# Imovirtual Portugal Real Estate & Property Scraper (`plastic_bisque/imovirtual-portugal-scraper`) Actor

Fast, high-performance scraper for Imovirtual.com Portugal real estate listings. Extracts property prices, locations, bedrooms, areas, and 32 institutional fields without browser overhead.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/plastic_bisque/imovirtual-portugal-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Le Hung](https://apify.com/plastic_bisque) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Imovirtual Portugal Real Estate & Property Scraper

Fast, reliable, and high-performance Apify Actor for scraping real estate listings from **Imovirtual.com** (Portugal's leading property portal).

Complies with the institutional **REAL-ESTATE-BASIC (32 fields)** standard, delivering structured data for market intelligence, property appraisal, hedge funds, and expat analytics.

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### 🌟 Key Features

- **High Performance**: Directly parses `__NEXT_DATA__` server-side state without browser/headless overhead.
- **Institutional Standard**: Outputs 32 structured fields including localized administrative divisions (Distrito, Concelho, Freguesia), exact prices, areas (m²), price per m², bedrooms (tipologia), and listing agencies.
- **Zero PII**: Strictly GDPR compliant, no personal names or private phone numbers are collected.
- **Flexible Filtering**: Search by operation (Sale / Rent), property types (Apartments, Houses, Land, Commercial), or specific regions/cities.

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### 📥 Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `locations` | `Array<String>` | `["todo-o-pais"]` | List of regions or districts (e.g. `todo-o-pais`, `lisboa`, `porto`, `faro`). |
| `operationType` | `String` | `"comprar"` | `"comprar"` (For Sale) or `"arrendar"` (To Rent). |
| `propertyType` | `String` | `"imovel"` | `"imovel"`, `"apartamento"`, `"moradia"`, `"terreno"`, `"comercial"`. |
| `maxItems` | `Integer` | `100` | Maximum properties to scrape (set to `0` for unlimited). |
| `startUrls` | `Array<String>` | `[]` | Optional direct Imovirtual search URLs. |

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### 📤 Output Data Format (32 Fields)

Each item in the dataset contains:

- `listing_id`: Unique listing ID on Imovirtual.
- `title`: Clean property headline.
- `price`: Listing price in EUR.
- `price_per_sqm`: Price per square meter (EUR/m²).
- `area_sqm`: Usable floor area in square meters.
- `rooms`: Number of bedrooms/rooms (T0, T1, T2, etc.).
- `region`: Portuguese District (Distrito - e.g. Faro, Lisboa, Porto).
- `city`: Portuguese Council (Concelho).
- `neighborhood`: Portuguese Parish (Freguesia).
- `operation_type`: `sale` or `rent`.
- `property_type`: `apartment`, `house`, `land`, `commercial`, etc.
- `agency_name`: Real estate broker or agency name.
- `itemurl`: Canonical listing URL.
- `imageurl`: Main property thumbnail/photo URL.

# Actor input Schema

## `locations` (type: `array`):

List of Portuguese districts or regions to scrape (e.g. todo-o-pais, lisboa, porto, faro, setubal, braga).

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

Optional direct Imovirtual search or listing URLs (e.g. https://www.imovirtual.com/pt/resultados/comprar/apartamento/todo-o-pais).

## `operationType` (type: `string`):

Choose whether to scrape properties for sale (comprar) or to rent (arrendar).

## `propertyType` (type: `string`):

Filter by property type (apartamento, moradia, terreno, imovel for all).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of properties to scrape across all locations (set to 0 for unlimited).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy configuration. Standard Apify datacenter proxies work well.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "locations": [
    "todo-o-pais"
  ],
  "operationType": "comprar",
  "propertyType": "imovel",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Structured real estate listings with 32 fields (prices, geocodes, areas, bedrooms, agents)

# 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("plastic_bisque/imovirtual-portugal-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("plastic_bisque/imovirtual-portugal-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 plastic_bisque/imovirtual-portugal-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,plastic_bisque/imovirtual-portugal-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/Ww4ZBmCSRCooGgJ72/builds/YKfFhQDNL4aJYVhtJ/openapi.json