Centris Ad API

Get Real-Time Centris Listing Detail via API, No Infrastructure Required

Centris.ca is Quebec's official MLS platform (QPAREB). Individual listing pages carry strict bot protection that prevents direct automated access. Piloterr handles the bypass and returns the complete listing profile as structured JSON: asking price, municipal assessment, annual taxes, living and lot area, construction year, basement type, heating system, garage spaces, pool indicator, full-resolution photos, GPS coordinates, broker phone and profile URL, and scheduled open house dates. Both French and English Centris URLs are accepted.

Application Scenarios for the Centris Ad API

1. Enrich a property database with fiscal and structural data: After collecting listing URLs from the search endpoint, call this endpoint to retrieve construction year, annual taxes, and municipal assessment. This level of detail is only available on individual listing pages and it cannot be obtained from search results alone.
2. Monitor price vs. municipal assessment ratios: Compare price.amount with price.municipal_assessment across dozens of listings in a neighborhood. A listing priced significantly above or below the assessment often signals a negotiation opportunity or a distressed sale.
3. Coordinate open house visits at scale: Pull open_house_dates from multiple listings and feed them into a calendar tool for a buyer's agent managing 20+ active clients. Real-time data means the schedule reflects current Centris announcements, not a stale export.
4. Build a broker prospecting list for Quebec: Extract broker.name, broker.agency, and broker.phone from listings in target zones to build an outreach database of the most active professionals in each Montréal or Québec City neighborhood.
5. Feed an AVM with tax and area data: Use GPS coordinates, living area, lot area, construction year, and annual taxes together to train or calibrate an automated valuation model for the Quebec residential market.

Why Use Piloterr Instead of Building Your Own Scraper

1. No anti-bot management: Centris enforces strict bot protection. Piloterr handles the bypass transparently without broker credentials.
2. Real-time data: Every call returns live listing detail from Centris, not a cached snapshot.
3. Structured JSON: No HTML parsing, no fragile selectors. The response schema is stable and documented.
4. No infrastructure costs: No proxy pool to buy, no headless browser cluster to maintain. Pay only for successful requests.

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