kijiji.ca APIkijiji.ca ↗
Access Kijiji.ca classified ads via API. Search rentals, jobs, pets, and general listings. Filter by location, category, and keywords across Canada.
curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/2a6b6220-98b8-4e29-8875-e62665d461dc/search_listings?page=1&keywords=laptop' \ -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY'
Search for classified ads with various filters including category, location, and keywords. Returns paginated results with up to 40 listings per page.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| page | integer | Page number for pagination. |
| cat_id | integer | Category ID filter. Use get_categories to discover valid IDs. |
| loc_id | integer | Location ID filter. Use get_locations to discover valid IDs. |
| keywords | string | Search keywords to filter listings. |
| category_slug | string | Category URL slug (e.g. 'b-all', 'b-apartments-condos', 'b-jobs'). |
| location_slug | string | Location URL slug (e.g. 'l0' for all Canada, 'montreal', 'toronto'). |
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"listings": "array of listing objects with id, title, description, price, location, url, imageUrls, categoryId, activationDate, sortingDate, attributes, posterInfo, and flags",
"pagination": "object with offset, limit, and totalCount"
},
"sample": {
"data": {
"listings": [
{
"id": "1731050620",
"url": "https://www.kijiji.ca/v-laptops/city-of-toronto/laptops-gaming-laptop-official-laptop/1731050620",
"flags": {
"topAd": false,
"highlight": false
},
"price": {
"type": "FIXED",
"amount": 45000,
"originalAmount": null
},
"title": "Laptops, Gaming Laptop, Official Laptop",
"location": {
"id": 1700273,
"name": "Markham",
"address": "Markham, ON L3T 0C7"
},
"imageUrls": [
"https://media.kijiji.ca/api/v1/ca-prod-fsbo-ads/images/98/985f8ca9-7111-4331-b609-a209f6e373f8?rule=kijijica-200-jpg"
],
"attributes": {
"all": [
{
"canonicalName": "condition",
"canonicalValues": [
"new"
]
}
]
},
"categoryId": 773,
"posterInfo": {
"rating": 5,
"posterId": "1018189888",
"verified": false
},
"description": "If you need more pictures or details...",
"sortingDate": "2026-05-08T22:17:25.000Z",
"activationDate": "2025-12-30T20:50:27.000Z"
}
],
"pagination": {
"limit": 40,
"offset": 0,
"totalCount": 18884
}
},
"status": "success"
}
}About the kijiji.ca API
The Kijiji.ca API exposes 7 endpoints for searching and retrieving classified ad data from Canada's largest classifieds platform. Use search_listings to query across all categories with keyword, location, and category filters, or use specialized endpoints like search_rental_listings and search_job_listings to target specific verticals. Listing detail responses include seller profile data, price in cents with currency, coordinates, and full image arrays.
Search and Browse Canadian Classifieds
The search_listings endpoint is the general-purpose entry point, accepting keywords, cat_id, loc_id, category_slug, and location_slug as optional filters. Results return up to 40 listings per page, each with id, title, description, price, location, url, imageUrls, categoryId, activationDate, and sortingDate. Pagination is handled through the page parameter, with the pagination object in the response exposing offset, limit, and totalCount for building full result sets.
Category- and Vertical-Specific Search
Three focused search endpoints cover common Kijiji verticals. search_rental_listings filters to apartments and condos, search_pet_listings supports sub-category slugs like cats-kittens or dogs-puppies, and search_job_listings targets job ads. All three accept keywords and a location slug (e.g. montreal, toronto), and return listing arrays with attributes alongside the standard fields. Use get_categories and get_locations to discover valid cat_id and loc_id integers for search_listings, or to enumerate province-level location IDs including parentId relationships.
Listing Detail and Seller Data
get_listing_detail accepts a full or relative listing URL and returns a richer response than the search endpoints. Key additions include a sellerProfile object with the seller's id, name, numberOfListings, userType, and profilePath, and a price object broken out into type, amount (in cents), and currency. Location data includes address and geographic coordinates, making it suitable for mapping applications. Image URLs are returned as an array in imageUrls.
- Track rental price trends by location using price.amount and location fields from search_rental_listings across multiple Canadian cities.
- Build a job board aggregator pulling Kijiji job listings filtered by keyword and location slug for specific trades or industries.
- Monitor new listings in a category by polling search_listings with a cat_id and sorting by activationDate to detect recently posted ads.
- Enrich a pet adoption platform by pulling search_pet_listings with sub-category slugs like cats-kittens or dogs-puppies by city.
- Map classified ad density by extracting coordinates from get_listing_detail responses and plotting them geographically.
- Profile high-volume sellers by comparing numberOfListings from the sellerProfile object returned by get_listing_detail.
- Populate a category navigation UI using the children arrays from get_categories to display Kijiji's full hierarchy with seoUrl links.
| Tier | Price | Credits/month | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 100 | 5 req/min |
| Hobby | $30/mo | 1,000 | 20 req/min |
| Developer | $100/mo | 5,000 | 250 req/min |
One credit = one API call regardless of which marketplace API you call. Exceeding the rate limit returns a 429 response. Authenticate with the X-API-Key header.