# Zumper Apartment Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/zumper-apartment-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes Zumper.com rental listings for a specified location and provides structured apartment data. Output includes:

- Address
- Price (raw range string)
- Beds (e.g., "1 Bed")
- Baths (e.g., "1 Bath")
- Listing URL

All values are returned as raw strings from Zumper

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/zumper-apartment-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Real estate, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 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?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Zumper Apartment Scraper — Selenium Edition (Apify Actor)

Scrapes Zumper.com rental listings

### Input

| Field                | Type    | Prefill                              | Description |
|----------------------|---------|--------------------------------------|-------------|
| `location` *(req.)*  | string  | `"San Francisco, CA"`                | City+State or slug starting with `/`. |
| `maxResults`         | integer | `50`                                 | 1–200 listings. Capped at what's visible after scrolling. |
| `scrollSteps`        | integer | `4`                                  | Page-height scrolls to trigger lazy loads. |
| `headless`           | boolean | `true`                               | Run Chrome in Xvfb (recommended). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object  | Apify Residential US                 | Required for reliable runs. |

Example:

```json
{
    "location": "Austin, TX",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "scrollSteps": 5
}
```

### Output

Each record matches the structure `ZumperBrowser` in `browser_scraper.py`
returns:

```json
{
    "address": "1234 Main St, San Francisco, CA",
    "price":   "$2,800 – $3,400",
    "beds":    "1 Bed",
    "baths":   "1 Bath",
    "url":     "https://www.zumper.com/apartment-listings/..."
}
```

Fields are raw strings as Zumper renders them — `price` includes the `$`
and `–` separator; `beds`/`baths` include the unit suffix. Parse downstream
if you need numerics.

A `SUMMARY` blob lands on the KV store with the run URL, parameters,
and result count.

# Actor input Schema

## `location` (type: `string`):

City + state (e.g. 'San Francisco, CA', 'Austin, TX') or a Zumper URL slug starting with '/' (e.g. '/manhattan-ny-apartments'). The actor builds the Zumper URL automatically from City, State.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap on stored listings (1–200). The Selenium scraper extracts what's visible on the search page after scrolling.

## `scrollSteps` (type: `integer`):

How many page-height scrolls to trigger lazy-loaded listings. 4 gets ~50 listings on most cities; bump to 6-8 for denser markets like NYC/SF.

## `headless` (type: `boolean`):

Run Chrome without a visible window. SeleniumBase UC mode + Xvfb means this still uses a real Chrome process (not --headless flag, which fingerprint-detectors flag). Leave true.

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

Apify Residential US proxies recommended. Zumper occasionally throws Cloudflare challenges from datacenter IPs even with a stealth browser.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "scrollSteps": 4,
  "headless": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "location": "San Francisco, CA",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "scrollSteps": 4,
    "headless": true
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/zumper-apartment-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 = {
    "location": "San Francisco, CA",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "scrollSteps": 4,
    "headless": True,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/zumper-apartment-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 '{
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "scrollSteps": 4,
  "headless": true
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/zumper-apartment-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=moving_beacon-owner1/zumper-apartment-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dWaJbKTsaAURgdyT5/builds/wnQMrPso3wWDYohEK/openapi.json