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Missing API to search based on criteria

Open alexandre0119 opened this issue 6 years ago • 3 comments

Hi, I am able to run the basic examples, but did not see API to perform the general search function, like search properties based on zip code, price range, etc. Pls let me know if we have this method implemented or not. Thanks, Alex

alexandre0119 avatar Jan 01 '19 23:01 alexandre0119

The Zillow API does not allow general searches, so this feature is unavailable. One work around which I implemented successfully was to use a scraper (beautiful soup) a get a list of properties that match some search and pull the addresses and then loop them through the API

RyanConway91 avatar Mar 31 '19 19:03 RyanConway91

@RyanConway91 I am actually facing a similar problem, I want to extract information for all houses in a zip code(for US).. my guess is that there was an api which has now been discontinued.. Can you tell if how to go about this if possible... Thanks!😊

Om-Pandey avatar Jan 09 '20 06:01 Om-Pandey

As I stated above, I never figured out how to get the API to search by location. Rather, you need to use the website to filter by location and then feed that webpage to a scrapper (beautifulsoup) and loop through the addresses 1 by 1 with the API.

The API and python package both still exist this approach should still work

RyanConway91 avatar Jan 09 '20 13:01 RyanConway91