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MagicBricks Location Autocomplete API Documentation

GET https://scrappa.co/api/magicbricks/v1/autocomplete?query=andheri&city=Mumbai

Resolve free text into localities and projects. Each item returns the name, the type (locality or project), the locality id or project id as an integer, the city name and id, and for projects a cover image. These ids are what every other endpoint takes, so they are always returned as integers and never in the packed form. An empty suggestion list for a valid query is a successful response.

MagicBricks Location Autocomplete API Documentation 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/magicbricks/v1/autocomplete?query=andheri&city=Mumbai
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
query = andheri
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "query": "andheri",
        "type": "all",
        "items": [
            {
                "name": "Andheri East, Mumbai",
                "type": "locality",
                "locality_id": 184906,
                "city": "Mumbai",
                "city_id": 4320
            },
            {
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

1 required parameter needed before sending a request.

2 optional filters available.

query string Required

Free text, 2 to 80 characters. Example: andheri.

Example value andheri
city string Optional

City ref-no or name to scope the suggestions, for example Mumbai. Without it the suggest is nationwide.

Example value Mumbai
type string Optional

all, locality or project. Defaults to all.

Example value example

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/magicbricks/v1/autocomplete?query=andheri&city=Mumbai",
    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/magicbricks/v1/autocomplete?query=andheri&city=Mumbai');

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/magicbricks/v1/autocomplete?query=andheri&city=Mumbai', 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/magicbricks/v1/autocomplete?query=andheri&city=Mumbai',
    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/magicbricks/v1/autocomplete?query=andheri&city=Mumbai")
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/magicbricks/v1/autocomplete?query=andheri&city=Mumbai", 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/magicbricks/v1/autocomplete?query=andheri&city=Mumbai', 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/magicbricks/v1/autocomplete?query=andheri&city=Mumbai")
        .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/magicbricks/v1/autocomplete?query=andheri&city=Mumbai", 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/magicbricks/v1/autocomplete?query=andheri&city=Mumbai"
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/magicbricks/v1/autocomplete?query=andheri&city=Mumbai"));
            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/magicbricks/v1/autocomplete?query=andheri&city=Mumbai',
            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/magicbricks/v1/autocomplete?query=andheri&city=Mumbai")
        .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": {
        "query": "andheri",
        "type": "all",
        "items": [
            {
                "name": "Andheri East, Mumbai",
                "type": "locality",
                "locality_id": 184906,
                "city": "Mumbai",
                "city_id": 4320
            },
            {
                "name": "Lodha Elliora, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore",
                "type": "project",
                "project_id": 5429269,
                "locality": "Sarjapur Road",
                "city": "Bangalore",
                "city_id": 3327,
                "image": "https://img.staticmb.com/mbimages/project/Photo_h300_w450/2025/08/01/Project-Photo-1-Lodha-Elliora-Bangalore-5429269_400_900_300_450.jpg"
            }
        ]
    },
    "meta": {
        "endpoint_family": "autocomplete",
        "billable": true
    }
}

Errors

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

422

Validation Error

A public parameter is missing or invalid, or a city, locality or property type cannot be resolved. No upstream call is made and the response is not billable.

{
    "errors": {
        "city": [
            "The city field is required."
        ]
    },
    "message": "The request validation failed"
}
404

Resource Not Found

The requested MagicBricks resource does not exist. The response is not billable.

{
    "meta": {
        "billable": false,
        "retryable": false,
        "endpoint_family": "magicbricks_autocomplete"
    },
    "error": {
        "code": "NOT_FOUND",
        "message": "The requested MagicBricks resource was not found."
    },
    "success": false
}
503

Unexpected Upstream Response

MagicBricks answered with a body that is not the documented shape. The response is not billable.

{
    "meta": {
        "billable": false,
        "retryable": true,
        "endpoint_family": "magicbricks_autocomplete"
    },
    "error": {
        "code": "PARSER_DRIFT",
        "message": "MagicBricks returned an unexpected response."
    },
    "success": false
}
503

Upstream Unavailable

The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.

{
    "meta": {
        "billable": false,
        "retryable": true,
        "endpoint_family": "magicbricks_autocomplete"
    },
    "error": {
        "code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
        "message": "The MagicBricks API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
    },
    "success": false
}

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