# Craigslist Scraper - Listings, Prices & Geo to CSV/Excel (`matrix-crawl/craigslist-scraper`) Actor Scrape Craigslist classifieds โ€” listings, prices, locations, GPS coordinates, attributes, photos, and post dates โ€” to CSV, Excel, or JSON. Any region, any category (housing, for-sale, jobs, gigs, services). Residential anti-block. No login, no API key. - **URL**: https://apify.com/matrix-crawl/craigslist-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Matrix Crawl](https://apify.com/matrix-crawl) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Real estate, Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.00 / 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? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## ๐Ÿ“ Craigslist Scraper โ€” Listings, Prices & Geo to CSV/Excel **Fast Craigslist scraper for classifieds data.** Pull listings from any Craigslist region and category โ€” titles, prices, locations, GPS coordinates, attributes, photos, and post dates โ€” into clean, spreadsheet-ready rows. No login, no API key. `craigslist scraper` ยท `classifieds data` ยท `real estate leads` ยท `used car listings` ยท `apartment data` ยท `market research` Built for real-estate analysts, automotive valuation, resale arbitrage, and local market research โ€” with geo coordinates and parsed bed/bath/sqft ready for mapping and filtering. --- ### ๐Ÿ‘ฅ Who Is This For? * **Real-Estate & Rental Analysts:** Pull apartments/housing with price, neighborhood, lat/long, beds, baths, and sqft โ€” map and filter instantly. * **Automotive & Resale Traders:** Track car/for-sale prices across regions to spot under-market deals. * **Market Researchers:** Build a structured, multi-region classifieds dataset without wrestling messy HTML. --- ### โšก Features * **Geo coordinates** โ€” latitude/longitude per listing (enrichment mode) for maps and proximity filtering. * **Parsed real-estate fields** โ€” `br`, `ba`, `sqft` pulled out of listing attributes into typed columns. * **Images & attributes** โ€” full photo-gallery URLs and the attribute list per post. * **Multi-region ร— multi-category** โ€” scrape many subdomains and categories in one run. * **Smart filters** โ€” keyword, min/max price, search radius + ZIP, photos-only. * **De-duplicated** โ€” repeat listings and reposts removed by id. * **Cost control** โ€” hard `maxItems` cap so large regions can't run away with your bill. * **Residential anti-block** โ€” routes through Apify residential proxy with automatic session rotation, since Craigslist blocks datacenter IPs hard. --- ### ๐Ÿš€ How to Use 1. Add one or more **regions** (subdomains) like `newyork`, `sfbay`, `losangeles`. 2. Add one or more **category codes** (see table below โ€” e.g. `hhh` housing, `sss` for sale, `jjj` jobs). 3. Optionally set **filters** (keyword, price range, radius+ZIP, photos-only). 4. Keep **Visit each post** on for geo/attributes/images, set your **Maximum Items** cap, and click **Start**. 5. Export as **CSV, Excel, JSON, or HTML** โ€” or call it as a tool via Apify's MCP server. #### Category Codes Use either a **whole section** code or a **specific** sub-category code. | Section | Code | | Common specific codes | |---------|------|---|------------------------| | Community | `ccc` | | `apa` apts/housing ยท `hhh` all housing | | Events | `eee` | | `cto` cars by owner ยท `cta` cars by dealer | | For sale | `sss` | | `sss` all for-sale ยท `ele` electronics | | Gigs | `ggg` | | `ggg` all gigs ยท `cpg` computer gigs | | Housing | `hhh` | | `jjj` all jobs | | Jobs | `jjj` | | `bbb` all services | | Resumes | `rrr` | | `rrr` resumes ยท `eee` events | | Services | `bbb` | | | Example โ€” scrape every section: `"categories": ["ccc","eee","sss","ggg","hhh","jjj","rrr","bbb"]` #### Sample Input ```json { "subdomains": ["newyork"], "categories": ["apa"], "minPrice": 1500, "maxPrice": 3500, "hasPic": true, "enrichPosts": true, "maxPagesPerSearch": 3, "maxItems": 500, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } } ```` *** ### ๐Ÿ“Š Output Data Dictionary | Field | Type | Example | |-------|------|---------| | `id` | string | `"7654321"` | | `title` | string | `"Sunny 2BR Apt"` | | `price` | number | null | `2500` | | `location` | string | `"Brooklyn"` | | `subdomain` | string | `"newyork"` | | `url` | string | `"https://newyork.craigslist.org/.../7654321.html"` | | `latitude` | number | null | `40.6782` | | `longitude` | number | null | `-73.9442` | | `br` | number | null | `2` | | `ba` | number | null | `1` | | `sqft` | integer | null | `950` | | `description` | string | null | `"Great place near the park..."` | | `attributes` | string\[] | `["2BR / 1Ba","laundry in bldg"]` | | `imageUrls` | string\[] | `["https://images.craigslist.org/a_600x450.jpg"]` | | `postedAt` | string (ISO) | null | `"2026-06-20T10:00:00-0400"` | | `scrapedAt` | string (ISO) | `"2026-06-27T10:00:00.000Z"` | > Geo, `br`/`ba`/`sqft`, attributes, images, and description require **Visit each post** (enrichment) enabled. With it off, you get the search-page fields only (id, title, price, location, url). > > `price`/`br`/`ba`/`sqft` are `null` where not applicable โ€” e.g. gigs/jobs have no price; only housing has beds/baths/sqft. Output keeps one consistent schema across all sections. *** ### ๐Ÿ’ฐ Pricing Charged per delivered dataset row. With enrichment on, one row = one enriched listing. ### โš–๏ธ Compliance & Responsible Use This actor collects **publicly visible** classifieds data only. It does **not** extract phone numbers, emails, or other personal contact details. You are responsible for lawful use: respect Craigslist's Terms of Service and `robots.txt`, applicable data-protection laws, and reasonable request rates. # Actor input Schema ## `subdomains` (type: `array`): Regional subdomain prefixes, e.g. 'newyork', 'losangeles', 'sfbay'. One row per region. ## `categories` (type: `array`): Craigslist category shorthand codes. Common: apa (apts), hhh (housing), cto (cars by owner), cta (cars by dealer), sss (for sale), ggg (gigs), jjj (jobs). ## `query` (type: `string`): Optional search keyword applied to every region/category. ## `minPrice` (type: `integer`): Optional minimum price filter. ## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`): Optional maximum price filter. ## `searchDistance` (type: `integer`): Optional radius in miles. Pairs with the postal/ZIP below. ## `postal` (type: `string`): Optional center ZIP code for the search-distance radius. ## `hasPic` (type: `boolean`): Restrict to listings that include at least one image. ## `enrichPosts` (type: `boolean`): If on, opens each listing page for lat/long, attributes, description, images, and post date. Off = faster/cheaper, search-page fields only. ## `maxPagesPerSearch` (type: `integer`): Search result pages per region/category (120 listings per page). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Hard cap on total dataset rows across all regions, to control cost. 0 = unlimited. ## `debugLog` (type: `boolean`): Enable DEBUG-level logs to diagnose blocked or empty regions. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Defaults to Apify residential proxy. Craigslist blocks datacenter IPs hard โ€” residential strongly recommended. ## Actor input object example ```json { "subdomains": [ "newyork" ], "categories": [ "apa" ], "hasPic": false, "enrichPosts": true, "maxPagesPerSearch": 1, "maxItems": 20, "debugLog": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "subdomains": [ "newyork" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("matrix-crawl/craigslist-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`๐Ÿ’พ 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); }); // ๐Ÿ“š Want to learn more ๐Ÿ“–? Go to โ†’ 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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "subdomains": ["newyork"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("matrix-crawl/craigslist-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("๐Ÿ’พ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # ๐Ÿ“š Want to learn more ๐Ÿ“–? Go to โ†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "subdomains": [ "newyork" ] }' | apify call matrix-crawl/craigslist-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=matrix-crawl/craigslist-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Craigslist Scraper - Listings, Prices & Geo to CSV/Excel", "description": "Scrape Craigslist classifieds โ€” listings, prices, locations, GPS coordinates, attributes, photos, and post dates โ€” to CSV, Excel, or JSON. Any region, any category (housing, for-sale, jobs, gigs, services). Residential anti-block. No login, no API key.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "KvoVSqJ2OTmdDr6lM" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/matrix-crawl~craigslist-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-matrix-crawl-craigslist-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/matrix-crawl~craigslist-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-matrix-crawl-craigslist-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/matrix-crawl~craigslist-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-matrix-crawl-craigslist-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "subdomains" ], "properties": { "subdomains": { "title": "Craigslist Regions (subdomains)", "type": "array", "description": "Regional subdomain prefixes, e.g. 'newyork', 'losangeles', 'sfbay'. One row per region.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "categories": { "title": "Category Codes", "type": "array", "description": "Craigslist category shorthand codes. Common: apa (apts), hhh (housing), cto (cars by owner), cta (cars by dealer), sss (for sale), ggg (gigs), jjj (jobs).", "default": [ "apa" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "query": { "title": "Keyword (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Optional search keyword applied to every region/category." }, "minPrice": { "title": "Min price", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Optional minimum price filter." }, "maxPrice": { "title": "Max price", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Optional maximum price filter." }, "searchDistance": { "title": "Search distance (miles)", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Optional radius in miles. Pairs with the postal/ZIP below." }, "postal": { "title": "Postal / ZIP", "type": "string", "description": "Optional center ZIP code for the search-distance radius." }, "hasPic": { "title": "Only listings with photos", "type": "boolean", "description": "Restrict to listings that include at least one image.", "default": false }, "enrichPosts": { "title": "Visit each post (enrich)", "type": "boolean", "description": "If on, opens each listing page for lat/long, attributes, description, images, and post date. Off = faster/cheaper, search-page fields only.", "default": true }, "maxPagesPerSearch": { "title": "Max pages per search", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Search result pages per region/category (120 listings per page).", "default": 1 }, "maxItems": { "title": "Maximum Items (total)", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard cap on total dataset rows across all regions, to control cost. 0 = unlimited.", "default": 20 }, "debugLog": { "title": "Verbose debug logging", "type": "boolean", "description": "Enable DEBUG-level logs to diagnose blocked or empty regions.", "default": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Defaults to Apify residential proxy. Craigslist blocks datacenter IPs hard โ€” residential strongly recommended.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```