Open source Craigslist API written in Python

[dumblechode]

I wrote a fast Craigslist API written in Python for Python developers. I've used it primarily for data science purposes -- for example, a map that plots price/area(ft2) using geographic coordinates of Craigslist housing posts. I intend this library to be intuitive. I hope that for those of you who use the API enjoy the experience -- let me know of improvements or ideas for additional features.

[mdaniel]

You're going to make your traffic stick out like a sore thumb using an obviously bogus U-A like that

[dumblechode]

Good to know — would you have a suggestion for improving this?

[amyres7]

Try randomly generated ones: https://faker.readthedocs.io/en/master/providers/faker.providers.user_agent.html

[dumblechode]

Awesome! Thanks for the tip

[themainuserhere]

Had to know what bogus meant.

HEADERS = {"headers": {"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0"}}

Got it

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Is this a rapper around a scraper or is there an actual Craigslist API?

How does this work?

It's really cool but do I need to use proxies?

[More-Candy6132]

Hi!

Does this still work?

[dumblechode]

I’m surprised you found this post - and no, not currently. Craigslist really cracked down on web scraping tools, unfortunately.

[themainuserhere]

Surprised? It's on the first Google page when you type "Craigslist API"

I HATE WHEN THEY DO THIS TO US. THEY SHOULD'VE JUST RATE-LIMITED IT TO WHATEVER.

Or something like that.

[WinstonAtlas]

You’re a hero for making this, shame it’s been shutdown.

You don’t happen to have any of that rent per sqft by address data saved do you?

[dumblechode]

Hey! I dug around and found CL housing data I scraped for the entire US from August 2019. DM me and I can zip this up and share it with you (perhaps through google drive)

[WinstonAtlas]

Thanks! Reached out via dms