# Mitula Argentina Homes Scraper (`rainminer/mitula-ar-homes-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Mitula Casas Argentina property search results for homes and apartments across Buenos Aires and nationwide. Export price in ARS, bedrooms, bathrooms, area, location, amenities, images, and listing URLs for market research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rainminer/mitula-ar-homes-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [rainminer](https://apify.com/rainminer) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.49 / 1,000 listing scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Mitula Argentina Homes Scraper

Extract for-sale and rental property listings from [Mitula Casas Argentina](https://casas.mitula.com.ar/) — a leading real-estate aggregator that collects listings from hundreds of Argentine portals and classified sites into a single search interface.

![Mitula Casas Argentina](https://casas.mitula.com.ar/img/mitula-logo.svg)

### What does this Actor do?

The **Mitula Argentina Homes Scraper** crawls Mitula Casas Argentina search result pages and outputs structured data for every listing found. Because Mitula is a search-result aggregator (SERP), all the key details — title, price, location, bedroom count, size, description, and image — are embedded directly in the search-result cards. No separate detail-page visit is required, making the scraper fast and efficient.

For each listing the Actor collects:

- **id** — Mitula's internal unique identifier for the property
- **title** — Listing headline as shown on the card
- **propertyType** — Property category (e.g. *Casa*, *Departamento*, *PH*)
- **priceText** — Raw price string as shown on the page (e.g. *USD 195.000*)
- **price** — Parsed numeric price value
- **currency** — Detected currency code (USD, ARS, EUR)
- **location** — Barrio, city, or province where the property is listed
- **bedrooms** — Number of bedrooms (*dormitorios*, parsed from card text)
- **bathrooms** — Number of bathrooms (*baños*, parsed from card text)
- **sizeSqM** — Floor area in square metres (parsed from card text)
- **features** — Array of amenity/feature tags shown on the card
- **description** — Snippet description from the listing card
- **imageUrl** — Direct URL to the listing thumbnail image
- **updatedText** — Recency label (e.g. *Hace 13 horas*)
- **clickUrl** — Outbound tracking link (to the originating portal)
- **searchUrl** — The Mitula search page the listing was found on

### How to use

1. Open the Actor in [Apify Console](https://console.apify.com/).
2. Paste one or more **Mitula Casas Argentina search URLs** into the **Start URLs** field.
3. Set **Maximum items** to control how many listings to collect per URL.
4. Enable **Proxy configuration** — residential proxies with country code **AR** are recommended (the site blocks many IPs without a proxy).
5. Click **Start**. Results appear in the **Dataset** tab as JSON or CSV.

#### Example start URLs

```
https://casas.mitula.com.ar/casas/casas-capital-federal
https://casas.mitula.com.ar/casas/casas-boca
https://casas.mitula.com.ar/casas/casas-retiro
https://casas.mitula.com.ar/casas/casas-palermo
```

#### Pagination

The Actor automatically follows Mitula's query-parameter pagination (`?page=2`, `?page=3`, …) until it has collected the requested number of items or no more results are available.

### Output example

```json
{
  "id": "mitula-AR-abc123",
  "title": "Casa en Palermo con jardín y cochera",
  "propertyType": "Casa",
  "priceText": "USD 350.000",
  "price": 350000,
  "currency": "USD",
  "location": "Palermo, Buenos Aires",
  "bedrooms": 3,
  "bathrooms": 2,
  "sizeSqM": 180,
  "features": ["3 dormitorios", "2 baños", "180 m²"],
  "description": "Hermosa casa en Palermo con amplio jardín…",
  "imageUrl": "https://img.mitula.com/…",
  "updatedText": "Hace 2 días",
  "clickUrl": "https://clk.thribee.com/…",
  "searchUrl": "https://casas.mitula.com.ar/casas/casas-capital-federal/"
}
```

### Use cases

- **Rental market research** — Compare asking rents across barrios and cities without visiting multiple portals.
- **Price monitoring** — Track how sale and rental prices shift week over week for a specific area or property type.
- **Investment analysis** — Build datasets of properties matching specific criteria (price range, bedroom count, location) for yield calculations.
- **Lead generation** — Identify new listings as they appear on the aggregator before they age out.
- **Academic / data journalism** — Analyse residential real-estate trends from aggregated listing data.

### Technical details

- Crawler: `CheerioCrawler` (pure HTTP — no browser required)
- Base image: `apify/actor-node:20`
- Proxy: Apify residential proxies with AR country code enabled by default
- Charging model: pay-per-event (`result-item`)
- TypeScript, Crawlee v3, Apify SDK v3

### Frequently asked questions

**Does the Actor visit individual property portals?**
No. Mitula embeds all listing metadata in its search-result cards. The Actor never navigates to the third-party portal links.

**Can I scrape multiple searches at once?**
Yes — add multiple URLs to the *Start URLs* field. Each URL gets its own independent `maxItems` counter.

**Why do I need a proxy?**
Mitula Casas Argentina returns HTTP 401 for requests from many data-centre and residential IP ranges outside Argentina. Apify residential proxies with country code AR (the default) work reliably.

**What currencies are supported?**
Listings on Mitula Argentina typically show prices in USD or ARS. The Actor detects both from the price text on each card.

### Image Credit

Image credit: [mitula.com.ar](https://casas.mitula.com.ar/)

# Actor input Schema

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

Mitula Casas Argentina search URLs to scrape (e.g. https://casas.mitula.com.ar/casas/casas-capital-federal).

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

Maximum number of property listings to return per start URL.

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

Proxy settings. Mitula Casas Argentina often requires residential proxies with an AR country code.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://casas.mitula.com.ar/casas/casas-capital-federal"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "AR"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://casas.mitula.com.ar/casas/casas-capital-federal"
        }
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "AR"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rainminer/mitula-ar-homes-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 = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://casas.mitula.com.ar/casas/casas-capital-federal" }],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "AR",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rainminer/mitula-ar-homes-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 '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://casas.mitula.com.ar/casas/casas-capital-federal"
    }
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "AR"
  }
}' |
apify call rainminer/mitula-ar-homes-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rainminer/mitula-ar-homes-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/Y6BW4mqygZHxfxlEA/builds/uFQ9FmjSqISafXSya/openapi.json