Trulia Scraper

What does Trulia Scraper do?

Trulia Scraper reads Trulia's own location search page and returns the address, price, bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage, lot size, property type, listing tags, image and coordinates for each home. Give it a "City,ST" location, or a full search URL with your own filters already applied.

Why use Trulia Scraper?

• Covers Trulia, one of the major US real estate marketplaces (part of Zillow Group).
• Returns Trulia's own listing tags directly (e.g. "NEW", lot-size highlights), useful for spotting fresh or notable listings at a glance.
• Captures both for-sale and for-rent/recently-sold status flags on every listing.
• Works with any location - city/state or a full filtered search URL copied from your browser.
• No account or API key.

What makes this different

Most real estate scrapers return just a price and address. This Actor also surfaces Trulia's own listing tags and sale-status flags directly from the site's own data, giving a fuller picture of each listing's standing.

Who can use the Trulia Scraper and how?

• Home buyers: Monitor a specific city for new listings matching their criteria.
• Real estate investors: Screen for lot size, property type and listing freshness across a market.
• Agents and brokers: Track competitor listings and pricing by city.
• Market researchers: Study price distributions and inventory by property type and location.

How it works

1. Your input — give it a "City,ST" location, or paste a full Trulia search URL with your own filters
2. The Actor collects it — the Actor reads that location's own search-results page directly
3. Your output — you get one row per listing, with price, specs and listing tags

What data can you extract?

The dataset has 22 fields per row:

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Trulia's internal home ID.
address	string	Full property address.
city	string	City.
state	string	State code.
zipcode	string	Zip code.
url	string	Listing detail page URL.
price	number	Price amount.
priceDisplay	string	Price as displayed, e.g. "$540,000".
currency	string	Currency code.
bedrooms	number	Number of bedrooms.
bathrooms	number	Number of bathrooms.
floorSpaceSqft	string	Floor space, as displayed.
lotSize	string	Lot size, as displayed.
propertyType	string	Property type, e.g. "MULTI_FAMILY".
isActiveForSale	boolean	Whether the listing is currently active for sale.
isActiveForRent	boolean	Whether the listing is currently active for rent.
isRecentlySold	boolean	Whether the listing was recently sold.
tags	array	Listing tags, e.g. "NEW - 52 MIN AGO".
imageUrl	string	Listing photo URL.
latitude	number	Latitude.
longitude	number	Longitude.
description	string	Auto-generated listing description.

How to use Trulia Scraper

1. Open the Actor and go to the Input tab.
2. Enter a "City,ST" location (e.g. Austin,TX), or paste a full Trulia search URL with filters already applied.
3. Optionally set filters and a Max results limit.
4. Click Start. A default run finishes in under a minute.
5. Open the Output tab, then download the dataset or connect it to your tools.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
location	string	No	"Austin,TX"	A Trulia "City,ST" location (e.g. Austin,TX), or a full search URL with filters already applied.
maxItems	integer	No	40	Maximum number of listings to return. Capped at 200 to keep a single run bounded.
proxyConfiguration	object	No	{"useApifyProxy":false}	Trulia's listing pages work without a proxy for moderate volumes. Enable Apify Proxy for larger runs.

Output Data

Each row is one listing: address, price, bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage, lot size, property type, tags, image and coordinates.

A real dataset item:

{
  "id": "29442979_ZPID",
  "address": "12808 Chromite St, Austin, TX 78727",
  "city": "Austin",
  "state": "TX",
  "zipcode": "78727",
  "url": "https://www.trulia.com/home/12808-chromite-st-austin-tx-78727-29442979",
  "price": 540000,
  "priceDisplay": "$540,000",
  "currency": "USD",
  "bedrooms": 4,
  "bathrooms": 4,
  "floorSpaceSqft": "2,129 sqft",
  "lotSize": "0.27 acres",
  "propertyType": "MULTI_FAMILY",
  "isActiveForSale": true,
  "isActiveForRent": false,
  "isRecentlySold": false,
  "tags": [
    "NEW - 1 HR AGO",
    "0.27 ACRES"
  ],
  "imageUrl": "https://www.trulia.com/pictures/thumbs_4/zillowstatic/fp/549f3b52c690c95a2302da30a7bfbf1a-full.jpg",
  "latitude": 30.423098,
  "longitude": -97.69667,
  "description": "This multi-family home is located at 12808 Chromite St, Austin, TX. 12808 Chromite St is in the Gracy Woods neighborhood in Austin, TX and …"
}

Usage Examples

Search by city

{
  "location": "Austin,TX",
  "maxItems": 40
}

Filtered search URL

{
  "location": "https://www.trulia.com/for_sale/Austin,TX/2p_beds/",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Tips for Best Results

• Apply your filters directly on trulia.com first, then copy that URL in for the most control.
• Re-run on a schedule with the same location to catch new listings.
• Default is 5 results for a fast test. Set the max to 0 to return everything available.

Known Limitations

• Pulls from a single search-results page per run, not every page of a very large market.

Integrations

Run it from the Apify API, on a schedule, or from a webhook. Send results straight to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, Slack or your own database with Apify's built-in integrations.

Export Formats

Download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML table or RSS from the Output tab or the API.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does it need a Trulia account?

No. The Actor reads Trulia's public search pages and needs no account or key.

Can I use my own filters?

Yes - build the search on trulia.com with whatever filters you want, then paste that exact URL in.

How many results can I get?

Up to 200 per run from a single location's search-results page.

Do I need an account or login?

No. The Actor reads public data and needs no account or key.

Am I charged for failed runs or empty results?

You are only charged for results that are actually written to the dataset.

Can I run it on a schedule?

Yes. Create a Task with your input and add a schedule in Apify Console. With monitor mode on, each scheduled run returns only what changed since the previous one.

Enterprise and custom work

Need higher volumes, a custom output schema, dedicated scheduling or a no-breaking-changes commitment for a production pipeline? Open an issue on the Actor page and describe your use case. Bulk terms and custom builds are available.

Support

Questions or a missing field? Open an issue from the Issues tab on this Actor's page and it will be looked at.

Legal / Responsible Use

You are responsible for using the data in line with the source's terms and applicable law. The Actor collects publicly available data only and is not affiliated with the source.