# Trulia Real Estate Scraper - Homes For Sale, Prices & Schools (`madeingermany/trulia-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Trulia.com to crawl millions of real estate properties nationwide. Extract descriptions, prices, neighborhood insights, local crime scores, and school ratings.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/madeingermany/trulia-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Made In Germany](https://apify.com/madeingermany) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 trulia property records

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## 🚀 Trulia Real Estate Scraper - Homes For Sale, Prices & Schools

A high-performance, enterprise-grade Apify Actor designed to extract clean, structured data from **Trulia**.

Built with automated anti-blocking measures, proxy rotation, and smart retries, this scraper allows developers, market researchers, and business analysts to collect data at scale without technical hurdles.

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### 🌟 Key Features & Benefits

- **Clean Data Formatting**: Outputs structured JSON/CSV records ready for database ingestion or analytics.
- **Anti-Bot Resilience**: Automatically handles rate-limits and session rotations.
- **Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing**: Pay only for successful items retrieved—zero charges for failed requests.
- **Instant Integrations**: Export to Google Sheets, CSV, Excel, or consume live via Apify REST API and Webhooks.

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### 💼 High-Value Commercial Use Cases

1. **Market & Competitor Intelligence**: Monitor trends, pricing shifts, and content updates in real-time.
2. **Lead Generation & Research**: Build targeted outreach lists, enrichment pipelines, and industry directories.
3. **AI Training & LLM Fine-Tuning**: Feed clean, domain-specific text and media records into your machine learning pipelines.
4. **Automated Monitoring & Alerts**: Connect to Zapier or Make to trigger real-time notifications on new entries.

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### 🚀 How to Use

1. Enter your target search keywords, URLs, or parameters in the input form.
2. Set your desired `maxItems` extraction limit.
3. Click **Start** to execute the scraper on Apify Cloud.
4. Export your dataset in **JSON**, **CSV**, or **Excel**.

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### ⚙️ Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :--- |
| `startUrls` | Array | No | `[]` | Direct URLs to scrape from Trulia. |
| `searchQuery` | String | No | `""` | Keyword or search query to look up. |
| `maxItems` | Integer | No | `50` | Maximum number of items to extract. |
| `proxy` | Object | No | `{ "useApifyProxy": true }` | Proxy configuration for uninterrupted scraping. |

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### ❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

#### Do I need special credentials or API keys?

No! This Actor handles all public network requests autonomously.

#### Can I run this scraper on a recurring schedule?

Yes! Use Apify's built-in **Schedules** tab to run this tool hourly, daily, or weekly with automated data exports.

#### What happens if the website updates its design?

Our scrapers are maintained continuously with graceful error fallbacks to ensure uninterrupted operation.

# Actor input Schema

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

Trulia search or property listing URLs.

## `search` (type: `string`):

City, ZIP code, or neighborhood.

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

Maximum properties to scrape.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.trulia.com/home/742-evergreen-terrace-springfield-or-97477"
    }
  ],
  "search": "Springfield, OR",
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("madeingermany/trulia-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("madeingermany/trulia-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 '{}' |
apify call madeingermany/trulia-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,madeingermany/trulia-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/8sARE5PkSamXrsUJI/builds/WbMikoFaMhGID6X3O/openapi.json