# Zillow.com Real Estate & Agents API (`ashrafess3/zillow-scraper`) Actor

Scrape real-time property listings, agent data, and market stats from Zillow.com. Supports search by location, coordinates, address, property details, similar homes, market stats, and agent profiles.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ashrafess3/zillow-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Achraf Essaoudi](https://apify.com/ashrafess3) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate, E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 results

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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Zillow Scraper — Apify Actor

Scrape real-time property listings, agent data, and market statistics from [Zillow.com](https://www.zillow.com).

### Quick Start

#### Local

```bash
cd zillow_scraper_apify
pip install -r requirements.txt
apify run
```

#### Deploy to Apify Cloud

```bash
apify login
apify push
```

### Tasks

| Task | Required Input | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `search-by-location` | `location` | Search properties by city/zip/address slug |
| `search-by-coordinates` | `lat`, `lng` | Search properties near coordinates |
| `search-by-address` | `address` | Resolve a street address to full property details |
| `property-details` | `zpid` | Full property details by Zillow Property ID |
| `similar-homes` | `zpid` | Comparable homes ranked by similarity |
| `market-stats` | `location` | Regional market statistics (ZHVI, inventory, rents) |
| `agent-search` | `location` | Real estate agents by location |
| `agent-details` | `agentname` or `agentUrl` | Agent profile information |
| `agent-reviews` | `agentname` or `agentUrl` | Agent reviews |
| `agent-properties` | `agentname` or `agentUrl` | Agent's listed properties |
| `autocomplete` | `query` | Location and address autocomplete suggestions |

### Input

All inputs are passed as a JSON object. See `.actor/INPUT_SCHEMA.json` for the full schema.

#### Example: Search by location

```json
{
  "task": "search-by-location",
  "location": "Austin-TX",
  "listType": "for-sale",
  "page": 1,
  "sort": "newest"
}
```

#### Example: Property details

```json
{
  "task": "property-details",
  "zpid": 2060051934
}
```

#### Example: Similar homes

```json
{
  "task": "similar-homes",
  "zpid": 2060051934,
  "count": 10,
  "listType": "for-sale"
}
```

#### Example: Market stats with history

```json
{
  "task": "market-stats",
  "location": "Austin-TX",
  "history": true
}
```

### Proxy Configuration

Zillow aggressively blocks datacenter IPs. For reliable scraping, provide proxy URLs:

```json
{
  "task": "search-by-location",
  "location": "Austin-TX",
  "proxies": ["http://user:pass@proxy.example.com:8080"]
}
```

Without proxies, requests go direct and will likely be blocked after a few calls.

### Architecture

This Actor is a Django-free port of the [zillow-scraper](https://github.com/) REST API. The scraping engine (`curl_cffi` with TLS impersonation, session pooling, retry logic) is preserved exactly. What changed:

- **Django removed**: no ORM, no DRF, no middleware, no Celery
- **Redis replaced**: in-memory TTL cache per run (stateless Actor)
- **Proxy selection simplified**: no RapidAPI host detection, just pass proxy URLs
- **Single entry point**: one `main.py` routes tasks to scraper methods

#### Output

Results are pushed to the default [Apify Dataset](https://docs.apify.com/storage/dataset). You can preview, export (CSV/JSON/Excel), or access via API.

```bash
## Retrieve results via API
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/YOUR_DATASET_ID/items?token=YOUR_TOKEN"
```

### Scheduling

In Apify Console: **Schedules** > **Create Schedule** > set cron and target this Actor.

### Development

```bash
## Run locally
apify run

## Test a specific task
apify run --input '{"task": "autocomplete", "query": "Austin TX"}'

## Deploy
apify push
```

### License

Same as the parent project.

# Actor input Schema

## `task` (type: `string`):

The scraping task to perform.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Location string for search tasks (e.g. 'Austin-TX', 'Los Angeles CA', '90210').

## `address` (type: `string`):

Full street address for search-by-address task.

## `zpid` (type: `integer`):

Zillow Property ID for detail tasks.

## `lat` (type: `number`):

Latitude for search-by-coordinates task.

## `lng` (type: `number`):

Longitude for search-by-coordinates task.

## `listType` (type: `string`):

Filter by listing type.

## `page` (type: `integer`):

Page number for paginated results (max 20).

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Sort order for search results.

## `count` (type: `integer`):

Number of similar homes to return.

## `history` (type: `boolean`):

Include historical data for market stats.

## `agentname` (type: `string`):

Agent screen name for agent tasks.

## `agentUrl` (type: `string`):

Full agent profile URL (alternative to agentname).

## `propertyType` (type: `string`):

Property type filter for agent-properties task.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Search query for autocomplete task.

## `proxyConfig` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy is used by default. Switch to your own proxy or disable proxying in advanced settings.

## `proxyUrls` (type: `array`):

Override Apify proxy with your own. One URL per line. Format: http://user:pass@host:port

## `requestDelayMin` (type: `number`):

Minimum random delay between requests in seconds.

## `requestDelayMax` (type: `number`):

Maximum random delay between requests in seconds.

## `maxRetries` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of retries per request.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "task": "search-by-location",
  "listType": "for-sale",
  "page": 1,
  "sort": "relevant",
  "count": 8,
  "history": false,
  "propertyType": "for-sale",
  "proxyConfig": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": []
  },
  "proxyUrls": [],
  "requestDelayMin": 1,
  "requestDelayMax": 3,
  "maxRetries": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset items containing scraped Zillow data.

# 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 = {
    "proxyConfig": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": []
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ashrafess3/zillow-scraper").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 = { "proxyConfig": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [],
    } }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ashrafess3/zillow-scraper").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 '{
  "proxyConfig": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": []
  }
}' |
apify call ashrafess3/zillow-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ashrafess3/zillow-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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/hnYzKdTdOqLkFr79g/builds/oeoteCe31KcpGQXMA/openapi.json