Craigslist Monitor — Search, Detail & New-Listing Alerts

Scrape Craigslist listings from any city, any category — cars, housing, jobs, for-sale, free stuff, gigs, services — sorted newest-first, plus full posting detail and a watch mode built for scheduled alerts. No account, no login, no API key.

What you can do

Mode	What it does	Best for
search	Listings in one city/category with optional keyword + price filters — title, price, neighborhood, URL	Lead research, market scans
detail	Full posting page — body text, posted date, attributes (beds, sqft, condition…), images, address	Record enrichment
watch	Sweeps a list of cities × keywords each run, emitting posting rows sorted newest-first	Scheduled new-listing alerts

watch is the money feature: schedule it every 15–60 min and diff rows client-side by url to fire alerts the moment a new matching listing posts — flippers, used-car dealers, recruiters and landlords live on this loop.

Category cheat-sheet

sss for-sale · cta cars+trucks · apa apartments/housing · jjj jobs · ggg gigs · bbb services · zip free stuff · mcy motorcycles · bpa boats · fua furniture · egr electronics · pet pets

City = the Craigslist subdomain: austin, dallas, newyork, losangeles, sfbay, chicago, seattle, denver, miami, atlanta, portland, phoenix…

Example inputs

{ "mode": "search", "city": "austin", "category": "cta", "query": "tacoma", "maxPrice": 30000 }

{ "mode": "watch", "cities": ["austin", "dallas", "houston"], "category": "sss", "queries": ["iphone", "ps5", "peloton"] }

{ "mode": "watch", "cities": ["newyork", "losangeles", "chicago"], "category": "zip" }

Example output

{
  "recordType": "posting",
  "title": "2019 Toyota Tacoma 4WD TRD Off-Road pickup Cement Gray",
  "price": 34500,
  "priceLabel": "$34,500",
  "neighborhood": "Round Rock",
  "url": "https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/austin-2019-toyota-tacoma-4wd-trd/pmtdvSjXUn67YcMhyug",
  "city": "austin",
  "category": "cta",
  "query": "tacoma",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-14T21:10:03Z"
}

Detail rows add postedAt, body, address, attributes (beds, sqft, condition, etc.) and images.

Pricing

Flat pay-per-event: $0.001 per row — a 3-city × 5-keyword watch every 30 min ≈ 100k rows/mo ≈ $100/mo for always-on coverage; light use costs pennies. No subscription.

FAQ

Do I need a Craigslist account? No. Everything comes from public search and posting pages.

How many results per search? Up to ~300–500 per city/category depending on section; maxResults caps output (default 120).

How do I get only new listings? Results come sorted newest-first. In watch mode, store seen urls in your pipeline and alert on first-seen — or use Apify's dataset dedupe.

Does it get blocked? Craigslist is lenient with reasonable request rates. For heavy multi-city schedules, enable an Apify proxy.

Is it legal? We collect only publicly accessible classified pages. Respect Craigslist's Terms of Service and applicable data-protection rules in your jurisdiction.

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Not affiliated with Craigslist, Inc. Uses publicly accessible pages — respect Craigslist's Terms of Service.