LeTrot Scraper

Extracts horse racing data and results from LeTrot.com, France's leading platform for trotting horse racing information. The actor provides structured race data via a REST API and supports multiple output formats for integration into other applications.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Data Extraction: Scrapes detailed race information from LeTrot.com.
• Structured Output: Returns clean, organized data for each race and its results.
• Flexible Input: Allows scraping by specific date (today, yesterday, tomorrow, or YYYY-MM-DD).
• Multiple Formats: Download datasets as JSON, XML, CSV, Excel, HTML, JSONL, or NDJSON.
• API Access: Integrate the scraped data directly into your applications via REST API.
• Built-in Proxies: Uses residential proxies from France for reliable access.

How to Use

1. Create a free account on the Apify platform.
2. Open the LeTrot Scraper actor page.
3. Click Try for free.
4. Configure your input parameters (see Input section below).
5. Click Start and wait for the run to complete.
6. Download your data from the dataset in your preferred format.

Input

Configure the actor using the following input parameters via JSON.

Supported raceByDate formats:
* "today" - Scrape today's races.
* "yesterday" - Scrape yesterday's races.
* "tomorrow" - Scrape tomorrow's races.
* "2025-01-15" - Scrape races for a specific date (use YYYY-MM-DD format).

Example Input:

{
  "raceByDate": "today",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Output

The actor outputs a dataset where each item represents a single race with its full results table. The data includes:

• Race metadata: url, title, date, hour, status
• Complete results array with details for each horse:
  • Position (Rang), Horse Number (N°)
  • Horse, Driver/Trainer, and Owner/Breeder names
  • Race Distance, finish Temps, reduction per km (Red. Km)
  • Prize allocation (Allocation €), probable odds (Rap. probables)

Example Output Item:

{
  "url": "https://www.letrot.com/courses/2025-01-15/race-1",
  "title": "Prix de la Ville de Paris",
  "hour": "14:30",
  "status": "Terminée",
  "results": [
    {
      "Rang": "1",
      "N°": "1",
      "ChevalCrack series au Partant": "JUNKY DE CHENU3188",
      "SA": "H6",
      "DriverEntraîneur": "E. RAFFIN P. BOUTIN",
      "PropriétaireÉleveur": "P. BOUTINF. PELLEROT",
      "Distance": "2 500",
      "Temps": "3'03\"1",
      "Red. Km": "1'13\"2",
      "Allocation €": "9 000 €",
      "Rap. probables": "2"
    }
  ]
}

Notes & Limitations

• The scraper depends on the current HTML structure of LeTrot.com. Significant website changes may require an actor update.
• Review and comply with LeTrot.com's Terms of Service.
• For large-scale or frequent scraping, consider using Apify's proxy services to prevent IP blocking.
• Implement respectful rate limiting to avoid overloading the target website.