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Zillow scraper API in Python

Zillow listings for a location — price, beds, baths, sqft, coordinates. One POST from Python with location, rows back as JSON with 53 fields, $0.001 per delivered listing. No proxies or parsers to maintain.

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A Python requests snippet that posts { — A Python requests call to the zillow_search collector returns one dict per listing, at $0.001 each.

First call

Install, call, read the rows.

pip install requests

The only dependency.

import os, requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.quanticdata.io/v1/scraper/collectors/zillow_search/run",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['QD_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "location": "Austin, TX",
        "status": "for_sale",
        "max_results": 80,
    },
    timeout=120,
)
r.raise_for_status()
run = r.json()["payload"]
print(run["count"], "rows,", run["cost"]["usd"], "USD")
for row in run["results"]:
    print(row.get("zpid"), row.get("address"), row.get("street"), row.get("city"))

Python: one Zillow search run (In vendita (Austin)), printing zpid, address, street, city

The key comes from an environment variable, never from the code. The run answers in the same request when it finishes in time; payload.results holds the rows and payload.cost what they cost.

Request parameters

What the collector takes.

Input of the Zillow search collector
Parameter	Type	Required	Meaning
`location`	string	yes	City and state, ZIP or neighborhood, e.g. "Austin, TX".
`status`	string: `for_sale`, `for_rent`, `sold`	no (default for_sale)	Which listings to collect.
`max_results`	integer	no (default 40)	How many listings to deliver at most (1–500). You pay only for delivered listings.

Response fields

53 fields per listing.

Fields of each row (listing)
Field	Type	What it holds
`rank`	integer	1-based position across pages.
`page`	integer	Results page the row came from.
`zpid`	string	Zillow property id.
`address`	string, nullable	Full address as shown.
`street`	string, nullable	Street line.
`city`	string, nullable	City.
`state`	string, nullable	State code.
`zipcode`	string, nullable	ZIP code.
`price`	string, nullable	Price as shown.
`price_value`	number, nullable	Numeric price.
`currency`	string, nullable	Currency symbol.
`beds`	number, nullable	Bedrooms.
`baths`	number, nullable	Bathrooms.
`area_sqft`	number, nullable	Living area in sqft.
`lot_size`	number, nullable	Lot size when published.
`home_type`	string, nullable	SINGLE_FAMILY, CONDO, TOWNHOUSE…
`status`	string, nullable	Status text (Active, Pending…).
`status_type`	string, nullable	FOR_SALE / FOR_RENT / SOLD.
`listing_type`	string, nullable	For Sale by Agent/Owner, Foreclosure…
`zestimate`	number, nullable	Zillow price estimate.
`rent_zestimate`	number, nullable	Zillow rent estimate.
`days_on_zillow`	number, nullable	Days listed.
`broker`	string, nullable	Listing brokerage.
`latitude`	number, nullable	GPS latitude.
`longitude`	number, nullable	GPS longitude.
`image`	string, nullable	Photo URL.
`url`	string	Listing URL.
`lot_size_unit`	string, nullable	Unit of `lot_size` as Zillow states it: "sqft" or "acres".
`lot_size_sqft`	number, nullable	Lot size converted to square feet, whichever unit Zillow used.
`unit`	string, nullable	Unit or apartment number when the listing has one.
`currency_code`	string, nullable	ISO currency code (USD).
`tax_assessed_value`	number, nullable	Tax assessed value.
`price_change`	number, nullable	Latest price change in currency units; negative on a price cut.
`price_change_date`	string, nullable	Date of that price change (YYYY-MM-DD).
`open_house`	string, nullable	Open house line as shown on the card.
`open_house_start`	string, nullable	Open house start (local time, ISO 8601).
`open_house_end`	string, nullable	Open house end (local time, ISO 8601).
`coming_soon_date`	string, nullable	On-market date of a Coming Soon listing (YYYY-MM-DD).
`builder`	string, nullable	Builder name on new construction.
`is_new_construction`	boolean	True for new construction.
`is_showcase`	boolean	True for a Zillow Showcase listing.
`has_3d_tour`	boolean	True when the listing has a 3D tour.
`has_video`	boolean	True when the listing has a video.
`photo_count`	integer, nullable	Photos in the listing card carousel.
`photos`	string[]	Up to six photo URLs.
`date_sold`	string, nullable	Sale date on sold listings (YYYY-MM-DD).
`is_building`	boolean	True when the row is an apartment building with several floor plans (rental searches).
`building_name`	string, nullable	Building or community name.
`units`	object[], nullable	Floor plans of a building: beds, price as shown ("$2,110+"), price_value. `price` and `price_value` on the row are the lowest of these.
`available_units`	integer, nullable	Units currently available in the building.
`min_rent`	number, nullable	Lowest base rent in the building.
`max_rent`	number, nullable	Highest base rent in the building.
`leasing_phone`	string, nullable	Leasing office phone shown on the card.

Add ?format=csv to the runs endpoint to get the same rows as CSV.

Long runs

Run in the background, then poll.

A run that needs more time can go to the background: send "async": true, get 202 with the run id, and poll the runs endpoint until the status is done. Reading a run is free.

import os, time, requests

H = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['QD_API_KEY']}"}
r = requests.post("https://api.quanticdata.io/v1/scraper/collectors/zillow_search/run", headers=H,
                  json={**{"location":"Austin, TX","status":"for_sale","max_results":80}, "async": True}, timeout=30)
run_id = r.json()["payload"]["run_id"]
while True:
    run = requests.get(f"https://api.quanticdata.io/v1/scraper/collectors/runs/{run_id}", headers=H, timeout=30).json()["payload"]
    if run["status"] in ("done", "failed"):
        break
    time.sleep(5)
print(run["status"], run["count"])

Python: background run and polling

Errors

What can come back, and what is billed.

Collector run errors
Status	Meaning	Billed
`400`	The input does not match the collector (`payload.errors`)	No
`401`	Missing or wrong API key	No
`402`	Balance and free credit do not cover the run: top up	No
`422`	The input can never resolve; retrying the same input cannot help	No
`424`	The run failed at the source (blocked, timed out, layout changed); safe to retry	No
`429`	Rate limit or a per-account brake; wait for `Retry-After`	No

Only delivered rows are billed: a run that delivers nothing costs nothing.

Price

$0.001 per delivered listing.

What Zillow search rows cost at list price
Rows	Cost
1	$0.001
1,000	$1.00
10,000	$10.00

Up to 500 listings per run; split larger jobs into several runs. The $2 free credit every month covers about 2,000 listings. No subscription; paid tiers lower the unit price. All collector prices: collector pricing.

Before you run it

Questions developers ask

Is there a free Zillow search API?

Every account gets $2 of free usage each month, about 2,000 listings of this collector at $0.001 each, with no card.

Do I have to handle proxies, retries or blocks?

No. The collector runs on our network and handles them; a run blocked at the source returns 424 and is not billed.

How many rows can one run return?

Up to 500 listings per run (the max_results input, where the collector has one).

Can an AI agent run it?

Yes: the MCP server exposes it as the run_collector tool, with the same input and price. See the MCP server.

Run it on the free credit.

Create an API key, export it as QD_API_KEY and run the example. $0.001 per delivered listing, no subscription.

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