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ViewIt API

Canadian Rentals, Listing Details and Rental Companies from ViewIt

Scrappa's read-only ViewIt API turns ViewIt, a Canadian rental search engine, into structured JSON. Search rentals in a city by bedrooms, price and keyword; read full listing records with price, utilities, amenities, position and the whole photo gallery; look up rental companies; and find the cities and companies the search accepts. ViewIt lists rentals only.

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Request 
curl -X GET "https://scrappa.co/api/viewit/search?city_id=14&bedrooms=2&price_max=2500" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY"
JSON response 
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "items": [],
    "pagination": {
      "page": 1,
      "per_page": 5,
      "total": 27,
      "total_pages": 6,
      "max_pages": 20,
      "capped": false,
      "range_from": 1,
      "range_to": 5,
      "has_next_page": true
    },
    "items_dropped": 0,
    "total_includes_dropped": true,
    "applied_filters": {
      "city_id": 14,
      "bedrooms": "2",
      "price_max": 2500
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "endpoint_family": "search",
    "billable": true,
    "attempts": 1
  }
}

What you can build

Structured data for real applications. Here are some ideas.

Rental Search Applications

Build Canadian rental search with filters for city, bedrooms, price and keyword.

Rent Tracking

Track asking rents by city and bedroom count, with filters checked on every item.

Listing Data Enrichment

Pull the full record of a rental: price, utilities, amenities, position and every photo.

Landlord Research

Profile Canadian rental companies and see the rentals each one has online.

ViewIt scraper API

ViewIt API for rental search, listing details and rental companies in Canada

The ViewIt API is built for proptech teams, relocation services and analysts working with the Canadian rental market. Search rentals in a city by bedrooms, price and keyword, then use listing details, the company endpoint and autocomplete to build search tools, rent monitors and data products.

Search rentals in Canadian cities, 5 per page.

Filter by bedrooms, price, keyword, furnished, loft and more.

Get full listing details with amenities and position.

Read the whole photo gallery of a rental.

Look up rental companies and their rentals.

Call 4 read-only endpoints that return structured JSON.

Choose the right ViewIt API endpoint

Search ViewIt rentals

Find a city with autocomplete, then pass its city_id to the search endpoint with bedrooms and a price range. Filters are checked on every item and dropped items are counted.

Open ViewIt Rental Search API docs

Read the full record of a rental

Take a listing_id from search and request the listing endpoint for amenities, utilities, position and the full photo gallery.

Open ViewIt Listing Details API docs

Available endpoints

Everything you need in one API.

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Scrappa vs Do-it-yourself rental data extraction

See how Scrappa compares to the official API.

Dedicated ViewIt endpoints
Scrappa: yes (4 endpoints)
Do-it-yourself rental data extraction:
Output format
Scrappa: Structured JSON
Do-it-yourself rental data extraction: Raw page content
Page handling
Scrappa: Every page checked against its range
Do-it-yourself rental data extraction: Pages can silently repeat
Request mode
Scrappa: Read-only
Do-it-yourself rental data extraction: Depends on implementation
Parser maintenance
Scrappa: Handled by Scrappa
Do-it-yourself rental data extraction: Your team

Key features

4 read-only endpoints for Canada
Rentals, 5 per page, up to 20 pages
Filters for bedrooms, price, keyword, furnished, loft, retirement and short term
Full listing details with 15 amenity flags and the whole photo gallery
Rental company profiles with their rentals
No phone numbers or email addresses

Frequently asked questions

The ViewIt API is Scrappa's read-only REST API for rentals on ViewIt.ca in Canada. It covers rental search, listing details, rental company profiles and autocomplete.

No. Scrappa is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by ViewIt. A Scrappa API key is used to access the endpoints on this page.

No. ViewIt.ca lists rentals only, so this API has no sale mode.

No. ViewIt has no sort, so results come in the order of the site. A page holds 5 rentals and one query reaches 20 pages.

No. All ViewIt endpoints on this page are read-only.

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