Craigslist - For Sale, Housing & Jobs Listings with Prices

Overview

Scrape Craigslist classified listings by city and category. Extracts listing title, price, location, images, and posting date. Categories: for sale, housing, jobs, services, gigs.

Features

• Search by keywords to find specific results
• Filter results by category or type
• Export data in JSON, CSV, or Excel formats
• Captures pricing information
• Includes location and address data
• Captures images and media URLs

Use Cases

• Monitor - Monitor competitor pricing and product availability
• Track - Track MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) compliance
• Build - Build product catalogs for comparison shopping
• Analyze - Analyze product assortment and inventory trends

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
location	string (required)	The Craigslist subdomain (city). Examples: sfbay, newyork, losangeles, chicag...	sfbay
category	string (required)	Craigslist category code. Common codes: sss (all for sale), ccc (all communit...	sss
searchQuery	string	Keywords to search for (optional). Leave empty to get all listings in the cat...
minPrice	integer	Minimum price filter (optional)
maxPrice	integer	Maximum price filter (optional)
maxListings	integer (required)	Maximum number of listings to scrape	100
includeDetails	boolean	Scrape individual listing pages for full description and contact info. Slower...	false
sortBy	string	Sort order for results	date
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings for the scraper	{...}

Output Example

Each result contains structured data like this:

{
  "title": "Sample E-Commerce - General Result",
  "price": 29.99,
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "city": "San Francisco",
  "state": "CA",
  "category": "Standard",
  "postedDate": "2025-01-15",
  "url": "https://example.com/item/12345",
  "images": "Sample images"
}

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-result pricing:

• $0.001 per result
• $1.00 per 1,000 results

No monthly fees. You only pay for what you scrape. 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 '{"maxItems": 10}'

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={"maxItems": 10}
)

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

Integration

Connect Craigslist - For Sale, Housing & Jobs Listings with Prices with your existing tools and workflows:

• 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