Scrape Craigslist and collect data on job openings, housing, services, items for sale, and more.
Craigslist Scraper
Use Bright Data’s Web Scraper IDE,
or purchase a dataset
- Scrape Craigslist for lead generation & CRM enrichment
- Scrape Craigslist for price monitoring
- Gather real time competitor data
- Collect Craigslist data to find new investment opportunities
Craigslist Scraper Overview
- Data scraping with no infrastructure needed
- Exclusive site unlocking technology
- Scale quickly – gather as much public data as you need quickly and reliably
- Bright Data is fully compliant with all relevant data protection legal requirements, including GDPR and CCPA.
Craigslist category search
Sample Input
url
https://miami.craigslist.org/d/cars-trucks/search/cto?min_auto_year=2001&max_auto_year=2001
Sample Output
{
"url": "https:\/\/miami.craigslist.org\/mdc\/cto\/d\/north-miami-beach-2001-mercedes-benz\/7438100597.html",
"title": "2001 Mercedes benz - $7,900",
"posting_date": "2022-01-26 19:48",
"post_update": "2022-01-26 19:48",
"body": "QR Code Link to This Post\n \n \n2001 Mercedes Benz very good condition, 4 doors all power, ac, runs good, very good inside, and no dents, paint is good, must see.",
"coordinates": {
"latitude": "25.944900",
"longtitue": "-80.139100"
},
"images": [
"https:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/00P0P_62i8QivcY90z_0co0gw_1200x900.jpg",
"https:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/00F0F_bYJLD5h8GAMz_0co0gw_1200x900.jpg",
"https:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/00H0H_bBMFPWMzgUdz_0co0gw_1200x900.jpg",
"https:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/00Y0Y_aPGFw1XSf5hz_0co0gw_1200x900.jpg",
"https:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/00z0z_gQQRUUuJ2uhz_0gw0co_1200x900.jpg",
"https:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/00000_5yzitrrjrBHz_0co0gw_1200x900.jpg",
"https:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/00q0q_7rhqHAHgIiPz_0gw07r_1200x900.jpg",
"https:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/00G0G_bGAJl5bvK7fz_0co0gw_1200x900.jpg",
"https:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/00h0h_78WlEj2HtTpz_0gw07r_1200x900.jpg",
"https:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/00n0n_5uIXRKUgqYDz_0co0gw_1200x900.jpg",
"https:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/00l0l_9Mkzbodz9loz_0co0gw_1200x900.jpg",
"https:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/00505_k3aViAGKuqez_0co0gw_1200x900.jpg",
"https:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/00P0P_eK4y2hqfZYIz_0co0gw_1200x900.jpg",
"https:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/00a0a_9XcEFtg6Dhgz_0gw07r_1200x900.jpg"
],
"attrs": [
"2001 mercedes benz",
"condition: excellent",
"cylinders: 8 cylinders",
"drive: rwd",
"fuel: gas",
"odometer: 82000",
"paint color: black",
"size: full-size",
"title status: clean",
"transmission: automatic",
"type: sedan"
],
"emails": [],
"status": "ok",
"phone": ""
}
Web Scraper IDE Features
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Pre-made web scraper templates
Get started quickly and adapt existing code to your specific needs
Interactive preview
Watch your code as you build it and debug errors in your code quickly
Built-in debug tools
Debug what happened in a past crawl to understand what needs fixing in the next version
Browser scripting in JavaScript
Handle your browser control and parsing codes with simple procedural JavaScript
Ready-made functions
Capture browser network calls, configure a proxy, extract data from lazy loading UI, and more!
Easy parser creation
Write your parsers in cheerio and run live previews to see what data it produced
Auto-scaling infrastructure
You don’t need to invest in the hardware or software to manage an enterprise-grade web scraper
Integration
Emulate a user in any geo-location with built-in fingerprinting, automated retries, CAPTCHA solving, and more.
Built-in debug tools
Trigger crawls on a schedule or by API, and connect our API to major storage platforms
How to leverage a Craigslist Scraper for your business:
- Collect data from any listings pages including categories like: for sale, community, housing, jobs, services and discussion forums
- Extract data on product and real estate pricing
- Understand what users are talking about and what trends are popular
- Do better market research by extracting data on local businesses and sellers
- Discover and develop new products based on shifts in trends and customer discussions by scraping data from communities board
- Aggregate listings by location to discover new market opportunities
- Generate insights into pricing of creative products
How to develop a web scraper
STEP 1
Choose from ready-made code templates or start from scratch
STEP 2
Develop and customize your scraper using Bright Data’s ready-made scraping functions
STEP 3
Choose when to get the data: In real-time or batches
STEP 4
Choose the file format and where to send the data
