58.com Scraper: Extract China Real Estate

Get live Chinese real estate listings (including fully decrypted prices, area sizes, and compound details) ready for your spreadsheet in under 60 seconds. Get property titles, standardized CNY prices, prefecture locations, room layouts, and direct landlord contact details for any city subdomain across China.

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What can you do with it?

• I am an international property investor monitoring and comparing second-hand compound prices in Beijing and Shanghai to discover undervalued investment apartments.
• I am a market researcher tracking average rental prices per square meter across major Chinese tech hubs (like Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou) to analyze residential migration trends.
• I am a corporate lead generator sourcing direct owner listings and landlord contact details, bypassing broker intermediation fees.

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How to use it

Store Quick Start

1. Create a free Apify account.
2. Open the 58.com Scraper in the Apify Store.
3. Select your target city (e.g., Beijing / 北京, Shanghai / 上海) and category (For-Sale or Rentals).
4. Enter an optional keyword (e.g., district name, compound name, or subway).
5. Click Start and download the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

API Quick Start

For developers, you can trigger a run programmatically with a single request:

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/getascraper~58-classifieds-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "city": "bj",
    "category": "ershoufang",
    "keyword": "望京",
    "maxItems": 100
  }'

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
city	string	bj	Target city subdomain (Beijing bj, Shanghai sh, Shenzhen sz, Guangzhou gz).
category	string	ershoufang	Vertical category: ershoufang (For-Sale / 二手房) or chuzu (Rentals / 租房).
keyword	string	""	Optional keyword in Chinese (e.g., compound name 望京, layout 南北通透).
maxItems	integer	100	Maximum number of classified listings to extract.
onlyLandlord	boolean	false	If enabled, automatically filter out real estate brokers and list direct owners only.
decryptNumbers	boolean	true	Automatically download and decode Ozon/58's dynamic .woff obfuscated web fonts in real-time.
solveCaptcha	boolean	true	Solve sliding CAPTCHAs locally using template-matching curves (no paid solvers required).
proxyConfiguration	object	{"useApifyProxy": true}	Premium rotating residential proxies are highly recommended to bypass geoblocking checks.

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Output

Each row represents a single property advertisement from 58.com.

{
  "id": "578414171",
  "url": "https://bj.58.com/ershoufang/578414171x.shtml",
  "title": "望京西园 经典三居室 南北通透",
  "description": "房源真实有效，户型方正，南北通透，采光好，看房方便...",
  "price": 4800000,
  "priceRaw": "480万",
  "currency": "CNY",
  "city": "北京",
  "district": "朝阳",
  "neighborhood": "望京",
  "compoundName": "望京西园",
  "layout": "3室2厅1卫",
  "area": 96.38,
  "areaRaw": "96.38㎡",
  "sellerType": "PRIVATE",
  "sellerName": "张先生",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-10T13:00:00.000Z"
}

Field Reference

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier of the property ad.
url	string	Canonical direct property link.
title	string	Title of the listing.
price	number	Standardized price value in Yuan (CNY) or Monthly Rent.
priceRaw	string	Raw price string as displayed (e.g., 480万 or 3200元/月).
compoundName	string	Name of the residential compound or community.
layout	string	Apartment room layout configuration (e.g. 3室2厅).
area	number	Standardized floor area size in square meters.
sellerType	string	Type of seller (PRIVATE landlord or PROFESSIONAL agency).
sellerName	string	Name of the seller or listing broker.

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Pricing & Cost

Pricing is pay-per-result and is billed per row successfully saved to your dataset. Empty runs cost absolutely nothing.

• Rate: $1.99 per 1,000 results ($0.00199 per result).
• 100 listings typically cost $0.20.
• 1,000 listings cost exactly $1.99.
• 10,000 listings cost exactly $19.90.
• No fixed monthly subscriptions or hidden maintenance fees.

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Tips & Best Practices

• Decrypted Price & Area Values. 58.com obfuscates numbers using dynamic, custom-generated web fonts on every page load. The Actor automatically parses the page styles, downloads the .woff font file, and decodes the Unicode glyphs back to correct, readable digits in real-time.
• Local Sliding-CAPTCHA Solver. When 58.com serves a sliding puzzle verification, the Actor automatically triggers a native curve-matching algorithm to resolve the slide locally, requiring zero paid CAPTCHA solvers.
• Bypass Chinese Geoblocks. 58.com applies aggressive geoblocks to traffic originating outside mainland China. Ensure proxyConfiguration is set to use premium rotating residential proxies to guarantee unblocked execution.

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FAQ

Does it get blocked by 58.com?

No. The scraper natively routes through premium, rotating Residential Proxies. This makes the automated browser traffic look identical to regular domestic Chinese residential users, bypassing firewall checks cleanly.

Does it extract private phone numbers?

No. 58.com strictly protects landlord and broker phone numbers behind dynamic click-walls and SMS verification. To avoid verification blocks, the scraper retrieves full seller names, compound names, and listing details instead of phone numbers.

How fresh is the data?

Extremely fresh. The scraper executes live browser rendering on every query, retrieving the absolute latest properties posted on the 58.com marketplace in real-time.

Are all categories supported?

Yes. The scraper supports both major real estate categories: ershoufang (For-Sale / 二手房) and chuzu (Rentals / 租房).

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Target SEO Keywords

• 58.com API
• scrape 58.com
• China real estate scraper
• Chinese property data
• Beijing rental scraper
• Shanghai second-hand home data

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Disclaimers & Support

• Disclaimer: This Actor retrieves publicly available classified property listings on 58.com. Make sure your usage complies with 58.com's terms of service and applicable laws.
• Support: Open an issue from the Actor page in the Apify Console for bug reports or feature requests.