🛒 Chotot.com Scraper — Vietnam's Largest Classifieds Platform

Extract listings from Chotot.com (Chợ Tốt) — Vietnam's #1 classifieds marketplace with millions of active listings.

Property, cars, motorbikes, electronics, furniture and fashion across Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang and all 63 provinces.

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⚡ Why This Scraper?

Zero competitors on Apify Store. This is the only Chotot.com scraper available.

Unlike Batdongsan.com.vn (which blocks scrapers with Cloudflare), Chotot has a public API that returns clean JSON — no browser needed, no anti-bot issues, no CAPTCHA. This makes it the fastest and most reliable Vietnam classifieds scraper possible.

Feature	Details
Data source	Public API — clean JSON, no HTML parsing
Speed	1,000 listings in ~2 minutes
Reliability	No browser, no Cloudflare, no bot detection
Memory	128MB (ultra-lightweight)
Cost	~$0.01 per 1,000 results
Categories	7 categories in one scraper

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📦 What Categories Are Covered?

Category	Vietnamese	Code	Typical Listings
Property (Sale)	Bán nhà đất	2010	Apartments, houses, land, villas
Property (Rent)	Cho thuê nhà đất	2020	Apartments, rooms, offices
Cars	Ô tô	4020	Used cars with make, model, year, km
Motorbikes	Xe máy	4010	Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki etc.
Electronics	Điện tử	5000	Phones, laptops, tablets
Furniture	Nội thất	7000	Home furniture and appliances
Fashion	Thời trang	9000	Clothing and accessories

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🔧 Quick Start

Property for sale in Ho Chi Minh City:

{
  "category": "2010",
  "region": "12000",
  "maxRecords": 100
}

Used cars in Hanoi with seller phone numbers:

{
  "category": "4020",
  "region": "13000",
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "maxRecords": 200
}

All categories across all Vietnam:

{
  "category": "all",
  "region": "0",
  "maxRecords": 500
}

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📊 Sample Output — Property

{
  "listingId": "102345678",
  "subject": "Bán căn hộ 2PN Quận 7 view sông giá tốt",
  "category": "Bán nhà đất",
  "type": "Bán",
  "price": 2800000000,
  "priceDisplay": "2.8 tỷ VND",
  "area": 65,
  "district": "Quận 7",
  "region": "Hồ Chí Minh",
  "bedroomCount": 2,
  "bathroomCount": 2,
  "houseDirection": "Đông Nam",
  "legalDocument": "Sổ hồng",
  "isVerified": true,
  "sellerName": "Nguyễn Thị B",
  "sellerPhone": "0912345678",
  "listingUrl": "https://www.chotot.com/102345678.htm"
}

📊 Sample Output — Car

{
  "listingId": "105678901",
  "subject": "Toyota Camry 2020 tự động",
  "category": "Ô tô",
  "type": "Bán",
  "price": 750000000,
  "priceDisplay": "750 triệu VND",
  "make": "Toyota",
  "model": "Camry",
  "year": 2020,
  "mileage": 45000,
  "transmission": "Tự động",
  "fuelType": "Xăng",
  "color": "Trắng",
  "district": "Quận 1",
  "region": "Hồ Chí Minh",
  "listingUrl": "https://www.chotot.com/105678901.htm"
}

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🇻🇳 Vietnam-Specific Features

Price Formatting

Prices are stored in raw VND and auto-formatted:

Raw VND	Display
2,800,000,000	2.8 tỷ VND
750,000,000	750 triệu VND
15,000,000	15 triệu VND

Property Legal Documents

• Sổ đỏ — Land use rights certificate
• Sổ hồng — House ownership certificate
• Hợp đồng — Sales contract only

Detail API Enrichment

With scrapeDetails: true, each listing is enriched via the detail API endpoint:

• Seller phone number — Direct contact
• Full description — Complete listing text
• All images — Full image gallery
• Extra specifications — Direction, legal status, furniture level

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🎯 Use Cases

🏢 Vietnam Real Estate Intelligence

Track property prices across HCMC districts (Quận 1, Quận 7, Bình Thạnh, Thủ Đức) and Hanoi neighborhoods. Chotot listings tend to be from individual sellers with more negotiable prices than Batdongsan.

🚗 Used Vehicle Market Analysis

Monitor car and motorbike pricing across Vietnam. Honda and Toyota dominate the market — track depreciation curves, popular models, and regional price differences.

📱 E-commerce Arbitrage

Track electronics and furniture pricing for cross-platform arbitrage. Chotot prices are often 20-40% below retail.

📊 PropTech & Market Research

Feed structured listing data into valuation models, market dashboards, or investment analysis tools. The API delivers clean JSON ideal for data pipelines.

🌍 Foreign Investor Due Diligence

International investors entering Vietnam's property or automotive market need structured data. JSON output with VND prices enables analysis in any BI tool.

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⚠️ Technical Notes

• No browser needed — Pure API calls, ultra-fast and lightweight
• No proxy required for moderate volumes — API works without authentication
• Proxy recommended for 1,000+ records to avoid rate limiting
• Rate limiting — 500ms default delay. If you get 429 errors, increase requestDelay
• 20 listings per page — API maximum. 500 records = 25 API calls

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📜 Changelog

Version	Date	Notes
1.0.0	2026-05-11	Initial release — Public API, 7 categories, detail enrichment, tỷ/triệu formatting