Zillow Property Data Scraper

This code helps you extract property details from Zillow listings. It offers flexibility, allowing you to scrape data using the following methods:

• Property addresses
• ZPIDs (Zillow Property Identifiers)
• Direct Zillow property URLs

Requirements

• Python 3: Ensure you have Python 3 installed. You can download it from https://www.python.org/.
• Required Libraries: Install the following Python libraries using pip:

  pip install bs4 httpx apify
  

Setup

1. Clone or download the code: Get the code from your repository.
2. Install dependencies: Run the pip install command mentioned above to install the necessary libraries.

Usage

This tool utilizes the Apify platform. To use it:

1. Create an Apify account: Sign up for a free account at https://apify.com
2. Configure input:
   • Under the "Input" tab of your actor, you'll see options based on the provided input schema.
   • Select either "by Property Addresses", "by ZPIDs", or "by URLs"
   • In the text box, provide one property address, ZPID, or URL per line.
3. Run the actor: Start the actor and wait for it to finish.

Output

The scraped Zillow property data will be available in JSON/CSV/EXCEL/JSONV/XML format within the Apify platform's storage. You can download it or use the Apify API to access it.

Example Input

• Address: 7254 Wisteria Ln, Lake Wales, FL 33898
• URL: https://www.zillow.com/homes/8453-FOREST-VALLEY-DR,-COLERAIN-TOWNSHIP-HAM-OH,-45247,-OH_rb/110083637_zpid/
• ZPID: 110083637

Notes

This scraper respects Zillow website's /robots.txt. Respect Zillow's terms of service and avoid excessively frequent requests. For large-scale scraping, Contact: sorower.work@gmail.com

Support If you have questions or issues, please contact: sorower.work@gmail.com Let me know if you have any specific sections you'd like to refine or add!

Included features

• Apify SDK for Python - a toolkit for building Apify Actors and scrapers in Python
• Input schema - define and easily validate a schema for your Actor's input
• Request queue - queues into which you can put the URLs you want to scrape
• Dataset - store structured data where each object stored has the same attributes
• HTTPX - library for making asynchronous HTTP requests in Python
• Beautiful Soup - library for pulling data out of HTML and XML files

To learn more about Apify and Actors, take a look at the following resources:

• Apify SDK for JavaScript documentation
• Apify SDK for Python documentation
• Apify Platform documentation
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