# Redfin Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/redfin-scraper`) Actor Apify actor for scraping Redfin US real estate data in multiple modes: forSaleUrls→ extracts full for-sale property details from parsed HTML forRentUrls → extracts full rental property details from parsed HTML Supports running any combination of modes in a single request. - **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/redfin-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community) - **Categories:** Real estate, Developer tools, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN 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? 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 ## Redfin Scraper (Apify Actor) Apify actor that scrapes [Redfin](https://www.redfin.com) US real estate in three modes (any combination): | Input field | What it gets | How | |---|---|---| | `forSaleUrls` | Full for-sale property detail | HTML → parsed | | `forRentUrls` | Full rental property detail | HTML → parsed | ### Output samples ```jsonc // _type=for_sale (full property detail, HTML-parsed) { "_type": "for_sale", "_sourceUrl": "https://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/...", "address": "...", "description": "...", "price": ..., "estimatedMonthlyPrice": "...", "attachments": [...], "details": [...], "features": {...} } // _type=for_rent (rental detail, HTML-parsed) { "_type": "for_rent", "_sourceUrl": "https://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/Onni-South-Lake-Union/apartment/147020546", // ...rental fields } ```` ### Auto-retry on block When a request returns 0 results, the actor probes the URL once. Probe checks differ by mode: - **Search API**: looks for `payload` substring in the JSON body - **HTML pages**: looks for `__NEXT_DATA__` / `reactServerState` markers, captcha keywords, or HTTP ≥ 400 If the probe says the page is blocked, the actor retries up to `maxRetries` times with `retryDelaySeconds` between attempts. Genuinely empty results (valid response with 0 homes) are **not** retried. Set `maxRetries: 0` to disable. ### Proxy Redfin requires a US-resident IP for full data. The default input pre-configures **Apify Proxy → Residential, country US**. ### Run locally with the Apify CLI ```bash npm install -g apify-cli apify login cd redfin-actor apify run --purge ``` Deploy: ```bash apify push ``` ### Run on Apify without the CLI 1. Zip the contents of this folder (top of zip = `.actor/`, `src/`, `Dockerfile`, `requirements.txt`, `README.md`). 2. → **Actors** → **Create new** → **Upload zip** → drop the zip. 3. Build (~3 min, mostly Playwright/Chromium pull — even though Redfin doesn't need a browser, the base image includes Chromium). 4. Start, fill in input, run. ### Example input ```json { "forSaleUrls": [ "https://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/506-E-Howell-St-98122/unit-W303/home/46456" ], "forRentUrls": [ "https://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/Onni-South-Lake-Union/apartment/147020546" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" }, "maxRetries": 2, "retryDelaySeconds": 5 } ``` # Actor input Schema ## `forSaleUrls` (type: `array`): Redfin for-sale property URLs, e.g. `https://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/506-E-Howell-St-98122/unit-W303/home/46456`. Returns the full property record including images, description, price history, schools, and key features. ## `forRentUrls` (type: `array`): Redfin rental URLs, e.g. `https://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/Onni-South-Lake-Union/apartment/147020546`. Returns the rental property record. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Redfin requires a US-resident IP for full data. Apify Proxy → Residential, country US is recommended. ## `perTaskTimeoutSeconds` (type: `integer`): Max seconds to wait for any one search/URL before giving up and moving on. ## `maxRetries` (type: `integer`): If a search/URL returns 0 results AND the page looks blocked, retry this many times. Genuine empty searches (no matching homes) are not retried. ## `retryDelaySeconds` (type: `integer`): Seconds to wait between retry attempts. Gives the proxy pool time to rotate IPs. ## Actor input object example ```json { "forSaleUrls": [], "forRentUrls": [], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" }, "perTaskTimeoutSeconds": 120, "maxRetries": 2, "retryDelaySeconds": 5 } ``` # 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 = { "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/redfin-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "US", } } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/redfin-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } }' | apify call moving_beacon-owner1/redfin-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=moving_beacon-owner1/redfin-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Redfin Scraper", "description": "Apify actor for scraping Redfin US real estate data in multiple modes:\n\nforSaleUrls→ extracts full for-sale property details from parsed HTML\n\nforRentUrls → extracts full rental property details from parsed HTML\n\nSupports running any combination of modes in a single request.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "4GKrdhDyRUIFSK4Rd" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~redfin-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-moving_beacon-owner1-redfin-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~redfin-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-redfin-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~redfin-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-redfin-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "properties": { "forSaleUrls": { "title": "🏠 Properties for sale", "type": "array", "description": "Redfin for-sale property URLs, e.g. `https://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/506-E-Howell-St-98122/unit-W303/home/46456`. Returns the full property record including images, description, price history, schools, and key features.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "forRentUrls": { "title": "🏘️ Properties for rent", "type": "array", "description": "Redfin rental URLs, e.g. `https://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/Onni-South-Lake-Union/apartment/147020546`. Returns the rental property record.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Redfin requires a US-resident IP for full data. Apify Proxy → Residential, country US is recommended.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } }, "perTaskTimeoutSeconds": { "title": "Per-task timeout", "minimum": 30, "maximum": 600, "type": "integer", "description": "Max seconds to wait for any one search/URL before giving up and moving on.", "default": 120 }, "maxRetries": { "title": "Max retries on empty result", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 10, "type": "integer", "description": "If a search/URL returns 0 results AND the page looks blocked, retry this many times. Genuine empty searches (no matching homes) are not retried.", "default": 2 }, "retryDelaySeconds": { "title": "Delay between retries", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 120, "type": "integer", "description": "Seconds to wait between retry attempts. Gives the proxy pool time to rotate IPs.", "default": 5 } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```