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Turn Craigslist
into structured data

Scrape Craigslist ads for housing, jobs, for sale, services, and gigs by search URL, city, and category: titles, prices, locations, dates, images, and full descriptions.

Try Craigslist API

01-Integration

Integrate Craigslist API your way

Connect to Scrape.ly using Python, JavaScript, HTTP, cURL, OpenAPI, or MCP and start extracting Craigslist data in minutes.

from scrapely_client import ScrapelyClient

client = ScrapelyClient('YOUR_TOKEN', api_url='https://api.scrape.ly')

run = client.actor('shelfbright/craigslist-scraper').call(

run_input={

'urls': [{'url': 'https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/apa'}],

'maxItems': 20,

'sortBy': 'date',

}

)

for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():

print(item)

02-Input & Output

Send a search URL, get structured ads

Pass search URLs, cities, and categories into Scrape.ly. Get structured outputs with titles and prices, locations and coordinates, post dates, images, and attributes and full descriptions, and more.

Input

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{
 "urls": [
  {
   "url": "https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/apa"
  }
 ],
 "maxItems": 20,
 "sortBy": "date"
}

Output

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{
 "id": "7986217911",
 "title": "Rent Stabilized Two Bedroom Near J M Z Trains",
 "price": "$3,378",
 "priceValue": 3378,
 "location": "brooklyn",
 "category": "apartments / housing for rent",
 "postedAt": "2026-10-19T12:55:36-0400",
 "bedrooms": "2",
 "bathrooms": "1",
 "url": "https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/brooklyn-rent-stabilized-two-bedroom/9WTXyu9X5Qj5rtd4ngNdjp"
}

Step 1

Create your Scrape.ly account

Create your account and get access to ready-made APIs, scrapers, and automation tools.

Step 2

Get your Scrape.ly API token

Copy your API token from the Scrape.ly dashboard and use it to authenticate your requests.

Step 3

Connect Craigslist API

Choose Python, JavaScript, HTTP, or MCP and connect Scrape.ly to your app or workflow.

Step 4

Fetch Craigslist data

Send your search URLs, cities, and categories, then receive clean structured data ready for analysis.

Step 1

Create your Scrape.ly account

Create your account and get access to ready-made APIs, scrapers, and automation tools.

Step 2

Get your Scrape.ly API token

Copy your API token from the Scrape.ly dashboard and use it to authenticate your requests.

Step 3

Connect Craigslist API

Choose Python, JavaScript, HTTP, or MCP and connect Scrape.ly to your app or workflow.

Step 4

Fetch Craigslist data

Send your search URLs, cities, and categories, then receive clean structured data ready for analysis.

04-Why Scrape.ly

Everything you need to extract data reliably

Scrape.ly gives you ready-made APIs, proxy support, monitoring, exports, integrations, and scalable infrastructure in one platform.

Never Get Blocked

Use built-in proxy support to reduce blocks, rate limits, and failed requests.

Export Any Format

Get results in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML table, RSS, or other workflow-friendly formats.

Monitor Every Run

Track scraper status, performance, failures, retries, and outputs from one dashboard.

Built-In Integrations

Connect with webhooks, APIs, automation tools, cloud apps, and internal systems.

Scalable Infrastructure

Run small tests or high-volume extraction jobs without rebuilding your scraping stack.

Developer-Friendly

Use clean APIs, SDKs, docs, examples, and structured outputs built for real workflows.

Never Get Blocked

Use built-in proxy support to reduce blocks, rate limits, and failed requests.

Export Any Format

Get results in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML table, RSS, or other workflow-friendly formats.

Monitor Every Run

Track scraper status, performance, failures, retries, and outputs from one dashboard.

Built-In Integrations

Connect with webhooks, APIs, automation tools, cloud apps, and internal systems.

Scalable Infrastructure

Run small tests or high-volume extraction jobs without rebuilding your scraping stack.

Developer-Friendly

Use clean APIs, SDKs, docs, examples, and structured outputs built for real workflows.

05-AI-Ready Data

FeedCraigslistdata into your tools instantly

Connect Scrape.ly with your apps, dashboards, sheets, agents, and automation workflows to turn Craigslist data into action.

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06-Explore APIs

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Check other related APIs

Official APIs, where they exist, usually need approval, keys, or paid tiers and limit which public data you can pull. Scrape.ly's Craigslist API collects the public data shown on Craigslist and returns it as structured JSON, with no approval process.

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