# /machinerytrader/listings/search

`POST /api/machinerytrader/listings/search`

Price: 20 credits

Search MachineryTrader construction equipment listings by keyword, category, manufacturer, condition, year, price, hours, location and posting date: each with asking price, key specs, photos, seller and location.

## How to use it

Find equipment for sale and shortlist it before fetching full records with machinerytrader/listings. One filter combination reaches at most 9,996 listings, so split a broad search by category, manufacturer or year to cover more.

## Parameters

- `access-token` (string, required)

## Request body

- `timeout` (integer) — Max scrapping execution timeout (in seconds) (default: 300; min: 20; max: 1500)
- `keyword` (string, nullable) — Free-text keyword matched against listings (minLength: 1)
- `category_ids` (array) — Numeric category ids as used in the site's category URLs; several are OR-ed (default: [])
- `manufacturers` (array) — Manufacturer names as the site spells them, upper-case; several are OR-ed (default: [])
- `condition` (string, nullable) — Listing condition (one of: "new", "used", "salvaged", "dismantled")
- `states` (array) — US states or Canadian provinces, upper-case full names; several are OR-ed (default: [])
- `countries` (array) — Countries; several are OR-ed (default: []; one of: "Albania", "Argentina", "Armenia", "Australia", "Austria", "Belgium", "Bolivia", "Bosnia-Herzegovina", "Brazil", "Canada", "Chile", "China", "Colombia", "Costa Rica", "Croatia", "Cyprus", "Czech Republic", "Denmark", "Dominican Republic", "Ecuador", "Egypt", "El Salvador", "Estonia", "Finland", "France", "Georgia", "Germany", "Ghana", "Greece", "Guatemala", "Guinea", "Guyana", "Honduras", "Hong Kong", "Hungary", "India", "Indonesia", "Ireland", "Israel", "Italy", "Jamaica", "Japan", "Jordan", "Kazakhstan", "Kenya", "Latvia", "Lithuania", "Luxembourg", "Macedonia", "Madagascar", "Malaysia", "Malta", "Mexico", "Monaco", "Mongolia", "Netherlands Antilles", "New Caledonia", "New Zealand", "Norway", "Panama", "Papua New Guinea", "Paraguay", "Peru", "Poland", "Portugal", "Romania", "Saudi Arabia", "Serbia", "Singapore", "Slovakia", "Slovenia", "South Africa", "South Korea", "Spain", "Suriname", "Sweden", "Switzerland", "Taiwan", "Tanzania", "Thailand", "The Bahamas", "The Netherlands", "The Philippines", "Trinidad and Tobago", "Turkey", "USA", "United Arab Emirates", "United Kingdom", "Uruguay", "Zambia")
- `year_min` (integer, nullable) — Earliest model year (min: 1800; max: 2100)
- `year_max` (integer, nullable) — Latest model year (min: 1800; max: 2100)
- `price_min` (number, nullable) — Lowest asking price (min: 0)
- `price_max` (number, nullable) — Highest asking price (min: 0)
- `listed_after` (string, nullable) — Only listings posted on or after this date (format: date)
- `listed_before` (string, nullable) — Only listings posted on or before this date (format: date)
- `serial_number` (string, nullable) — Serial number or VIN (minLength: 1)
- `count` (integer, required) — Max number of listings to return (min: 1; max: 9996)
- `sort` (string) — Result ordering (default: "best_match"; one of: "best_match", "price_low_to_high", "price_high_to_low", "year_old_to_new", "year_new_to_old", "hours_low_to_high", "hours_high_to_low", "recently_added", "recently_updated", "manufacturer", "model", "serial_number", "stock_number")
- `listing_type` (string, nullable) — Sale, rental, lease or upcoming auction (one of: "for_sale", "for_rent", "for_lease", "upcoming_auction")
- `hours_min` (number, nullable) — Lowest meter hours (min: 0)
- `hours_max` (number, nullable) — Highest meter hours (min: 0)
- `horsepower_min` (number, nullable) — Lowest engine horsepower (min: 0)
- `horsepower_max` (number, nullable) — Highest engine horsepower (min: 0)
- `operating_weight_min` (number, nullable) — Lowest operating weight (min: 0)
- `operating_weight_max` (number, nullable) — Highest operating weight (min: 0)
- `rops_types` (array) — Operator protection structure (default: []; one of: "Enclosed", "Open", "None")
- `drives` (array) — Drive configuration as the site writes it (default: []; examples: ["4WD"])
- `is_certified` (boolean, nullable) — true keeps only certified listings; false is rejected, omit the field instead
- `stock_number` (string, nullable) — Dealer stock number (minLength: 1)

## Response

### 200 — Successful Response

- `@type` (string) (default: "MachinerytraderListingCard")
- `id` (string, required)
- `url` (string, nullable)
- `year` (integer, nullable)
- `manufacturer` (string, nullable)
- `model` (string, nullable)
- `condition` (string, nullable)
- `listing_type` (string, nullable)
- `category_id` (string, nullable)
- `category` (string, nullable)
- `price` (number, nullable)
- `price_text` (string, nullable)
- `price_label` (string, nullable)
- `price_options` (array) (default: [])
  - `@type` (string) (default: "ListingPriceOption")
  - `group` (string, nullable)
  - `name` (string, nullable)
  - `price_text` (string, required)
- `currency` (string, nullable)
- `serial_number` (string, nullable)
- `description` (string, nullable)
- `updated_at` (integer, nullable)
- `image` (string, nullable)
- `images` (array) (default: [])
- `image_count` (integer, nullable)
- `video_count` (integer, nullable)
- `is_featured` (boolean, nullable)
- `is_premium` (boolean, nullable)
- `external_id` (string, nullable)
- `seller` (object, nullable)
  - `@type` (string) (default: "ListingSeller")
  - `name` (string, nullable)
  - `parent_account_name` (string, nullable)
  - `address` (string, nullable)
  - `contact_name` (string, nullable)
  - `phone` (string, nullable)
  - `phone_e164` (string, nullable)
  - `website_url` (string, nullable)
  - `dealer_id` (string, nullable)
  - `company_id` (string, nullable)
  - `crm_id` (string, nullable)
  - `group_id` (string, nullable)
- `location` (object, nullable)
  - `@type` (string) (default: "ListingLocation")
  - `address` (string, nullable)
  - `street` (string, nullable)
  - `city` (string, nullable)
  - `state` (string, nullable)
  - `country` (string, nullable)
  - `postal_code` (string, nullable)
  - `latitude` (number, nullable)
  - `longitude` (number, nullable)
- `specs` (array) (default: [])
  - `@type` (string) (default: "ListingSpec")
  - `group` (string, nullable)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `value` (string, required)

## Errors

### 422 — Validation Error

The request body did not validate

What to do: Check the fields against this schema. A URN with the wrong prefix is the most common cause.

- `detail` (array)
  - `loc` (array, required)
  - `msg` (string, required)
  - `type` (string, required)
  - `input` (any)
  - `ctx` (object)

### 408

The request ran past its time limit

What to do: Raise `timeout` in the request body, up to the maximum this endpoint documents. Lowering `count` or turning off the `with_*` flags also helps, because less work finishes sooner.

### 412

The entity was not found, or a precondition failed

What to do: Retrying will not help: either the entity does not exist, or the input points at a different one.

### 429

Too many requests: a rate limit or a usage window is exhausted

What to do: When the response carries an X-Retry-After header, wait that many seconds and retry: the same number is in the body as `detail.retry_after`, and the limit clears once that window passes. The message in the body names the limit that was hit.

### 500

Something broke on our side

What to do: Retrying will not help. If it keeps happening, send us the X-Request-ID from the response headers.

### 529

Rate limit reached, or the endpoint is overloaded

What to do: Wait at least 30 seconds, then retry.

## Response envelope

Success: Array of objects (may be empty if no results)

Error: Error may coexist with partial results if it occurs mid-execution. Check X-Error header and status code.

Every response carries these headers:

- `X-Error` — Error message text (present only on error)
- `X-Request-ID` — Unique request identifier
- `X-Execution-Time` — Execution time in seconds
- `X-Result-Count` — How many records the body carries. 0 means an empty result, which is a normal answer and not by itself an error. A non-zero count can come back together with X-Error when the failure happened partway through — read this header and X-Error independently.
- `X-Total-Available-Results` — How many records exist for this query, when the endpoint can say. On a `dry_run` request this is the answer and the body is empty. It saturates: the endpoint's documented maximum means 'at least that many', any smaller number is exact.
- `X-Warning` — Present when the request body carried keys this endpoint does not document. They were ignored, so any filter you meant to apply through them did not apply. Check the spelling against this schema and retry.
- `X-Retry-After` — Seconds to wait before retrying. Present only on 429.