Koop-Craigslist

A provider for the Craigslist Apartment search API

How to use

You can use this as a plugin to an existing Koop server or use the default server or docker implementations.

API

All data can be accessed at http://adapters.koopernetes.com/craigslist/:city/:type/FeatureServer/0

Cities follow the url subdomain for Craigslist (https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/)

e.g.

• washingtondc
• philadelphia
• baltimore

Types:

• apartments
• jobs
• forsale
• services
• gigs
• community

Test it out

Run server:

• npm install
• npm start

Example API Query:

• curl localhost:8080/craigslist/atlanta/apartments/FeatureServer/0/query?returnCountOnly=true

With Docker

• docker build -t koop-provider-craigslist .
• docker run -it -p 8080:8080 koop-provider-craigslist

In an existing Koop Server

//clean shutdown
process.on('SIGINT', () => process.exit(0))
process.on('SIGTERM', () => process.exit(0))

// Initialize Koop
const Koop = require('koop')
const koop = new Koop()

// Install the craigslist Provider
const craigslist = require('koop-craigslist')
koop.register(craigslist)

// Start listening for http traffic
const config = require('config')
const port = config.port || 8080
koop.server.listen(port)
console.log(`Koop Craigslist listening on ${port}`)