🔍 Craigslist Scraper — Listings, Prices & Data Extractor

The most reliable Craigslist Scraper on Apify. Extract listings from any Craigslist city and category — cars, housing, jobs, electronics, furniture, free items, services, and more. Get titles, prices, locations, posting dates, images, descriptions, and listing attributes in one clean structured dataset. No login. No API key. Bulk-ready.

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📌 Table of Contents

• What Is This Actor?
• Why Use This Craigslist Scraper?
• Supported Cities & Categories
• Use Cases
• Input Parameters
• Output Fields
• Example Input & Output
• Pricing & Free Trial
• Performance & Limits
• FAQ
• Changelog
• Legal & Terms of Use

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🔍 What Is This Actor?

Craigslist Scraper is a production-ready Apify actor that extracts structured listing data from any Craigslist city and category — across all major classified ad types. Whether you are hunting for used cars, monitoring rental prices, tracking job postings, or building a deal-alert pipeline, this Craigslist scraper delivers clean, ready-to-use data without any technical setup.

Enter a city, category, and optional keyword or price range — and receive back a full dataset of matching Craigslist listings with titles, prices, locations, posting dates, listing images, description snippets, and listing-specific attributes like mileage, bedrooms, or item condition.

No login. No API key. No browser required on your end. Just results from Craigslist, instantly structured.

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🚀 Why Use This Craigslist Scraper?

Feature	This Actor	Manual Browsing	Other Scrapers
50+ US cities	✅	✅ Slow	⚠️ Limited
15+ listing categories	✅	✅	⚠️
Price range filter	✅ Built-in	✅ Manual	⚠️
Keyword search	✅	✅	⚠️
Listing images extracted	✅ Up to 5	✅	❌
Attributes (beds, miles, sqft)	✅	✅	❌
Posting date	✅	✅	⚠️
Description snippet	✅	✅	❌
Bulk results — up to 600/run	✅	❌	⚠️
Direct Craigslist URL input	✅	N/A	⚠️
No blocks or CAPTCHAs	✅	✅	❌ Often

Bottom line: This Craigslist scraper is the only actor that reliably extracts listing images, attributes, description snippets, and posting dates alongside the standard title, price, and location — with zero configuration needed.

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🏙️ Supported Cities & Categories

📍 Cities (50+ Supported)

Type any city name naturally — the actor maps it to the correct Craigslist subdomain automatically.

Region	Supported Cities
Northeast	New York / NYC, Boston, Philadelphia
Southeast	Miami, Atlanta, Orlando, Charlotte
Midwest	Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Cleveland
South	Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio
West	Los Angeles / LA, San Francisco / SF, Seattle, Portland
Southwest	Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver, San Diego

Don't see your city? Enter the Craigslist subdomain directly (e.g. tucson, albuquerque) — most US cities work out of the box.

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🗂️ Categories (15+ Supported)

Input Value	Craigslist Category
for sale	All for-sale listings
cars / auto / vehicles	Cars & trucks
housing	All housing listings
apartments	Apartments for rent
rooms	Rooms & shares
jobs	All job listings
tech jobs	Software & IT jobs
electronics	Electronics
furniture	Furniture
free	Free stuff
appliances	Appliances
motorcycles	Motorcycles
bicycles	Bicycles
tools	Tools & equipment
services	Services
gigs	Gigs

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🎯 Use Cases

🚗 Car & Vehicle Research

• Scrape Craigslist car listings in any city by make, model, and price range
• Track used vehicle price trends across multiple cities using keyword and price filters
• Build an automated car deal alert by scheduling the Craigslist scraper on any search

🏠 Real Estate & Rental Market Analysis

• Extract apartment and housing listings to analyze average rent prices by neighborhood
• Monitor rental inventory changes over time for real estate investment research
• Collect Craigslist housing data for property management platforms or market reports

🛍️ Reseller & Arbitrage Deals

• Find underpriced electronics, furniture, and appliances for resale on other platforms
• Use minimum and maximum price filters to catch deals in your target range automatically
• Run the Craigslist scraper across multiple cities simultaneously for maximum coverage

📊 Market Research & Pricing Intelligence

• Benchmark local prices for specific products or services across US cities
• Study listing volume and price distribution for niche product categories
• Build competitive pricing datasets for e-commerce, local services, or procurement

🛠️ Developer & Data Integrations

• Feed Craigslist listing data into your own CRM, dashboards, or alert systems
• Build a multi-city aggregator that normalizes listings across Craigslist locations
• Schedule regular scraper runs to track new listings or price changes over time

🎓 Academic & Economic Research

• Study local labor markets by analyzing job posting volume and category distribution
• Research housing affordability trends by scraping rental price data over time
• Build classified ad datasets for consumer behavior or market structure research

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⚙️ Input Parameters

{
  "city":        "new york",
  "category":    "cars",
  "query":       "honda civic",
  "min_price":   "5000",
  "max_price":   "15000",
  "max_results": 20,
  "url":         ""
}

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
city	string	"new york"	City name — e.g. "chicago", "los angeles", "miami"
category	string	"cars"	Listing category — see full list above
query	string	""	Keyword to search — e.g. "iphone 14", "2-bedroom", "standing desk"
min_price	string	""	Minimum price filter — e.g. "500"
max_price	string	""	Maximum price filter — e.g. "5000"
max_results	integer	20	Maximum listings to return (up to 600 per run)
url	string	""	Paste a direct Craigslist search URL to bypass city/category inputs entirely

Power tip: Paste any Craigslist search URL directly into the url field to use custom filters, saved searches, or sorting without rebuilding your inputs.

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📋 Output Fields

Every record from this Craigslist scraper includes:

Field	Type	Description	Example
title	string	Listing title	"2018 Honda Civic EX — 42k miles"
price	string	Listed price	"$12,500"
location	string	Neighborhood or area	"Brooklyn", "Upper West Side"
posted_date	string	Posting timestamp	"2024-03-15T09:30"
listing_url	string	Direct link to the full listing page	"https://newyork.craigslist.org/..."
description	string	Short description snippet from the listing card	"One owner, clean title, runs great..."
attributes	array	Listing-specific details — mileage, bedrooms, sqft, condition, year	["42000mi", "clean title"]
thumbnail_url	string	Primary listing image (high resolution)	"https://images.craigslist.org/...jpg"
images	array	Up to 5 high-resolution listing images	["https://...", "https://..."]
city	string	City used for this search	"new york"
category	string	Category used for this search	"cars"

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📦 Example Input & Output

Input:

{
  "city":        "chicago",
  "category":    "electronics",
  "query":       "macbook",
  "max_price":   "800",
  "max_results": 5
}

Output (one record):

{
  "title":         "MacBook Pro 2020 — M1 chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD",
  "price":         "$750",
  "location":      "Lincoln Park",
  "posted_date":   "2024-03-15T11:45",
  "listing_url":   "https://chicago.craigslist.org/elm/d/macbook-pro-2020/1234567890.html",
  "description":   "Perfect condition, no scratches, original charger included.",
  "attributes":    ["like new", "apple"],
  "thumbnail_url": "https://images.craigslist.org/00X0X_abc123_1200x900.jpg",
  "images": [
    "https://images.craigslist.org/00X0X_abc123_1200x900.jpg",
    "https://images.craigslist.org/01010_def456_1200x900.jpg"
  ],
  "city":     "chicago",
  "category": "electronics"
}

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💰 Pricing & Free Trial

Plan	Price	Includes
Free Trial	$0	2 hours full access — no credit card required
Monthly	$6.99 / month	Unlimited runs, all cities, all categories

Everything included in every plan:

• ✅ All 50+ US cities supported
• ✅ All 15+ Craigslist categories
• ✅ Images extracted — up to 5 per listing at high resolution
• ✅ Attributes extracted per listing type (mileage, bedrooms, sqft, condition)
• ✅ Description snippet per listing
• ✅ Price range and keyword filters built-in
• ✅ Up to 600 results per run with automatic pagination
• ✅ Direct Craigslist URL input support
• ✅ JSON + CSV + Excel export from Apify dataset
• ✅ Scheduled runs for automated deal monitoring

Start your 2-hour free trial now — no credit card needed. Click Try for free at the top of this page.

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⚡ Performance & Limits

Mode	Listings	Estimated Time
Single page search	up to 120	~1–2 minutes
Multi-page search	up to 360	~3–5 minutes
Maximum per run	up to 600	~8–12 minutes

• Results pushed to the Apify dataset in real time as each page is processed
• Automatic pagination — no manual page handling needed
• Built-in request delays for reliable, unblocked scraping
• Supports both modern and legacy Craigslist listing layouts

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❓ FAQ

Q: Does this actor require a Craigslist account or login? A: No. This Craigslist scraper works entirely on publicly visible listing pages — no account, login, or session cookie needed.

Q: Can I search multiple cities in one run? A: Each run targets one city and category combination. For multi-city scraping, run the actor multiple times with different city inputs or use Apify's task scheduling to automate parallel runs.

Q: What does the url input do? A: If you paste a full Craigslist search URL directly, the actor uses that URL as-is — bypassing the city, category, and query inputs entirely. Useful for saved searches or advanced Craigslist filters.

Q: How many listings can I get per run? A: Up to 600 listings per run across up to 5 paginated result pages. Set max_results to control the exact number returned.

Q: Why are some fields like description or images missing for certain listings? A: Craigslist sellers control what they include in each posting. If a seller did not upload photos or write a description, those fields will be null in the output — reflecting the actual listing content.

Q: Can I monitor new listings automatically? A: Yes. Set up an Apify scheduled task to run this Craigslist scraper on any interval — hourly, daily, or weekly — to automatically monitor new listings for your search criteria.

Q: My city is not in the city list — will it still work? A: Most likely yes. Enter the Craigslist subdomain for your city directly (e.g. tucson, sacramento, albuquerque) and the actor builds the correct URL automatically.

Q: Can I export results to Excel or CSV? A: Yes. All results are pushed to the Apify dataset, which can be exported to JSON, CSV, Excel, and more from the Apify Console after the run completes.

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📜 Changelog

v9.0.0 (Current)

• ✅ Complete field extraction: title, price, location, date, description, attributes, images
• ✅ High-resolution image URL upgrade per listing
• ✅ Up to 5 images per listing
• ✅ Attributes extracted per listing type (mileage, bedrooms, sqft, condition)
• ✅ Description snippet from search result cards
• ✅ Automatic pagination — up to 5 pages per search
• ✅ Direct Craigslist URL input support
• ✅ 50+ city name auto-mapping to correct subdomains
• ✅ 15+ category name mapping to Craigslist category codes
• ✅ Support for both modern and legacy Craigslist layouts

v1.0.0

• Initial release with basic title, price, and location extraction

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🏷️ Tags

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⚖️ Legal & Terms of Use

This actor accesses publicly visible listing data on Craigslist in the same way a regular user browses the platform.

Please note:

• Use extracted Craigslist data only for lawful purposes — personal research, price monitoring, market analysis, and deal finding are common legitimate uses
• Do not use this Craigslist scraper to harvest personal contact information for spam, harassment, or unsolicited bulk outreach
• Respect Craigslist's Terms of Use — do not use this tool at volumes designed to overload or disrupt the platform
• Listing content belongs to the original poster — do not republish scraped listings without authorization
• The actor developer is not responsible for how extracted data is used

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🤝 Support & Feedback

• Bug report? Contact us via the Apify actor page
• Feature request? Post in the Apify Community forum
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