# Houfy Listings Scraper (`piotrv1001/houfy-listings-scraper`) Actor The Houfy Listings Scraper extracts vacation rental listings from Houfy.com — capturing titles, exact addresses, nightly/weekly pricing and deposits, amenities and activities, photos, ratings, and host details — ideal for rental market research, pricing intelligence, and lead discovery. - **URL**: https://apify.com/piotrv1001/houfy-listings-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [FalconScrape](https://apify.com/piotrv1001) (community) - **Categories:** Travel, Lead generation, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.00 / 1,000 listings 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 ### 🏖️ Houfy Listings Scraper Extract **vacation rental listings from [Houfy](https://www.houfy.com)** — the fee-free, book-direct rental marketplace. The **Houfy Listings Scraper** turns any Houfy search or location page into a clean, structured dataset of properties: **prices, exact locations, amenities, photos, ratings, and host information**. Try it with the default input and get real results in seconds. Run it on the **Apify platform** to schedule recurring scrapes, call it via API, integrate with your data stack, and export results to JSON, CSV, or Excel. ### ✨ What can this scraper do? - 🏠 **Full listing data** — title, property type, bedrooms, bathrooms, guest capacity, square footage, and long-form descriptions. - 📍 **Exact location & geo** — city, state, country, latitude/longitude, and (in detail mode) the precise street address. - 💰 **Complete pricing** — price per night, weekend, weekly and monthly rates, and security deposit, all normalized to USD on search pages. - 🛋️ **Amenities & activities** — pools, hot tubs, Wi-Fi, kitchens, plus on-site/nearby activities like fishing, kayaking, and golf. - 🖼️ **All photos** — every property image as a direct URL. - ⭐ **Ratings & reviews** — average rating and total review count. - 👤 **Host intelligence** — host name, username, verification status, member-since date, and response stats. ### 🔍 How to use the Houfy Listings Scraper 1. **Add start URLs** — paste one or more Houfy **location/search pages** (e.g. `https://www.houfy.com/vacation-rentals/Florida--United-States`) or individual **listing pages** (`https://www.houfy.com/lodging/.../{id}`). 2. **Set a limit** — choose how many listings to scrape with **Max items**. 3. **(Optional) Enable full details** — turn on **Scrape full listing details** for the complete record of every property (exact address, all amenities, every photo, house rules, and more). 4. **Run it** — start the Actor and download your data as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pull it via the Apify API. ### 📥 Input | Field | Description | | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | **Start URLs** | Houfy search/browse pages or individual listing pages. Search pages are paginated automatically. | | **Max items** | Maximum number of listings to scrape across all start URLs. Default: `50`. | | **Scrape full listing details** | When enabled, each listing is opened for the full record (slower, more data). Default: `false`. | | **Proxy configuration** | Optional proxy settings for higher-volume runs. | Example input: ```json { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.houfy.com/vacation-rentals/Florida--United-States" }], "maxItems": 50, "scrapeDetails": false } ```` ### 📊 Output Each listing is saved as a structured item in the dataset. You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel. Example (detail mode): ```json { "url": "https://www.houfy.com/lodging/location-x-private-gulf-front-retreat-dock/375541", "id": 375541, "title": "Location X: Private Gulf-Front Retreat & Dock", "propertyType": "Vacation Home", "address": "2612 Hwy 98 E, Carrabelle, FL 32322, USA", "city": "Carrabelle", "state": "Florida", "country": "United States", "latitude": 29.889427, "longitude": -84.575681, "bedrooms": 2, "bathrooms": 2, "maxGuests": 6, "squareFeet": 1248, "pricePerNight": 349, "weekendPrice": 449, "securityDeposit": 500, "currency": "USD", "instantBook": false, "checkInTime": "4:00 PM", "checkOutTime": "10:00 AM", "ratingAverage": null, "totalReviews": 0, "amenities": ["Hot Tub", "Full Kitchen", "Washing Machine", "Linens Provided"], "amenitiesCount": 41, "activities": ["Deepsea fishing", "Kayaking", "Golf", "Swimming"], "activitiesCount": 11, "images": ["https://www.assets.houfy.com/assets/images/properties/375541/90fdc9de.jpg"], "photoCount": 60, "host": { "firstName": "David", "username": "david18", "isVerified": true, "memberSince": "May 2026", "responseTime": "within an hour" }, "scrapedAt": "2026-06-15T12:20:08.920Z" } ``` #### Data fields | Field | Description | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | | `title`, `propertyType`, `description` | Listing name, property type, and full description | | `address`, `city`, `state`, `country` | Location (street address in detail mode) | | `latitude`, `longitude` | Geo coordinates | | `bedrooms`, `bathrooms`, `maxGuests`, `squareFeet` | Property capacity and size | | `pricePerNight`, `weekendPrice`, `pricePerWeek`, `pricePerMonth`, `securityDeposit`, `currency` | Pricing details | | `instantBook`, `minAge`, `checkInTime`, `checkOutTime` | Booking rules and times | | `cancellationPolicy`, `houseRules` | Policy text (detail mode) | | `ratingAverage`, `totalReviews` | Review summary | | `amenities`, `amenitiesCount`, `activities`, `activitiesCount` | Amenities and activities | | `images`, `photoCount` | Property photo URLs | | `host` | Host name, username, verification, member-since, response stats | ### 💵 How much does it cost to scrape Houfy? This Actor uses a **pay-per-result** pricing model: | Event | Price (USD) | | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------ | | **Listing scraped** (search/browse data) | $0.002 per listing | | **Listing detail scraped** (full record) | $0.007 per listing | For example, scraping **1,000 listings** from search pages costs about **$2**, while **1,000 full detail records** costs about **$7**, plus minimal platform usage. New Apify users get free monthly usage credits to start. ### 💡 Tips - Start with **search/browse mode** (`Scrape full listing details` off) to quickly map inventory and pricing across a location, then re-run with details on for the properties you care about. - Go to **city-level** location pages (e.g. a specific city rather than a whole state) for deeper coverage. - Increase **Max items** gradually to control your cost per run. ### ❓ FAQ **Is scraping Houfy legal?** This Actor collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for how you use the scraped data — always comply with Houfy's Terms of Service, applicable laws (including GDPR), and respect intellectual property rights. **Can I get host email and phone numbers?** No. Contact details are not publicly available on Houfy listings, so they are not included. The Actor returns public host names, usernames, and response stats — ideal for listing intelligence and market research. **Can I scrape a single property?** Yes — just add its `/lodging/...` URL to **Start URLs**. **Something not working?** Report issues via the **Issues** tab and we'll take a look. Custom requirements? We can build a tailored solution. Start gathering vacation rental market intelligence with the **Houfy Listings Scraper** today! 🚀 # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Houfy search/browse pages (e.g. a location like `https://www.houfy.com/vacation-rentals/Florida--United-States`) or individual listing pages (`https://www.houfy.com/lodging/.../{id}`). Browse pages are paginated automatically. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of listings to scrape across all start URLs. ## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`): When enabled, each listing is opened to extract the full record (exact address, all amenities & activities, every photo, house rules, cancellation policy, check-in/out times, host stats). This is slower. When disabled, only the data available on search pages is returned. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional proxy settings. Houfy does not require a proxy, but you can enable one for higher volume or geo-stable results. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.houfy.com/vacation-rentals/Florida--United-States" } ], "maxItems": 50, "scrapeDetails": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # 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 = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.houfy.com/vacation-rentals/Florida--United-States" } ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("piotrv1001/houfy-listings-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 = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.houfy.com/vacation-rentals/Florida--United-States" }] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("piotrv1001/houfy-listings-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 '{ "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.houfy.com/vacation-rentals/Florida--United-States" } ] }' | apify call piotrv1001/houfy-listings-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=piotrv1001/houfy-listings-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Houfy Listings Scraper", "description": "The Houfy Listings Scraper extracts vacation rental listings from Houfy.com — capturing titles, exact addresses, nightly/weekly pricing and deposits, amenities and activities, photos, ratings, and host details — ideal for rental market research, pricing intelligence, and lead discovery.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "4HOwUCHYW6v9EmLS8" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/piotrv1001~houfy-listings-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-piotrv1001-houfy-listings-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/piotrv1001~houfy-listings-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-piotrv1001-houfy-listings-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/piotrv1001~houfy-listings-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-piotrv1001-houfy-listings-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "startUrls" ], "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Houfy search/browse pages (e.g. a location like `https://www.houfy.com/vacation-rentals/Florida--United-States`) or individual listing pages (`https://www.houfy.com/lodging/.../{id}`). Browse pages are paginated automatically.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of listings to scrape across all start URLs.", "default": 50 }, "scrapeDetails": { "title": "Scrape full listing details", "type": "boolean", "description": "When enabled, each listing is opened to extract the full record (exact address, all amenities & activities, every photo, house rules, cancellation policy, check-in/out times, host stats). This is slower. When disabled, only the data available on search pages is returned.", "default": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional proxy settings. Houfy does not require a proxy, but you can enable one for higher volume or geo-stable results.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": false } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```