Why Scrape Catawiki?

Catawiki is a prominent online auction platform for unique items, known for offering a wide range of categories such as art, jewellery, stamps, watches, and classic cars. With a vast array of products, spanning from the vintage to the contemporary, the site has become a popular marketplace for buyers and sellers from all around the globe.

The value of scraping Catawiki data extends beyond mere curiosity. The platform's rich, diverse, and dynamic dataset can offer invaluable insights into the world of auctions, from understanding pricing trends and buyer behaviour to tracking the value of rare items over time. This information can help businesses make data-driven decisions and develop competitive strategies in the auction industry.

What Will We Scrape?

We will focus on scraping the following product data from Catawiki:

  • Product ID
  • Auction title and subtitle
  • Product images
  • Seller details
  • Auction start time
  • Reserve price status
  • Bidding history

Example for Scraping Auction Data from Catawiki

Request

curl --location --request GET 'https://autom.dev/api/v1/catawiki/product?query=https://www.catawiki.com/fr/l/70153323-rolex-sea-dweller-deepsea-blue-james-cameron-116660-homme-2015' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <token>'
curl --location --request GET 'https://autom.dev/api/v1/catawiki/product?query=https://www.catawiki.com/fr/l/70153323-rolex-sea-dweller-deepsea-blue-james-cameron-116660-homme-2015' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <token>'

Response

{
  "id": 70153323,
  "title": "Rolex - Sea-Dweller Deepsea Blue 'James Cameron' - 116660 - Homme - 2015",
  "subtitle": "Mouvement automatique - Acier - Certificat d'authenticité",
  "originalImageUrl": "https://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/2023/2/9/1/7/d/17d9c7a3-e772-442a-86fe-276bb4c46eb1.jpg",
  "seller": {
    "country_code": "hk",
    "shop_name": "Winfast"
  },
  "biddingStartTime": "2023-05-04T10:00:00+00:00",
  "reservePriceSet": true,
  "biddingHistory": [
    {
      "id": 279337725,
      "amount": 10800,
      "currency_code": "EUR"
    }
    // ...more bids
  ],
  "highestBidders": [
    "49785065405197f438f471ddcceab347d820689e"
    // ...more bidder tokens
  ],
  "shipping": {
    "combined_shipping_allowed": true,
    "delivery_methods": ["pickup", "ship"],
    "destination_country": {
      "name": "France",
      "short_code": "fr"
    },
    "estimated_delivery_times": [
      {
        "from_days": 4,
        "to_days": 16
      }
    ],
    "extra_insurance": false,
    "is_pickup_only": false,
    "is_pickup_preferable": false,
    "payment_methods": [
      {
        "name": "mastercard",
        "label": "MasterCard"
      },
      {
        "name": "visa",
        "label": "Visa"
      }
      // ...more payment methods
    ],
    "rates": [
      {
        "region_code": "hk",
        "region_name": "Hong Kong",
        "price": 0,
        "currency_code": "EUR"
      }
      // ...more rates
    ]
  }
}
{
  "id": 70153323,
  "title": "Rolex - Sea-Dweller Deepsea Blue 'James Cameron' - 116660 - Homme - 2015",
  "subtitle": "Mouvement automatique - Acier - Certificat d'authenticité",
  "originalImageUrl": "https://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/2023/2/9/1/7/d/17d9c7a3-e772-442a-86fe-276bb4c46eb1.jpg",
  "seller": {
    "country_code": "hk",
    "shop_name": "Winfast"
  },
  "biddingStartTime": "2023-05-04T10:00:00+00:00",
  "reservePriceSet": true,
  "biddingHistory": [
    {
      "id": 279337725,
      "amount": 10800,
      "currency_code": "EUR"
    }
    // ...more bids
  ],
  "highestBidders": [
    "49785065405197f438f471ddcceab347d820689e"
    // ...more bidder tokens
  ],
  "shipping": {
    "combined_shipping_allowed": true,
    "delivery_methods": ["pickup", "ship"],
    "destination_country": {
      "name": "France",
      "short_code": "fr"
    },
    "estimated_delivery_times": [
      {
        "from_days": 4,
        "to_days": 16
      }
    ],
    "extra_insurance": false,
    "is_pickup_only": false,
    "is_pickup_preferable": false,
    "payment_methods": [
      {
        "name": "mastercard",
        "label": "MasterCard"
      },
      {
        "name": "visa",
        "label": "Visa"
      }
      // ...more payment methods
    ],
    "rates": [
      {
        "region_code": "hk",
        "region_name": "Hong Kong",
        "price": 0,
        "currency_code": "EUR"
      }
      // ...more rates
    ]
  }
}