LankaPropertyWeb Data Parser & API

LankaPropertyWeb is Sri Lanka’s #1 dedicated real-estate portal — the country’s most-visited RE site since 2007 with 25,000+ ads — and PropAPIS extracts its resale, rental (long and short-term), commercial and land listings through a single REST API. Cover Colombo and the wider country without building or maintaining a scraper.

Platform Overview

Market Position

• Sri Lanka’s #1 dedicated real-estate portal and most-visited RE site since 2007
• 25,000+ active ads, including short-term rentals, commercial and land (per the South Asia research report)
• Publishes a market-outlook report — a signal of decent structured data depth
• Richer per-record structure than the horizontal classifieds (ikman) despite a smaller raw count

Note: ikman carries a larger raw property count (61.6k+), but LankaPropertyWeb’s dedicated-portal fields are more structured per listing.

Market Coverage

Geographic Coverage:

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

Property Types:

• Houses and Apartments
• Plots and Land
• Commercial property
• Short-term / holiday rentals

Data Availability

As a dedicated portal, LankaPropertyWeb exposes more structured fields than horizontal classifieds — including a short-term-rental segment alongside resale, long-term rental, commercial and land. PropAPIS normalizes price, beds, area, property type and locality from each listing.

Listing Categories:

• Buy: Houses, apartments and land for sale
• Rent: Long-term residential rentals
• Short-term: Holiday / short-stay rentals
• Commercial: Offices and commercial property
• Land: Plots and development sites

Data Fields Available

PropAPIS extracts structured data from each LankaPropertyWeb listing:

Property Information

• Address: Area, city and project
• 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
• Rental term: Long-term or short-term
• Added Date

Agent / Seller Information

• Agent / agency or owner 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.lankapropertyweb.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 LankaPropertyWeb listings
listings = api.platforms.lankapropertyweb.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 Short-Term Rentals

# Search LankaPropertyWeb short-term rentals
short_stays = api.platforms.lankapropertyweb.search(
    city='Galle',
    purpose='short-term'
)
 
for stay in short_stays[:10]:
    print(f"{stay.title} - LKR {stay.price:,}")

Quick Start

from propapis import PropAPIS
 
api = PropAPIS(api_key='your_api_key')
 
# Search LankaPropertyWeb listings in Colombo
listings = api.platforms.lankapropertyweb.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 LankaPropertyWeb listings in Colombo
const listings = await api.platforms.lankapropertyweb.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/lankapropertyweb/search?city=Colombo&purpose=for-sale" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key"

Frequently asked questions

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