# Rightmove Property Discovery Scraper (`trovevault/rightmove-property-discovery-scraper`) Actor

Discover public Rightmove property listings by location, sale or rent, and property type. Extract prices, descriptions, areas, rooms, images, agents, and URLs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/trovevault/rightmove-property-discovery-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Trove Vault](https://apify.com/trovevault) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.85 / 1,000 listings

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Rightmove Property Discovery Scraper

Discover public Rightmove real estate listings from buyer-facing inputs: location, operation, property type, and result limit. The Actor searches Rightmove for you, then returns structured listing rows with prices, areas, rooms, descriptions, images, agents, and listing URLs.

This is a discovery Actor. You do not need to provide search result URLs.

### Why Use This Actor

Use this Actor when you need a clean UK real estate dataset from Rightmove without manually building search URLs or copying listings from the website.

It is useful for:

- UK property lead discovery by city
- sale and rental inventory research
- price and area comparison across Rightmove listings
- proptech, agency, investor, and market-monitoring workflows
- TroveVault pipelines that combine several property portals into one dataset

### What It Extracts

Each dataset row can include:

- `platform`, `listingId`, `title`, and `url`
- `operation` and `propertyType`
- `price`, `currency`, `priceText`, and `pricePerM2`
- `areaM2`, `bedrooms`, and `bathrooms`
- `address`, `city`, and `country`
- `description`
- `features`
- `sellerName`
- `mainImage` and `images`
- `listedAtText`
- `scrapedAt`
- `runId` when supplied in the input

Fields are only populated when they are publicly visible in Rightmove search results.

### Input

```json
{
  "location": "London",
  "operation": "sale",
  "propertyType": "any",
  "maxItems": 3,
  "datasetId": "",
  "runId": ""
}
```

### Input Fields

- `location` - Major UK city to search, for example `London`, `Manchester`, `Birmingham`, `Leeds`, `Liverpool`, `Bristol`, `Edinburgh`, or `Glasgow`.
- `operation` - Dropdown. Use `sale` for properties for sale or `rent` for rental listings.
- `propertyType` - Dropdown. Use `any`, `apartment`, `house`, `land`, or `commercial`.
- `maxItems` - Maximum number of listings to save.
- `datasetId` - Optional Apify dataset ID. When provided, each saved listing is also appended to that dataset.
- `runId` - Optional workflow run ID. When provided, it is copied into each output row and the `RUN_SUMMARY` key-value record.

### API Usage

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/trovevault~rightmove-property-discovery-scraper/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"location":"London","operation":"sale","propertyType":"any","maxItems":3}'
```

### Notes And Limitations

- City-level locations are more stable than broad regional searches.
- This version supports a curated set of major UK cities with stable Rightmove location identifiers.
- Search-result JSON is used directly, which keeps runs lightweight and avoids detail-page traffic for default tests.
- Prices, availability, and listing details can change after scraping. Use `scrapedAt` to judge freshness.
- The Actor does not read search URLs from input and does not require an upstream dataset for discovery.

# Actor input Schema

## `location` (type: `string`):

Major UK city to search. Use English names, for example London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Bristol, Edinburgh, or Glasgow. City-level searches are more stable than broad regions.

## `operation` (type: `string`):

Choose whether to discover Rightmove properties offered for sale or for rent.

## `propertyType` (type: `string`):

Choose the type of property to discover. Use Any to return the broadest listing set supported by Rightmove.

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

Maximum number of property listings to return. Use smaller values for quick checks and higher values for broader market discovery.

## `datasetId` (type: `string`):

Optional Apify dataset ID to append each saved listing to, in addition to this run's default dataset. Use this when chaining multiple discovery actors into one shared dataset.

## `runId` (type: `string`):

Optional external or Apify run ID copied into each output row and RUN\_SUMMARY. Use this to trace listings back to a parent workflow run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "location": "London",
  "operation": "sale",
  "propertyType": "apartment",
  "maxItems": 3
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (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 = {
    "location": "London"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("trovevault/rightmove-property-discovery-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 = { "location": "London" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("trovevault/rightmove-property-discovery-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "location": "London"
}' |
apify call trovevault/rightmove-property-discovery-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=trovevault/rightmove-property-discovery-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/XvO6NtyN4DGFp3pF1/builds/CKDGmrJhuIkJI8TCY/openapi.json