craigspaeth / apt-finder

Finding an apartment

apt-finder

Finding an apartment with Nightmare.js.

npm i
npm run setup
npm run scrape
npm start

Scraping

• Nooklyn
• Compass
• My Space NYC
• Naked Apartments
• Zumper
• RentHop
• Triple Mint
• Craigslist
• NYBits
• Trulia
• Joinery
• Listings project
• Urban Edge (Uses JSON endpoint)
• Flip
• LeaseBreak (Uses client-side POST for HTML)
• Simply Brooklyn
• ApartmentList (No search filters)

TODO

• Finish scrapers
• Calculate fee vs. no fee in final rent
• Deploy to Heroku (?)
• Provide web UI
• Scrape all latest listings (by doing a url-per-neighborhood and converting neighborhood slugs to various URLs)