Craigslist - For Sale, Housing & Jobs Listings with Prices

Overview

Scrape Craigslist classified listings by city and category. Extracts listing title, price, location, coordinates, images and posting ID from the search page, and (with includeDetails) the posting date, full description, attributes (condition, make/model, bedrooms, rent period, ...) and every image from each posting. Categories: for sale, housing, jobs, services, gigs, community.

Works with Craigslist's 2026 site layout: search runs at https://www.craigslist.org/search/area/<city>?cat=<code> and postings live at https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/<slug>/<postingId>. The 22-character postingId is the identifier in that posting URL.

Features

• Search any Craigslist city (sfbay, newyork, losangeles, chicago, austin, ...)
• Filter by category, keyword, minimum and maximum price
• Sort by newest, price ascending or price descending
• Optional detail scrape: full description, attributes, all images, posted and updated timestamps, map address
• Export data in JSON, CSV, or Excel formats

How many listings can one run return?

Craigslist now serves one static search page holding the newest ~360 matches; the old s= page offset redirects back to the first page. A run therefore returns at most the listings on that page (usually 300-360), and maxListings above that stops cleanly at what the page provides. To reach different listings, narrow the search with searchQuery, minPrice/maxPrice, a more specific category, or run per city.

Use Cases

• Monitor - Track prices and availability for used cars, furniture, electronics and rentals
• Lead generation - Collect housing, jobs and gigs postings for a city
• Analyze - Compare asking prices across cities and categories
• Build - Feed listing data into alerts, dashboards or price-comparison tools

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
location	string (required)	The Craigslist city code, e.g. sfbay, newyork, losangeles, chicago, seattle, austin	sfbay
category	string (required)	Craigslist category code: sss (all for sale), hhh (all housing), jjj (all jobs), ggg (gigs), bbb (services), ccc (community), cta (cars & trucks), apa (apartments), ...	sss
searchQuery	string	Keywords to search for (optional)
minPrice	integer	Minimum price filter (optional)
maxPrice	integer	Maximum price filter (optional)
maxListings	integer (required)	Maximum number of listings to return (capped by what the search page holds, ~360)	100
includeDetails	boolean	Also fetch each posting page for full description, attributes, all images and posted/updated dates. Slower but more complete.	false
sortBy	string	date (newest first), priceasc, pricedsc	date
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings for the scraper	{"useApifyProxy": true}

Output Example

Search-page fields (every run):

{
  "title": "1999 TOYOTA CAMRY V6",
  "price": 3425,
  "priceFormatted": "$3,425",
  "currency": "USD",
  "city": "Pflugerville",
  "state": "TX",
  "location": "Pflugerville, TX",
  "locationText": "",
  "latitude": 30.4421,
  "longitude": -97.6299,
  "images": ["https://images.craigslist.org/00w0w_7Be6FaDU5eI_0gw0co_600x450.jpg"],
  "url": "https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/pflugerville-1999-toyota-camry-v6/kPq4THTKMZFULt5dXwUkUJ",
  "postingId": "kPq4THTKMZFULt5dXwUkUJ",
  "postedDate": null,
  "category": "cta",
  "searchLocation": "austin",
  "searchQuery": "toyota",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-28T21:02:38.179Z"
}

With includeDetails: true each record also carries postedDate, updatedDate, fullDescription, attributes, allImages and mapAddress:

{
  "postedDate": "2026-09-28T15:08:11-0500",
  "updatedDate": "2026-09-28T15:08:12-0500",
  "fullDescription": "1999 TOYOTA CAMRY VIN: JT2BF28K7X0193095 V6 | AUTO | FWD Excellent condition, runs and drives great...",
  "attributes": {
    "condition": "excellent",
    "cylinders": "6 cylinders",
    "drive": "fwd",
    "fuel": "gas",
    "odometer": "198,322",
    "title_status": "clean",
    "transmission": "automatic",
    "type": "sedan"
  },
  "allImages": ["https://images.craigslist.org/00w0w_7Be6FaDU5eI_0gw0co_600x450.jpg", "..."],
  "mapAddress": ""
}

Housing postings get bedrooms, bathrooms and sqft inside attributes when the posting states them. postedDate is null without includeDetails because the search page no longer exposes posting times.

Pricing

Pay per event:

• $0.01 per listing result ($10.00 per 1,000)
• $0.005 per actor start

No monthly fees. You only pay for what you scrape. The Apify Free plan includes $5/month in platform credits.

How to Run

Apify Console

1. Go to the Craigslist - For Sale, Housing & Jobs Listings with Prices actor page
2. Configure your input parameters
3. Click Start and wait for the results
4. Download data in JSON, CSV, or Excel format

API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/fortuitous_pirate~craigslist-listings-for-sale-housing-jobs/runs?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"location": "austin", "category": "cta", "searchQuery": "toyota", "maxListings": 50, "includeDetails": true}'

Python SDK

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("fortuitous_pirate/craigslist-listings-for-sale-housing-jobs").call(
    run_input={"location": "sfbay", "category": "apa", "minPrice": 1500, "maxPrice": 3500, "maxListings": 50}
)

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["title"], item["price"], item["url"])

Integration

• API access - Programmatic access via Apify API
• Webhooks - Get notified when scraping completes
• Scheduling - Set up recurring runs on any schedule
• Zapier / Make - Connect with 5,000+ apps via Apify integrations
• Python / Node.js SDKs - Native client libraries for easy integration