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Daft.ie Discovery

GET https://scrappa.co/api/daft-ie/discovery

Listing ids and last-modified timestamps from Daft.ie's own ad-details sitemap, newest first. This is a freshness feed of up to 200 entries per document, not a national inventory — use the search endpoint for coverage.

Daft.ie Discovery 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/daft-ie/discovery
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "entries": [
            {
                "id": 6686946,
                "url": "https://www.daft.ie/residential-to-rent/listing/6686946",
                "lastmod": "2026-10-03T09:12:00+01:00"
            }
        ],
        "entryCount": 200,
        "documentEntryCount": 1240,
        "cap": 200,
        "scope": "Newest listing ids from the ad-details sitemap, capped at 200 entries per document. A freshness feed, not national coverage."
...

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/daft-ie/discovery",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
PHP
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/daft-ie/discovery');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
JavaScript
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/daft-ie/discovery', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
JavaScript
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/daft-ie/discovery',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/daft-ie/discovery")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
Python
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/daft-ie/discovery", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
Python
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/daft-ie/discovery', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
Java
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/daft-ie/discovery")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
Go
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/daft-ie/discovery", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Terminal
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/daft-ie/discovery"
C#
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/daft-ie/discovery"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
TypeScript
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/daft-ie/discovery',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
RUST
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/daft-ie/discovery")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

success data meta
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "entries": [
            {
                "id": 6686946,
                "url": "https://www.daft.ie/residential-to-rent/listing/6686946",
                "lastmod": "2026-10-03T09:12:00+01:00"
            }
        ],
        "entryCount": 200,
        "documentEntryCount": 1240,
        "cap": 200,
        "scope": "Newest listing ids from the ad-details sitemap, capped at 200 entries per document. A freshness feed, not national coverage."
    },
    "meta": {
        "duration_ms": 610,
        "endpoint_family": "discovery"
    }
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

Not Found

The requested Daft.ie resource does not exist. This response is not billable.

Invalid Request

A parameter was missing, out of range, or not one of the accepted values — for example an unknown section, ad state, sort or area id. Nothing was requested from Daft.ie, so retrying unchanged will fail the same way. Not billable.

Rejected As Untrustworthy

Daft.ie returned a response that did not match the request, so no data is returned. This happens instead of silently widening a result set. A request did reach Daft.ie and its answer was discarded. Not billable.

Not Public Data

Daft.ie serves this route as gated, so it carries no public listing data. Not billable.

Service Unavailable

Daft.ie is inspecting or refusing the request, it refused the request shape outright, or no approved upstream route is available. This is not an empty result set. Not billable. A gateway-level 502 is rewritten to 503 before it reaches a client, so this endpoint never answers 502.

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