Craigslist Scraper

hipersoft/craigslist-scraper

Scrape Craigslist listings from any of 700+ cities: for sale, cars, housing, jobs, services and gigs. Title, price, category, neighborhood, coordinates, photos, posted date. Keyword, price, ZIP radius filters; goes beyond the per-search limit. Export CSV/JSON.

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Total users

Monthly users

Total runs

Per listing

$0.002

Last rebuilt

Oct 26, 2026

Overview

Craigslist Scraper extracts listings from Craigslist, the world's best-known classifieds site, in any of 700+ cities across the United States, Canada, the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia. Search for sale (all), cars & trucks, motorcycles, furniture, electronics, bicycles, tools, apartments and housing for rent, real estate for sale, rooms & shares, jobs, services, gigs and free stuff by keyword, price range, ZIP code radius and photos-only, and get for every post the title, link, price, currency, category, area, sub-area, neighborhood, region, country, coordinates, photos and posted date. Large searches are automatically split to go beyond Craigslist's per-search result limit. Export to CSV, Excel or JSON. Ideal for resellers and flippers, car dealers, landlords and rental research, price monitoring, deal alerts and local market research.

What does Craigslist Scraper do?

🌎 700+ Craigslist areas — New York, Los Angeles, SF Bay Area, Chicago, Houston, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, London and more.
🗂️ Every section: for sale, cars, housing, jobs, services, gigs, free stuff.
🔎 Keyword, price range, ZIP radius, photos-only and five sort orders.
📈 Beyond the per-search limit: big searches are split automatically.
📍 Area, sub-area, neighborhood and coordinates.
🖼️ Photos and posted date for every listing.

What data can you scrape from Craigslist?

Field	Description
Post	ID, link, title
Price	Price, price text, currency
Category	Category name and code
Location	Area, area name, sub-area, neighborhood, region, country, coordinates
Media & dates	Photos, posted date

Use cases for Craigslist data

Resellers and flippers: find under-priced furniture, electronics and bikes the moment they're posted.
Car dealers: monitor private car and truck listings by city and price.
Landlords and rental research: track rents and supply by neighborhood.
Price monitoring: follow local second-hand prices over time.
Deal alerts: schedule "Newest" searches and get fresh posts automatically.

How to scrape Craigslist

Click Try for free to open Craigslist Scraper in Apify Console.
Enter one or more Craigslist areas (e.g. newyork, sfbay, losangeles) and search terms.
Pick a category and optional price range, ZIP radius or photos-only.
Click Start and download your listings as CSV, Excel or JSON.

Input

Example input

{
  "areas": ["newyork", "sfbay"],
  "queries": ["bike", "macbook"],
  "category": "sss",
  "minPrice": 50,
  "maxPrice": 800,
  "sort": "newest",
  "maxItems": 1000
}

Field	Description
Craigslist areas	City subdomains such as newyork, sfbay, chicago, toronto, london.
Search terms	Keywords; empty = newest posts.
Category	For sale, cars, furniture, housing, jobs, services, gigs, free…
Min / max price	Price range.
ZIP / Distance	Radius search around a ZIP code.
Only posts with photos	Skip posts without pictures.
Sort by	Newest, relevance, oldest, price.
Max listings	0 = no limit.

Output

Listing example

{
  "postingId": 7953712016,
  "url": "https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/brooklyn-bike-motorcycle-scooter-phone/hkrtYxKBmmezL7qAD44qkX",
  "title": "Bike Motorcycle Scooter Phone Holder Bracket With USB Charging Port",
  "price": 15,
  "currency": "USD",
  "category": "bicycle parts - by owner",
  "categoryCode": "bop",
  "area": "newyork",
  "areaName": "new york city",
  "subarea": "brk",
  "neighborhood": "Brooklyn",
  "latitude": 40.6257,
  "longitude": -73.9564,
  "imageCount": 2,
  "postedAt": "2026-10-07T19:40:42.000Z"
}

Output schema

Field	Type	Description
`postingId`, `url`, `title`	mixed	Post.
`price`, `priceText`, `currency`	mixed	Price.
`category`, `categoryCode`	string	Category.
`area`, `areaName`, `subarea`, `neighborhood`, `region`, `country`, `latitude`, `longitude`	mixed	Location.
`imageCount`, `imageUrl`, `images`, `postedAt`	mixed	Media and date.

Poster names and contact details are not collected.

How much does it cost?

Craigslist Scraper uses pay-per-listing pricing: a small fixed price per listing, with automatic discounts on higher Apify plans. See the Pricing tab for the exact price.

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FAQ

Which areas are supported? All 700+ Craigslist areas. Use the subdomain from the city's Craigslist address, e.g. newyork for newyork.craigslist.org.

Can I get more than one page of results? Yes. When a search has more results than Craigslist shows at once, the scraper splits it into price ranges automatically.

What formats can I export? CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, HTML and RSS, or read the results through the Apify API.

Can I integrate it with other apps? Yes. Craigslist Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform. It works with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Drive and many more, plus the Apify API, JS/Python clients and MCP. Or use webhooks to trigger an action whenever a run finishes.

Is it legal to scrape Craigslist? The scraper only collects publicly visible listing information and no poster names or contact details. You are responsible for using the data in line with Craigslist's terms and applicable law.

Notes

Original clean-room implementation. Returns only public data. Not affiliated with craigslist.

Input

Field	Type	Description
`areas` Craigslist areas	array	Craigslist city subdomains, e.g. newyork, losangeles, sfbay, chicago, houston, dallas, seattle, boston, washingtondc, miami, atlanta, phoenix, philadelphia, sandiego, denver, austin, portland, lasvegas, toronto, vancouver, london. Any of the 700+ Craigslist ar
`queries` Search terms	array	Keywords, e.g. bike, iphone, couch, honda civic. Leave empty to list the newest posts in the category.
`category` Category	string · sss, cta, mca, fua, ela, bia…	Craigslist section to search. Default: `"sss"`
`minPrice` Minimum price	integer	Minimum price.
`maxPrice` Maximum price	integer	Maximum price.
`postalCode` ZIP / postal code	string	Search around this ZIP code.
`distanceMiles` Distance (miles)	integer	Radius around the ZIP code.
`hasImage` Only posts with photos	boolean	Skip posts without pictures. Default: `false`
`sort` Sort by	string · newest, relevance, oldest, price_asc, price_desc	Result order. Default: `"newest"`
`maxItems` Max listings	integer	Stop after this many listings in total (0 = no limit). Large searches are split automatically to go beyond Craigslist's per-search limit. Default: `200`
`proxyConfiguration` Proxy configuration	object	Not needed in most cases. Default: `{"useApifyProxy": false}`

API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/hipersoft~craigslist-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "areas": [
    "newyork"
  ],
  "queries": [
    "bike"
  ]
}'

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("hipersoft/craigslist-scraper").call(run_input={
    "areas": [
        "newyork"
    ],
    "queries": [
        "bike"
    ]
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('hipersoft/craigslist-scraper').call({
  "areas": [
    "newyork"
  ],
  "queries": [
    "bike"
  ]
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Pricing

Event	Price	Paid plans from
Listing Charged per listing returned	$0.002	$0.001

You pay only for what the run returns. Set a maximum cost per run and it stops cleanly at that limit.

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