# Zoopla Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/zoopla-scraper`) Actor This Apify actor scrapes Zoopla UK property listings in three categories: List of location slugs for properties for sale. List of location slugs for rental properties. Direct URLs for complete property details. list of location slugs and retrieves rental property cards. - **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/zoopla-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Travel, Real estate - **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 ## Zoopla Scraper (Apify Actor) Apify actor that scrapes [Zoopla](https://www.zoopla.co.uk) UK property listings in three lanes (any combination): | Input field | What it gets | |---|---| | `searchesForSale` | List of location slugs → for-sale property cards | | `searchesToRent` | List of location slugs → rental property cards | | `propertyUrls` | Direct property detail URLs → full property object | ### Location slugs Zoopla URLs look like `https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/property/london/islington`. The slug is the part after `/property/` — in this case `london/islington`. You can paste either the slug (`london/islington`) or the full URL — the actor extracts the slug automatically. A few that work as of 2026: - `london/islington`, `london/camden`, `london/shoreditch` - `manchester`, `manchester/didsbury` - `birmingham`, `bristol/clifton`, `edinburgh/new-town` - `liverpool`, `leeds`, `oxford` If a slug returns 0 results, verify it loads at `https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/property/` first. ### Output samples ```jsonc // _type=search_result (one per property card on a search page) { "_type": "search_result", "_locationSlug": "london/islington", "_queryType": "to-rent", "price": 2950, "priceCurrency": "Sterling pound £", "url": "https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/73011463/", "image": "https://lid.zoocdn.com/...", "address": "City Road, Old Street EC1V", "squareFt": 559, "numBathrooms": 1, "numBedrooms": 1, "numLivingRoom": 1, "description": "...", "agency": "Lixing" } // _type=property (full detail per URL) { "_type": "property", "_sourceUrl": "https://www.zoopla.co.uk/new-homes/details/70337559/", // ...full property object: images, price history, agent, key features, // floor plans, EPC ratings, tenure, ground rent, etc. } ```` ### Proxy Zoopla applies anti-bot measures and is GB-locked for some content. The default input pre-configures **Apify Proxy → Residential, country GB** which is the configuration that works best. ### Run locally with the Apify CLI ```bash npm install -g apify-cli apify login cd zoopla-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). 4. Start, fill in input, run. ### Example input ```json { "searchesForSale": [ "london/islington", "manchester/didsbury" ], "searchesToRent": [ "london/camden" ], "maxSearchPages": 2, "scrapeAllPages": false, "propertyUrls": [ "https://www.zoopla.co.uk/new-homes/details/70337559/" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "GB" }, "maxRetries": 2, "retryDelaySeconds": 5 } ``` # Actor input Schema ## `searchesForSale` (type: `array`): Zoopla location slugs to search for **properties for sale**. Examples: `london/islington`, `manchester`, `bristol/clifton`. Verify a slug works by visiting `https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/property/` first. ## `searchesToRent` (type: `array`): Zoopla location slugs to search for **rental properties**. Examples: `london/camden`, `birmingham`, `edinburgh/new-town`. ## `maxSearchPages` (type: `integer`): How many search-result pages to scrape per location. Each page is browser-rendered (~6–10s of Chromium warmup), so values >10 can take many minutes per location. ## `scrapeAllPages` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, ignore `Max pages per search` and walk every available result page. Use with caution — large locations can have hundreds of pages. ## `propertyUrls` (type: `array`): Direct Zoopla property detail page URLs, e.g. `https://www.zoopla.co.uk/new-homes/details/70337559/`. Returns the rich property object including images, agent details, key features, and (when available) price history. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Zoopla applies anti-bot measures and is GB-locked for some content. Apify Proxy → Residential (UK) 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, retry this many times (Zoopla intermittently serves blank pages to scrapers — retries usually fix it). ## `retryDelaySeconds` (type: `integer`): Seconds to wait between retry attempts. Gives the proxy pool time to rotate IPs. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchesForSale": [ "london/islington" ], "searchesToRent": [], "maxSearchPages": 1, "scrapeAllPages": false, "propertyUrls": [], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "GB" }, "perTaskTimeoutSeconds": 240, "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 = { "searchesForSale": [ "london/islington" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "GB" } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/zoopla-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 = { "searchesForSale": ["london/islington"], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "GB", }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/zoopla-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 '{ "searchesForSale": [ "london/islington" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "GB" } }' | apify call moving_beacon-owner1/zoopla-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=moving_beacon-owner1/zoopla-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Zoopla Scraper", "description": "This Apify actor scrapes Zoopla UK property listings in three categories:\n\n List of location slugs for properties for sale.\n List of location slugs for rental properties.\n Direct URLs for complete property details. list of location slugs and retrieves rental property cards.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "1ht4Jw2Us6WEP9zgz" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~zoopla-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-moving_beacon-owner1-zoopla-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~zoopla-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-zoopla-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~zoopla-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-zoopla-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "searchesForSale": { "title": "🏠 Locations — For sale", "type": "array", "description": "Zoopla location slugs to search for **properties for sale**. Examples: `london/islington`, `manchester`, `bristol/clifton`. Verify a slug works by visiting `https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/property/` first.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "searchesToRent": { "title": "🏘️ Locations — To rent", "type": "array", "description": "Zoopla location slugs to search for **rental properties**. Examples: `london/camden`, `birmingham`, `edinburgh/new-town`.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxSearchPages": { "title": "Max pages per search", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 50, "type": "integer", "description": "How many search-result pages to scrape per location. Each page is browser-rendered (~6–10s of Chromium warmup), so values >10 can take many minutes per location.", "default": 1 }, "scrapeAllPages": { "title": "Scrape ALL available pages", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, ignore `Max pages per search` and walk every available result page. Use with caution — large locations can have hundreds of pages.", "default": false }, "propertyUrls": { "title": "🏷️ Property URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Direct Zoopla property detail page URLs, e.g. `https://www.zoopla.co.uk/new-homes/details/70337559/`. Returns the rich property object including images, agent details, key features, and (when available) price history.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Zoopla applies anti-bot measures and is GB-locked for some content. Apify Proxy → Residential (UK) is recommended.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "GB" } }, "perTaskTimeoutSeconds": { "title": "Per-task timeout", "minimum": 60, "maximum": 900, "type": "integer", "description": "Max seconds to wait for any one search/URL before giving up and moving on.", "default": 240 }, "maxRetries": { "title": "Max retries on empty result", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 10, "type": "integer", "description": "If a search/URL returns 0 results, retry this many times (Zoopla intermittently serves blank pages to scrapers — retries usually fix it).", "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```