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Craigslist API: Search listings

Searches public Craigslist listings in a city or area, newest first. Renewed listings may have older original posting dates.

craigslist.org (opens in a new tab)Version 1ReadNo sign-inVerified Nov 2, 2026

Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Craigslist.

Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.

Area, requiredarea

Craigslist city or area, such as San Francisco Bay Area or Chicago.

San Francisco Bay Area

Query, requiredquery

Words to search for, such as road bike.

road bike

Category optionalcategory

Listing category, such as for_sale or housing.

for_sale (default)

One of for_sale, housing, jobs, services, cars_and_trucks, gigs.

Max Price optionalmax_price

Highest price in local currency, such as 500. Leave empty for no maximum.

Not set

Number 0 or more.

Min Price optionalmin_price

Lowest price in local currency, such as 100. Leave empty for no minimum.

Not set

Number 0 or more.

Max Results optionalmax_results

Most listings to return, such as 25.

25 (default)

Whole number from 1 to 100.

Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "listings": [    {      "price": 395,      "title": "Specialized road bike",      "photo_link": "https://images.craigslist.org/00u0u_973m0oItohK_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg",      "posting_id": "7974087135",      "posted_date": "2026-09-27",      "listing_link": "https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/emeryville-specialized-road-bike/gGcjrby4x8iNiWu7ephyBo",      "currency_code": "USD",      "neighbourhood": "Oakland"    },    {      "price": 390,      "title": "Specialized road bike",      "photo_link": "https://images.craigslist.org/00L0L_9kLQq04wmQ7_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg",      "posting_id": "7966025037",      "posted_date": "2026-09-13",      "listing_link": "https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/emeryville-specialized-road-bike/dtuVsLD7RNkzraDrjzfJ5w",      "currency_code": "USD",      "neighbourhood": "Berkeley"    },    {      "price": 2600,      "title": "talaria mx 4 sting for sale",      "photo_link": "https://images.craigslist.org/00b0b_lqrVCOkA7FP_1320MM_600x450.jpg",      "posting_id": "7949673589",      "posted_date": "2026-07-26",      "listing_link": "https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/rio-vista-talaria-mx-sting-for-sale/jCzJUuAh3bgbdGYqGB9RNx",      "currency_code": "USD",      "neighbourhood": "brentwood / oakley"    }  ],  "area_used": "SF bay area"}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
craigslist.org/search_listings
Returns
title, price, currency, neighbourhood, posted date, photo, link, posting id

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method craigslist.org/search_listings with the inputs above.

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