Gumtree Cars (AU) Data Parser & API
Gumtree Cars is Australia’s largest consumer-to-consumer classifieds platform — its network carries 2M+ live listings and reaches 5M+ Australians a month — and Carapis can extract its private and dealer used-car listings through one REST API. Owned by the Australian Gumtree Group, it shares inventory with CarsGuide and Autotrader AU, making it the deepest source of private-seller car data in the country.
On request — not in the live feed today. We do not continuously crawl Gumtree Cars (AU) right now. Activation takes 2–3 weeks of engineering and is quoted per source, because each one ships with dedicated proxies, anti-bot tuning and ongoing maintenance. Ask us to add it.
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Type | Classifieds |
| Owner | Gumtree Group |
| Vehicle types | used, private, dealer, moto |
| Monthly visits | part of 5M+/mo AU network |
| Active listings | 2M+ live listings (all categories) |
| API access | No public API (parse-only) |
| Parse priority | ★★★☆☆ |
| Official site | www.gumtree.com.au |
What is Gumtree Cars (AU)?
Gumtree Cars is the automotive section of Gumtree Australia, the country’s leading general classifieds site. It is overwhelmingly a consumer-to-consumer (C2C) channel — private sellers list used cars and motorcycles directly — alongside some dealer inventory. Gumtree is part of the Gumtree Group, which runs Gumtree, CarsGuide and Autotrader AU as one network carrying 2M+ live listings across all categories.
Market Position
The Gumtree Group network (Gumtree + CarsGuide + Autotrader AU) reaches 5M+ Australians per month with $3B+ in monthly gross listing volume and 2M+ live listings — the #2 automotive cluster behind carsales. Gumtree is the private-seller heavyweight of that network: it captures C2C used-car supply that dealer-led portals miss. Because the three brands share inventory, Gumtree is the natural complement to carsales for full-market Australian coverage.
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 Gumtree Cars (AU) 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.
As a C2C-heavy source, Gumtree’s value is breadth of private-seller listings — the long tail of the Australian used-car market that complements dealer portals.
API Quick Start
Python
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
params={"source": "gumtree-au", "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
- Market research — the deepest private-seller pool in AU; track the C2C long tail. See market research.
- Pricing intelligence — private asking prices complement dealer retail data for dealers.
- Import / export — source private listings for vehicle sourcing. See import & export.