realtorca

Wrapper for the realtor.ca API

Filter all available listings

POST https://api37.realtor.ca/Listing.svc/PropertySearch_Post

Get details about a specific listing

GET https://api37.realtor.ca/Listing.svc/PropertyDetails

Methods

realtor.post(options) - returns a promise which will resolve with a JSON object containing the query results returned from realtor.ca.

realtor.getPropertyDetails(options) - returns a promise which will resolve with a JSON object containing the detailed information of a property. Passing PropertyId, and ReferenceNumber(MLS number) as options is required. The PropertyId can be obtained from the listing URL.

realtor.buildUrl - returns a URL with the query string constructed from the specified options.

realtor.optionsFromUrl - returns options from a URL from realtor.ca (from the map view).

^ Note: The website link from buildUrl only allows specific price quantities. Any inconsistent PriceMin and PriceMax values will be rounded up to the next price level. Read the source for clarification.

Usage

const realtor = require('realtorca');

let opts = {
  LongitudeMin: -79.6758985519409,
  LongitudeMax: -79.6079635620117,
  LatitudeMin: 43.57601549736786,
  LatitudeMax: 43.602250137362276,
  PriceMin: 100000,
  PriceMax: 410000
};

console.log( realtor.buildUrl(opts) );
//https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Map.aspx#LongitudeMin=-79.6758985519409&LongitudeMax=-79.6079635620117&LatitudeMin=43.57601549736786&LatitudeMax=43.602250137362276&PriceMin=100000&PriceMax=425000

// Parse options from url
console.log(realtor.optionsFromUrl("https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Map.aspx#LongitudeMin=-79.6758985519409&LongitudeMax=-79.6079635620117&LatitudeMin=43.57601549736786&LatitudeMax=43.602250137362276&PriceMin=100000&PriceMax=425000"));


realtor.post(opts)
  .then(data => {
      //json response
  })
  .catch(err => {

  });

API Reference/Options

Most of the information was pulled from the DOM nodes on the website

Most of the following options are optional. The first 3 listed are required but the wrapper will provide a default if they aren't specified.

• CultureId - language identifier, 1 for English, 2 for French. Defaults to 1.
• ApplicationId - Mandatory for some endpoints, defaults to 37, their mobile app uses the value 37
• PropertySearchTypeId- Defaulted to 1. Determines the type of property, possible values:
  • 0 No Preference
  • 1 Residential
  • 2 Recreational
  • 3 Condo/Strata
  • 4 Agriculture
  • 5 Parking
  • 6 Vacant Land
  • 8 Multi Family
• HashCode - Mandatory for some endpoints; their mobile app defaults it to 0

Most useful options

• PriceMin - Defaults to 0
• PriceMax
• LongitudeMin - bottom left longitude of the map view port
• LatitudeMin - bottom left latitude of the map view port
• LongitudeMax - top right longitude of the map view port
• LatitudeMax - top right latitude of the map view port
• TransactionTypeId- Defaults to 2?
  • 1 For sale or rent
  • 2 For sale
  • 3 For rent
• StoreyRange - "min-max" i.e. "2-3"
• BedRange - "min-max" if min = max, it searches for the exact value. If it's 1-0, it means it's 1+. Maxes at 5
• BathRange - "min-max"

Others

• SortBy - How to sort (e.g. price, date, etc)
• SortOrder - How to order the items after sorting them by a given field (e.g. ascending, descending)

Type | Sort | ---- | -------- | Low to High ($) | 1-A | High to Low ($) | 1-D | Date Posted: New to Old | 6-D | Date Posted: Old to New | 6-A | Open Houses First | 12-D | More Photos First | 13-D | Virtual Tour First | 11-D |

• organizationID - sort/search by organizationID of a group of realtors. Value of this field can be found using a URL such as https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/OfficeDetails.aspx?OrganizationId=271479 as pointed out by Froren.
• individualID - sort/search by agentID. Can be found using a URL such as https://www.realtor.ca/Agent/1914698/Gaetan-Kill-130---1152-Main... (in this case individualID = 1914698) as indicated by Kris.
• viewState - m, g, or 1. Seems irrelevant.
• Longitude - (Optional) Longitude of the current user's location
• Latitude - (Optional) Latitude of the current user's location
• ZoomLevel - not sure what this does
• CurrentPage - read somewhere that it maxes at 51
• RecordsPerPage - their mobile app uses 500 as the default value
• MaximumResults
• PropertyTypeGroupID - ???
• OwnershipTypeGroupId
  • 0 Any
  • 1 Freehold
  • 2 Condo/Strata
  • 3 Timeshare/Fractional
  • 4 Leasehold
• ViewTypeGroupId
  • 0 Any
  • 1 City
  • 2 Mountain
  • 3 Ocean
  • 4 Lake
  • 5 River
  • 6 Ravine
  • 7 Other
  • 8 All Water Views
• BuildingTypeId
  • 0 Any
  • 1 House
  • 2 Duplex
  • 3 Triplex
  • 5 Residential Commercial Mix
  • 6 Mobile Home
  • 12 Special Purpose
  • 14 Other
  • 16 Row/Townhouse
  • 17 Apartment
  • 19 Fourplex
  • 20 Garden Home
  • 27 Manufactured Home/Mobile
  • 28 Commercial Apartment
  • 29 Manufactured Home
• ConstructionStyleId
  • 0 Any
  • 1 Attached
  • 3 Detached
  • 5 Semi-detached
  • 7 Stacked
  • 9 Link
• UnitRange - how many units within a given building, similar to BathRange, such as 2-0 to denote 2 or more units
• AirCondition- 0 or 1, defaults 0
• Pool - 0 or 1, defaults 0
• Fireplace - 0 or 1, defaults 0
• Garage - 0 or 1, defaults 0
• Waterfront - 0 or 1, defaults 0
• Acreage - 0 or 1, defaults 0
• Keywords - search text
• ListingIds - Comma Separated listing Ids to scope the search to
• ReferenceNumber - Search using MLS #, this is required for viewing a listing detail
• OpenHouse - 0 or 1, must include if filtering by open house
  • OpenHouseStartDate - MM/DD/YYYY
  • OpenHouseEndDate - MM/DD/YYYY

Feel free to PR and fork.