# ApartmentList Scraper - Apartment Rentals (`jongoose/apartment-list-scraper`) Actor

Scrape apartment & rental listings from ApartmentList by city - address, rent range, beds/baths, square footage, amenities, phone, photo, availability, geo-coordinates & canonical URL. One request returns a city's entire result set. Paste ApartmentList city URLs or just enter a city + state.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jongoose/apartment-list-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [James Scott](https://apify.com/jongoose) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 96.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## ApartmentList Scraper - Apartment Rentals

Scrape **apartment and rental listings from ApartmentList** into clean, structured data - no ApartmentList account or API key required. Enter a city (or paste city URLs) and get that city's **entire result set** back in a single request.

### What you get (per listing)

- **listingId** and canonical **ApartmentList URL**
- **name** / property title
- **address**, city, state, ZIP
- **lat / lng** geo-coordinates
- **rentMin / rentMax** (price range across available floorplans)
- **bedsMin / bedsMax** bedroom range and **baths**
- **sqft** (square footage)
- **amenities** (community + in-unit)
- **phone**, **photoUrl**, and **availability** (soonest move-in date)
- **propertyType**, **neighborhood**, **unitsAvailable**

> Every listing in a city gets core fields (id, name, URL, geo, rent range, beds). The
> deeper fields (full address, baths, sqft, amenities, phone, photo, availability) are
> populated for the listings ApartmentList renders in detail on the city page.

### Input

- **ApartmentList city URLs** - paste one or more, e.g. `https://www.apartmentlist.com/tx/austin`. Each city page returns the whole city in one request.
- Or leave URLs empty and set **City** + **State** (e.g. `Austin` / `tx`) to build the URL for you.
- **Max listings** caps the run across all cities.

#### Example input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.apartmentlist.com/tx/austin" },
    { "url": "https://www.apartmentlist.com/ny/new-york" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 500,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}
```

Or, without URLs:

```json
{ "city": "San Antonio", "state": "tx", "maxItems": 200 }
```

#### Example output (one record)

```json
{
  "listingId": "p15604029",
  "name": "Charming 3/2/2 with Private Fenced Backyard!",
  "address": "5810 Avery Island Avenue",
  "city": "Austin",
  "state": "TX",
  "zip": "78727",
  "lat": 30.434,
  "lng": -97.742975,
  "rentMin": 2150,
  "rentMax": 2150,
  "bedsMin": 3,
  "bedsMax": 3,
  "baths": 2,
  "sqft": 1230,
  "propertyType": null,
  "amenities": ["Pet friendly", "Parking", "Garage", "W/D hookup", "Walk in closets"],
  "photoUrl": "https://cdn.apartmentlist.com/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto,t_web-base/29027c5a27f5ca538ad69b36bca14e66.jpg",
  "url": "https://www.apartmentlist.com/tx/austin/charming-3-2-2-with-private-fenced-backyard",
  "phone": "(737) 250-7592",
  "availability": "2026-08-10",
  "neighborhood": "Milwood",
  "unitsAvailable": 1,
  "scrapedFrom": "apartmentlist.com"
}
```

### Why this actor

- **Whole city in one request:** a single city page embeds ApartmentList's complete result set for that city (every match, with geo + price + beds), so runs are fast and cheap - no per-listing detail requests and no result-page clicking.
- **Reads straight from the page's embedded JSON**, which is far more durable than CSS selectors that break on every redesign.
- **Runs on Apify's default datacenter proxy** - ApartmentList is open, so no pricey residential proxy is needed.
- Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or pull via the Apify API.

Great for renters, real-estate analysts, and PropTech teams doing **rental-market analysis, price benchmarking, and inventory monitoring**.

### Legal / usage

Public listing data for research and market-analysis purposes. This is **not a consumer report** and must **not** be used for **FCRA or tenant-screening** purposes, or for any use governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Respect ApartmentList's Terms of Use and applicable laws.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

One or more ApartmentList city URLs, e.g. https://www.apartmentlist.com/tx/austin or https://www.apartmentlist.com/ny/new-york. Each city page returns that city's entire result set in a single request. If left empty, the City + State below are used.

## `city` (type: `string`):

City to scrape when no Start URL is given (e.g. "Austin", "San Antonio"). Combined with State to build the city URL.

## `state` (type: `string`):

Two-letter state abbreviation for the City above (e.g. "tx", "ny", "ca"). Used only when no Start URL is given.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after collecting this many listings (across all cities).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

ApartmentList works fine through Apify's default (datacenter) proxy - no residential proxy needed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.apartmentlist.com/tx/austin"
    }
  ],
  "city": "austin",
  "state": "tx",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.apartmentlist.com/tx/austin"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jongoose/apartment-list-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.apartmentlist.com/tx/austin" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jongoose/apartment-list-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.apartmentlist.com/tx/austin"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call jongoose/apartment-list-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jongoose/apartment-list-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/v0WrEVscWfhZDXADc/builds/qTavTfjWJcid8T4UR/openapi.json