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Metros Cubicos Property Search API Documentation

GET https://scrappa.co/api/metroscubicos/search?operation=sale&type=apartment&state=distrito-federal&bedrooms=2&price_max=6000000&sort=price_asc

Scrappa's GET /api/metroscubicos/search returns Metros Cubicos property listings in Mexico as structured JSON, for sale (operation=sale, the default) or for rent (rent).

What you get

One request returns one page of up to 48 listings and the site's own match count in total. Each listing has id, url (the public listing page on Mercado Libre Mexico, the source of the data; its id feeds the listing endpoint), title, price (amount, currency, from for developments), attributes (bedrooms, bathrooms, parking and area as ranges plus the raw card text), location text, one image, and development fields (is_development, delivery, units_available). Search cards carry no coordinates. Call the listing endpoint for the description, fees, coordinates and all photos.

Filters are honoured

The site applies every filter itself. Scrappa then checks each card once more against price, bedrooms, bathrooms and area and drops a card whose own values contradict the filter. The number of dropped cards is meta.filtered_out, so a page can hold fewer than 48 listings. total stays the site's count and does not shrink by filtered_out. A card that does not show a value (a studio shows no bedrooms, many cards show no area) cannot be contradicted and stays.

  • Developments show ranges such as 2 a 3 dormitorios. They are kept when the range contains the requested bedrooms.
  • bathrooms counts full bathrooms. A card may count half bathrooms too and show a higher number.
  • price_min and price_max are in MXN. The area is checked only when the card shows the same kind of area (built or total).
  • bedrooms=4 means four or more. bathrooms=3 means three or more.
  • Unknown parameters are rejected with 422 instead of being ignored. applied_filters echoes what was sent.

Locations

state takes a slug from /api/metroscubicos/locations, for example jalisco. city takes a city or borough slug of that state and needs state. An unknown state or city returns a non-billable 422 (unknown_location). Without state the search covers all of Mexico.

Sort and pagination

sort is default (relevance), price_asc or price_desc. page is 1-based with 48 listings per page. The site serves the first 42 pages of any search, so page goes up to 42; narrow the filters to reach other listings. A page past the last result page returns an empty list with total 0. It never returns another page's listings.

Metros Cubicos Property Search API Documentation 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/metroscubicos/search?operation=sale&type=apartment&state=distrito-federal&bedrooms=2&price_max=6000000&sort=price_asc
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "total": 3120,
    "returned": 1,
    "pagination": {
        "page": 1,
        "limit": 48,
        "pages_count": 42,
        "has_next_page": true,
        "has_previous_page": false
    },
    "applied_filters": {
        "operation": "sale",
        "type": "apartment",
...

Parameters

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

Runnable path

This endpoint has no required query parameters.

13 optional filters available.

operation string Optional

sale (default) or rent.

Example value sale
type string Optional

apartment (default), house, land, office, commercial, warehouse, building, room, ranch or hacienda.

Example value apartment
state string Optional

State slug from /api/metroscubicos/locations, for example jalisco or distrito-federal.

Example value distrito-federal
city string Optional

City or borough slug of the state from /api/metroscubicos/locations?state=..., for example zapopan. Needs state.

Example value example
price_min integer Optional

Minimum price in MXN.

Example value 10
price_max integer Optional

Maximum price in MXN.

Example value 6000000
bedrooms integer Optional

0 (studio) to 4 (four or more).

Example value 2
bathrooms integer Optional

Full bathrooms, 1 to 3 (three or more).

Example value 10
area_min number Optional

Minimum area in square metres.

Example value 10
area_max number Optional

Maximum area in square metres.

Example value 10
area_type string Optional

built (default) or total. Land searches use total by default. Needs area_min or area_max.

Example value example
sort string Optional

default, price_asc or price_desc.

Example value price_asc
page integer Optional

Result page, 1 to 42. 48 listings per page.

Example value 1

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/metroscubicos/search?operation=sale&type=apartment&state=distrito-federal&bedrooms=2&price_max=6000000&sort=price_asc",
    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/metroscubicos/search?operation=sale&type=apartment&state=distrito-federal&bedrooms=2&price_max=6000000&sort=price_asc');

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/metroscubicos/search?operation=sale&type=apartment&state=distrito-federal&bedrooms=2&price_max=6000000&sort=price_asc', 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/metroscubicos/search?operation=sale&type=apartment&state=distrito-federal&bedrooms=2&price_max=6000000&sort=price_asc',
    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/metroscubicos/search?operation=sale&type=apartment&state=distrito-federal&bedrooms=2&price_max=6000000&sort=price_asc")
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/metroscubicos/search?operation=sale&type=apartment&state=distrito-federal&bedrooms=2&price_max=6000000&sort=price_asc", 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/metroscubicos/search?operation=sale&type=apartment&state=distrito-federal&bedrooms=2&price_max=6000000&sort=price_asc', 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/metroscubicos/search?operation=sale&type=apartment&state=distrito-federal&bedrooms=2&price_max=6000000&sort=price_asc")
        .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/metroscubicos/search?operation=sale&type=apartment&state=distrito-federal&bedrooms=2&price_max=6000000&sort=price_asc", 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/metroscubicos/search?operation=sale&type=apartment&state=distrito-federal&bedrooms=2&price_max=6000000&sort=price_asc"
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/metroscubicos/search?operation=sale&type=apartment&state=distrito-federal&bedrooms=2&price_max=6000000&sort=price_asc"));
            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/metroscubicos/search?operation=sale&type=apartment&state=distrito-federal&bedrooms=2&price_max=6000000&sort=price_asc',
            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/metroscubicos/search?operation=sale&type=apartment&state=distrito-federal&bedrooms=2&price_max=6000000&sort=price_asc")
        .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 total returned pagination applied_filters listings meta

Common listings fields

id title url headline
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "total": 3120,
    "returned": 1,
    "pagination": {
        "page": 1,
        "limit": 48,
        "pages_count": 42,
        "has_next_page": true,
        "has_previous_page": false
    },
    "applied_filters": {
        "operation": "sale",
        "type": "apartment",
        "state": "distrito-federal",
        "bedrooms": 2,
        "price_max": 6000000,
        "sort": "price_asc"
    },
    "listings": [
        {
            "id": "MLM-6326040252",
            "title": "Splendor Coyoacan",
            "url": "https://departamento.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM-6326040252-splendor-coyoacan-_JM",
            "headline": "Departamento en venta",
            "is_development": true,
            "price": {
                "amount": 5371700,
                "currency": "MXN",
                "from": true
            },
            "attributes": {
                "bedrooms": {
                    "min": 2,
                    "max": 3
                },
                "bathrooms": {
                    "min": 2,
                    "max": 2
                },
                "parking": null,
                "area": {
                    "min": 64,
                    "max": 95,
                    "kind": "built"
                },
                "raw": [
                    "2 a 3 dormitorios",
                    "2 ba\u00f1os",
                    "64 - 95 m\u00b2 construidos"
                ]
            },
            "location": "Avenida Divisi\u00f3n Del Norte 2325, Benito Ju\u00e1rez, Distrito Federal",
            "image": "https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_2X_666237-MLM118578393547_102026-E.webp",
            "delivery": "Pronta entrega",
            "units_available": "3 unidades disponibles",
            "featured": true,
            "seller": null
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "endpoint_family": "search",
        "billable": true,
        "attempts": 1,
        "filtered_out": 2
    }
}

Errors

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

422

Unknown Location

The `state` or `city` slug is not known to Metros Cubicos (`unknown_location`). The site would turn it into a text search, so the request is rejected. Non-billable.

{
    "meta": {
        "attempts": 0,
        "billable": false,
        "retryable": false,
        "endpoint_family": "search"
    },
    "error": {
        "code": "unknown_location",
        "message": "Unknown location. Use a state or city slug from /api/metroscubicos/locations."
    },
    "success": false
}
422

Validation Error

A query parameter is missing, unknown or unusable. Unknown parameters are rejected, never ignored. Non-billable.

{
    "errors": {
        "type": [
            "The selected type is invalid."
        ]
    },
    "message": "The selected type is invalid."
}
503

Upstream Unavailable

Metros Cubicos could not be reached after retries, answered with an error, or returned an unexpected answer (`upstream_unavailable`, `upstream_blocked`, `upstream_changed`). Retryable and never billed. Clients are never rate limited.

{
    "meta": {
        "attempts": 4,
        "billable": false,
        "retryable": true,
        "endpoint_family": "search"
    },
    "error": {
        "code": "upstream_unavailable",
        "message": "Metros Cubicos is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
    },
    "success": false
}

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