# LandWatch Scraper - Rural Land & Ranch Listings (`lulzasaur/landwatch-scraper`) Actor

Scrape LandWatch rural land, acreage, farm & ranch listings. Extract title, price, acreage, price per acre, city/state/county, property type, coordinates, broker, and photos. Search by state/location or paste LandWatch search URLs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/landwatch-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Redfin Scraper

Apify Actor for scraping Redfin real estate listings. Uses CheerioCrawler for fast, efficient HTML parsing without a browser.

### Features

- Scrape any Redfin search URL (city pages, zip code pages, filtered results)
- Extracts rich property data from Redfin's embedded JSON payload (up to 350 listings per page)
- Falls back to HTML + JSON-LD parsing when embedded data is unavailable
- Pagination support (automatically follows page links)
- Optional detail mode visits each property page for full descriptions, price history, photos, HOA fees, and listing agent info
- Proper User-Agent headers to pass Redfin's AWS WAF protection

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `searchUrls` | requestListSources\[] | NYC houses | Redfin search URLs to scrape |
| `maxListings` | integer | `100` | Max total listings to scrape (0=unlimited) |
| `scrapeDetails` | boolean | `false` | Visit each property page for full details |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | `{}` | Proxy settings (recommended for large runs) |

#### Example Input

```json
{
    "searchUrls": [
        { "url": "https://www.redfin.com/city/30749/NY/New-York/filter/property-type=house" },
        { "url": "https://www.redfin.com/zipcode/90210" }
    ],
    "maxListings": 50,
    "scrapeDetails": false
}
```

### Output

#### Search-only mode (`scrapeDetails: false`)

```json
{
    "address": "120-38 Inwood St, Jamaica, NY 11436",
    "streetAddress": "120-38 Inwood St",
    "city": "Jamaica",
    "state": "NY",
    "zip": "11436",
    "price": 759000,
    "currency": "USD",
    "beds": 3,
    "baths": 2.5,
    "fullBaths": 2,
    "partialBaths": 1,
    "sqft": 1056,
    "lotSize": 2600,
    "pricePerSqFt": 719,
    "yearBuilt": 1960,
    "propertyType": "Single Family Residential",
    "status": "For Sale",
    "mlsStatus": "Active",
    "mlsNumber": "972711",
    "daysOnMarket": 1,
    "hoaDues": null,
    "latitude": 40.675628,
    "longitude": -73.7937371,
    "location": "Jamaica",
    "url": "https://www.redfin.com/NY/Jamaica/12038-Inwood-St-11436/home/20717945",
    "propertyId": 20717945,
    "photoUrl": "https://ssl.cdn-redfin.com/...",
    "keyFacts": ["2,600 sq ft lot", "3 garage spots", "Built 1960"],
    "description": "Welcome to 12038 Inwood Street...",
    "searchUrl": "https://www.redfin.com/city/30749/NY/New-York/filter/property-type=house",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-17T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

#### Detail mode (`scrapeDetails: true`)

Includes all fields above plus:

```json
{
    "description": "Full property description from listing page...",
    "photos": ["https://ssl.cdn-redfin.com/.../item_1.jpg", "..."],
    "photoCount": 29,
    "datePosted": "2026-03-17T17:58:21.995Z",
    "priceHistory": [
        { "date": "Mar 17, 2026", "event": "Listed", "price": 759000 },
        { "date": "Feb 6, 2026", "event": "Relisted", "price": null }
    ],
    "hoaDues": 0,
    "listingAgent": "Mathew Walker",
    "listingBrokerPhone": "631-337-8238",
    "amenities": ["Heating & cooling: Has A/C", "Laundry: In-unit laundry", "Parking: 3 car garage"]
}
```

### Supported URL Formats

| URL Type | Example |
|----------|---------|
| City search | `https://www.redfin.com/city/30749/NY/New-York` |
| City with filters | `https://www.redfin.com/city/30749/NY/New-York/filter/property-type=house` |
| Zip code | `https://www.redfin.com/zipcode/10001` |
| State | `https://www.redfin.com/state/New-York` |
| County | `https://www.redfin.com/county/1985/NY/Queens-County` |
| Neighborhood | `https://www.redfin.com/neighborhood/123/NY/New-York/Upper-West-Side` |

### How It Works

1. Fetches each search URL with browser-like headers
2. Extracts Redfin's embedded JSON payload from `reactServerState` (contains up to 350 homes with full data)
3. Falls back to parsing HTML HomeCard elements + per-card JSON-LD if embedded JSON is unavailable
4. Handles pagination by detecting `/page-N` links and enqueueing subsequent pages
5. Optionally visits each property detail page for JSON-LD `RealEstateListing` schema + HTML enrichment

### Quick Start

```bash
apify run --purge
```

### Deploy to Apify

```bash
apify login
apify push
```

***

### Run on Apify

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# Actor input Schema

## `location` (type: `string`):

State or region to search for rural land, e.g. 'texas', 'montana', 'colorado'. The scraper builds the LandWatch search page automatically. Use this OR Search URLs below.

## `searchUrls` (type: `array`):

LandWatch search/listing URLs to scrape (paste from landwatch.com with your filters applied, e.g. https://www.landwatch.com/montana-land-for-sale). Use this for advanced filtered searches. Leave empty if using Location above.

## `maxListings` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total number of land listings to scrape across all searches. LandWatch returns 25 listings per page. Set to 0 for unlimited (bounded by a run time limit).

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

Proxy settings. LandWatch is behind Akamai bot protection, so residential proxies are recommended for reliable large-scale runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "location": "texas",
  "searchUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.landwatch.com/texas-land-for-sale"
    }
  ],
  "maxListings": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {
    "location": "texas",
    "searchUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.landwatch.com/texas-land-for-sale"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/landwatch-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 = {
    "location": "texas",
    "searchUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.landwatch.com/texas-land-for-sale" }],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/landwatch-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 '{
  "location": "texas",
  "searchUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.landwatch.com/texas-land-for-sale"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/landwatch-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/landwatch-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/sIZcbDNSSlZYhDxkR/builds/n2rDZInEiKT7YGLco/openapi.json