Craigslist Scraper - Jobs, Housing, Services & For Sale

Scrape any Craigslist city and category: jobs, housing, for sale, services, gigs, and more. Extracts titles, prices, locations, descriptions, images, coordinates, and contact info.

Features

• Scrape any US city and any category on Craigslist
• Extracts: title, price, location, date, description, images, attributes, lat/lng, contact URL
• Handles pagination automatically (120 results per page)
• Optional detail page fetching for full descriptions and images
• Fast CheerioCrawler (no JS rendering needed - Craigslist is plain HTML)
• Pay-per-result pricing ($0.003 per item)

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
city	string	sfbay	City subdomain (e.g. newyork, chicago, losangeles)
category	string	sss	Category code (see below)
searchQuery	string	-	Keywords to search
maxResults	integer	50	Max listings to scrape (up to 1000)
includeDetails	boolean	true	Fetch full detail pages

Common Category Codes

Category	Code
For Sale	sss
Jobs	jjj
Housing	hhh
Services	bbb
Gigs	ggg
Community	ccc
Free Stuff	zip
Furniture	fua
Electronics	ela
Cars & Trucks	cto

Common City Codes

newyork, sfbay, chicago, losangeles, seattle, boston, miami, dallas, denver, atlanta, portland, phoenix, sandiego, detroit, minneapolis

Example Input

{
  "city": "sfbay",
  "category": "sss",
  "searchQuery": "macbook",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "includeDetails": true
}

Example Output

{
  "title": "MacBook Pro 2021 M1 - 16GB 512GB",
  "price": "$1,200",
  "location": "San Jose",
  "date": "2024-01-15T10:30:00-0800",
  "url": "https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/ele/d/san-jose-macbook-pro/1234567890.html",
  "thumbnail": "https://images.craigslist.org/00X0X_abc_600x450.jpg",
  "postingId": "1234567890",
  "description": "Selling my MacBook Pro M1 in excellent condition...",
  "images": [
    "https://images.craigslist.org/00X0X_abc_600x450.jpg"
  ],
  "attributes": {
    "condition": "excellent",
    "make / manufacturer": "Apple"
  },
  "mapAddress": "San Jose, CA",
  "latitude": 37.3382,
  "longitude": -121.8863,
  "contactUrl": "https://sfbay.craigslist.org/reply/sby/ele/1234567890",
  "scrapedAt": "2024-01-20T15:00:00.000Z"
}

Use Cases

• Lead Generation - Find local service providers, contractors, vendors
• Market Research - Track pricing trends for products or rentals
• Job Market Analysis - Monitor job postings across cities
• Real Estate - Track housing listings and rental prices
• Competitive Intelligence - Monitor competitor pricing and availability

Pricing

$0.003 per result (Pay-Per-Event). 1,000 results = $3.00.