# WineBid Scraper - Wine Auction Lots & Prices (`lulzasaur/winebid-scraper`) Actor

Scrape live wine auction lots from WineBid.com. Get producer, vintage, current bid, critic scores, bottle size, close time, image, and listing URL. Scrape the current auction, a specific auction ID, or a keyword search. Great for wine collectors, resellers, and price trackers.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/winebid-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## WineBid Scraper - Wine Auction Lots & Prices

Scrape live wine auction lots from [WineBid.com](https://www.winebid.com), the largest online wine auction marketplace (~7,800 lots per weekly auction). Get structured data on every lot: producer, vintage, current bid, critic scores, bottle size, close time, image, and direct listing URL.

Perfect for **wine collectors**, **resellers / arbitrage hunters**, **price-tracking apps**, and **market researchers**.

### What it does

WineBid's auction index is a JavaScript shell, but the deep auction and lot pages are server-rendered. This Actor reads those SSR pages directly with a fast HTTP (Cheerio) crawler — no headless browser needed.

You can run it in three modes:

1. **Current auction** (default) — leave everything empty; the Actor resolves the active auction ID from the homepage and scrapes its lots.
2. **Specific auction** — pass an `auctionId` (e.g., `1717250`) to scrape that auction.
3. **Keyword search** — pass a `searchQuery` (e.g., `Screaming Eagle`, `Bordeaux`, `Champagne`) to scrape matching lots across auctions.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `searchQuery` | string | Keyword to search lots. Leave empty to scrape an auction. |
| `auctionId` | string | Specific auction ID. Ignored if `searchQuery` is set. Empty + no keyword = current auction. |
| `maxResults` | integer | Max lots to scrape (default 50, `0` = unlimited up to 5000). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Optional proxy settings (recommended for large runs). |

#### Example input

```json
{
    "searchQuery": "Screaming Eagle",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}
```

### Output

Each item in the dataset represents one lot:

```json
{
    "lotId": "10789127",
    "lotNumber": "10789127",
    "producer": "Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon",
    "vintage": "2023",
    "varietalRegion": "2023 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon",
    "currentBid": 2150,
    "criticScore": "JD 100",
    "bottleSize": null,
    "closeTime": "4 days LEFT",
    "listingUrl": "https://www.winebid.com/BuyWine/Item/10789127/2023-Screaming-Eagle-Cabernet-Sauvignon",
    "imageUrl": "https://www.winebid.com/Photo/Small/2514320",
    "searchQuery": "Screaming Eagle",
    "auctionId": null,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

#### Output fields

- `lotId` / `lotNumber` — WineBid item identifier
- `producer` — wine / producer name (vintage and size stripped out)
- `vintage` — vintage year (or `NV`)
- `varietalRegion` — full wine name as listed (varietal/region hint)
- `currentBid` — current high bid in USD
- `criticScore` — critic + score when present (e.g. `JD 100`, `RP 98`)
- `bottleSize` — bottle format when present (e.g. `750ml`, `1.5L`, `Magnum`)
- `closeTime` — time remaining text (e.g. `4 days LEFT`)
- `listingUrl` — direct lot page URL
- `imageUrl` — lot photo URL
- `scrapedAt` — ISO timestamp

### Notes

- Respects WineBid's public pages; use proxy + reasonable `maxResults` for large pulls.
- WineBid runs weekly auctions; lot availability and bids change continuously.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Keyword to search WineBid lots (e.g., 'Screaming Eagle', 'Bordeaux', 'Champagne'). Leave empty to scrape an auction instead.

## `auctionId` (type: `string`):

Scrape all lots from a specific WineBid auction ID (e.g., '1717250'). Ignored if a Search Keyword is set. If both are empty, the current/active auction is resolved automatically from the homepage.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of lots to scrape. Set to 0 for unlimited (up to 5000). Default is 50.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Not required for basic scraping but recommended for large-scale runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "Screaming Eagle",
  "auctionId": "",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQuery": "Screaming Eagle"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/winebid-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchQuery": "Screaming Eagle" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/winebid-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQuery": "Screaming Eagle"
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/winebid-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/winebid-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/wQqbBpFVXwKiVOZ41/builds/havPlTiRWZpZzUQ38/openapi.json