OpenSooq Data Parser & API

OpenSooq is the mobile-first classifieds leader across roughly 20 MENA markets — drawing about 800M visits per year region-wide — and Carapis extracts its full car listing data, including make, model, year, mileage, price and seller info, through one REST API. A single integration unlocks the auto markets of Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Iraq, Oman, Bahrain and more, and Carapis serves its data without you maintaining a scraper.

What is OpenSooq?

OpenSooq is the dominant mobile-first horizontal classifieds platform across the Levant and Gulf, operating in around 20 MENA markets, with autos as a top vertical. It carries a very large volume of private and dealer car listings and draws roughly 800M visits per year with about 2B monthly pageviews region-wide. Its breadth — many smaller national auto markets under one brand — is its defining feature.

Market Position

OpenSooq is the mobile-first classifieds leader across ~20 MENA markets, with ~800M visits/yr region-wide. Its strength is breadth: a single Carapis source covers the auto markets of Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Iraq, Oman, Bahrain and more at once — many smaller national markets that would otherwise each need a separate parser. Its per-listing structure is shallower than a dedicated auto portal’s (mobile-first, C2C-heavy), so the value is geographic coverage rather than field depth.

Data Fields Available

Carapis extracts a structured record from each OpenSooq car listing:

• Vehicle identity — make, model, model year, body type, fuel type, transmission
• Condition — mileage (where the seller provides it)
• Pricing — listed price (local currency)
• Listing context — seller type (dealer vs private), location/country, photo gallery

As a mobile-first C2C classifieds, OpenSooq’s per-listing fields are broad but shallower than a dedicated portal’s — its strength is cross-country coverage rather than per-listing depth.

API Quick Start

import requests
 
resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
    params={"source": "opensooq", "limit": 20},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
)
for car in resp.json()["results"]:
    print(car["make"], car["model"], car["year"], car["price"])

const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=opensooq&limit=20",
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CARAPIS_API_KEY}` } },
);
const { results } = await res.json();

curl "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=opensooq&limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CARAPIS_API_KEY"

Get an API key at my.carapis.com  and see the full API reference. Pricing is on the pricing page.

Use Cases

• Pricing intelligence — multi-market private and dealer pricing feeds dealer models across the Levant and Gulf.
• Market research — track many smaller national auto markets from one source. See market research.
• Import / export — broad regional supply helps buyers source across MENA. See import & export.

Frequently asked questions

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