Craigslist Scraper: listings, cars, housing and jobs

Scrape craigslist listings in any of its 707 areas in the US, Canada, the UK and beyond, by area, category and keyword. Every listing comes with the title, price and currency, the date it was posted, the place, its category, photos and link. Category-specific fields are included too: bedrooms and ft² for housing, odometer for cars, and pay, job title and company for jobs. Turn on Include full details to also get the full description, every attribute (condition, make, model, fuel, transmission, rent period, employment type…), the first-posted and last-updated dates, and the postal area.

No login, no cookies and no craigslist account are needed.

What you get

Listing	Title, price, currency, posting date, link, craigslist post ID, category, owner or dealer
Place	Area and sub-area (e.g. SF bay area › east bay), the place as written, neighborhood, city, state / province, approximate coordinates (~1 km)
Photos	Every photo at 1200×900
Housing	Bedrooms, floor area (ft²), open-house dates; with details also bathrooms, rent period and amenities
Vehicles	Odometer and unit (mi/km); with details also year, make and model, condition, fuel, transmission, drive, title status, color and type
Jobs and gigs	Pay as written, job title, company; with details also employment type and notices
Full details (optional)	Description, all attributes, first-posted, last-updated and expiry dates, postal area

How to use it

1. Enter one or more areas. Use the craigslist site name (sfbay, newyork, losangeles, chicago, toronto, london), the area's name (SF bay area, New York), or a sub-area (sfbay/eby, east bay, brooklyn).
2. Pick a category (all for sale, cars & trucks, apartments, jobs…) and optionally enter keywords.
3. Set Max listings and any filters, then run.

Each keyword is searched in each area. Max listings is the total for the run, shared fairly between your searches.

Input examples

Bikes for sale in the SF bay area:

{
  "areas": ["sfbay"],
  "keywords": ["bike"],
  "category": "sss",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Hondas from owners in Toronto between $5,000 and $20,000, with every attribute:

{
  "areas": ["toronto"],
  "category": "cta",
  "makeModel": "honda",
  "sellerType": "owner",
  "minPrice": 5000,
  "maxPrice": 20000,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}

2-bedroom apartments in Brooklyn and Queens posted in the last 24 hours (good for a daily schedule):

{
  "areas": ["newyork/brk", "newyork/que"],
  "category": "apa",
  "minBedrooms": 2,
  "maxBedrooms": 2,
  "maxAgeHours": 24,
  "maxItems": 500
}

Driver jobs within 5 miles of a ZIP code:

{
  "areas": ["sfbay"],
  "category": "jjj",
  "keywords": ["driver"],
  "postalCode": "94110",
  "searchDistance": 5
}

You can also paste craigslist search URLs into craigslist URLs. Set your filters on craigslist, copy the address, and every filter in it is kept. You can paste posting URLs there as well.

Output example

{
  "postingId": "7974056145",
  "url": "https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/north-york-2018-honda-civic-lx-mt-20l/mqZqgNH5kXwiLzzFP3e9ih",
  "title": "2018 Honda Civic LX, 6-MT, 2.0L engine 105,000 km.",
  "price": 18500,
  "priceText": "$18,500",
  "currency": "CAD",
  "postedAt": "2026-09-28T00:59:06.000Z",
  "area": "toronto",
  "areaName": "toronto",
  "subarea": "yrk",
  "subareaName": "york region",
  "location": "North York",
  "city": "North York",
  "region": "ON",
  "postalCode": "M2N",
  "country": "CA",
  "latitude": 43.77,
  "longitude": -79.41,
  "category": "cto",
  "categoryName": "cars & trucks - by owner",
  "categoryGroup": "for sale",
  "sellerType": "owner",
  "imageCount": 23,
  "imageUrl": "https://images.craigslist.org/00s0s_hy62mUMUPZf_0CI0t2_1200x900.jpg",
  "year": 2018,
  "makeModel": "honda civic lx",
  "condition": "excellent",
  "odometer": 106000,
  "odometerUnit": "km",
  "attributes": { "condition": "excellent", "cylinders": "4 cylinders", "drive": "fwd", "fuel": "gas", "odometer": "106,000", "paint color": "blue", "title status": "clean", "transmission": "manual", "type": "sedan" },
  "description": "Selling my 2018 Honda Civic LX with the 2.0L engine and 6-speed manual transmission. 106,000 km. …",
  "originalPostedAt": "2026-09-28T00:55:06.000Z",
  "expiresAt": "2026-11-12T00:55:06.000Z",
  "detailsFetched": true,
  "source": "search-feed",
  "searchArea": "toronto",
  "searchCategory": "cta",
  "position": 1,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-01T23:31:47.566Z"
}

description, attributes, originalPostedAt, updatedAt, expiresAt and postalCode are filled when Include full details is on. Every row has the same columns, and a value the listing doesn't state is null. The dataset has ready-made views for vehicles, housing and jobs.

Use cases

• Car dealers and flippers: track private-party prices by make, model, year and odometer, and get new listings every hour.
• Rental market research: compare rents by bedrooms, floor area and neighborhood across cities.
• Resale and arbitrage: spot underpriced items as soon as they're posted.
• Local job market: see who is hiring drivers, trades or retail staff, and what they pay.
• Lead lists for businesses: dealers, brokers and service providers active in an area.

FAQ

Do I need a craigslist account, cookies or a login? No. The scraper reads the same public listings any visitor sees. It never logs in, never posts, and never uses craigslist's reply or contact flow.

Which areas does it cover? All 707 craigslist areas and their sub-areas, in every country craigslist runs in. Use the site name you see in craigslist's address (sfbay in sfbay.craigslist.org) or the area's name. An area name craigslist doesn't have is skipped, not charged, and named in the run's status message.

How many listings can I get? Up to 10,000 per search, which is craigslist's own limit. Set Max listings to 0 to get everything your searches find. Split bigger searches by sub-area, price range or category.

How fast is it? Search results come in blocks of up to 1,080 listings, so 1,000 listings take a few seconds. Include full details opens every posting, which adds about a second per listing (a few run in parallel). Leave it off unless you need the description or attributes.

Why do some listings come from nearby areas? When an area has few results, craigslist adds listings from nearby areas. They are left out by default, so you only get the areas you chose. Turn on Include nearby areas to keep them; they are marked isNearby: true.

What about personal ads, community posts and resumes? They are never collected. Community posts (missed connections, rideshare, activity partners), resumes and "housing wanted" posts are about people, not items or businesses, so the scraper skips those categories.

Does it collect seller contact details? No. craigslist doesn't show who posted a listing, and the scraper never opens the reply or contact flow. Phone numbers and e-mail addresses that posters typed into their descriptions are replaced with [phone removed] and [email removed]. Street addresses are left out, coordinates are rounded to about 1 km, and Canadian and UK postcodes are cut to their area part (M2N, SW1A). Serial numbers are not collected.

Which proxy should I use? Keep the default (Apify Proxy, datacenter). It comes with every Apify plan, including the free one. If craigslist refuses datacenter IPs for a while, the run switches to residential proxies when your account has them, and carries on without them when it doesn't.

What does a run cost? You pay per listing saved, per search, and a small fee per run. Full details are a separate, optional charge per listing. See the Pricing tab. Listings that are skipped or filtered out are never charged.

Is it legal to scrape craigslist? This Actor only collects publicly available data: the listings, prices, photos, places and posting details that anyone can see on craigslist without an account. Collecting publicly available data is generally legal, but you're responsible for how you use it. Listing text is written by the people who posted it, so a description can still mention a first name or a business's own details, and that can count as personal data. You must follow privacy laws such as GDPR, PIPEDA and CCPA, as well as craigslist's terms. If you're unsure, check with a lawyer. More on this: Is web scraping legal?

This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by craigslist, Inc. "craigslist" is a trademark of its owner, used here only to describe the data the Actor works with.