ikman Data Parser & API

ikman is Sri Lanka’s #1 horizontal classifieds marketplace — with 61,603+ property listings on the Saltside engine shared with Bikroy (Bangladesh) — and PropAPIS extracts its resale, rental, commercial and land listings through a single REST API. Cover the country’s largest raw property inventory without building or maintaining a scraper.

Platform Overview

Market Position

• Sri Lanka’s #1 horizontal classifieds marketplace
• 61,603+ property listings — actually larger raw property inventory than LankaPropertyWeb, but thinner structured fields (per the South Asia research report)
• Runs the Saltside / Carousell classifieds engine — near-identical to Bikroy (BD), so one parser pattern covers two countries
• Classifieds-style: high volume, free-text-heavier, less normalized geo

Note: ikman shares the Saltside engine with Bikroy (BD) — one parser pattern covers both countries’ largest horizontal marketplaces.

Market Coverage

Geographic Coverage:

• Colombo and Western Province
• Kandy, Galle and other major cities
• Nationwide across Sri Lanka

Property Types:

• Apartments and Houses
• Plots and Land
• Commercial property
• Rooms and annexes (rentals)

Data Availability

As a classifieds marketplace, ikman carries the country’s largest raw property inventory with thinner, free-text-heavier fields than dedicated portals — less normalized geo and no price history. PropAPIS normalizes the available structured fields (price, beds, area, locality, property type) from each listing.

Listing Categories:

• Buy: Houses, apartments and land for sale
• Rent: Long-term residential rentals
• Commercial: Commercial property
• Land: Plots and development sites

Data Fields Available

PropAPIS extracts structured data from each ikman property listing:

Property Information

• Address: Area and city
• Price: Sale price or rent
• Bedrooms and Bathrooms
• Property Type: House, apartment, land, commercial
• Area: Perches / square feet

Listing Details

• Description: Full listing text
• Photos: Image URLs
• Added Date

Seller Information

• Seller name
• Listing type: Owner or agent
• Contact where published

Location

• Area and City
• Coordinates: Latitude and longitude where published

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.ikman.get_property(
    listing_id='12345678'
)
 
print(f"Title: {property_data.title}")
print(f"Price: LKR {property_data.price:,}")
print(f"Locality: {property_data.locality}")

Search Listings

# Search ikman property listings
listings = api.platforms.ikman.search(
    city='Colombo',
    purpose='for-sale',
    property_type='House'
)
 
for listing in listings[:10]:
    print(f"{listing.title} - LKR {listing.price:,}")
    print(f"  {listing.area} | {listing.locality}")

Search Land

# Search ikman land listings
plots = api.platforms.ikman.search(
    city='Kandy',
    purpose='for-sale',
    property_type='Land'
)
 
for plot in plots[:10]:
    print(f"{plot.title} - LKR {plot.price:,}")

Quick Start

from propapis import PropAPIS
 
api = PropAPIS(api_key='your_api_key')
 
# Search ikman property listings in Colombo
listings = api.platforms.ikman.search(city='Colombo', purpose='for-sale')
 
for listing in listings[:5]:
    print(f"{listing.title} - LKR {listing.price:,}")

import { PropAPIS } from 'propapis';
 
const api = new PropAPIS({ apiKey: 'your_api_key' });
 
// Search ikman property listings in Colombo
const listings = await api.platforms.ikman.search({
  city: 'Colombo',
  purpose: 'for-sale',
});
 
listings.slice(0, 5).forEach((l) => {
  console.log(`${l.title} - LKR ${l.price.toLocaleString()}`);
});

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

Frequently asked questions

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