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CarGurus Search API Documentation

GET https://scrappa.co/api/cargurus/v1/search?make_model_trim_paths=m26%2Fd126&distance=50000&sort=best_match

Search US CarGurus listings with make/model paths, price range, distance and sorting. Every listing carries the CarGurus deal rating, the price against the CarGurus Instant Market Value where the listing publishes it, mileage, engine, transmission, drivetrain, colours, images, the equipment list and the seller record. Pagination follows the CarGurus page counter; a page past the last result returns an empty listings array and has_more false.

CarGurus Search API Documentation 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/cargurus/v1/search?make_model_trim_paths=m26%2Fd126&distance=50000&sort=best_match
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "listings": [
            {
                "listing_id": 457265465,
                "listing_title": "1993 GMC Suburban",
                "listing_url": "https://www.cargurus.com/details/457265465",
                "vin": "1GKGK26N8PJ702664",
                "year": 1993,
                "make": "GMC",
                "model": "Suburban",
                "price": {
                    "amount": 14995,
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

This endpoint has no required query parameters.

7 optional filters available.

make_model_trim_paths string Optional

CarGurus make/model paths, for example m26/d126 for GMC Suburban. Several paths can be comma-separated.

Example value m26/d126
price_min integer Optional

Optional non-negative minimum price in US dollars.

Example value 10
price_max integer Optional

Optional non-negative maximum price in US dollars. Must be greater than or equal to price_min.

Example value 10
distance integer Optional

Search radius in miles, 1 to 50000. Defaults to 50000 (nationwide).

Example value 50000
sort string Optional

best_match, deal_score, price, mileage, distance or date. Defaults to best_match.

Example value best_match
sort_direction string Optional

asc or desc. Defaults to asc.

Example value example
page integer Optional

Result page, starting at 1. Defaults to 1.

Example value 1

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/cargurus/v1/search?make_model_trim_paths=m26%2Fd126&distance=50000&sort=best_match",
    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/cargurus/v1/search?make_model_trim_paths=m26%2Fd126&distance=50000&sort=best_match');

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/cargurus/v1/search?make_model_trim_paths=m26%2Fd126&distance=50000&sort=best_match', 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/cargurus/v1/search?make_model_trim_paths=m26%2Fd126&distance=50000&sort=best_match',
    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/cargurus/v1/search?make_model_trim_paths=m26%2Fd126&distance=50000&sort=best_match")
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/cargurus/v1/search?make_model_trim_paths=m26%2Fd126&distance=50000&sort=best_match", 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/cargurus/v1/search?make_model_trim_paths=m26%2Fd126&distance=50000&sort=best_match', 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/cargurus/v1/search?make_model_trim_paths=m26%2Fd126&distance=50000&sort=best_match")
        .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/cargurus/v1/search?make_model_trim_paths=m26%2Fd126&distance=50000&sort=best_match", 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/cargurus/v1/search?make_model_trim_paths=m26%2Fd126&distance=50000&sort=best_match"
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/cargurus/v1/search?make_model_trim_paths=m26%2Fd126&distance=50000&sort=best_match"));
            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/cargurus/v1/search?make_model_trim_paths=m26%2Fd126&distance=50000&sort=best_match',
            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/cargurus/v1/search?make_model_trim_paths=m26%2Fd126&distance=50000&sort=best_match")
        .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": {
        "listings": [
            {
                "listing_id": 457265465,
                "listing_title": "1993 GMC Suburban",
                "listing_url": "https://www.cargurus.com/details/457265465",
                "vin": "1GKGK26N8PJ702664",
                "year": 1993,
                "make": "GMC",
                "model": "Suburban",
                "price": {
                    "amount": 14995,
                    "currency": "USD",
                    "localized": "$14,995",
                    "rating": "NA"
                },
                "mileage": {
                    "value": 100474,
                    "unit": "MILES",
                    "localized": "100,474"
                },
                "seller_type": "DEALER"
            }
        ],
        "pagination": {
            "page": 1,
            "page_size": 20,
            "page_count": 1,
            "total": 20,
            "has_more": false
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "endpoint_family": "search",
        "market": "US"
    }
}

Errors

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

Validation Error

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

Unexpected Upstream Response

CarGurus returned an unrecognized response shape. This response is not billable.

Upstream Unavailable

The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.

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