
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Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Scraper
Scrape heavy equipment auction listings from Ritchie Bros Auctioneers (rbauction.com). Extract lot details across all equipment categories including excavators, wheel loaders, cranes, tractors, and more — without an account or proxy.
What it does
- Discovers up to 1,801 equipment categories via the rbauction.com sitemap
- Extracts all lots from each category with full pagination (
?from=N) - Returns 36 structured fields per lot: manufacturer, model, year, serial number, usage hours, auction dates, location, prices, and condition flags
- No login required — all listing data is publicly accessible
Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
maxItems |
integer | Maximum number of lots to scrape. Leave blank to scrape all. |
categories |
array | List of category slugs to scrape (e.g. ["excavators", "wheel-loaders"]). Leave blank to scrape all 1,801 categories. |
startUrls |
array | Optional list of specific rbauction.com category or lot URLs. Overrides categories when provided. |
Example input
{
"maxItems": 100,
"categories": ["excavators", "wheel-loaders", "crawler-dozers"]
}
Output
Each item in the dataset represents one auction lot:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
lot_id |
Lot item number |
asset_id |
Asset GUID |
url |
Direct URL to the lot page |
title |
Full equipment description |
manufacturer |
Equipment manufacturer |
model |
Equipment model |
year |
Year of manufacture |
serial_number |
Serial number |
usage_hours |
Usage hours |
category |
Equipment category |
asset_type |
Asset type (localized) |
industry |
Primary industry |
lot_number |
Auction lot number |
buying_format |
Buying format (auction, buy now, etc.) |
buying_platform |
Buying platform |
auction_name |
Auction / sale event name |
auction_date |
Auction start date (ISO 8601) |
auction_end_date |
Auction end date (ISO 8601) |
location_city |
Equipment location city |
location_state |
Equipment location state/province |
location_country |
Equipment location country |
location_region |
Regional location label |
location_coordinates |
Lat/lon as "lat,lon" string |
start_price |
Starting bid price |
price_currency |
Price currency code |
image_url |
Primary equipment image URL |
is_unused |
Whether the equipment is new/unused |
is_in_yard |
Whether the equipment is in a yard |
is_ironclad_assured |
Whether covered by IronClad Assurance |
inoperable |
Whether the equipment is inoperable |
inspection_status |
Inspection status |
quick_response_id |
Quick response / lot reference ID |
catalogue_notes |
Catalogue notes from seller |
listing_status |
Current listing status (New, Open, Preview) |
is_online_bidding |
Whether online bidding is enabled |
scraped_at |
ISO 8601 timestamp when the record was scraped |
Technical notes
- Uses Chrome TLS fingerprinting (impit) to clear Cloudflare's fingerprint gate — no proxy needed
- Discovery:
/sitemaps/searchyields 1,801 category slugs - Data is fully embedded in Next.js
__NEXT_DATA__on server-rendered pages - Pagination:
?from=Nparameter, 60 records per page - Concurrency: 5 parallel requests with automatic rate-limit handling