Scrape Craigslist Listing — Data, Details & Metadata
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Scrape Craigslist Listing — Data, Details & Metadata
Scrape craigslist listing data at scale with this powerful Apify actor. Extracts data, details & metadata with automatic pagination and proxy rotation. Perfect for market research, competitive intelligence, and data-driven decision making.
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Craigslist Listing Scraper
Scrape Craigslist Listings — Prices, Locations & Descriptions
Overview
This Apify actor scrapes Craigslist search results for any location, category, and search query. It extracts listing titles, prices, locations, posting dates, description snippets, image availability, and direct listing URLs. Supports automatic pagination to collect up to the specified maximum number of results.
Input
| Field | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
location | string | Craigslist city code | "newyork" |
category | string | Category code (e.g. sss for for-sale) | "sss" |
searchQuery | string | Search keywords | "bicycle" |
maxResults | integer | Maximum listings to return (1-500) | 50 |
Common Location Codes
newyork— New Yorksfbay— San Francisco Bay Arealosangeles— Los Angeleschicago— Chicagoseattle— Seattleboston— Boston
Common Category Codes
sss— All For Salecta— Cars & Trucksapa— Apartments / Housingjjj— Jobsggg— Gigseee— Electronics
Example Input
{"location": "sfbay","category": "sss","searchQuery": "macbook pro","maxResults": 25}
Output
Each result contains:
title— Listing titleprice— Asking price (e.g. "$500")location— Neighborhood or areapostingDate— Date the listing was posteddescriptionSnippet— Brief description texthasImages— Whether the listing includes photoslistingUrl— Direct link to the full listing
Example Output
{"title": "2020 MacBook Pro 13\" - Excellent Condition","price": "$850","location": "soma / south beach","postingDate": "2024-01-15","descriptionSnippet": "Selling my MacBook Pro in excellent condition...","hasImages": true,"listingUrl": "https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/sys/d/macbook-pro/12345678.html"}
Notes
- Handles both modern and classic Craigslist page layouts
- Automatically follows pagination links up to 5 pages
- Results are capped at the
maxResultslimit - Craigslist may vary its HTML structure by region
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