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RUN · 14 active pipelines · hgrinc.com live

Surplus machinery data,
at warehouse scale.

We extract used equipment listings, CNC machinery specs, clearance pricing, and warehouse location data from HGR Industrial Surplus. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3, BigQuery, or Snowflake on your cadence.

Inventory extracted
128K /day
Price updates
34K /24h
New arrivals
1.2K /run
Active pipelines
14
Uptime
99.94%
Data Dictionary

Every field we extract from hgrinc.com

Structured, schema-consistent data across all major object types — delivered clean, typed, and ready to query.

Complete list of extractable fields for Machinery Listings objects from hgrinc.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

item_idtitlemanufacturermodelcategorysub_categorypriceconditionwarehouse_locationarrival_dateimage_urls
machinery_listings
● 200 OK
"item_id": "0621045",
"title": "Haas VF-2 CNC Vertical Machining Center",
"manufacturer": "Haas",
"model": "VF-2",
"price": 24500.0,
"condition": "Used",
"warehouse_location": "Aisle 14, Bin B"
# item_idtitlemanufacturermodelcategorysub_category
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Complete list of extractable fields for Pricing & Clearance objects from hgrinc.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

item_idcurrent_priceoriginal_pricemarkdown_pctclearance_flagmake_offer_eligibleprice_timestampcurrencytax_status
pricing_& clearance
● 200 OK
"item_id": "0621045",
"current_price": 24500.0,
"original_price": 28000.0,
"markdown_pct": 12.5,
"clearance_flag": false,
"make_offer_eligible": true,
"price_timestamp": "2023-10-24T08:00:00Z"
# item_idcurrent_priceoriginal_pricemarkdown_pctclearance_flagmake_offer_eligible
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Complete list of extractable fields for Specifications objects from hgrinc.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

item_idvoltagephasedimensions_lwhweight_lbsmotor_hprpmserial_numberyear_builtfreight_class
specifications
● 200 OK
"item_id": "0621045",
"voltage": "220V",
"phase": "3-Phase",
"dimensions_lwh": "102 x 98 x 105 in",
"weight_lbs": 7800.0,
"motor_hp": "20",
"serial_number": "45892"
# item_idvoltagephasedimensions_lwhweight_lbsmotor_hp
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Complete list of extractable fields for MRO & Parts objects from hgrinc.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

item_idpart_numberbrandquantity_availablelot_sizepackage_typematerialthread_sizeapplication
mro_& parts
● 200 OK
"item_id": "099812",
"part_number": "6204-2RS",
"brand": "SKF",
"quantity_available": 45,
"lot_size": 10,
"package_type": "Box",
"material": "Steel"
# item_idpart_numberbrandquantity_availablelot_sizepackage_type
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Complete list of extractable fields for Category Taxonomy objects from hgrinc.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

category_idcategory_nameparent_categoryurl_slugitem_countnew_arrivals_countclearance_countlast_updated
category_taxonomy
● 200 OK
"category_id": "cat-cnc",
"category_name": "CNC Machinery",
"parent_category": "Machinery",
"url_slug": "/machinery/cnc",
"item_count": 452,
"new_arrivals_count": 12,
"clearance_count": 34
# category_idcategory_nameparent_categoryurl_slugitem_countnew_arrivals_count
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Capabilities

Everything you need from HGR: nothing you don't

Our HGR scraper handles the complexities of industrial surplus: high turnover rates, unstructured description text, and massive image galleries. We normalise the data into clean schemas.

Full Inventory Extraction

Title, manufacturer, model, dimensions, weight, and images scraped at the item level across all active categories.

Markdown & Clearance Tracking

Track price drops, clearance events, and original vs current pricing to identify arbitrage opportunities.

New Arrival Alerts

Detect new items added to the floor daily before they are sold out or moved.

Specification Parsing

Extract structured specifications like voltage, phase, and horsepower from unstructured description blocks using NLP.

Location Intelligence

Capture aisle and bin locations for logistics planning and warehouse walkthroughs.

Image Corpus Aggregation

Download and link high-resolution equipment photos directly to your cloud storage.

Category Mapping

Reconstruct HGR's category tree to track inventory density across different machinery types.

Make-Offer Analytics

Identify items eligible for negotiation to optimise your purchasing strategy.

Change Detection

Only emit records when price, location, or availability status changes to reduce data bloat.

Out-of-Stock Detection

Identify when items are sold or removed from the floor to keep your database accurate.

// engagement pipeline

From category list to warehouse record

Brief in. Clean data out.

Define Scope
d 0

Provide category URLs, manufacturer lists, or keyword sets. We design the extraction schema together.

Pipeline Build
d 2–4

We configure Scrapy crawlers, proxy rotation, and session management for hgrinc.com.

Validation & QA
d 4–6

Schema validation, null-rate checks, and price-outlier detection before full launch.

Delivery
ongoing

JSON / CSV / Parquet pushed to your S3 bucket, BigQuery dataset, or Snowflake stage on agreed cadence.

Under the hood

How our HGR pipeline handles the hard parts

Used machinery marketplaces present unique scraping challenges. Here is how we maintain data integrity.

pipeline-monitor · hgrinc.com · live ● active
// fingerprinting
Identity rotation
TLS fingerprintrandomised
User-agentrotated
IP poolresidential
Challenges blocked0
// pagination
Page coverage
48,291 pages queued running
// observability
Pipeline health
99.9%
uptime
142ms
p99 lat
0.3%
null rate
2
alerts
Anti-bot layer
Bypassing WAF and rate limits

We use rotating residential IPs to avoid IP bans and rate limiting while scanning thousands of inventory pages.

Unstructured parsing
Normalising messy descriptions

HGR descriptions are often unstructured text blocks. We use regex and NLP models to extract structured fields like voltage, phase, and dimensions.

High turnover
Tracking rapid inventory changes

Used machinery moves fast. Our change detection logic identifies items that appear and disappear within hours, ensuring you never miss a deal.

Image volume
Managing massive media galleries

Industrial equipment listings contain dozens of high-res images. We efficiently scrape and route these assets directly to your S3 bucket.

Change detection
Only push what matters

We maintain a state file of all active inventory. Subsequent runs only push updates when prices drop or items change location.

Applications

Who uses HGR data: and how

Teams across industries use hgrinc.com data to build competitive products and smarter operations.

01
Machinery Flipping & Arbitrage

Identify underpriced equipment and clearance markdowns for profitable resale.

02
Market Pricing Intelligence

Benchmark used equipment values across categories to inform purchasing decisions.

03
Procurement & Sourcing

Automate alerts for specific machinery models or hard-to-find MRO parts.

04
Scrap & Salvage Valuation

Calculate potential scrap value based on extracted weight and material specifications.

05
Competitor Analysis

Monitor HGR's inventory turnover rates and pricing strategies across different asset classes.

06
AI Training Data

Train computer vision models on thousands of classified industrial equipment images.

Why DataFlirt

"HGR Industrial Surplus moves thousands of items daily. Tracking this high-velocity inventory requires continuous extraction, not manual browsing."

Most teams underestimate the complexity of scraping used machinery marketplaces. Unstructured descriptions, rapid inventory turnover, and rate limiting make internal scripts brittle. DataFlirt builds resilient pipelines that normalise messy industrial data into clean, queryable warehouse records so your engineers can focus on analysis.

Technical Spec

HGR scraper: technical capabilities

Everything supported by our hgrinc.com scraper — rendered SPA elements, auth walls, rate-limit evasion and beyond.

Inventory listings
Extract all active SKUs across all categories
Supported
Price & markdown history
Track price changes and clearance events over time
Supported
Equipment images
Download high-resolution image assets
Supported
Warehouse location data
Capture aisle and bin locations for logistics
Supported
New arrivals tracking
Identify newly added inventory daily
Supported
Specification parsing
Extract structured specs from unstructured text
Supported
Change detection (diffs)
Only emit records with changed fields since last run
Supported
Webhook delivery
HTTP POST per record for real-time alerts
Supported
Freight calculator quotes
Requires specific zip codes and LTL carrier accounts
Partial
Customer purchase history
Gated behind authenticated user accounts
Partial
Infrastructure

Infrastructure powering the HGR pipeline

Open-source tooling on proven cloud infra — no vendor lock-in, full observability.

ScrapyPlaywrightPython 3.12RedisPostgreSQLApache AirflowAWS LambdaS3CloudWatch2CaptchaCapSolverResidential ProxiesDockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheus
Scrapy + Playwright Stack

Scrapy handles crawl orchestration, deduplication, and retry logic. Playwright handles JavaScript rendering and interaction flows.

Residential Proxy Infrastructure

We maintain pools of residential ISP proxies to avoid IP bans while scanning thousands of inventory pages.

Cloud-Native Orchestration

Pipelines run on AWS Lambda and ECS. Airflow handles scheduling, dependency management, and alerting.

Output & Delivery

Your data, your destination

Data delivered to where your team already works — no new tooling required.

JSON
Newline-delimited or nested arrays
CSV
Flat file with typed columns
XLS
Excel compatible format for analysts
Parquet
Columnar format for data warehouses
AWS S3
Direct bucket delivery
Webhook
HTTP POST per record
API
REST endpoints for on-demand queries
BigQuery
Streamed directly into your dataset
Snowflake
Stage and COPY INTO workflow
Postgres
Upsert into your existing schema
S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
// faq

Common questions.

About hgrinc.com scraping, legality, and pipeline operations.

Ask us directly →
Is scraping HGR legal?

Scraping publicly available inventory data from hgrinc.com is generally permissible. DataFlirt targets only public, non-authenticated product and pricing data.

How do you handle unstructured descriptions?

We use regex and NLP parsing models to extract structured specifications like voltage, phase, horsepower, and dimensions from messy text blocks.

How fresh is the data?

We configure pipelines based on your needs. Daily runs capture all new arrivals and markdowns, while hourly runs can monitor specific high-value categories.

Can you track price markdowns?

Yes. Every pipeline run produces timestamped snapshots. We track current price against original price to calculate markdown percentages.

Do you download images?

Yes. We can provide direct image URLs in the dataset or download the assets and push them directly to your S3 bucket.

What is the minimum viable engagement?

Our packages start at defined category lists with weekly delivery. For full catalogue extraction, we price based on volume and frequency.

Can I request a sample dataset before committing?

Yes. We provide a sample run of up to 500 items to validate schema fit, specification parsing accuracy, and data quality before signing a contract.

$ dataflirt scope --new-project --source=hgrinc.com ready

Tell us what
to extract.
We do the rest.

20-minute scoping call. Pilot dataset within the week. Production within two. Whether you need a one-off machinery export or a continuous inventory feed: we scope, build, and operate the pipeline. Tell us what you need.

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