📋 Craigslist Scraper

Craigslist Scraper is a free and open-source scraper that gets you unlimited detailed Craigslist data for free.

✨ What Can I Get?

• 🔎 Search 700+ Craigslist sites in 79 countries — by city, ZIP code or GPS point, up to 10,000 results per search
• 🚗 Cars, apartments & jobs with real filters — make, year, mileage, bedrooms, pets, remote work and 60+ more
• 📄 Full listing details — description, price, typed attributes, address, GPS coordinates & every photo
• 🧭 134 categories mapped for you — result counts per category, autocomplete, filters & nearest sites

🚗 Example: A Full Craigslist Listing

{
  "listing": {
    "id": "4VSgLW9TwFMYT8hZVnRX2P",
    "post_id": 7977383178,
    "title": "2021 Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus",
    "link": "https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/los-angeles-2021-tesla-model-standard/4VSgLW9TwFMYT8hZVnRX2P",
    "description": "2021 Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus\n108,300 miles\nClean Title\n\nMidnight Silver Metallic Exterior\nBlack Interior\n\nFeatures include:\n• Glass Panoramic Roof\n• Heated Front Seats\n• Tesla Supercharger Access ...",
    "price": 17800,
    "currency": "USD",
    "posted_at": "2026-10-03T17:37:34Z",
    "is_repost": true,
    "has_contact_info": true,
    "category": { "id": 145, "code": "cto", "name": "cars & trucks - by owner", "section": "for_sale" },
    "attributes": {
      "make_model": "tesla model 3",
      "year": 2021,
      "condition": "good",
      "fuel_type": "electric",
      "odometer": 108300,
      "paint_color": "grey",
      "title_status": "clean",
      "transmission": "automatic",
      "body_type": "sedan"
    },
    "location": {
      "site": "losangeles",
      "subarea_name": "central LA",
      "name": "Los Angeles",
      "region": "CA",
      "country": "US",
      "latitude": 34.06179,
      "longitude": -118.300309,
      "is_exact_location": true
    },
    "image_count": 13,
    "images": [
      "https://images.craigslist.org/00u0u_a3oZNWgHiZH_1320MM_1200x900.jpg",
      "https://images.craigslist.org/00M0M_9K1qH0dbi3b_1320MM_1200x900.jpg"
    ]
  }
}

Trimmed for readability.

🚀 Unlimited Free Craigslist Data — Get It in 60 Seconds

1️⃣ Clone and install:

git clone https://github.com/omkarcloud/craigslist-scraper
cd craigslist-scraper
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

2️⃣ Start the API:

python run.py

3️⃣ Get your first data:

curl "http://localhost:8000/search?location=newyork&query=macbook%20pro"

{
  "count": 402,
  "per_page": 120,
  "current_page": 1,
  "total_pages": 4,
  "next": "http://localhost:8000/search?location=newyork&query=macbook+pro&page=2",
  "sort": "relevance",
  "location": { "site": "newyork", "name": "new york city", "region": "NY", "country": "US", "currency": "USD" },
  "listings": [
    {
      "id": "2qJUPp9Uu8oVLNFTQfRvWJ",
      "title": "Apple MacBook Pro 13.3” Retina Intel Core i5 2.7GHz 8GB RAM 128GB SSD",
      "link": "https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/ridgewood-apple-macbook-pro-133-retina/2qJUPp9Uu8oVLNFTQfRvWJ",
      "price": 195,
      "currency": "USD",
      "posted_at": "2026-10-05T03:17:40Z",
      "category": { "id": 7, "code": "sys", "name": "computers - by owner", "section": "for_sale" },
      "location": { "site": "newyork", "subarea": "que", "name": "Ridgewood 11385 Queens", "latitude": 40.7021, "longitude": -73.8896 },
      "image_count": 14
    }
  ]
}

Trimmed for readability. Pass any listing id to /listings/details to get the full listing.

All 19 endpoints are now live at http://localhost:8000.

No API key, no proxies. If you run it on a cloud server and Craigslist answers HTTP 403, set CRAIGSLIST_PROXY to a residential proxy URL.

📚 Endpoints

19 endpoints cover everything you need.

Endpoint	Path	Returns
Listing Details	/listings/details	Everything on one listing page, photos included
Search Listings	/search	120 listings per page from any category
Search Vehicles	/vehicles/search	Cars, bikes, boats & RVs with 40+ filters
Search Housing	/housing/search	Rentals and homes by rent, beds, pets, laundry
Search For Sale	/for-sale/search	Items by price, condition and seller type
Search Jobs	/jobs/search	Jobs with pay, company and remote filter
Search Gigs / Services	/gigs/search, /services/search	Paid gigs and local service ads
Search Events / Community / Resumes	/events/search, /community/search, /resumes/search	Events by date, lost & found, job seekers
Listings Batch	/listings/batch	Up to 20 full listings in one call
Search Counts	/search/counts	How many results each category holds
Search Suggestions	/search/suggestions	Autocomplete, plus vehicle make and model
Search Filters	/search/filters	Every filter a category supports, with values
Locations	/locations, /locations/search, /locations/nearby	All 700+ sites, site lookup, nearest sites
Categories	/categories	All 134 category codes in 8 sections

location takes a Craigslist site (newyork), any link on it, a postal code (94103) or latitude,longitude — the last two search a radius.

🔍 Exploring Parameters

The same API is published on RapidAPI, and its playground is the easiest place to try parameters and see raw responses. Once a request looks right, run it locally for unlimited free data.

1. Subscribe to the free plan — 1,000 calls/month, no credit card.
2. Try the endpoints in the playground — every param is pre-filled, so you see real data in one click.
3. Copy the generated code and replace https://best-craigslist-scraper-free-1000-calls.p.rapidapi.com with http://localhost:8000. It will now run against your local API.

import requests

# generated by the playground, host swapped for the local API
response = requests.get(
    "http://localhost:8000/vehicles/search",
    params={"location": "losangeles", "make_model": "tesla model 3", "fuel_type": "electric"},
)
print(response.json())

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