Daft.ie Scraper (Ireland Property Listings)

🤖 What does Daft.ie Scraper do?

Daft.ie Scraper extracts real estate listings from Daft.ie, Ireland’s leading property portal. Use it to scrape houses and apartments for sale, rentals, sharing, student accommodation, commercial properties, new homes, holiday homes, and even parking listings.

This actor is designed for reliable, filter-based scraping so you can build datasets for analysis, alerts, dashboards, lead generation, or market research.

✅ What can you scrape from Daft.ie?

You can collect listings with filters like:

• 📍 Location (city, county, suburb, or college name for student accommodation)
• 🏷️ Category (buy, rent, share, student accommodation, commercial, etc.)
• 🔎 Keywords (e.g., “seafront”, “parking”, “pet friendly”)
• 🏠 Property types (apartments, houses, bungalows, sites, offices, industrial units, and more)
• 💰 Price range
• 🛏️ Beds / Baths
• 📐 Floor size
• 🌱 Facilities & amenities (parking, pets allowed, garden, internet, wheelchair access, etc.)
• 🪑 Furnishing (furnished / unfurnished)
• 🎥 Media filters (video, virtual tour)
• 🗓️ Recency filter (“first publish date”: last 24h, 3d, 7d, 14d, 30d)
• 🧾 Optional: Fetch listing details (extra requests, slower)

💡 Why scrape Daft.ie?

Daft.ie is the go-to marketplace for Irish property, so scraping it enables:

• 📈 Property price tracking (rent and sale trends by area)
• 🏘️ Market monitoring (new listings, delistings, and supply changes)
• 🧠 Investment research (BER ratings, pricing patterns, property mix)
• 🧲 Lead generation for agencies, brokers, and service providers
• 🧪 Data science & modeling (pricing models, demand forecasting, comparables)
• 🔔 Alerts (e.g., “2-bed apartment in Dublin under €2,000, published in last 24h”)

🚀 How to scrape Daft.ie with Apify

1. Add the actor – Install Daft.ie Scraper on Apify.
2. Configure your input – Choose category, location, filters, and maxItems.
3. Run the actor – Click “Run” to start scraping.
4. Export results – Download your dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, or use it via API.

💳 How much will it cost?

Apify includes free monthly usage on the Free plan, which is often enough for small runs and testing.

For larger workloads (daily monitoring, multi-location scraping, higher volume), consider a paid plan:

• Personal plan: good for regular scraping and automation
• Business plans: best for high-volume or team workflows

📝 Input Parameters

Tip: Set numeric filters to 0 to mean “any” (no limit), where applicable.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
maxItems	integer	10	Maximum number of listings to scrape (min: 1)
location	string	"Dublin City"	Location text (city/county/suburb). For student accommodation, use the college name
locationId	string	""	Optional Daft location ID (use instead of searching by location text)
category	string	residential-for-sale	Category: buy, rent, share, student accommodation, commercial, new homes, holiday homes, parking
sort	string	bestMatch	Sorting: bestMatch, publishDateDesc (newest), publishDateAsc, priceAsc, priceDesc
keywords	string	""	Keywords query
propertyTypes	array	[]	Property type filters (houses, apartments, office spaces, retail units, etc.)
saleTypes	array	[]	Sale type filters (e.g., auction)
mediaTypes	array	[]	Media filters: video, virtual-tour
adStates	array	[]	Listing state filters: published, sale-agreed
facilities	array	[]	Facilities filters (AND condition): parking, pets allowed, garden/patio/balcony, internet, etc.
furnishing	array	[]	Furnishing: furnished, unfurnished
roomTypes	array	[]	Room types (sharing): single, double
suitableFor	array	[]	Suitable for (sharing): male, female
ownerOccupied	string	""	Owner occupied: "" (any), yes, no
offersEnabled	boolean	false	Filter by “offers enabled”
minPrice	integer	0	Minimum price (0 = any)
maxPrice	integer	0	Maximum price (0 = any)
minBeds	integer	0	Minimum bedrooms (0 = any)
maxBeds	integer	0	Maximum bedrooms (0 = any)
minBaths	integer	0	Minimum bathrooms (0 = any)
maxBaths	integer	0	Maximum bathrooms (0 = any)
minFloorSize	integer	0	Minimum floor size (0 = any)
maxFloorSize	integer	0	Maximum floor size (0 = any)
minBer	integer	0	Minimum BER (if available)
maxBer	integer	0	Maximum BER (if available)
availableFrom	string	""	Available from date (YYYY-MM-DD)
viewingTimesFrom	string	""	Viewing times from date (YYYY-MM-DD)
firstPublishDate	string	""	Only show listings first published within: 1d, 3d, 7d, 14d, 30d
minLeaseLength	integer	0	Minimum lease length
maxLeaseLength	integer	0	Maximum lease length
minTenants	integer	0	Minimum tenants
maxTenants	integer	0	Maximum tenants
fetchDetails	boolean	false	Fetch detailed data per listing and attach it in _details (slower; extra requests)
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy	Proxy settings (default uses RESIDENTIAL group)

Example input

{
  "maxItems": 50,
  "category": "residential-to-rent",
  "location": "Dublin City",
  "sort": "publishDateDesc",
  "minBeds": 2,
  "maxPrice": 2500,
  "facilities": ["parking", "pets-allowed"],
  "firstPublishDate": "7d",
  "fetchDetails": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}