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Chinese automotive data,
at warehouse scale.

We extract vehicle trims, dealer pricing, EV specifications, user reviews, and dealership networks from Yiche. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3, BigQuery, or Snowflake on your cadence.

Vehicles tracked
84,192 /day
Dealer quotes
1.2M /24h
Owner reviews
342K /run
Active pipelines
42
Uptime
99.98%
Data Dictionary

Every field we extract from yiche.com

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

Complete list of extractable fields for Vehicle Specifications objects from yiche.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

model_idbrandseriestrim_namemsrpbody_typeenginegearboxdimensionswheelbasecurb_weightfuel_typeev_range_cltcbattery_capacity
vehicle_specifications
● 200 OK
"brand": "BYD",
"series": "Han",
"trim_name": "2024 EV 605km Premium",
"msrp": 229800.0,
"body_type": "Sedan",
"ev_range_cltc": 605,
"battery_capacity": "85.4 kWh",
"fuel_type": "Electric"
# model_idbrandseriestrim_namemsrpbody_type
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Complete list of extractable fields for Dealer Quotes objects from yiche.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

quote_idmodel_iddealer_iddealer_namecityprovincemsrpdealer_pricediscount_amounton_road_price_eststock_statuspromotion_detailsquote_date
dealer_quotes
● 200 OK
"dealer_id": "D84921",
"dealer_name": "Beijing BYD Auto Sales Co.",
"city": "Beijing",
"msrp": 229800.0,
"dealer_price": 219800.0,
"discount_amount": 10000.0,
"stock_status": "In Stock",
"quote_date": "2023-10-24"
# quote_idmodel_iddealer_iddealer_namecityprovince
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Complete list of extractable fields for Owner Reviews objects from yiche.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

review_idmodel_iduser_iduser_namepurchase_datepurchase_pricedealer_cityoverall_ratingspace_ratingpower_ratinghandling_ratingfuel_consumptionreview_textpros_textcons_textpost_date
owner_reviews
● 200 OK
"review_id": "R993821",
"overall_rating": 4.8,
"space_rating": 5.0,
"fuel_consumption": "14.2 kWh/100km",
"purchase_price": 215000.0,
"pros_text": "Excellent acceleration and quiet cabin.",
"post_date": "2023-09-15"
# review_idmodel_iduser_iduser_namepurchase_datepurchase_price
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Complete list of extractable fields for Dealership Directory objects from yiche.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

dealer_iddealer_namebrand_authorizeddealer_typeprovincecityaddresslatitudelongitudecontact_numberbusiness_hoursratingreview_count
dealership_directory
● 200 OK
"dealer_id": "D84921",
"dealer_name": "Beijing BYD Auto Sales Co.",
"brand_authorized": "['BYD']",
"dealer_type": "4S",
"city": "Beijing",
"address": "No. 45 Chaoyang Road, Chaoyang District",
"latitude": 39.9042,
"rating": 4.6
# dealer_iddealer_namebrand_authorizeddealer_typeprovincecity
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Complete list of extractable fields for Yiche Hao (News) objects from yiche.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

article_idauthor_idauthor_nametitlepublish_dateview_countcomment_countlike_countcontent_textmentioned_modelstagsarticle_url
yiche_hao (news)
● 200 OK
"article_id": "A773920",
"author_name": "Auto Observer",
"title": "BYD Han 2024 Review: Setting the EV Standard",
"publish_date": "2023-10-20T08:30:00Z",
"view_count": 145029,
"comment_count": 342,
"mentioned_models": "['BYD Han']"
# article_idauthor_idauthor_nametitlepublish_dateview_count
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Capabilities

Everything you need from Yiche - nothing you don't

Our Yiche scraper handles every layer of the platform: vehicle specifications, dynamic dealer pricing, 4S store locations, and the owner review corpus - with location spoofing and anti-bot circumvention built in.

Full Vehicle Taxonomy

Extract brands, series, models, and specific trim levels with their internal Yiche IDs for accurate relational mapping.

Comprehensive Specifications

Capture engine metrics, chassis details, interior features, ADAS capabilities, and exact dimensions for every trim.

EV & Battery Metrics

Track CLTC/WLTC range, battery chemistry, capacity, fast charging times, and motor power outputs for new energy vehicles.

Dynamic Dealer Pricing

Monitor local dealer quotes across different Chinese provinces, capturing regional discounts and actual transaction prices.

Dealership Network Mapping

Scrape 4S store locations, authorised brands, contact details, and geographic coordinates across tier 1 to tier 5 cities.

Owner Reviews & Ratings

Extract structured user feedback including verified purchase prices, real world fuel/energy consumption, and sub-category ratings.

Historical Price Tracking

Maintain time-series data on MSRP changes and dealer discount fluctuations to model vehicle depreciation and market demand.

Yiche Hao Content Extraction

Scrape professional reviews, industry news, and influencer articles including engagement metrics and mentioned vehicle models.

Image Gallery Metadata

Capture high resolution exterior, interior, and detail image URLs categorised by colour and trim level.

Used Car Listings

Extract secondary market listings, mileage, registration dates, and asking prices to calculate residual values.

// engagement pipeline

From vehicle list to warehouse record

Brief in. Clean data out.

Define Scope
d 0

Provide target brands, vehicle segments, or geographic regions. We design the extraction schema together.

Pipeline Build
d 2–4

We configure Scrapy / Playwright crawlers, proxy rotation, and anti-bot evasion for yiche.com.

Validation & QA
d 4–6

Schema validation, null-rate checks, price-outlier detection, and sample reviews 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 Yiche pipeline handles the hard parts

Yiche restricts access and relies heavily on dynamic pricing modules. Here is how we stay resilient - and why teams choose managed infrastructure over DIY.

pipeline-monitor · yiche.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
Residential proxies for Chinese IP requirements

Yiche restricts access from foreign data centres. We route traffic through premium Chinese residential proxies to ensure uninterrupted access and prevent IP bans.

JavaScript rendering
Hydrating dynamic pricing modules

Dealer quotes and local discounts are loaded dynamically via XHR. We execute full Playwright sessions to trigger location-based pricing requests and capture the rendered JSON payloads.

Schema stability
Handling complex vehicle specification tables

Automotive specification tables vary wildly between ICE and EV models. Our extraction logic normalises these disparate tables into a unified, predictable schema.

Change detection
Tracking daily price fluctuations

We maintain a hash index of dealer quotes. Subsequent runs only push price changes, reducing compute cost and providing a clean changelog of market movements.

Data normalisation
Standardising automotive terminology

Chinese automotive terms and measurement units are automatically cleaned and normalised before delivery, ensuring immediate compatibility with your data warehouse.

Applications

Who uses Yiche data - and how

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

01
Competitive Pricing Analysis

Automotive OEMs monitor local dealer discounts and transaction prices to optimise their own pricing strategies across different provinces.

02
Market Trend Forecasting

Analysts track EV specification trends, battery capacities, and range improvements to map the trajectory of the Chinese new energy vehicle market.

03
Residual Value Modelling

Finance and insurance firms correlate new car discounts with used car listing prices to calculate accurate depreciation curves.

04
Dealership Network Intelligence

Brands map competitor 4S store footprints across tier 3 and tier 4 cities to identify expansion opportunities.

05
Consumer Sentiment Analysis

Product teams analyse thousands of owner reviews to identify common complaints regarding software, space, or real-world battery range.

06
AI & LLM Training

Machine learning teams use structured automotive specifications and professional reviews to train domain-specific automotive language models.

Why DataFlirt

"Yiche holds the most comprehensive pulse on the world's largest automotive market, but extracting that data requires navigating complex regional pricing models and aggressive anti-bot measures."

Most teams fail at scraping Chinese automotive platforms due to strict geo-blocking, dynamic XHR pricing modules, and highly variable specification schemas between ICE and EV models. DataFlirt manages the residential proxy networks and complex normalisation logic so your analysts get clean, queryable vehicle data from day one.

Technical Spec

Yiche scraper - technical capabilities

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

JavaScript rendering
Full Playwright sessions for dynamic dealer quotes and location-based pricing
Supported
Chinese residential proxies
ISP-grade IP addresses routed through mainland China
Supported
Trim level mapping
Relational mapping of parent models to specific trim variants
Supported
EV specification normalisation
Standardised fields for battery capacity, CLTC range, and charging times
Supported
Historical price tracking
Time-series capture of MSRP and dealer discount changes
Supported
Review pagination
Extraction of all user reviews across multiple pages and rating filters
Supported
Image URL extraction
High resolution media links categorised by exterior, interior, and colour
Supported
Change detection (diffs)
Hash-based diffing to emit only updated prices and new reviews
Supported
User phone numbers
Extraction of unmasked phone numbers from dealer lead generation forms
Partial
Private VIN history
Access to proprietary vehicle identification number service records
Partial
Infrastructure

Infrastructure powering the Yiche 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 and deduplication. Playwright handles JavaScript rendering, dynamic XHR interception, and location spoofing for regional pricing.

Regional Proxy Infrastructure

We maintain dedicated pools of mainland Chinese residential proxies to bypass geo-blocking and IP reputation filters, ensuring high success rates.

Cloud-Native Orchestration

Pipelines run on AWS Lambda and ECS. Airflow handles scheduling, dependency management, and SLA alerting. All state is stored in managed Postgres.

Output & Delivery

Your data, your destination

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

JSON
Newline-delimited or nested - schema versioned per run
CSV
Flat file with typed columns - Excel/Sheets compatible
XLS
Excel format for business analysts and manual review
Parquet
Columnar format for BigQuery, Snowflake, Athena
AWS S3
Direct bucket delivery - compatible with any data lake
Webhook
HTTP POST per record for real-time downstream processing
API
RESTful endpoints for querying specific vehicle metadata
Snowflake
Stage + COPY INTO workflow - incremental or full-replace
S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
// faq

Common questions.

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

Ask us directly →
Is scraping Yiche legal?

Scraping publicly available automotive data is generally permissible for market research and analysis. DataFlirt extracts only public specifications, pricing, and reviews. We do not bypass authentication to access private user data or proprietary dealer backend systems.

How do you handle geo-blocking?

Yiche restricts access from non-Chinese IP addresses. We utilise premium residential proxy networks located within mainland China to ensure requests appear as legitimate domestic traffic.

Can you track pricing across different Chinese provinces?

Yes. We configure our crawlers to simulate access from specific cities and provinces, capturing regional dealer discounts and actual on-road price estimates.

How do you standardise specifications between ICE and EV models?

Our extraction schema includes conditional logic to normalise fields. Engine displacement and cylinders for ICE vehicles are mapped alongside battery capacity and CLTC range for EVs, ensuring a unified output.

How fresh is the pricing data?

We can configure pipelines to track specific high-volume models daily, while broader catalogue sweeps run weekly. Webhooks can push price changes within minutes of extraction.

Do you extract Yiche Hao articles and influencer content?

Yes. We extract full article text, author metadata, engagement metrics (views, likes, comments), and the specific vehicle models mentioned in the content.

Can I request a sample dataset of EV specifications?

Absolutely. We provide a sample run of up to 500 vehicle trims or 50 dealer listings during the scoping phase, allowing you to validate the schema before committing.

$ dataflirt scope --new-project --source=yiche.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 dump of EV specifications or continuous tracking of dealer discounts across China - we scope, build, and operate the pipeline. Tell us what you need.

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