A quick and easy tutorial to scrape car details from cars.com based on location, new/used cars, deal rating, year, make, model,and trim.

cars.json

{  
   "_id":"cars",
   "startUrl":[  
      "https://www.cars.com/for-sale/searchresults.action/?mdId=22162&mkId=20053&page=1&perPage=20&rd=10&searchSource=GN_REFINEMENT&shippable-dealers-checkbox=true&showMore=false&sort=relevance&stkTypId=28881&trId=24731&trId=24209&yrId=35797618&yrId=36362520&zc=20005&localVehicles=false"
   ],
   "selectors":[  
      {  
         "id":"car_links",
         "type":"SelectorElementClick",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "_root"
         ],
         "selector":"a.shop-srp-listings__listing",
         "multiple":true,
         "delay":"6000",
         "clickElementSelector":"a.button.next-page",
         "clickType":"clickMore",
         "discardInitialElements":"do-not-discard",
         "clickElementUniquenessType":"uniqueText"
      },
      {  
         "id":"car_page",
         "type":"SelectorLink",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_links"
         ],
         "selector":"_parent_",
         "multiple":false,
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"product_name",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"h1.cui-heading-2--secondary",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"price",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"span.vehicle-info__price-display",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"mileage",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"div.vdp-cap-price__mileage--mobile",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"sold_by",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"div.page-section--seller-details h2.page-section__title",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"location",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"a.get-directions-link__link",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"rating",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"div.rating__seller-details-top--reviews-text p.rating__link",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"\\(([^)]+)\\)",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"no_of_reviews",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"a.rating__link--has-reviews-count",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"fuel_type",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"li.vdp-details-basics__item:nth-of-type(1) span",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"city_mpg",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"li.vdp-details-basics__item:nth-of-type(3) span",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"highway_mpg",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"li.vdp-details-basics__item:nth-of-type(5) span",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"drivetrain",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"li.vdp-details-basics__item:nth-of-type(7) span",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"engine",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"li.vdp-details-basics__item:nth-of-type(9) span",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"exterior_color",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"li.vdp-details-basics__item:nth-of-type(2) span",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"interior_color",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"li.vdp-details-basics__item:nth-of-type(4) span",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"stock",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"li.vdp-details-basics__item:nth-of-type(6) span",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"transmission",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"li.vdp-details-basics__item:nth-of-type(8) span",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"vin",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"li.vdp-details-basics__item:nth-of-type(10) span",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"",
         "delay":0
      },
      {  
         "id":"contact_info",
         "type":"SelectorText",
         "parentSelectors":[  
            "car_page"
         ],
         "selector":"div.vdp-cap-seller-exp__phone",
         "multiple":false,
         "regex":"[\\+]?[(]?[0-9]{3}[)]?[-\\s\\.]?[0-9]{3}[-\\s\\.]?[0-9]{4,6}",
         "delay":0
      }
   ]
}

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