real-estate-scrape example
A repository demonstrating the use of real-estate-scrape to store the estimated value of a property on Redfin and Zillow every night using Github Actions.
See data.csv and data.png (above) for example output
for 594 S Mapleton Dr, Los
Angeles
(not my house!)
Note: this house happens to have been on the market since February 2022, which means Redfin is refusing to generate an estimate for it. The Zillow estimate is recorded successfully, but the workflow is marked as failing because we don't get both estimates. The Redfin estimate will presumably return when the house is sold.
Automated usage
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Sign up for scraperapi and make a note of your API key. The free account is enough to get started.
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Make a copy of this repository, e.g. using the template.
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Commit changes deleting
data.csvanddata.png. -
Under Settings > Secrets, configure environment variables containing the URLs of the address on Redfin and Zillow and your ScraperBox key:
REDFIN_URL, e.g.https://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/594-S-Mapleton-Dr-90024/home/6824711ZILLOW_URL, e.g.https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/594-S-Mapleton-Dr-Los-Angeles-CA-90024/20524417_zpid/SCRAPERAPI_KEY, e.g.abcdefqwert12345
The scraping job runs every day at 5am UTC. Come back in 24 hours and you should
find data.csv in your repository. Come back a few days later and you should
see the beginnings of a chart in data.png.
Alternatively, you can run the scraping job manually as often as you like by clicking "Run workflow" under Actions > scrape on GitHub.
Advanced/manual usage
See real-estate-scrape.