View.com.au Data Parser & API

View.com.au was a well-funded recent challenger to Australia’s REA + Domain portal duopoly, but it announced its closure in June 2025 after failing to gain share — and PropAPIS tracks its resale and rental listings, archived and served through a single REST API. Because View is winding down, treat it as a deprioritized source and migrate active coverage to realestate.com.au and the Domain group.

Platform Overview

Market Position

• A best-funded recent attempt to break Australia’s REA + Domain residential duopoly
• Announced closure in June 2025 after failing to gain meaningful market share (Online Marketplaces)
• Deprioritized for parsing — coverage shifts to the surviving AU portals
• Historical resale and rental data remains useful for backfill and trend analysis

Market Coverage

Geographic Coverage:

• Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and capital cities (historical)
• Regional Australia (historical)
• Suburb-level coverage (historical)

Property Types:

• Houses and Apartments / Units
• Townhouses and Villas

Data Availability

View.com.au exposed standard residential fields — address, price, photos, agent and geo — at Medium anti-bot difficulty. With the platform closing in June 2025, PropAPIS positions it as an archival/deprioritized source; for live AU coverage, use realestate.com.au or the Domain group instead.

Listing Categories:

• Buy: Resale residential properties (historical)
• Rent: Long-term residential rentals (historical)

Data Fields Available

PropAPIS extracts structured data from each View.com.au listing:

Property Information

• Address: Street, suburb, state and postcode
• Price: Sale price, price guide or rent
• Bedrooms, Bathrooms and Car Spaces
• Property Type: House, apartment, townhouse

Listing Details

• Description: Full listing text
• Photos: Image URLs
• Features and amenities
• Listed / Updated date

Agent Information

• Agency: Agency name and branch
• Agent: Listing agent name
• Agent Contact: Phone where published

Location & Market Data

• Suburb and Postcode
• Coordinates: Latitude and longitude

API Endpoints

Get Property Details

from propapis import PropAPIS
 
api = PropAPIS(api_key='your_api_key')
 
# Get a View.com.au listing by URL or ID
property_data = api.platforms.view.get_property(
    listing_id='12345678'
)
 
print(f"Title: {property_data.title}")
print(f"Price: AUD {property_data.price:,}")
print(f"Suburb: {property_data.suburb}")

Search Listings

# Search View.com.au listings (archival)
listings = api.platforms.view.search(
    state='NSW',
    suburb='Newtown',
    purpose='for-sale'
)
 
for listing in listings[:10]:
    print(f"{listing.title} - AUD {listing.price:,}")
    print(f"  {listing.bedrooms} bed | {listing.suburb}")

Quick Start

from propapis import PropAPIS
 
api = PropAPIS(api_key='your_api_key')
 
# Search View.com.au listings (archival)
listings = api.platforms.view.search(state='NSW', purpose='for-sale')
 
for listing in listings[:5]:
    print(f"{listing.title} - AUD {listing.price:,}")

import { PropAPIS } from 'propapis';
 
const api = new PropAPIS({ apiKey: 'your_api_key' });
 
// Search View.com.au listings (archival)
const listings = await api.platforms.view.search({
  state: 'NSW',
  purpose: 'for-sale',
});
 
listings.slice(0, 5).forEach((l) => {
  console.log(`${l.title} - AUD ${l.price.toLocaleString()}`);
});

curl "https://api.propapis.com/v1/platforms/view/search?state=NSW&purpose=for-sale" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key"

Frequently asked questions

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