Assess LiveAuctioneers' API/integration surface for auction house tooling
domain: auction.platforms.liveauctioneers · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Note LiveAuctioneers publishes a developer-facing npm package (@liveauctioneers/api-test-lib) and maintains a GitHub org (github.com/LIVEauctioneers), suggesting a real but narrowly scoped API surface
Identify documented integration use cases: ARTA's shipping-quote API integration (checkout-time shipping) and Auction Mobility's AM2LA workflow (syncing timed sales/bids between platforms)
Conclude these integrations are partner-specific (shipping providers, sibling auction-software platforms), not a general open catalog/bidding API for arbitrary third-party developers
Disregard unofficial scraper tools (e.g., an Apify 'LiveAuctioneers Scraper') as unsanctioned data access, not a supported API
For a specific integration (e.g., shipping quotes or catalog sync), contact LiveAuctioneers or the specific certified partner rather than assuming open self-serve access
Known gotchas
The presence of an npm test-lib package does not mean there is a public self-serve API for general developers — access still appears to be partner-gated
Confirmed integrations (ARTA shipping, Auction Mobility AM2LA) are point-to-point partnerships, each with its own scope, not a general-purpose platform API
Unofficial scraper services on marketplaces like Apify are not an endorsed or stable integration path
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