Craigslist search API reference

Title, view URL, price and neighbourhood for each result.

Request

POSThttps://api.scrapercompany.com/v1/craigslist/search

Authenticate with your API key in the x-api-key header (see Authentication).

Run this request on your own API key from this page, with the values you type. Signed out? Sign in or get an API key.

Body

JSON object. Unknown fields are rejected with 422.

citystringrequired
Craigslist city subdomain, e.g. newyork.
querystringrequired
Search keywords.
limitintegerdefault 400min 1, max 400
Maximum listings to return. One Craigslist page holds up to about 350; the default returns all of them.

Example request

curl -X POST "https://api.scrapercompany.com/v1/craigslist/search" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SCRAPERCOMPANY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "city": "string",
    "query": "string"
  }'

Response

200 — Craigslist result cards for one city and query. Metered responses carry x-credits-charged and x-credits-remaining headers (see credit headers).

200 response

{
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "craigslist_search",
    "city": "newyork",
    "query": "bike",
    "limit": 100
  },
  "url": "https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=bike",
  "total": 1,
  "listings": [
    {
      "id": "iHRAyxVtfScQUpm2w9iEEW",
      "url": "https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/brooklyn-state-track-bike-52cm-small/iHRAyxVtfScQUpm2w9iEEW",
      "title": "State Track Bike 52cm Small",
      "price": 200,
      "currency": "USD",
      "location": "Brooklyn"
    }
  ]
}

Errors

Errors return a JSON body with a detail field. Failed requests are not charged. See Errors for the full list and retry advice.

Status	Meaning	Retry?
`401`Unauthorized	Missing or invalid API key. `{"detail":"missing or invalid API key"}`	No, fix the request
`402`Payment Required	Not enough credits for this request: the account's credits mode is `enforce` (`mode` in `GET /v1/billing`) and the request costs more than the available credits. Nothing is run or charged. `{"detail":"insufficient credits: this request costs 5, 0 available. Credits renew 2026-11-01."}`	No, fix the request
`422`Unprocessable Content	Request validation failed. `detail` is a list of problems for schema errors, or a string for semantic checks performed by the endpoint. `{"detail":[{"loc":["body","name"],"msg":"Field required","type":"missing"}]}`	No, fix the request
`429`Too Many Requests	Too many requests: the key's requests-per-minute limit was exceeded, or (in `enforce` credits mode) the plan's concurrent-request limit. No rate-limit or Retry-After headers are sent; back off and retry. `{"detail":"rate limit 60/min exceeded"}`	Yes, with backoff
`503`Service Unavailable	Temporarily unavailable: a dependency of this endpoint is down, or the upstream source changed its contract. Retry later. `{"detail":"database unavailable: OperationalError"}`	Yes, with backoff

Try it

Press Try it above to run this request on your own key, with the values you type (sign in first). For a no-code walkthrough, use the workspace’s guided Try it.

Export your key: export SCRAPERCOMPANY_API_KEY=sk_... (no key yet? start a free trial).
Copy the cURL example above and run it in a terminal.

Credits

2 credits per successful call (2 per page (an empty page and failed requests are free)). Failed, blocked and empty results are free.

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