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Listings

Multiple RESO Dictionary Support
This service supports multiple RESO Data Dictionary versions.

 

Listing Display Rules

Each MLS defines rules each application must abide by when displaying listing reports or brief summary data (such as listing search results). Review the Compliance page for details.

The Listings API is used to retrieve listing information, enter new listings and updating existing listing data, and run searches on listings.

  1. Supported Roles
  2. Available Services
    1. Listings
    2. Individual Listing
    3. My, Office, and Company Listings
    4. Nearby Listings
  3. Response Description
  4. Expansions
 

Supported Roles

Role Reads Writes Notes
IDX Yes No
Public Yes No
VOW Yes No
Portal Yes No
Private Yes Yes Privileged roles only for writes, typically for internal use only. Very limited support; contact support at api-support@fbsdata.com to discuss on case-by-case basis.

More information about roles may be found here.

 

Available Services

Listings

/<API Version>/listings
/<API Version>/contacts/<Contact.Id>/listings

HTTP Method Description Conditional Notes
GET Retrieves listing data No
POST Creates a new listing record. No Only StandardFields and CustomFields can be set using this service. The listing rules data will inform the application which fields are writable and required.
The Errors response attribute will be present on failures, as most listing rule violations are considered fatal for this service.
PUT Returns HTTP 405 (Method Not Allowed) No Not implemented
DELETE Returns HTTP 405 (Method Not Allowed) No Not implemented

GET Request

Parameters:

 
 

GET Response

{
    "D": {
        "Success": true,
        "Results": [
            {
                "ResourceUri": "/vX/listings/20060412165917817933000000",
                "Id": "20060412165917817933000000",
                "StandardFields": {
                    "ListingKey": "20060412165917817933000000",
                    "ListingId": "10-1796",
                    "PropertyType": "A",
                    "PropertySubType": "SF",
                    "ListPrice": 1079900,
                    "StreetNumber": "611",
                    "StreetDirPrefix": null,
                    "StreetName": "8th",
                    "StreetSuffix": "St",
                    "StreetDirSuffix": "S",
                    "StreetAdditionalInfo": null,
                    "City": "Fargo",
                    "StateOrProvince": "ND",
                    "PostalCode": "58103",
                    "YearBuilt": 1884,
                    "BuildingAreaTotal": 7275,
                    "BathsThreeQuarter": 1,
                    "BathsTotal": 8,
                    "BathsFull": 5,
                    "BedsTotal": 8,
                    "BathsHalf": 2,
                    "Longitude": -96.792246,
                    "Latitude": 46.868464,
                    "SubdivisionName": "Westgate",
                    "MLSAreaMinor": "West",
                    "CountyOrParish": null,
                    "PublicRemarks": "Great foyer. Cool kitchen. 6 fireplaces. The list goes on.",
                    "PrivateRemarks": "********",
                    "PrivateOfficeRemarks": "********",
                    "PendingDate": "********",
                    "CloseDate": "********",
                    "CancelDate": "********",
                    "WithdrawDate": "********",
                    "ListAgentFirstName": "Joe",
                    "ListAgentMiddleName": "",
                    "ListAgentLastName": "Agent",
                    "ListAgentPreferredPhone": "123-456-7890",
                    "ListAgentPreferredPhoneExt": "3",
                    "ListAgentOfficePhone": "123-456-7890",
                    "ListAgentOfficePhoneExt": "123-456-7890",
                    "ListAgentCellPhone": "123-456-7890",
                    "ListAgentDirectPhone": "123-456-7890",
                    "ListAgentTollFreePhone": "123-456-7890",
                    "ListAgentFax": "123-456-7890",
                    "ListAgentPager": "123-456-7890",
                    "ListAgentVoiceMail": "123-456-7890",
                    "ListAgentVoiceMailExt": "123-456-7890",
                    "ListAgentEmail": "joe@joeagent.com",
                    "ListAgentURL": "http://joeagent.com/",
                    "ListAgentStateLicense": "12345",
                    "ListAgentDesignation": "CRS, GRI",
                    "ListOfficeName": "BigBrokerCo",
                    "ListOfficePhone": "987-654-3210",
                    "ListOfficePhoneExt": "33",
                    "ListOfficeFax": "987-654-3210",
                    "ListOfficeEmail": "big@brokerco.com",
                    "ListOfficeURL": "http://bigbrokerco.com",
                    "CoListAgentFirstName": "Jimmy",
                    "CoListAgentMiddleName": "",
                    "CoListAgentLastName": "Agent",
                    "CoListAgentPreferredPhone": "323-456-7890",
                    "CoListAgentPreferredPhoneExt": "3",
                    "CoListAgentOfficePhone": "123-456-7890",
                    "CoListAgentOfficePhoneExt": "123-456-7890",
                    "CoListAgentCellPhone": "123-456-7890",
                    "CoListAgentDirectPhone": "123-456-7890",
                    "CoListAgentTollFreePhone": "123-456-7890",
                    "CoListAgentFax": "123-456-7890",
                    "CoListAgentPager": "123-456-7890",
                    "CoListAgentVoiceMail": "123-456-7890",
                    "CoListAgentVoiceMailExt": "123-456-7890",
                    "CoListAgentEmail": "jimmy@jimmyagent.com",
                    "CoListAgentURL": "http://jimmyagent.com/",
                    "CoListAgentStateLicense": "22345",
                    "CoListAgentDesignation": "CRS, GRI",
                    "CoListOfficeName": "BigBrokerCo",
                    "CoListOfficePhone": "987-654-3210",
                    "CoListOfficePhoneExt": "33",
                    "CoListOfficeFax": "987-654-3210",
                    "CoListOfficeEmail": "big@brokerco.com",
                    "CoListOfficeURL": "http://bigbrokerco.com",
                    "ModificationTimestamp": "2010-11-22T20:09:37Z",
                    "VirtualTourURLBranded": "http://somethirdpartyservice.com/234",
                    "VirtualTourURLUnbranded": "http://somethirdpartyservice.com/345",
                    "Supplement": "Text supplement goes here",
                    "Photos": [
                        {
                            "ResourceUri": "/vX/listings/20060412165917817933000000/photos/20080917142739989238000000",
                            "Id": "20080917142739989238000000",
                            "Name": "Listing Photo",
                            "Caption": "",
                            "UriThumb": "http://photos.sparkplatform.com/demomls/20080917142739989238000000-t.jpg",
                            "Uri300": "http://photos.sparkplatform.com/demomls/20080917142739989238000000.jpg",
                            "Uri640": "http://resize.sparkplatform.com/demomls/640x480/true/20080917142739989238000000-o.jpg",
                            "Uri800": "http://resize.sparkplatform.com/demomls/800x600/true/20080917142739989238000000-o.jpg",
                            "Uri1024": "http://resize.sparkplatform.com/demomls/1024x768/true/20080917142739989238000000-o.jpg",
                            "Uri1280": "http://resize.sparkplatform.com/demomls/1280x1024/true/20080917142739989238000000-o.jpg",
                            "Uri1600": "http://resize.sparkplatform.com/demomls/1600x1200/true/20080917142739989238000000-o.jpg",
                            "Uri2048": "http://resize.sparkplatform.com/demomls/2048x1600/true/20080917142739989238000000-o.jpg",
                            "UriLarge": "http://photos.sparkplatform.com/demomls/20080917142739989238000000-o.jpg",
                            "Primary": true
                        }
                    ],
                    "OpenHouses": [
                        {
                            "ResourceUri": "/vX/listings/20060412165917817933000000/openhouses/10000000000000000000000000",
                            "Id": "10000000000000000000000000",
                            "Date": "2007-07-08",
                            "StartTime": "9:00 am",
                            "EndTime": "1:00 pm"
                        }
                    ],
                    "Documents": [
                        {
                            "ResourceUri": "/listings/20100815153524571646000000/documents/20101125153422574618000000",
                            "Id": "20101125153422574618000000",
                            "Name": "Document name",
                            "Uri": "http://documents.sparkplatform.com/abc.pdf"
                        }
                    ],
                    "VirtualTours": [
                        {
                            "ResourceUri": "/listings/20100815153524571646000000/virtualtours/20101213041526458274000000",
                            "Id": "20101213041526458274000000",
                            "Name": "VT name",
                            "Uri": "http://somethirdpartyvtservice.com/123",
                            "Type": "branded"
                        }
                    ],
                    "Videos": [
                        {
                            "ResourceUri": "/listings/20100815153524571646000000/videos/20101213041526458274000000",
                            "Id": "20101213041526458274000000",
                            "Name": "Video name",
                            "Caption": "Caption text",
                            "Type": "branded",
                            "ObjectHtml": "<>"
                        }
                    ],
                    "Rooms": [
                        {
                            "Id": "20110525151622697369000000",
                            "ResourceUri": "/v1/listings/20101014195350951959000000/rooms/20110525151622697369000000",
                            "Fields": [
                                {
                                    "Room Name": "Bedroom"
                                },
                                {
                                    "Room Level": "1"
                                },
                                {
                                    "No. of Rooms": "2"
                                },
                                {
                                    "Area": "40"
                                },
                                {
                                    "Length": null
                                },
                                {
                                    "Width": null
                                },
                                {
                                    "Room Remarks": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "CustomFields": [
                    {
                        "Main": [
                            {
                                "Contract Information": [
                                    {
                                        "Book Section": "Residential w/ Acreage"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Area": "North (Bonner & Boundary)"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Begin Date": "2006-03-03"
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "General Property Description": [
                                    {
                                        "Realtor.COM Type": "Residential - Single Family"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Style": "Multi Level"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Basement": "No"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Stories": 2
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Garage Type": "Att Garage"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Garage Stall": "3 or more"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "SqFt B": 0
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "SqFt 1": 3585
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "SqFt 2": 1500
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "SqFt Source": "Assessor/Tax Roll"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "New Construction": "No"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Lot Acres": 36.9
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Lot Type 1": "Residential"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Lot Type 2": "Lake/River View"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Lake/River Name": "Granite Lake"
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ],
                        "Details": [
                            {
                                "View": [
                                    {
                                        "Mountain": true
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "River": true
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "Lot Features": [
                                    {
                                        "Irregular": true
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Level": true
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                ],
                "DisplayCompliance": {
                    "IDXLogoSmall": {
                        "LogoUri": "http://somesite.com/logo/small.jpg",
                        "Type": "Uri"
                    },
                    "View": "Detail",
                    "IDXLogo": {
                        "LogoUri": "Acme Realty",
                        "Type": "Text"
                    }
                }
            }
        ],
        "Pagination": {
            "TotalRows": 78,
            "PageSize": 25,
            "TotalPages": 4,
            "CurrentPage": 1
        }
    }
}
 

POST Request

Request body:

{
   "D":{
      "PropertyType": "A",
      "PropertySubType": "SF",
      "ListPrice": 1079900,
      "StreetNumber": "611",
      "StreetDirPrefix": null,
      "StreetName": "8th",
      "StreetSuffix": "St",
      "StreetDirSuffix": "S",
      "StreetAdditionalInfo": null,
      "City": "Fargo",
      "StateOrProvince": "ND",
      "PostalCode": "58103",
      "YearBuilt": 1884,
      "BuildingAreaTotal": 7275,
      "BathsThreeQuarter": 1,
      "BathsTotal": 8,
      "BathsFull": 5,
      "BedsTotal": 8,
      "BathsHalf": 2,
      "Longitude": -96.792246,
      "Latitude": 46.868464,
      "SubdivisionName": "Westgate",
      "MLSAreaMinor": "West",
      "CountyOrParish": null,
      "ListAgentId": "20080917142739989238000000",
      "CustomFields": {
        "Contract Information": {
          "Book Section": "Residential w/ Acreage",
          "Area": "North (Bonner & Boundary)"
        }
      }
   }
}
 

POST Response

The standard success/fail response with additional error information is returned.

 
 

Individual Listing

/<API Version>/listings/<Listing.Id>
/<API Version>/contacts/<Contact.Id>/listings/<Listing.Id>

HTTP Method Description Conditional Notes
GET Retrieve listing information for a single listing. No
POST Returns HTTP 405 (Method Not Allowed) No Not implemented
PUT Updates a listing record. No Only StandardFields and CustomFields can be set using this service. The listing rules data will inform the application which fields are writable and required.
The Errors response attribute will be present on failures, as most listing rule violations are considered fatal for this service.
DELETE Returns HTTP 405 (Method Not Allowed) No Not implemented

GET Request

Parameters:

 
 

GET Response

See the GET request section for for the Listings service.

PUT Request

Request body:

{
   "D":{
      "PostalCode": "58103",
      "YearBuilt": 1884
   }
}
 

PUT Response

The standard success/fail response with additional error information is returned.

 
 

My, Office, and Company Listings

/<API Version>/my/listings
/<API Version>/office/listings
/<API Version>/company/listings

HTTP Method Description Notes
GET Retrieves listings listed by the current user, or under the current user's office or company. See parameters below
POST,PUT,DELETE Returns HTTP 405 (Method Not Allowed) Not implemented

GET Request

Parameters:

Parameter Required Comments
Standard search and paging syntax No

GET Response

See the GET response section above for the data format.

Nearby Listings

/<API Version>/listings/nearby
/<API Version>/contacts/<Contact.Id>/listings/nearby

The Nearby Listings service is unique in that it automatically sorts the listing results by proximity to the provided _lat and _lot values, nearest first.

HTTP Method Description Notes
GET Retrieves listing data nearby a given coordinate
POST,PUT,DELETE Returns HTTP 405 (Method Not Allowed) Not implemented

GET Request

Parameters:

GET Response

See the GET response section below for the data format.

Listings Description

Editability, visibility, searchability and list item labels for standard fields will vary among users. Because of this, the settings for standard listing fields are discoverable using the Standard Fields service. Detailed below are attributes and expansions that are not documented in other services.

Restricted Fields

Fields that are not MlsVisible for a given listing's PropertyType will be masked (i.e. have a value of "********"). See the the Standard Fields service for more details.

Attribute Data Type Description
Permissions Expansion The Permissions expansion details if and how the current user can modify the listing. See the Permissions expansion for more details.
"Permissions": {
  "Editable": true,
  "EditableSettings": {
    "Photos": true,
    "Documents": true,
    "Videos": true,
    "VirtualTours": true,
    "PriceChange": true,
    "StatusChange": true,
    "BrokerTours": true,
    "OpenHouses": true,
    "TourOfHomes": true,
    "AddListing": true,
    "ChangeListing": true
   },
   "AvailableStandardStatusChanges": [
    "Active",
    "Pending",
    "Closed"
   ]
}
Editable Boolean If true, the current user can modify at least some aspects of the listing data. Consult EditableSettings for more details on what can be changed.
Permissions.EditableSettings JSON Object Details which aspects of the listing data the current user can modify.
AddListing Boolean If true, the current user can add the listing
BrokerTours Boolean If true, the current user can add the listing to a broker tour.
Documents Boolean If true, the current user can add and manage documents for the listing.
ChangeListing Boolean If true, the current user can modify at least some aspects of the listing data. This is the same as Editable.
OpenHouses Boolean If true, the current user can modify the listing's open houses.
Photos Boolean If true, the current user can add and manage photos for the listing.
PriceChange Boolean If true, the current user can change the ListPrice for the listing.
StatusChange Boolean If true, the current user can modify the listing's MlsStatus.
TourOfHomes Boolean If true, the current user can modify the listing's tour of homes.
Videos Boolean If true, the current user can add and manage videos for the listing.
VirtualTours Boolean If true, the current user can add and manage virtual tours for the listing.
UserInterfaceDisplay JSON Object Additional fields for listing presentation.
ContingencyFlag Character Useful for UIs that show the contingent code for the listing.
 

Not all listing data is suitable for display.
When using the Listings Service, you must consult the corresponding meta data services (e.g. Property Types and Standard Fields) for the PropertyType standard field and any other field where the HasList is true in the meta data.

See an example here.

 

Expansions

Expansion Roles Single Record Only? Selection Support? Description
BrokerDistributionExclusions Private Yes No The distributions which this listing should be excluded from. Use this expansion in conjunction with the broker distribution meta data.
BuyerAgentPhoto All Yes No The buying agent's photo if the buying agent information is available.
BuyerOfficePhoto All Yes No The buying office's photo if the buying office information is available.
CoBuyerAgentPhoto All Yes No The co-buying agent's photo if the co-buying agent information is available.
CoBuyerOfficePhoto All Yes No The co-buying office's photo if the co-buying office information is available.
CoListAgentPhoto All Yes No The co-listing agent's photo if the co-listing agent information is available.
CoListOfficePhoto All Yes No The co-listing office's photo if the co-listing office information is available.
ContactActivity Private No No A summary of total actions performed on the listing by the current contact. Attributes are Viewed and Shared.
Creator All Yes No The account record for the user that created the listing.
CumulativeDaysOnMarket All No No The cumulative number of days the listing has on been on market. Technically a Standard Fields, and is potentially searchable or disabled.
CustomFields All No No Custom fields are unstandardized listing data. As such, they will not be consistent among different MLSs. They are also not guaranteed to be static, so avoid writing software whose functionality depends on a particular custom field.

Cannot be used in conjunction with any other custom fields expansion. This expansions applies the MLS-defined human-readable labels to all custom fields and values, and thus cannot be used with the custom fields meta data.
CustomFieldsRaw All No No Nearly identical to the CustomFields expansions, with the exception that human-friendly labels are not applied to fields and values. Use this expansion in conjunction with the custom fields meta data.
CustomFieldsExpanded All No No All custom field data for the listing including data which is also displayed in StandardFields. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other custom fields expansion. This expansions applies the MLS-defined human-readable labels to all custom fields and values, and thus cannot be used with the custom fields meta data.
CustomFieldsExpandedRaw All No No Nearly identical to the CustomFieldsExpanded expansions, with the exception that human-friendly labels are not applied to fields and values. Use this expansion in conjunction with the custom fields meta data.
DaysOffMarket Private Yes No The total number of days the listing has spent off market. Available for select MLSs, and requires special privilege to access.
DaysOnMarket All No No The number of days since the listing has been or was on market. Technically a Standard Fields, and is potentially searchable or disabled.
Documents All No Yes The list of documents attached to the listing.
ExpirationDate Private Yes No The date when the listing expires, which is a date value.
FloorPlans All No No The Floor Plans attached to the listing.
FloPlans All Yes No The FloPlans attached to the listing.
ListAgentPhoto All No No The listing agent's photo if the listing agent information is available.
ListOfficePhoto All No No The listing office's photo if the listing office information is available.
NotesCount All No No The number of notes for the listing.
OpenHouses All No Yes Upcoming open houses for the listing.
Permissions Private Yes No Details if the current user can edit the listing as well as what actions can be performed on the current listing. See more info in the Response Description.
PortalCarts Portal, VOW No No A list portal carts the listing is in.
Photos All No Yes All photos for a listing. Cannot be used in conjunction with PrimaryPhoto
PrimaryPhoto All No No Returns only the primary photo for the listing. Cannot be used in conjunction with Photos
PrivateOfficeRemarks Private Yes No The private office remarks for the listing, which is a text value.
RentalCalendar All No No Upcoming dates through the next three months when the property will be unavailable for rental. Consult the Property Types service to see which property types support this expansion.
RentalCalendarExpanded All Yes No Includes more detailed information about the listing's RentalCalendar.

"RentalCalendarExpanded": {
  "Enabled" => true,
  "StartDate": "2018-01-01",
  "EndDate": "2019-01-01",
  "RentalCalendar" => [
    {
      "Id":   "20110003930012897000000000",
      "Type": "Rented", 
      "StartDate": "2018-03-14",
      "EndDate": "2018-03-15"
    }
  ]
}
  • Enabled: If false, this listing has no RentalCalendar support.
  • StartDate: Before this date, no rental calendar events can be created.
  • EndDate: After this date, no rental calendar events can be created.
  • RentalCalendar: Identical to the results of the RentalCalendar expansion, although this attribute includes all upcoming dates.
Rooms All No Yes Room data for the listing.
RoomsRaw All No Yes Nearly identical to the Rooms expansions, with the exception that human-friendly labels are not applied to fields and values. Use this expansion in conjunction with the rooms meta data.
StarRating All No No Orders listings in a Favorites cart by their rating by the user.
Supplement All No No Supplement data about the listing, which is a text value.
TourOfHomes Private No Yes Upcoming tour of home events for the listing.
Units All No Yes A list of units associated with the listing.
UnitsRaw All No Yes Nearly identical to the Units expansions, with the exception that human-friendly labels are not applied to fields and values. Use this expansion in conjunction with the units meta data.
UserInterfaceDisplay All No Yes Additional fields for listing presentation.
Videos All No Yes Videos for the listing.
VirtualTours All No Yes Virtual tours for the listing.