Craigslist Scraper: Listings, Prices, Photos

postId	7954661391
url	https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/millbrae-twin-speed-cruiser-bike-too…
title	B-TWIN , 6 SPEED CRUISER BIKE , TOO CHEAP !!! .

How it will work: 3 steps

Follow us on ApifyThe tool is built and waits in the queue for the Apify Store. Apify is the cloud platform where our tools run.
Paste your input and press StartNo code needed: you fill in a form (the input). It already has a working example. For example: sfbay in Cities. Each start is one run.
Download the resultsWhen the run ends, the results are in a table (the dataset). Open Output, press Export and pick Excel or CSV. JSON and the API are there too.

This tool is an Apify Actor: a small program that runs on Apify. You can also run it on a schedule, for example every Monday. New to it? Read how it works, step by step and the 8 words you need first.

Made by Cliqto Media, an independent digital media company. We made this tool. About us

What it does

Craigslist Scraper searches Craigslist by city, category and keyword and returns one clean row per listing: title, price, location, posting time and photo links. Turn on Include full listing details to also get the description, attributes and ZIP code.

Good for

Price research: collect asking prices for bikes, cars, furniture or rentals in one or more cities.
Monitoring: run on a schedule with Only new listings since last run and get only listings posted after the previous run.
Housing and car data: bedrooms, square feet and odometer from search, plus attributes like housing_type, laundry, make_manufacturer or odometer with details.

Not a good fit

No seller contacts. The Actor does not collect phone numbers or e-mails, and masks the ones it recognises in titles and descriptions (best effort, not a guarantee).
Craigslist shows at most 10,000 listings per search. To get more, split the search by city, category or price.
Up to 50 cities per run. Listings that Craigslist adds from nearby sites are left out; add those sites as their own cities.
query is a full-text search, like the Craigslist search box: bike also finds listings that only mention a bike in the text.

Who uses it

Resellers

Compare used prices for bikes, phones or furniture.

Housing researchers

Collect rent prices and bedrooms in several cities.

Deal hunters

Get only new listings on a schedule.

Price

Prices will be shown after release.

Questions

Do I need a Craigslist account or proxy?

No. The tool reads public search and listing pages.

Does it collect seller phone numbers?

No. It masks phones and emails it finds in the text.

Which countries work?

Any Craigslist site: US, Canada, UK, Europe, Asia, Australia and more.

Why does an old listing look new?

Craigslist lists renewed posts again. postedAt shows the latest renewal.

How fresh is the data?

Each row is read during the run; fetchedAt shows when. Craigslist lists renewed listings again as new, so postedAt is the latest posting or renewal time.

Is scraping Craigslist allowed?

The Actor reads only public pages at a gentle pace. You are responsible for using the data in line with the Craigslist terms of use and the laws that apply to you, including privacy laws.

Details

Step by step on Apify

Open the Input tab.
Keep the prefilled example: Cities sfbay, Category For sale — all, Search keywords bike, Max listings per city 10.
Click Start.
Open the Output tab. The Listings view shows title, price, location and posting time.

Use cases

Task	Input	You get	Key fields	Next step
Compare used prices	`cities`, `category`, `query`	listing row	`price`, `currency`, `title`, `location`	Export CSV or Excel
Watch new listings	`onlyNew` on a schedule	only new rows	`postId`, `postedAt`, `url`	Webhook or integration on run finish
Rental research	`category: "apa"`, `includeDetails`	detailed row	`price`, `bedrooms`, `sqft`, `attributes`, `postalCode`	Spreadsheet or BI tool
Car listings	`category: "cta"`, `sellerType`	listing row	`price`, `mileage`, `attributes.odometer`	Dataset API

Tips for better results

Use the city subdomain, like sfbay or newyork. Up to 50 per run.
Split big searches by city or price. Craigslist shows up to 10,000 per search.
Keep details off for fast price lists. Turn it on for attributes.

Limits and good to know

A run with no matching listings, or an Only new run with nothing new, costs only the start
Listings that were already delivered (Only new) or left out as nearby sites are not charged
A listing removed before its page could be read is charged as a plain listing, not as a detailed one
Set Max total charge in run options to cap a run. The Actor stops before the cap and keeps what it saved

For developers

Sample result

One result from a real test run, in JSON. Real values change from run to run. In Excel or CSV each field is a column.

one result · JSON

{
  "postId": "7954661391",
  "url": "https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/millbrae-twin-speed-cruiser-bike-too/2WS4Z9LeXGU7iV32nC6RR5",
  "title": "B-TWIN ,  6 SPEED  CRUISER BIKE ,  TOO CHEAP !!!  .",
  "price": 20,
  "priceText": "$20",
  "currency": "USD",
  "city": "sfbay",
  "location": "millbrae",
  "latitude": 37.6004,
  "longitude": -122.402,
  "category": "bik",
  "categoryName": "bicycles - by owner",
  "sellerType": "owner",
  "postedAt": "2026-10-15T05:43:10.000Z",
  "images": ["https://images.craigslist.org/01616_c3M0s56xj4e_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg"],
  "imageCount": 4,
  "description": null,
  "attributes": null,
  "detailsStatus": "not_requested",
  "searchQuery": "bike",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-10-15T05:50:11.109Z"
}

Data fields (33)

Field	Type	Meaning
`postId`	string	Craigslist post id (the number shown as "post id" on the listing page).
`url`	string	Public listing page on craigslist.org; null in the rare case the source gives no link.
`title`	string	Listing title as written by the poster. Phone numbers and e-mails are masked.
`price`	number	Asking price as a number in the local currency; null when the listing has no price (never 0 for a missing price).
`priceText`	string	Price as Craigslist shows it, e.g. "$1,250" or "£300".
`currency`	string	ISO currency of the price (USD, CAD, GBP, EUR…); null without a price.
`city`	string	Craigslist site of the listing, e.g. "sfbay".
`cityName`	string	Readable site name, e.g. "SF bay area".
`subarea`	string	Sub-area code within the site, e.g. "pen" (peninsula), "sfc" (San Francisco).
`location`	string	Place the poster typed, e.g. "san mateo".
`neighborhood`	string	Neighborhood Craigslist assigned, when known.
`latitude`	number	Approximate latitude of the listing.
`longitude`	number	Approximate longitude of the listing.
`category`	string	Craigslist category code of the listing, e.g. "bik" (bicycles - by owner).
`categoryName`	string	Readable category, e.g. "bicycles - by owner".
`sellerType`	string	"owner" or "dealer" when the category says so; null otherwise.
`postedAt`	string	When the listing was posted or last renewed, UTC ISO 8601.
`images`	array	Photo links (600×450 JPEG). With details: every photo of the listing.
`imageCount`	integer	Number of photo links in images.
`bedrooms`	integer	Bedrooms (housing).
`sqft`	integer	Floor area in square feet (housing).
`mileage`	integer	Odometer (vehicles), as listed in search results.
`description`	string	Full listing text (only with includeDetails). Phone numbers and e-mails are masked.
`attributes`	object	Listing attributes from the page, e.g. condition, make_manufacturer, odometer, housing_type, laundry (only with includeDetails).
`postalCode`	string	ZIP / postal code from the listing page (only with includeDetails).
`firstPostedAt`	string	First posting time, UTC ISO 8601 (only with includeDetails).
`updatedAt`	string	Last update time, UTC ISO 8601; null when never updated (only with includeDetails).
`detailsStatus`	string	ok = page read; gone = listing removed before it could be read; failed = page unreadable (search fields only); not_requested = includeDetails off.
`searchCity`	string	City from your input that found this listing.
`searchCategory`	string	Category from your input.
`searchQuery`	string	Keywords from your input.
`source`	string	Always "craigslist.org".
`fetchedAt`	string	When the Actor read the listing, UTC ISO 8601.

Input settings (11)

The main fields of the input form. With the API you send them as JSON.

Setting	Name in the API	Type	Example value
Cities required	`cities`	array	`["sfbay"]`
Category	`category`	string	`"sss"`
Search keywords	`query`	string	`"bike"`
Max listings per city	`maxItems`	integer	`10`
Include full listing details	`includeDetails`	boolean	`false`
Only new listings since last run	`onlyNew`	boolean	`false`
Min price	`minPrice`	integer
Max price	`maxPrice`	integer
Seller type	`sellerType`	string	`"all"`
Only listings with photos	`hasImages`	boolean	`false`
Only posted today	`postedToday`	boolean	`false`

Craigslist scraper for listings, prices and photos

How it will work: 3 steps