58.com (58 Tongcheng) Data Parser & API

58.com (58 Tongcheng) is China’s largest classifieds platform — tens of millions of monthly users — and PropAPIS extracts its rental, resale and commercial property listings through a single REST API. The same group owns property portal Anjuke; 58’s housing channel is a high-volume aggregator across hundreds of mainland cities, though China remains the hardest parse target in the region.

Platform Overview

Market Position

• China’s largest general classifieds platform — tens of millions of monthly users
• Operates a large housing (房产) channel for rentals, resale and commercial space
• Parent of property portal Anjuke (安居客)
• Competes with KE Holdings’ Beike/Lianjia and Fang.com (房天下) in the housing vertical

Market Coverage

Geographic Coverage:

• Tier-1 cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen
• Hundreds of mainland prefecture-level cities
• Dense rental coverage in major metros

Property Types:

• Rental apartments and rooms (deepest segment)
• Resale (second-hand) housing
• Commercial (offices, shops, storefronts)

Data Availability

58.com’s housing channel is a high-volume aggregator, strongest on rental inventory and agent-posted listings. As a classifieds platform, listing quality varies and de-duplication matters. Access is gated by GeeTest slider CAPTCHAs, browser fingerprinting and Great-Firewall latency, making reliable extraction the most expensive in the region (per the research report).

Data Fields Available

PropAPIS extracts structured data from each 58.com listing:

Property Information

• Address: Community (小区), building and district
• Price: Rent or sale price
• Bedrooms and Bathrooms
• Property Type: Apartment, room, commercial unit
• Area: Built-up area (sq m)
• Floor and Orientation

Listing Details

• Listing Type: Rental / resale / commercial
• Description: Full listing text
• Photos: Image URLs
• Community: 小区 name and reference
• Posted Date

Agent Information

• Poster: Agent or individual where shown
• Agency: Agency name and branch
• Contact: Where published

Location Data

• District and Community
• City
• Coordinates: Latitude and longitude where available

API Endpoints

Get Property Details

from propapis import PropAPIS
 
api = PropAPIS(api_key='your_api_key')
 
# Get a listing by URL or ID
property_data = api.platforms.platform_58.get_property(
    listing_id='12345678'
)
 
print(f"Title: {property_data.title}")
print(f"Price: CNY {property_data.price:,}")
print(f"Community: {property_data.community}")
print(f"Area: {property_data.area} sqm")

Search Listings

# Search 58.com housing listings
listings = api.platforms.platform_58.search(
    city='Shenzhen',
    purpose='for-rent',
    min_price=3000,
    max_price=12000,
    min_bedrooms=1
)
 
for listing in listings[:10]:
    print(f"{listing.title} - CNY {listing.price:,}/mo")
    print(f"  {listing.community} | {listing.area} sqm")

Search Resale Listings

# Search 58.com resale (second-hand) listings
listings = api.platforms.platform_58.search(
    city='Shenzhen',
    purpose='for-sale',
    min_bedrooms=2
)
 
for listing in listings[:5]:
    print(f"{listing.title} - CNY {listing.price:,}")

Quick Start

from propapis import PropAPIS
 
api = PropAPIS(api_key='your_api_key')
 
# Search 58.com rental listings in Shenzhen
listings = api.platforms.platform_58.search(city='Shenzhen', purpose='for-rent')
 
for listing in listings[:5]:
    print(f"{listing.title} - CNY {listing.price:,}/mo")

import { PropAPIS } from 'propapis';
 
const api = new PropAPIS({ apiKey: 'your_api_key' });
 
// Search 58.com rental listings in Shenzhen
const listings = await api.platforms['58'].search({
  city: 'Shenzhen',
  purpose: 'for-rent',
});
 
listings.slice(0, 5).forEach((l) => {
  console.log(`${l.title} - CNY ${l.price.toLocaleString()}/mo`);
});

curl "https://api.propapis.com/v1/platforms/58/search?city=Shenzhen&purpose=for-rent" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key"

Frequently asked questions

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