title: Zillow API General Search
body: <p>I have a few issues using the Zillow API:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Querying the API</li>
  <li>Fetching Specific Data</li>
  </ul>
  
  <h2>Querying Issues</h2>
  
  <p>The issue is that I can't seem to find a way to use the Zillow API for general searches such as searching by <em>only</em> by zip code. Here is a sample query from the deep search: </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;SearchResults:searchresults xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.zillow.com/static/xsd/SearchResults.xsd http://www.zillowstatic.com/vstatic/419b583f682a74b83f007039dd9c49f8/static/xsd/SearchResults.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:SearchResults="http://www.zillow.com/static/xsd/SearchResults.xsd"&gt;
      &lt;request&gt;
          &lt;address&gt;15096 Oak Creek Rd&lt;/address&gt;
          &lt;citystatezip&gt;El Cajon, CA&lt;/citystatezip&gt;
      &lt;/request&gt;
      &lt;message&gt;
          &lt;text&gt;Request successfully processed&lt;/text&gt;
          &lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt;
      &lt;/message&gt;
      &lt;response&gt;
          &lt;results&gt;
              &lt;result&gt;
                  &lt;zpid&gt;16893601&lt;/zpid&gt;
                  &lt;links&gt;
                      &lt;homedetails&gt;http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/15096-Oak-Creek-Rd-El-Cajon-CA-92021/16893601_zpid/&lt;/homedetails&gt;
                      &lt;graphsanddata&gt;http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/15096-Oak-Creek-Rd-El-Cajon-CA-92021/16893601_zpid/#charts-and-data&lt;/graphsanddata&gt;
                      &lt;mapthishome&gt;http://www.zillow.com/homes/16893601_zpid/&lt;/mapthishome&gt;
                      &lt;comparables&gt;http://www.zillow.com/homes/comps/16893601_zpid/&lt;/comparables&gt;
                  &lt;/links&gt;
                  &lt;address&gt;
                      &lt;street&gt;15096 Oak Creek Rd&lt;/street&gt;
                      &lt;zipcode&gt;92021&lt;/zipcode&gt;
                      &lt;city&gt;El Cajon&lt;/city&gt;
                      &lt;state&gt;CA&lt;/state&gt;
                      &lt;latitude&gt;32.86576&lt;/latitude&gt;
                      &lt;longitude&gt;-116.847964&lt;/longitude&gt;
                  &lt;/address&gt;
                  &lt;FIPScounty&gt;6073&lt;/FIPScounty&gt;
                  &lt;useCode&gt;SingleFamily&lt;/useCode&gt;
                  &lt;taxAssessmentYear&gt;2012&lt;/taxAssessmentYear&gt;
                  &lt;taxAssessment&gt;496002.0&lt;/taxAssessment&gt;
                  &lt;yearBuilt&gt;2006&lt;/yearBuilt&gt;
                  &lt;lotSizeSqFt&gt;108900&lt;/lotSizeSqFt&gt;
                  &lt;finishedSqFt&gt;2700&lt;/finishedSqFt&gt;
                  &lt;bathrooms&gt;3.0&lt;/bathrooms&gt;
                  &lt;bedrooms&gt;3&lt;/bedrooms&gt;
                  &lt;totalRooms&gt;7&lt;/totalRooms&gt;
                  &lt;lastSoldDate&gt;03/22/1999&lt;/lastSoldDate&gt;
                  &lt;lastSoldPrice currency="USD"&gt;268000&lt;/lastSoldPrice&gt;
                  &lt;zestimate&gt;
                      &lt;amount currency="USD"&gt;581783&lt;/amount&gt;
                      &lt;last-updated&gt;05/12/2013&lt;/last-updated&gt;
                      &lt;oneWeekChange deprecated="true"/&gt;
                      &lt;valueChange duration="30" currency="USD"&gt;12050&lt;/valueChange&gt;
                      &lt;valuationRange&gt;
                          &lt;low currency="USD"&gt;523605&lt;/low&gt;
                          &lt;high currency="USD"&gt;692322&lt;/high&gt;
                      &lt;/valuationRange&gt;
                      &lt;percentile&gt;0&lt;/percentile&gt;
                  &lt;/zestimate&gt;
                  &lt;localRealEstate&gt;
                      &lt;region id="38333" type="city" name="El Cajon"&gt;
                          &lt;links&gt;
                              &lt;overview&gt;http://www.zillow.com/local-info/CA-El-Cajon/r_38333/&lt;/overview&gt;
                              &lt;forSaleByOwner&gt;http://www.zillow.com/el-cajon-ca/fsbo/&lt;/forSaleByOwner&gt;
                              &lt;forSale&gt;http://www.zillow.com/el-cajon-ca/&lt;/forSale&gt;
                          &lt;/links&gt;
                      &lt;/region&gt;
                  &lt;/localRealEstate&gt;
              &lt;/result&gt;
          &lt;/results&gt;
      &lt;/response&gt;
  &lt;/SearchResults:searchresults&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>That gives us a fair amount of data but it's too specific. I have tried to simply omit the address portion of the search and it returns an error. Is there a way to get a more general search using the Zillow or some other real estate API?</p>
  
  <h2>Data Issue</h2>
  
  <p>The above response from my query is of a house that is currently for sale. No where does it actually state the list price for the house. Is there something that I am missing in my request or does the API simply not offer that?</p>
  
  <h2>What I've Tried</h2>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Looking at the other Zillow APIs</li>
  <li>Manipulating the query string</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Any help is appreciated! Also, if there is some API that I can use that has the functionality needed, let me know!</p>