Zoopla Agents Search Scraper

Overview

This actor searches for real estate agents on Zoopla using an API wrapper service. It returns detailed listings of property professionals based on location or company name, supporting estate, letting, and commercial agents.

Key Features

• Flexible Search: Find agents by location or by specific company name.
• Agent Type Filtering: Target estate agents, letting agents, or commercial agents.
• Customizable Results: Sort agents alphabetically, by average property price, or by average property age.
• Automatic Pagination: Fetches multiple pages automatically to collect the requested number of results.
• Robust Operation: Includes comprehensive error handling and logging.

How to Use

Provide a location (e.g., 'oxford') or a company_name to start the search. Configure optional parameters like maxResults or search_type to refine the output. The actor handles pagination and data extraction automatically.

Input

The actor requires either a location or a company_name parameter.

Required Parameters (One of the following)

• location - A location string to search within (e.g., 'london', 'manchester').
• company_name - The name of a specific agency to find.

Optional Parameters

• maxResults - The maximum number of agent profiles to return.
• search_type - Type of agent: estate-agents, letting-agents, or commercial-agents.
• agents_sort - Result sort order:
  • a_z (name)
  • lowest_avg_price / highest_avg_price
  • shortest_avg_age / longest_avg_age
• radius - Search radius in miles from the given location.
• pn - Page number (typically managed by the actor's pagination).

Output

The actor outputs each agent as a separate item in the dataset. The output structure for each agent includes fields for identification, location, company details, and performance metrics. A typical item contains data like:
* Agent name and contact information
* Company name and address
* Agent type (e.g., Estate Agent)
* Performance statistics (number of properties, average price)
* Direct link to the agent's Zoopla profile

Run the actor to see the complete output schema for all available fields.