HotPads Scraper
Spider read hotpads.com in 110 ms without a browser and returned 338 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "More Ways to Rent", "Ready to find your next home?" and "Browse Rentals by City".
Search apartments, houses, and rooms for rent — with real-time alerts, interactive maps, and neighborhood insights. Your free rental search starts here.Look for verified-source signals where available, plus listing details that help you decide what to contact.### More Ways to RentSearch apartments, houses, condos, townhouses, duplexes, rooms, sublets, and corporate rentals in one place.### Free Search ToolsSearch, filter, save, and compare listings without a renter subscription.## Ready to find your next home?Use HotPads to discover apartments, houses, and rooms with free search tools.Start SearchingList Your Rental## Browse Rentals by CityFind apartments, houses, and more across the countryApartment RentalsHouse RentalsTownhome & Condo RentalsFor Rent by Owner### Apartment RentalsAustinapartments for rentBostonapartments for rentBrooklyn NYCapartments for rentChicagoapartments for rentCincinnatiapartments for rentFort Worthapartments for rentIndianapolisapartments for rentJacksonvilleapartments for rentJersey Cityapartments for rentLas Vegasapartments for rentLos Angelesapartments for rentMiamiapartments for rentNashvilleapartments for rentNew York Cityapartments for rentNewarkapartments for rentOaklandapartments for rentPhiladelphiaapartments for rentPhoenixapartments for rentPittsburghapartments for rentPortlandapartments for rentQueens NYCapartments for rentSan Antonioapartments for rentSan Franciscoapartments for rentSeattleapartments for rentWashington DCapartments for rent### House RentalsThe same call, in code.
The capture above came back as markdown. These examples add a key, so you get browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on hotpads.com.
import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://hotpads.com/seattle-wa/apartments-for-rent");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
stealth: 2,
captcha: "solve",
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://hotpads.com/seattle-wa/apartments-for-rent");
await page.content(10000);
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const listings = [];
document.querySelectorAll("[data-testid='listing-card']").forEach(el => {
const address = el.querySelector("[data-testid='card-address']")?.textContent?.trim();
const price = el.querySelector("[data-testid='card-price']")?.textContent?.trim();
const beds = el.querySelector("[data-testid='card-beds']")?.textContent?.trim();
const baths = el.querySelector("[data-testid='card-baths']")?.textContent?.trim();
if (address) listings.push({ address, price, beds, baths });
});
return JSON.stringify({ total: listings.length, listings: listings.slice(0, 10) });
})()`);
console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();Ready for volume? Get an API key →
Fields you can pull.
Spider names these from the page. The capture above came back as markdown; the same
call with return_format: "json" returns them as keys.
What hotpads.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.00125 to fetch. Pricing is $1 per GB of pre-transformation bandwidth plus $0.001 per CPU minute, so a page like this one lands at a fraction of a cent. Failed requests are billed at $0.
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- No card required to test
- Balance never expires
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Start scraping hotpads.com.
You already have the call. A key raises the rate limit and turns on browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency. Balance never expires, and top-ups go through secure checkout.