harry-s-grewal / mls-real-estate-scraper-for-realtor.ca

Python MLS and Real-Estate Data Scraper for the Realtor.ca Website
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Question: is it possible to pull data by municipality name, property type and land size? #5

Open DanWismer opened 1 year ago

DanWismer commented 1 year ago

As I was looking for a way to access realtor.ca data, I stumbled upon this awesome repo! I work for the Nature Conservancy of Canada where one of our goals is to purchase private land for conservation. Apologies for the specific question, but with this scraper you built, is it possible to pull data by municipality name, property type and land size? This API has serious potential to help us improve how we prioritize available private lands.

Thanks!

harry-s-grewal commented 1 year ago

Hey Dan! Thanks for the feedback and the awesome question. Happy to help

See this screenshot - this is the payload sent to realtor.ca's PropertySearch_Post API endpoint.

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As you can see, there's two fields that can provide the information you need.

Firstly, LandSizeRange. I've mapped out the following values for the land-size so you can find what you need.

Land Size Range LandSizeRange
0 - 1/4 Acre LandSizeRange: 0-0.25
1/4 - 1/2 Acre LandSizeRange: 0.25-0.5
1/2 - 1 Acre LandSizeRange: 0.5-1
1+ Acre LandSizeRange: 1-0
2+ Acre LandSizeRange: 2-0
Secondly, PropertySearchTypeId will give you the property type you want. Property Type PropertySearchTypeId
Any commercial PropertySearchTypeId: 0
Residential PropertySearchTypeId: 1
Recreational PropertySearchTypeId: 2
Condo PropertySearchTypeId: 3
Vacant land PropertySearchTypeId: 6
Multi-Family PropertySearchTypeId: 8

I've tested both of these additions to the query, and they work.

As for your final question, you should be able to specify the municipality as an argument to get_property_list_by_city(). Is that what you mean, or did I misunderstand?

I'm happy to hear this library is helping the NCC! Please don't hesitate if you have any more questions.

Also, if you need some help with this project, feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/harry-s-grewal.