Question: is it possible to pull data by municipality name, property type and land size?

[DanWismer]

As I was looking for a way to access realtor.ca data, I stumbled upon this awesome repo! I work for the Nature Conservancy of Canada where one of our goals is to purchase private land for conservation. Apologies for the specific question, but with this scraper you built, is it possible to pull data by municipality name, property type and land size? This API has serious potential to help us improve how we prioritize available private lands.

Thanks!

[harry-s-grewal]

Hey Dan! Thanks for the feedback and the awesome question. Happy to help

See this screenshot - this is the payload sent to realtor.ca's PropertySearch_Post API endpoint.

As you can see, there's two fields that can provide the information you need.

Firstly, LandSizeRange. I've mapped out the following values for the land-size so you can find what you need.

Land Size Range	LandSizeRange
0 - 1/4 Acre	LandSizeRange: 0-0.25
1/4 - 1/2 Acre	LandSizeRange: 0.25-0.5
1/2 - 1 Acre	LandSizeRange: 0.5-1
1+ Acre	LandSizeRange: 1-0
2+ Acre	LandSizeRange: 2-0

Secondly, PropertySearchTypeId will give you the property type you want.

Property Type	PropertySearchTypeId
Any commercial	PropertySearchTypeId: 0
Residential	PropertySearchTypeId: 1
Recreational	PropertySearchTypeId: 2
Condo	PropertySearchTypeId: 3
Vacant land	PropertySearchTypeId: 6
Multi-Family	PropertySearchTypeId: 8

I've tested both of these additions to the query, and they work.

As for your final question, you should be able to specify the municipality as an argument to get_property_list_by_city(). Is that what you mean, or did I misunderstand?

I'm happy to hear this library is helping the NCC! Please don't hesitate if you have any more questions.

Also, if you need some help with this project, feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/harry-s-grewal.