[enh] date_to and date_from

README.md

@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ filename = f"HomeHarvest_{current_timestamp}.csv"
 properties = scrape_property(
   location="San Diego, CA",
   listing_type="sold",  # or (for_sale, for_rent, pending)
-  past_days=30,  # sold in last 30 days - listed in last x days if (for_sale, for_rent)
+  past_days=30,  # sold in last 30 days - listed in last 30 days if (for_sale, for_rent)
+  
+  # date_from="2023-05-01", # alternative to past_days 
+  # date_to="2023-05-28", 
+  
   # mls_only=True,  # only fetch MLS listings
   # proxy="http://user:pass@host:port"  # use a proxy to change your IP address
 )
@@ -57,34 +61,6 @@ properties.to_csv(filename, index=False)
 print(properties.head())
 ```
 
-### CLI 
-
-```
-usage: homeharvest [-l {for_sale,for_rent,sold}] [-o {excel,csv}] [-f FILENAME] [-p PROXY] [-d DAYS] [-r RADIUS] [-m] [-c] location
-                                                                                                                             
-Home Harvest Property Scraper                                                                                                 
-                                                                                                                             
-positional arguments:                                                                                                         
-  location              Location to scrape (e.g., San Francisco, CA)                                                          
-                                                                                                                             
-options:                                                                                                                      
-  -l {for_sale,for_rent,sold,pending}, --listing_type {for_sale,for_rent,sold,pending}                                                        
-                        Listing type to scrape                                                                                
-  -o {excel,csv}, --output {excel,csv}                                                                                        
-                        Output format                                                                                         
-  -f FILENAME, --filename FILENAME                                                                                            
-                        Name of the output file (without extension)                                                           
-  -p PROXY, --proxy PROXY                                                                                                     
-                        Proxy to use for scraping                                                                             
-  -d DAYS, --days DAYS  Sold/listed in last _ days filter.                                                                           
-  -r RADIUS, --radius RADIUS                                                                                                  
-                        Get comparable properties within _ (e.g., 0.0) miles. Only applicable for individual addresses.        
-  -m, --mls_only        If set, fetches only MLS listings.                                                                    
-```
-```bash
-homeharvest "San Francisco, CA" -l for_rent -o excel -f HomeHarvest
-```
-
 
 ## Output
 ```plaintext
@@ -115,11 +91,45 @@ Optional
 ├── past_days (integer): Number of past days to filter properties. Utilizes 'last_sold_date' for 'sold' listing types, and 'list_date' for others (for_rent, for_sale).
 │    Example: 30 (fetches properties listed/sold in the last 30 days)
 │
+├── date_range (string tuple): Start and end dates to filter properties listed or sold, both dates are required.
+}    (use this to get properties in chunks as there's a 10k result limit)
+│    Format for both must be "YYYY-MM-DD". 
+│    Example: ("2023-05-01", "2023-05-15") (fetches properties listed/sold between these dates)
+│
 ├── mls_only (True/False): If set, fetches only MLS listings (mainly applicable to 'sold' listings)
 │
 └── proxy (string): In format 'http://user:pass@host:port'
 
 ```
+
+### CLI 
+
+```
+usage: homeharvest [-l {for_sale,for_rent,sold}] [-o {excel,csv}] [-f FILENAME] [-p PROXY] [-d DAYS] [-r RADIUS] [-m] [-c] location
+                                                                                                                             
+Home Harvest Property Scraper                                                                                                 
+                                                                                                                             
+positional arguments:                                                                                                         
+  location              Location to scrape (e.g., San Francisco, CA)                                                          
+                                                                                                                             
+options:                                                                                                                      
+  -l {for_sale,for_rent,sold,pending}, --listing_type {for_sale,for_rent,sold,pending}                                                        
+                        Listing type to scrape                                                                                
+  -o {excel,csv}, --output {excel,csv}                                                                                        
+                        Output format                                                                                         
+  -f FILENAME, --filename FILENAME                                                                                            
+                        Name of the output file (without extension)                                                           
+  -p PROXY, --proxy PROXY                                                                                                     
+                        Proxy to use for scraping                                                                             
+  -d DAYS, --days DAYS  Sold/listed in last _ days filter.                                                                           
+  -r RADIUS, --radius RADIUS                                                                                                  
+                        Get comparable properties within _ (e.g., 0.0) miles. Only applicable for individual addresses.        
+  -m, --mls_only        If set, fetches only MLS listings.                                                                    
+```
+```bash
+homeharvest "San Francisco, CA" -l for_rent -o excel -f HomeHarvest
+```
+
 ### Property Schema
 ```plaintext
 Property

homeharvest/__init__.py

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import warnings
 import pandas as pd
 from .core.scrapers import ScraperInput
-from .utils import process_result, ordered_properties, validate_input
+from .utils import process_result, ordered_properties, validate_input, validate_dates
 from .core.scrapers.realtor import RealtorScraper
 from .core.scrapers.models import ListingType
-from .exceptions import InvalidListingType, NoResultsFound
 
 
 def scrape_property(
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ def scrape_property(
     mls_only: bool = False,
     past_days: int = None,
     proxy: str = None,
+    date_from: str = None,
+    date_to: str = None,
 ) -> pd.DataFrame:
     """
     Scrape properties from Realtor.com based on a given location and listing type.
@@ -22,9 +23,11 @@ def scrape_property(
     :param radius: Get properties within _ (e.g. 1.0) miles. Only applicable for individual addresses.
     :param mls_only: If set, fetches only listings with MLS IDs.
     :param past_days: Get properties sold or listed (dependent on your listing_type) in the last _ days.
+    :param date_from, date_to: Get properties sold or listed (dependent on your listing_type) between these dates. format: 2021-01-28
     :param proxy: Proxy to use for scraping
     """
     validate_input(listing_type)
+    validate_dates(date_from, date_to)
 
     scraper_input = ScraperInput(
         location=location,
@@ -33,6 +36,8 @@ def scrape_property(
         radius=radius,
         mls_only=mls_only,
         last_x_days=past_days,
+        date_from=date_from,
+        date_to=date_to,
     )
 
     site = RealtorScraper(scraper_input)
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ def scrape_property(
 
     properties_dfs = [process_result(result) for result in results]
     if not properties_dfs:
-        raise NoResultsFound("no results found for the query")
+        return pd.DataFrame()
 
     with warnings.catch_warnings():
         warnings.simplefilter("ignore", category=FutureWarning)

homeharvest/core/scrapers/__init__.py

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ class ScraperInput:
     mls_only: bool | None = None
     proxy: str | None = None
     last_x_days: int | None = None
+    date_from: str | None = None
+    date_to: str | None = None
 
 
 class Scraper:
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ class Scraper:
         self.radius = scraper_input.radius
         self.last_x_days = scraper_input.last_x_days
         self.mls_only = scraper_input.mls_only
+        self.date_from = scraper_input.date_from
+        self.date_to = scraper_input.date_to
 
     def search(self) -> list[Property]:
         ...

homeharvest/core/scrapers/realtor/__init__.py

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from typing import Dict, Union, Optional
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
 
 from .. import Scraper
-from ....exceptions import NoResultsFound
 from ..models import Property, Address, ListingType, Description
 
 
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ class RealtorScraper(Scraper):
         result = response_json["autocomplete"]
 
         if not result:
-            raise NoResultsFound("No results found for location: " + self.location)
+            return None
 
         return result[0]
 
@@ -336,15 +335,17 @@ class RealtorScraper(Scraper):
                         }
                     }"""
 
-        date_param = (
+        date_param = ""
-            'sold_date: { min: "$today-%sD" }' % self.last_x_days
+        if self.listing_type == ListingType.SOLD:
-            if self.listing_type == ListingType.SOLD and self.last_x_days
+            if self.date_from and self.date_to:
-            else (
+                date_param = f'sold_date: {{ min: "{self.date_from}", max: "{self.date_to}" }}'
-                'list_date: { min: "$today-%sD" }' % self.last_x_days
+            elif self.last_x_days:
-                if self.last_x_days
+                date_param = f'sold_date: {{ min: "$today-{self.last_x_days}D" }}'
-                else ""
+        else:
-            )
+            if self.date_from and self.date_to:
-        )
+                date_param = f'list_date: {{ min: "{self.date_from}", max: "{self.date_to}" }}'
+            elif self.last_x_days:
+                date_param = f'list_date: {{ min: "$today-{self.last_x_days}D" }}'
 
         sort_param = (
             "sort: [{ field: sold_date, direction: desc }]"
@@ -509,6 +510,9 @@ class RealtorScraper(Scraper):
 
     def search(self):
         location_info = self.handle_location()
+        if not location_info:
+            return []
+
         location_type = location_info["area_type"]
 
         search_variables = {

homeharvest/exceptions.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 class InvalidListingType(Exception):
     """Raised when a provided listing type is does not exist."""
 
-
+class InvalidDate(Exception):
-class NoResultsFound(Exception):
+    """Raised when only one of date_from or date_to is provided or not in the correct format. ex: 2023-10-23 """
-    """Raised when no results are found for the given location"""

homeharvest/utils.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-from .core.scrapers.models import Property, ListingType
 import pandas as pd
-from .exceptions import InvalidListingType
+from datetime import datetime
+from .core.scrapers.models import Property, ListingType
+from .exceptions import InvalidListingType, InvalidDate
 
 ordered_properties = [
     "property_url",
@@ -70,3 +71,18 @@ def validate_input(listing_type: str) -> None:
         raise InvalidListingType(
             f"Provided listing type, '{listing_type}', does not exist."
         )
+
+
+def validate_dates(date_from: str | None, date_to: str | None) -> None:
+    if (date_from is not None and date_to is None) or (date_from is None and date_to is not None):
+        raise InvalidDate("Both date_from and date_to must be provided.")
+
+    if date_from and date_to:
+        try:
+            date_from_obj = datetime.strptime(date_from, "%Y-%m-%d")
+            date_to_obj = datetime.strptime(date_to, "%Y-%m-%d")
+
+            if date_to_obj < date_from_obj:
+                raise InvalidDate("date_to must be after date_from.")
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise InvalidDate(f"Invalid date format or range")

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "homeharvest"
-version = "0.3.7"
+version = "0.3.8"
 description = "Real estate scraping library supporting Zillow, Realtor.com & Redfin."
 authors = ["Zachary Hampton <zachary@zacharysproducts.com>", "Cullen Watson <cullen@cullen.ai>"]
 homepage = "https://github.com/Bunsly/HomeHarvest"

tests/test_realtor.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from homeharvest import scrape_property
 from homeharvest.exceptions import (
     InvalidListingType,
-    NoResultsFound,
 )
 
 
@@ -85,6 +84,20 @@ def test_realtor_last_x_days_sold():
     ) and len(days_result_30) != len(days_result_10)
 
 
+def test_realtor_date_range_sold():
+    days_result_30 = scrape_property(
+        location="Dallas, TX", listing_type="sold", date_from="2023-05-01", date_to="2023-05-28"
+    )
+
+    days_result_60 = scrape_property(
+        location="Dallas, TX", listing_type="sold", date_from="2023-04-01", date_to="2023-06-10"
+    )
+
+    assert all(
+        [result is not None for result in [days_result_30, days_result_60]]
+    ) and len(days_result_30) < len(days_result_60)
+
+
 def test_realtor_single_property():
     results = [
         scrape_property(
@@ -117,15 +130,12 @@ def test_realtor():
 
     assert all([result is not None for result in results])
 
-    bad_results = []
+
-    try:
+def test_realtor_bad_address():
-        bad_results += [
+    bad_results = scrape_property(
-            scrape_property(
+            location="abceefg ju098ot498hh9",
-                location="abceefg ju098ot498hh9",
+            listing_type="for_sale",
-                listing_type="for_sale",
+        )
-            )
+    if len(bad_results) == 0:
-        ]
-    except (InvalidListingType, NoResultsFound):
         assert True
 
-    assert all([result is None for result in bad_results])