Scrappa's GET /api/realestateview/location-autocomplete finds Australian suburbs by the start of a name or by a postcode.
What you get
Each location has id, suburb, state, state_name, postcode, lga, region and display_text. Pass state, suburb and postcode to the search endpoint. Several suburbs can share a name, so always send the postcode too.
Only suburbs
Only suburbs are returned, because a search covers one suburb. Cities, streets and buildings in the source suggestions are left out.
Empty results
A text that matches nothing returns 200 with an empty locations list. That is a valid answer and it is billed. A q shorter than 2 characters answers 422 and nothing is looked up.
Run this endpoint
Endpoint
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.
string
Required
Start of a suburb name or a postcode, at least 2 characters.
melbourne
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/realestateview/location-autocomplete?q=melbourne",
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
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/realestateview/location-autocomplete?q=melbourne');
if ($response->successful()) {
echo $response->body();
} else {
echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
}
};
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/realestateview/location-autocomplete?q=melbourne', 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));
const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/realestateview/location-autocomplete?q=melbourne',
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);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/realestateview/location-autocomplete?q=melbourne")
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
import http.client
import json
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
conn.request("GET", "/api/realestateview/location-autocomplete?q=melbourne", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
conn.close()
import requests
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/realestateview/location-autocomplete?q=melbourne', headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
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/realestateview/location-autocomplete?q=melbourne")
.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());
}
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/realestateview/location-autocomplete?q=melbourne", 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))
}
#!/bin/bash
curl -X GET \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
"https://scrappa.co/api/realestateview/location-autocomplete?q=melbourne"
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/realestateview/location-autocomplete?q=melbourne"));
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
}
}
}
import axios from 'axios';
async function run(): Promise<void> {
try {
const response = await axios({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/realestateview/location-autocomplete?q=melbourne',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
},
});
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
}
void run();
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/realestateview/location-autocomplete?q=melbourne")
.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
query
total
locations
meta
Common locations fields
id
suburb
state
state_name
{
"success": true,
"query": "melbourne",
"total": 1,
"locations": [
{
"id": 2706,
"suburb": "Melbourne",
"state": "vic",
"state_name": "Victoria",
"postcode": "3000",
"lga": "Melbourne Council",
"region": "Melbourne",
"display_text": "Melbourne, VIC 3000",
"location_type": "suburb"
}
],
"meta": {
"endpoint_family": "location_autocomplete",
"billable": true,
"attempts": 1
}
}
Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Validation Error
A query parameter is missing, unknown or unusable. Unknown parameters are rejected, never ignored (`request_rejected` is the same failure raised by the source). Non-billable.
{
"errors": {
"q": [
"The q field must be at least 2 characters."
]
},
"message": "The q field must be at least 2 characters."
}Source Unavailable
realestateVIEW could not be reached in time, refused the request, or its answer changed shape (`upstream_unavailable`, `request_blocked`, `deadline_exhausted`, `parser_drift`). Retryable and never billed. Clients are never rate limited.
{
"meta": {
"attempts": 2,
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "location_autocomplete"
},
"error": {
"code": "upstream_unavailable",
"message": "realestateVIEW is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
},
"success": false
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