Trulia Rental Scraper — Prices, Addresses, Photos, Amenities & Agent Contacts

Extract rental listings from Trulia.com — a leading US real estate marketplace (Zillow Group). Get monthly rent, bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage, full addresses, photos, amenities, property details, and agent/broker contacts.

Features

• Scrape rental search pages — fast extraction of listings with automatic pagination
• Scrape individual listing pages — full description, structured amenities, photos, agent contacts
• Extract addresses with geo coordinates — street, city, state, ZIP, latitude/longitude from JSON-LD
• Extract amenities by category — parking, laundry, pet policy, appliances, etc.
• Extract photos — high-resolution image URLs
• Extract agent & broker info — name, company, phone number
• Dual extraction strategy — tries __NEXT_DATA__ JSON first, falls back to DOM selectors
• Automatic deduplication across pages
• Configurable proxy support — residential proxies recommended

How it works

Trulia is a React/GraphQL application that requires full browser rendering. The scraper uses Playwright to load pages and extracts data using two strategies:

1. __NEXT_DATA__ JSON — if Trulia serves SSR data, this provides the richest structured data
2. DOM extraction — uses data-testid selectors for reliable scraping even when the DOM structure changes

On detail pages, the scraper also parses JSON-LD structured data for GPS coordinates and standardized address components.

Two scraping modes:

Mode	Speed	Data richness	How
Search only (scrapeDetails: false)	Fast	Basic — price, beds, baths, sqft, address	Extracts from listing cards
Search + Details (scrapeDetails: true)	Slower	Full — description, amenities, photos, agent, year built	Visits each listing page

Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	array	required	Trulia URLs — rental search pages (/for_rent/...) or listing pages (/p/...)
maxItems	integer	50	Maximum listings to scrape. Set to 0 for unlimited.
scrapeDetails	boolean	true	Visit each listing page for full data. Disable for faster, lighter scraping.
maxConcurrency	integer	3	Max parallel page loads (1–10). Keep low to avoid blocks.
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy	Proxy settings. Residential proxies strongly recommended.

Supported URL formats

• Rental search: https://www.trulia.com/for_rent/New_York,NY/
• With filters: https://www.trulia.com/for_rent/New_York,NY/2p_beds/APARTMENT_type/
• ZIP code search: https://www.trulia.com/for_rent/10001_zip/
• Paginated: https://www.trulia.com/for_rent/New_York,NY/2_p/
• Listing detail: https://www.trulia.com/p/ny/new-york/123-main-st-apt-4--2345678

URL filter segments

Segment	Description	Example
{N}p_beds	Minimum bedrooms	2p_beds = 2+ beds
{TYPE}_type	Property type	APARTMENT_type, SINGLE-FAMILY_HOME_type, TOWNHOUSE_type
{N}_p	Page number	3_p = page 3

Example — Search rentals in a city

{
    "startUrls": [
        { "url": "https://www.trulia.com/for_rent/New_York,NY/" }
    ],
    "maxItems": 50,
    "scrapeDetails": true
}

Example — Fast scraping without details

{
    "startUrls": [
        { "url": "https://www.trulia.com/for_rent/San_Francisco,CA/" },
        { "url": "https://www.trulia.com/for_rent/Los_Angeles,CA/" }
    ],
    "maxItems": 100,
    "scrapeDetails": false
}

Example — Scrape a specific listing

{
    "startUrls": [
        { "url": "https://www.trulia.com/p/ny/new-york/123-main-st-apt-4--2345678" }
    ]
}

Output

Core fields (always available)

Field	Example
price	"$3,400/mo"
priceValue	3400
address	"123 Main St Apt 4"
city	"New York"
state	"NY"
zipCode	"10001"
bedrooms	2
bathrooms	1
sqft	850
url	"https://www.trulia.com/p/ny/new-york/..."
listingId	"2345678"
scrapedAt	"2026-03-01T10:55:00.000Z"

Detail-only fields (when scrapeDetails: true)

Field	Example
description	"Spacious 2BR apartment with hardwood floors..."
amenities	{"Parking": ["Garage"], "Laundry": ["In-unit"], "Pets": ["Cats OK", "Dogs OK"]}
photos	["https://...image1.jpg", "https://...image2.jpg"]
photoCount	15
propertyType	"Apartment"
yearBuilt	1985
lotSize	"0.25 acres"
agentName	"John Smith"
brokerName	"Keller Williams Realty"
contactPhone	"(212) 555-1234"
latitude / longitude	40.7128 / -74.0060
daysOnMarket	"12 days"
statusTag	"NEW - 2 HRS AGO"

Example output

{
    "price": "$3,400/mo",
    "priceValue": 3400,
    "address": "123 Main St Apt 4",
    "city": "New York",
    "state": "NY",
    "zipCode": "10001",
    "fullAddress": "123 Main St Apt 4, New York, NY 10001",
    "latitude": 40.7128,
    "longitude": -74.006,
    "bedrooms": 2,
    "bathrooms": 1,
    "sqft": 850,
    "propertyType": "Apartment",
    "description": "Spacious 2BR apartment with hardwood floors, updated kitchen, and in-unit laundry. Steps from subway. Pets welcome.",
    "amenities": {
        "Parking": ["Garage parking"],
        "Laundry": ["In-unit washer/dryer"],
        "Pets": ["Cats allowed", "Dogs allowed"]
    },
    "photos": [
        "https://www.trulia.com/pictures/thumbs_6/zillowstatic/fp/...",
        "https://www.trulia.com/pictures/thumbs_6/zillowstatic/fp/..."
    ],
    "photoCount": 15,
    "agentName": "John Smith",
    "brokerName": "Keller Williams Realty",
    "contactPhone": "(212) 555-1234",
    "listingId": "2345678",
    "statusTag": "NEW - 2 HRS AGO",
    "url": "https://www.trulia.com/p/ny/new-york/123-main-st-apt-4--2345678",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-01T10:55:00.000Z"
}

Use Cases

• Rental market research — analyze rent prices, availability, and trends across US cities
• Rent benchmarking — compare rental prices for similar properties across neighborhoods
• Property management — monitor competing listings and pricing in your area
• Relocation planning — find and compare rentals in a new city before moving
• Investment analysis — assess rental yields by comparing rent vs. property prices
• Amenity analysis — identify which features drive higher rents (parking, laundry, pets)

Tips

• Residential proxies are strongly recommended. Trulia aggressively blocks datacenter IPs. Use Apify Proxy with residential group for best results.
• Keep concurrency low (2–3). Higher concurrency increases the risk of getting blocked.
• Start with scrapeDetails: true (default) for the richest data. Use false only when you need speed over detail.
• The first page load may timeout — this is normal. The scraper retries automatically and subsequent requests are faster due to session reuse.
• Set maxItems to control costs and run time. Each search page contains about 40 listings.

Integrate via API

The scraped data can be downloaded in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS format via the Apify API.

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