Bobaedream Data Parser & API
Bobaedream is one of South Korea’s oldest car-enthusiast communities and a C2C used-car classifieds site, and Carapis extracts its private-seller listing data — make, model, year, mileage, price and specs — through one REST API. Where Encar and KCar are dealer-driven, Bobaedream carries enthusiast and private-seller inventory, giving a distinct C2C view of the Korean used-car market that Carapis serves without scraping.
Available now. Bobaedream is in the live feed — pull it from /apix/api/vehicles/ with your API key.
| Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Type | Classifieds |
| Owner | Bobaedream Co. |
| Vehicle types | used, private |
| Monthly visits | est. (no published figure) |
| Active listings | — (community-led) |
| API access | No public API (parse-only) |
| Parse priority | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Official site | www.bobaedream.co.kr |
What is Bobaedream?
Bobaedream (보배드림) is a long-running South Korean automotive forum and classifieds platform, combining community discussion with a used-car marketplace. It is best known as a C2C and enthusiast channel — many listings come from private sellers and car enthusiasts rather than licensed dealers — which makes it a complement to the dealer-heavy Encar/KCar/KB Chachacha trio. No official monthly-visit figure is published, but it remains a recognized fixture of Korea’s online car community.
Market Position
Bobaedream occupies the enthusiast and C2C corner of Korea’s used-car landscape, distinct from the three dealer-driven leaders — Encar (~53%), KCar (~21%) and KB Chachacha (~13%) per Consumer Insight 2025. Its value is not raw scale but listing type: private-seller and enthusiast cars (including performance, imported and modified vehicles) that often do not appear on dealer portals. Traffic figures are not officially published, so any number should be treated as an estimate.
What the API returns
Response schema
Indicative — this is the shape, not a guarantee. Every source returns the same structure, so what you build against does not change when you add one. Which fields carry a value depends on the source and on the individual listing: a site that does not publish mileage returns null there, and Bobaedream is no exception.
List — GET /apix/api/vehicles/ — returns 30 fields per vehicle:
idstringsource_codestringbrand_namestringbrand_slugstringmodel_namestringmodel_slugstringtrimstringyearintegerprice_usdintegermileageintegerfuel_typeFuelTypeEnumtransmissionTransmissionEnumbody_typeBodyTypeEnumcolorColorEnumseller_typeSellerTypeEnumregionstringsource_locationobjecthas_accidentbooleanis_new_vehiclebooleanis_verifiedbooleanstatusVehicleStatusEnumis_availablebooleanfirst_seen_atstringlast_seen_atstringthumbVehiclePhotophotosarrayphotos_countintegerhas_valuationbooleanhas_llm_analysisbooleananalysisobject
Detail — GET /apix/api/vehicles/{id}/ — adds 23 more:
generationstringprice_originalstringprice_original_currencystringoriginal_msrpstringengine_ccintegerseat_countintegerdrive_typeDriveTypeEnumhas_simple_repairbooleanhas_recallbooleanrecall_fulfilledbooleanwarranty_typestringinspection_passedbooleanowner_countintegeris_undervaluedbooleanvaluation_scorenumberfeaturesarraydescriptionstringlisting_urlstringlisting_idstringvinstringvehicle_nostringavailability_checked_atstringstatus_changed_atstring
Abbreviated example:
{
"id": "0193f2c1-...",
"source_code": "encar",
"brand_name": "BMW",
"model_name": "320i",
"trim": "M Sport",
"year": 2021,
"price_usd": 28400,
"price_original": "38900000",
"price_original_currency": "KRW",
"mileage": 45000,
"fuel_type": "gasoline",
"transmission": "automatic",
"has_accident": false,
"listing_url": "https://...",
"photos": [{ "url": "https://cdn.carapis.com/..." }],
"first_seen_at": "2026-09-28T11:04:22Z",
"is_available": true
}Which sources you can actually query is answered by GET /apix/api/sources/ with your API key — it is the list your account can pull today, and it is the one to trust over any page on this site.
The standout signal is the C2C, enthusiast-seller mix: Bobaedream surfaces private-party prices and rarer/modified inventory that the dealer portals miss, useful for spotting true private-market pricing in Korea.
API Quick Start
Python
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
params={"source": "bobaedream", "limit": 20},
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
)
for car in resp.json()["results"]:
print(car["make"], car["model"], car["year"], car["price"])Get an API key at my.carapis.com and see the full API reference. Pricing is on the pricing page .
Use Cases
- Pricing intelligence — capture true private-party Korean pricing to complement dealer-portal data for dealers.
- Market research — track C2C and enthusiast inventory the dealer portals miss. See market research.
- Import / export — source rarer or modified Korean vehicles from private sellers. See import & export.