# Craigslist Scraper - Listings from Any Search URL (`aolmo/craigslist-listings`) Actor

Craigslist listings from any search URL (apartments, cars, jobs, for sale, gigs...) on any city site: title, price, date, neighborhood, bedrooms, images and link, up to 360 per search, plus optional description, attributes and address. New listings flagged on schedules. $0.0005 per listing.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/aolmo/craigslist-listings.md
- **Developed by:** [Antonio del Olmo Tena](https://apify.com/aolmo) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate, E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 listing scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

Scrape Craigslist listings from any search: apartments and housing, cars and trucks, jobs, gigs, for sale, services, community, on any city site. Copy a search URL from Craigslist (with its filters: keywords, price range, sort, pictures only, bedrooms...) and get one row per listing with title, price, posting date, neighborhood, coordinates, bedrooms and square feet, images and link, up to 360 listings per search. Turn on details to also get the full description, the attributes (pets, condition, parking...) and the street address of each listing. Schedule it and new listings are flagged. Real estate and rental monitoring, car sourcing, lead generation and market research at $0.0005 per listing.

No browser, no login: the Actor reads the same search service the Craigslist site uses. It never bypasses CAPTCHAs or rate limits.

### What you get

**Listing** (one row each): `id`, `url`, `title`, `price`, `priceText`, `currency`, `postedAt`, `category` (apa, cta, jjj, sss...), `area` (city site), `areaName`, `subarea`, `neighborhood`, `lat`, `lng`, `bedrooms`, `sqft`, `compensation` (jobs and gigs), `company` (jobs), `odometer` (cars), `imagesCount`, `image`, `images`.

**With details on**: `description`, `attributes` (e.g. `2BR / 1Ba`, `cats are OK`, `condition: good`), `address`.

**Source**: `search` (the search URL) and `query`. **Changes** on scheduled runs: `isNew` is true for listings that were not in the previous run of the same search.

Searches that cannot be read or return nothing are free.

### How to use it

1. On Craigslist, pick your city, run the search you want and copy the URL from the address bar, e.g. `https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/apa?query=studio&min_price=1500&max_price=2500`.
2. Add it to **Search URLs**, one per line (up to 200 per run). Subarea searches (`/search/brk/apa`) are kept.
3. Set **Max listings per search** (up to 360) and whether to **Open every listing** for descriptions, attributes and addresses.
4. Click **Start** and export the rows as JSON, CSV or Excel.
5. Schedule the Actor to be notified of new listings.

### Input

```json
{
  "searchUrls": ["https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/apa?query=studio&min_price=1500", "https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/cta?query=honda+civic"],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "includeDetails": false
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "search": "https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/apa?min_price=1500&query=studio",
  "query": "studio",
  "id": "7987853661",
  "url": "https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/elmont-renovated-studio/7kgs64BPuDGyRH9JzjjkHv",
  "title": "Renovated Studio - Separate Kitchen - Near Transport",
  "price": 1850,
  "priceText": "$1,850",
  "currency": "USD",
  "postedAt": "2026-10-22T13:57:40.000Z",
  "category": "apa",
  "area": "newyork",
  "areaName": "new york city",
  "subarea": "que",
  "neighborhood": "Elmont",
  "lat": 40.6976,
  "lng": -73.7049,
  "bedrooms": 0,
  "sqft": 350,
  "imagesCount": 4,
  "image": "https://images.craigslist.org/00Q0Q_e1EowUMEJVo_0co09i_600x450.jpg",
  "isNew": false,
  "timestamp": "2026-10-22T14:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.0005 per listing** and **$0.001 per new listing** detected on a scheduled run. Searches that cannot be read are free. 360 listings of 10 searches cost $1.80.

### Limits and notes

- Craigslist serves the first 360 results of a search; narrow the search (price range, subarea, keywords) to see more of a busy category.
- Bedrooms, square feet, compensation, company and odometer appear only for the categories that have them.
- Opening every listing adds one request per listing; keep it off for large monitoring runs.
- The Actor never bypasses logins, CAPTCHAs or rate limits.

### Related Actors

- **Zillow Property Scraper** and **Airbnb Listings Scraper**: other housing sources.
- **Google Maps Email & Leads Extractor**: businesses with contacts.
- **Website Monitor**: changes on any page.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchUrls` (type: `array`):

One per line, copied from the site of a city: https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/apa?query=studio\&min_price=1500, https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/sfc/cta?query=honda, https://london.craigslist.org/search/jjj. Filters in the URL (query, price, sort, hasPic...) are kept. Up to 200 per run.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Craigslist serves the first 360 results of a search. Also caps what you pay per search.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Read each listing page for the full description, attributes (bedrooms, condition, pets...) and street address (one extra request per listing).

## `product` (type: `string`):

Internal. Leave as is.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/apa?query=studio"
  ],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "product": "craigslist-listings"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset items: url, changed, events, data, timestamp and error (when the target failed).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchUrls": [
        "https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/apa?query=studio"
    ],
    "maxResults": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("aolmo/craigslist-listings").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchUrls": ["https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/apa?query=studio"],
    "maxResults": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("aolmo/craigslist-listings").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/apa?query=studio"
  ],
  "maxResults": 50
}' |
apify call aolmo/craigslist-listings --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,aolmo/craigslist-listings"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Or894U2OXVheq4LPf/builds/c2LKBxaYGlJc5GlZi/openapi.json