Craigslist API

Scrape public Craigslist search results by query and site with offset pagination.

POST /v1/craigslist/search

Request Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
query	body	string	Yes	Search query.
cursor	body	string	No	Cursor returned as next_cursor from the previous response.
limit	body	integer	No	Maximum number of results to return.
site	body	string	No	Craigslist subdomain to search.

Response Structure

Async kickoff response

Polled run result response

Sync response

Declared output schema

Code Examples

Async + polling

RUN=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.browsable.app/v1/craigslist/search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"lawnmower","cursor":"cursor-page-1","limit":25,"site":"sfbay"}')

RUN_ID=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.run_id')

while true; do
  RESULT=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" "https://api.browsable.app/v1/runs/$RUN_ID")
  STATUS=$(echo "$RESULT" | jq -r '.run_status')
  if [ "$STATUS" = "succeeded" ] || [ "$STATUS" = "failed" ]; then
    echo "$RESULT"
    break
  fi
  sleep 2
done

Sync

curl -X POST "https://api.browsable.app/v1/craigslist/search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"lawnmower","cursor":"cursor-page-1","limit":25,"site":"sfbay","_run":{"async":false}}'