# Houzz Scraper (`muhammadafzal/houzz-scraper`) Actor

Extract Houzz photos, professionals, products, projects, ratings, images, and page metadata for home-design research and lead discovery. Returns structured records from public Houzz pages.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/muhammadafzal/houzz-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Muhammad Afzal](https://apify.com/muhammadafzal) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate, Lead generation, MCP servers
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 houzz results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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

## Houzz Scraper

Extract structured home-design data from Houzz for design research, inspiration discovery, competitor monitoring, and home-improvement lead generation.

### What it extracts

- Houzz inspiration photos and image URLs
- Design professionals and firms
- Products and project pages
- Titles, descriptions, authors, ratings, review counts, and source URLs
- A machine-readable run summary in the `OUTPUT` key-value store

You can provide direct Houzz URLs or let the Actor create a search URL from one or more queries. Use `pageType` to target photos, professionals, products, or projects. Set `maxResults` and `maxPages` to keep runs predictable.

### Input examples

Search photos:

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["modern kitchen ideas", "small bathroom remodel"],
  "pageType": "photos",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "maxPages": 3
}
```

Scrape direct pages:

```json
{
  "startUrls": [{"url": "https://www.houzz.com/photos/kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709"}],
  "pageType": "auto",
  "maxResults": 25
}
```

### Reliability and access

The Actor uses a headless browser because Houzz can serve JavaScript client challenges to plain HTTP clients. Apify Proxy is enabled by default and can be disabled for a known-good network. If Houzz presents a challenge, the run completes with an `EMPTY` summary and a warning in `OUTPUT` rather than pretending the page contained no results. Retry later or use a suitable residential proxy.

### Output

Each dataset item has a stable shape with `recordType`, `title`, `url`, `imageUrl`, `description`, `author`, `location`, `rating`, `reviewCount`, `categories`, `sourcePage`, and `scrapedAt`. See `dataset_schema.json` for field definitions.

### Pricing

The Actor charges $0.005 per structured result written to the dataset, plus a $0.00005 run-start event. Empty and challenge-only runs do not incur result charges. Apify Proxy usage, if enabled, is billed by Apify separately.

### Scope and responsible use

This Actor is for publicly accessible Houzz pages. Do not bypass authentication, paywalls, or access controls. Respect Houzz terms, robots guidance, applicable law, and reasonable request rates. You are responsible for the URLs and data you submit.

# Actor input Schema

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

Optional direct Houzz pages to scrape. Use this when you already have photo, professional, product, project, or profile URLs.

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Optional Houzz discovery terms. Use this when you want photo or product search pages generated from phrases such as kitchen ideas or modern bathroom.

## `pageType` (type: `string`):

Use this when searchQueries are provided to choose which Houzz section to query.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of structured records to write to the dataset. Use this to control runtime and cost.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum pagination depth per starting URL.

## `useProxy` (type: `boolean`):

Use this when Houzz returns a client challenge or rate limit. Apify Proxy usage is billed separately by Apify.

## `proxyCountry` (type: `string`):

Optional ISO country code for the proxy session, such as US or GB.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "modern kitchen ideas",
    "small bathroom remodel"
  ],
  "pageType": "photos",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "useProxy": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing one structured record per extracted Houzz photo, professional, product, project, or page.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Output key-value record containing status, result count, warnings, and scrape timestamp.

# 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("muhammadafzal/houzz-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("muhammadafzal/houzz-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 muhammadafzal/houzz-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,muhammadafzal/houzz-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/vtx4wRpc3XR4VXdcW/builds/xzsnzPEHa8cNmWHUc/openapi.json