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Bilbasen Metadata API Documentation

GET https://scrappa.co/api/bilbasen/metadata

One cached call returns the category and make taxonomy, the self-describing search filters, and the Bilbasen sort orders. A cached serve makes no upstream lookup.

Bilbasen Metadata API Documentation 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/bilbasen/metadata
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "metadata": {
            "taxonomy": {
                "categories": [
                    {
                        "key": "bil/",
                        "name": "Personbil"
                    }
                ],
                "makes": [
                    {
                        "key": "abarth/",
...

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/bilbasen/metadata",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
PHP
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/bilbasen/metadata');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
JavaScript
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/bilbasen/metadata', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
JavaScript
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/bilbasen/metadata',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/bilbasen/metadata")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
Python
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/bilbasen/metadata", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
Python
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/bilbasen/metadata', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
Java
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/bilbasen/metadata")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
Go
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/bilbasen/metadata", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Terminal
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/bilbasen/metadata"
C#
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/bilbasen/metadata"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
TypeScript
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/bilbasen/metadata',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
RUST
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/bilbasen/metadata")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

success data meta
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "metadata": {
            "taxonomy": {
                "categories": [
                    {
                        "key": "bil/",
                        "name": "Personbil"
                    }
                ],
                "makes": [
                    {
                        "key": "abarth/",
                        "name": "Abarth"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "filters": [
                {
                    "key": "Category",
                    "type": "ComboBox",
                    "name": "Kategori"
                }
            ],
            "sort_options": [
                {
                    "key": "price",
                    "order": "asc",
                    "label": "Pris: Billigst f\u00f8rst"
                },
                {
                    "key": "price",
                    "order": "desc",
                    "label": "Pris: Dyrest f\u00f8rst"
                },
                {
                    "key": "date",
                    "order": "desc",
                    "label": "Liggetid: Nyeste f\u00f8rst"
                },
                {
                    "key": "date",
                    "order": "asc",
                    "label": "Liggetid: \u00c6ldste f\u00f8rst"
                },
                {
                    "key": "kml",
                    "order": "desc",
                    "label": "Km/l"
                },
                {
                    "key": "distance",
                    "order": "asc",
                    "label": "Afstand til s\u00e6lger",
                    "requires_location": true
                },
                {
                    "key": "mileage",
                    "order": "asc",
                    "label": "Km: Lavest kilometertal"
                },
                {
                    "key": "mileage",
                    "order": "desc",
                    "label": "Km: H\u00f8jest kilometertal"
                },
                {
                    "key": "year",
                    "order": "desc",
                    "label": "Model\u00e5r: Nyeste f\u00f8rst"
                },
                {
                    "key": "year",
                    "order": "asc",
                    "label": "Model\u00e5r: \u00c6ldst f\u00f8rst"
                },
                {
                    "key": "make",
                    "order": "asc",
                    "label": "M\u00e6rke/model"
                },
                {
                    "key": "hk",
                    "order": "desc",
                    "label": "Hestekr\u00e6fter"
                },
                {
                    "key": "moth",
                    "order": "asc",
                    "label": "Ejerafgift"
                },
                {
                    "key": "batterycapacity",
                    "order": "asc",
                    "label": "Batterikapacitet: Mindst f\u00f8rst"
                },
                {
                    "key": "batterycapacity",
                    "order": "desc",
                    "label": "Batterikapacitet: H\u00f8jest f\u00f8rst"
                },
                {
                    "key": "electricmotorrange",
                    "order": "asc",
                    "label": "R\u00e6kkevidde: Mindst f\u00f8rst"
                },
                {
                    "key": "electricmotorrange",
                    "order": "desc",
                    "label": "R\u00e6kkevidde: H\u00f8jest f\u00f8rst"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "endpoint_family": "metadata"
    }
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

Listing Not Found

The requested listing is no longer available. This response is not billable.

Validation Error

A public parameter or range is invalid. This response is not billable.

Invalid Source Response

The marketplace returned an invalid response. This response is not billable.

Service Unavailable

The service could not obtain a complete result. This response is not billable.

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