# Craigslist Scraper: Listings, Prices, Housing & Jobs (`ksvan/craigslist-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Craigslist listings from any city and category (for sale, cars, housing, jobs, services, gigs): title, price, location, coordinates, images, date, link. Gets past the 360-result cap by splitting on price. Optional details: description, attributes, address, salary.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ksvan/craigslist-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [K.S. Van](https://apify.com/ksvan) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Real estate, Jobs
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Craigslist Scraper: Listings, Prices, Housing & Jobs

Scrape **listings from Craigslist** in any city and category: for sale, cars and trucks, furniture, apartments and rooms, real estate, jobs, services and gigs. Each listing comes with its **title, price, location, neighborhood, GPS coordinates, images, posting date and link**; housing adds **bedrooms and square feet**, cars the **odometer**, jobs the **compensation, job title and company**.

Craigslist stops a search at 360 results. This actor **splits the search into price ranges automatically**, so you can collect thousands of listings from one search.

Turn on **Full listing details** to also get the **description, every attribute** (condition, make and model, bike size, pets, laundry, parking, employment type...), **street address, postal code, last update date and all images**.

No login, no browser. You pay per listing delivered.

### What you can paste

- **Search URLs with your filters**: `https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/cta?query=toyota&min_price=5000`, `https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/brk/apa?max_price=3000`, `https://chicago.craigslist.org/search/jjj?query=driver`
- **Cities + keywords + category**: `newyork`, `losangeles`, `london`, `toronto` with `iphone` in For sale, or no keyword for the newest listings
- **Single listing URLs**: `https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/brooklyn-962-bushwick-ave/kV1TmfgyMYxXPWTSqd4qGJ` (always with details)

### What you get

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `postingId`, `url`, `title`, `thumbnail`, `images` | 7985430564 |
| `price`, `priceText`, `currency` | 300, $300, USD |
| `location`, `neighborhood`, `subarea`, `area` | Queens, que, newyork |
| `latitude`, `longitude` | 40.7069, -73.8297 |
| `postedAt`, `category`, `categoryId` | 2026-10-17T23:09:56+00:00, bia |
| `bedrooms`, `areaSqft` (housing), `odometer` (cars) | 1, 650, 208850 |
| `compensation`, `jobTitle`, `company` (jobs) | $72392 per year, Primo Brands |
| `input`, `position` | the search it came from |

With **Full listing details**: `description`, `attributes` (all label / value pairs), `highlights` (e.g. `0BR / 1Ba`), `address`, `postalCode`, `city`, `region`, `updatedAt`, `mapAccuracy`, `bathrooms`, `petsAllowed`, `employmentType`, `salary`, `categoryName`, `subareaName`.

### Use cases

- **Price research and arbitrage**: track asking prices of cars, bikes, electronics or furniture across cities.
- **Rental market analysis**: rents, bedrooms, square feet and coordinates of apartments by neighborhood.
- **Lead generation**: services, gigs and job posts by city and category.
- **Alerts**: run on a schedule with `postedToday=1` and get only the new listings.

### How to use

1. Paste Craigslist search URLs (set your filters on Craigslist first), or pick cities, keywords and a category.
2. Set **Max listings per search** and decide whether you need **Full listing details**.
3. Run and open the **Listings** view, or export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

#### Example input

```json
{
  "startUrls": ["https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/cta?query=toyota&min_price=5000"],
  "cities": ["newyork", "chicago"],
  "searchQueries": ["bike"],
  "category": "sss",
  "filters": {"hasPic": 1},
  "maxItemsPerSearch": 1000,
  "includeDetails": false
}
```

### Pricing

- **Listing**: charged per listing from the search results.
- **Listing with details**: charged per listing when **Full listing details** is on (and for single listing URLs).

No start fee. Inputs that fail are reported as `error` records and are **not charged**.

### Tips and limits

- Price splitting only reaches listings that have a price. Jobs, services, gigs and community posts have no price, so they stop at 360 per search; split them by city part (e.g. `/search/brk/jjj`) or keyword.
- The same listing found by two searches is saved once.
- Coordinates in search results are rounded by Craigslist; details give the exact map pin and its accuracy.
- Contact details (phone, email) are hidden by Craigslist behind a button and are not collected.

### FAQ

**Do I need a Craigslist account?** No.

**Which countries work?** Every Craigslist city: US, Canada, UK, Europe, Asia, Australia. Use the city subdomain (e.g. `london`, `berlin`, `sydney`).

**Is it legal?** The actor reads publicly visible listings. Use the data in line with Craigslist's terms and local law.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Search URLs with any filters you set on Craigslist (https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/cta?query=toyota\&min_price=5000, https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/brk/apa) or single listing URLs.

## `cities` (type: `array`):

Craigslist city subdomains: newyork, sfbay, losangeles, chicago, seattle, london, toronto... Used with the keywords and category below.

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

One search per keyword in every city. Leave empty to take the newest listings of the category.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Applies to cities + keywords. For other categories paste a search URL.

## `filters` (type: `object`):

Craigslist URL parameters added to every city search, e.g. {"min_price": 500, "max_price": 3000, "postedToday": 1, "hasPic": 1, "search_distance": 10, "postal": "10001"}.

## `maxItemsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Craigslist returns 360 listings per search; above that the actor splits the search into price ranges (listings with a price only).

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Open every listing for the description, all attributes (condition, make, bedrooms, pets, employment type...), street address, update date and all images. Charged as a detailed listing.

## `splitByPrice` (type: `boolean`):

Turn off to stop at the first 360 listings of each search.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

0 = no limit.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Listing pages opened at the same time when details are on.

## `maxRetries` (type: `integer`):

Each retry uses a new proxy IP.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Leave the default: datacenter proxy with automatic switch to residential when Craigslist blocks.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/bia?query=fixie"
  ],
  "category": "sss",
  "maxItemsPerSearch": 100,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "splitByPrice": true,
  "maxItems": 0,
  "maxConcurrency": 8,
  "maxRetries": 6,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One record per listing; failed inputs appear as error records and are not charged.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        "https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/bia?query=fixie"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ksvan/craigslist-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "startUrls": ["https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/bia?query=fixie"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ksvan/craigslist-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/bia?query=fixie"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call ksvan/craigslist-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ksvan/craigslist-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/28RdHAmL6zAWyvXUw/builds/8TqMtbdaoz1OwMGiH/openapi.json