Craigslist Search Scraper

Scrape Craigslist search results from any city and category. One result = one posting.

Why use this actor

• No account, no login, and no API key required
• Works for any Craigslist city and category — just paste a search URL
• Each posting includes title, price, neighborhood, GPS coordinates, images and a link
• Fast and lightweight — no proxy required
• Stable JSON output suitable for pipelines, price tracking, or market research

How it works

1. Build the search you want on Craigslist (city, category, keyword, price filters) and copy the URL.
2. Paste one or more of those URLs into the actor.
3. The actor returns every posting in the result set, ready to download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

You don't manage scrapers, browsers, or retries — the actor handles all of that.

Input

{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/bia?query=bike"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 0,
  "concurrency": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Field	Type	Description
searchUrls	array	Craigslist search URLs (any city, category, keyword, filters).
maxResultsPerSearch	integer	Cap per search. 0 = no cap (up to ~360, Craigslist's per-search maximum).
concurrency	integer	Searches processed in parallel. Default 3.
proxyConfiguration	object	Optional — Craigslist works without a proxy.

Output

{
  "_input": "https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/bia?query=bike",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-06-11T09:55:00Z",
  "recordType": "POSTING",
  "postingId": 7938163789,
  "title": "2 Bicycles for Price of 1: Expedition Specialized and Antelope Trek 820",
  "price": "$160",
  "subarea": "eby",
  "latitude": 37.6684,
  "longitude": -121.7896,
  "slug": "pleasanton-bicycles-for-price-of",
  "images": [
    "https://images.craigslist.org/00q0q_80HPR1oWe7E_600x450.jpg",
    "https://images.craigslist.org/00e0e_3Xo0nI4l4SK_600x450.jpg"
  ],
  "url": "https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bia/7938163789.html"
}

Field	Type	Description
postingId	number	Craigslist posting ID.
title	string	Posting title.
price	string	Listed price (as shown).
subarea	string	Craigslist sub-area code (e.g. eby = east bay).
latitude / longitude	number	Approximate GPS coordinates.
slug	string	URL slug.
images	array	Image URLs.
url	string	Link to the posting.

A search that can't be resolved returns an _error record instead of being dropped.

Notes

• Craigslist returns up to ~360 postings per search; narrow by category, price or sub-area to cover more.
• Prices and availability are point-in-time and change frequently.