Guide · scraper or API

# An Encar, Che168 or Copart scraper — or a ready API

There are three ways to get Encar, Che168, Copart and IAAI data: write your own scraper, run a cloud scraper, or connect an API with the data already collected. Here is what each one takes and when each one is the better choice, with no invented prices.

GET`/v1/cars/encar:43082263`

```json
{
  "id": "encar:43082263",
  "title": "2020 Kia K5 3 Gen 1.6 Turbo Noblesse",
  "year": 2020,
  "mileage_km": 70024,
  "price": {
    "amount": "17700000.00",
    "currency": "KRW"
  },
  "price_usd": "13180.40",
  "location": {
    "country": "KR",
    "region": "Incheon",
    "city": null
  },
  "photo_count": 4,
  …
}
```

200 OK · a real record from the catalog

## Three ways, point by point

|   | Your own scraper | A cloud scraper | apiauto.space |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Getting started | Development for each platform | Configuring a ready script (e.g. an Apify actor) | A key from the bot and an HTTP request |
| Blocks, captchas, proxies | Your problem | Usually the service's, you pay for runs and traffic | Not yours: requests go to our API |
| Source site changes | The scraper breaks and needs fixing | Wait for the scraper update | We fix it; the /v1 format does not change |
| Data format | Your own per platform | Each scraper's own | One schema for Korea, China and the USA; source fields in raw |
| Makes and models | Translate Korean and Chinese spellings yourself | As on the source site | The same Latin names in every market |
| Photos | Download and store them yourself | The source's links | Served by our server through signed links |
| New cars and prices | Diff the dumps yourself | Diff the dumps yourself | The /v1/changes feed |
| Coverage | Any fields and platforms | Whatever the scraper supports | Record fields and raw, three markets |
| Cost | Developer time, servers, proxies, upkeep | Paying for runs and traffic | from $59 a month per market, quota in cars |

## When your own scraper is better

- You need a platform we do not have: Dongchedi, Guazi, K Car, Korean auctions.
- You need the archive of past US auctions, final prices and sale history — we serve only upcoming lots.
- You need fields that are neither in the record nor in `raw` .
- You need data fresher than hourly.
- You want to resell the data: with us that takes an Enterprise agreement.

## When an API pays off

- You need a catalog on a site or in a Telegram bot, not a separate project of keeping scrapers alive.
- You need two or three markets at once, in one schema: Encar, Che168 and US auctions.
- Nobody is there to fix a scraper after every platform change.
- You need photos without your own storage, and a feed of new cars and price drops.

## If the task reads “scrape Encar for my site”

Such a task can go to a developer as an API integration: instead of a scraper, requests to `/v1/cars` with filters on a schedule or when a visitor opens the catalog, and the `/v1/changes` feed for new cars. Examples in curl, Python, JavaScript and PHP are in the [documentation](https://apiauto.space/en/docs/#quick-start); each source's fields are on the [Encar](https://apiauto.space/en/encar-api/), [Che168](https://apiauto.space/en/che168-api/) and [Copart and IAAI](https://apiauto.space/en/copart-iaai-api/) pages.

## Check it in five minutes

1. Take a demo key in the bot: one day, 100 requests, all three markets, free.
2. Send `GET /v1/cars?market=kr&limit=20` with the key in the `X-API-Key` header.
3. Compare the answer with what your scraper returns: fields, photos, freshness ( `X-Data-Age-Seconds` ).

## Frequently asked questions

### 01How much does an Encar scraper cost?

It depends on the volume and requirements; we do not quote others' prices. Count not only development but proxies, a server, photo storage and repairs after site changes — those are recurring costs.

### 02Can I combine a scraper and the API?

Yes: take three markets from the API in one schema and keep your own scraper only for a platform we do not have.

### 03Is there a free plan?

There is a demo: one day, 100 requests, all three markets. There is no permanent free plan; paid plans start at $59 a month.

### 04What happens when a platform changes its site?

We fix the copy, and the answer format within /v1 stays the same: fields are never removed or renamed.

## Other APIs and guides

- [Source API **Encar API**](https://apiauto.space/en/encar-api/)
- [Source API **Che168 API**](https://apiauto.space/en/che168-api/)
- [Source API **Copart and IAAI API**](https://apiauto.space/en/copart-iaai-api/)
- [Guide **A used-car catalog for an importer's site**](https://apiauto.space/en/importers/)
- [Developers **Documentation**](https://apiauto.space/en/docs/)

## Get a test key

- One day and 100 requests free, no card
- All three markets — Korea, China and the USA — and the change feed
- The key arrives in Telegram within a minute — no forms, no calls

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Page: https://apiauto.space/en/parser-vs-api/