Utility Mill

Craigslist

Get the Craigslist RSS feed for any category.


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Instructions / Discussion

Get a Craigslist listing for any category. Example url's

The return to this browser is either JSON (default), XML or TEXT. This utility constructs the JSON and XML response outside of the UtiliyMill API.

XML response format example: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes?> [HTML_REMOVED] [HTML_REMOVED]2008-09-22T15:53:42-07:00[HTML_REMOVED] [HTML_REMOVED]http://slo.craigslist.org/spo/851227552.html[HTML_REMOVED] [HTML_REMOVED]<![CDATA["Brand new."]]>[HTML_REMOVED] [HTML_REMOVED]<![CDATA["$85 Brand New Running Shoes 9"]]>[HTML_REMOVED] [HTML_REMOVED]

JSON response format example: {"date": "2008-09-22T15:53:42-07:00", "description": "Brand new. "link": "http://santabarbara.craigslist.org/spo/851227552.html", "title": "$85 Brand New Running Shoes"}

These formats will be "chunked" out to the caller in an Ajax type manner (i.e., http streaming).

* USAGE NOTES To call via the UtilitMill API, set the OUTPUT_TYPE=TEXT in the URL query string.

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