daftlistings

A web scraper that enables programmatic interaction with daft.ie. Tested on Python 2.7 and Python 3.5.2

Install

pip install daftlistings

Developing Locally

git clone https://github.com/AnthonyBloomer/daftlistings.git
cd daftlistings
virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Examples

Get the current properties for rent in Dublin that are between €1000 and €1500 per month.

from daftlistings import Daft, CommercialType, SaleType, RentType

daft = Daft()

listings = daft.get_listings(
    county='Dublin City',
    area='Dublin 15',
    listing_type=RentType.APARTMENTS,
    min_price=1000,
    max_price=1500,
    sale_type='rent'
)

for listing in listings:
    print(listing.get_formalised_address())
    print(listing.get_daft_link())

Retrieve commercial office listings in Dublin.

listings = daft.get_listings(
    county='Dublin',
    listing_type=SaleType.COMMERCIAL,
    commercial_property_type=CommercialType.OFFICE
)

for listing in listings:
    print(listing.get_formalised_address())
    print(listing.get_daft_link())

Get the current sale agreed prices for properties in Dublin.

listings = daft.get_listings(
    county='Dublin City',
    area='Dublin 15',
    listing_type=SaleType.PROPERTIES,
    sale_agreed=True,
    min_price=200000,
    max_price=250000
)

for listing in listings:
    print(listing.get_formalised_address())
    print(listing.get_daft_link())

You can sort the listings by price, distance, upcoming viewing or date using the SortType object. The SortOrder object allows you to sort the listings descending or ascending. For example:

from daftlistings import SortOrder, SortType

listings = daft.get_listings(
    county='Dublin City',
    area='Dublin 15',
    listing_type=SaleType.PROPERTIES,
    sort_order=SortOrder.ASCENDING,
    sort_by=SortType.PRICE,
    min_price=150000,
    max_price=175000

)

for listing in listings:
    print(listing.get_formalised_address())
    print(listing.get_daft_link())
    print(listing.get_price())

Retrieve all properties for sale in Dublin 15. This example loops through each page of listings and prints the result.

offset = 0
pages = True

while pages:

    listings = daft.get_listings(
        county='Dublin City',
        area='Dublin 15',
        offset=offset,
        listing_type=SaleType.PROPERTIES
    )

    if not listings:
        pages = False

    for listing in listings:
        print(listing.get_agent_url())
        print(listing.get_price())
        print(listing.get_formalised_address())
        print(listing.get_daft_link())
        print(' ')


    offset += 10

Full Documentation

https://anthonybloomer.github.io/daftlistings/