Rent.com API

Search apartments, houses, condos and townhomes for rent on Rent.com and get floor plans, fees and amenities as JSON.

Rent.com is a US rental listings site for apartments, houses, condos and townhomes. The API.SH Rent.com API searches a US city with Rent.com's filters (bedrooms, bathrooms, rent range, pets, amenities, specials) and returns each property's address, coordinates, rent range, units available, price drops, deals, rating, leasing office details and every floor plan. Open a property for fees, parking, pet policies, amenities by category, lease terms, walk, transit and bike scores, schools, nearby places, rental estimates and similar properties.

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Rent.com rental search

GET https://api.api.sh/rentcom/v1/search

{ "success": true }

1 credit · $1 per 1,000 calls

What you can build with the Rent.com API

Rent comps and market research

Search a city by property type and bedrooms and compare floor plan rents, sizes and availability across buildings.

/search

Fees and total move-in cost

Open a property to read application, admin, deposit, utility and pet fees, so you compare the real cost, not just rent.

/listing

Concessions and price drop tracking

Track price drops, deals and specials in a city to see where landlords are cutting rents.

/search

Neighborhood context

Add walk, transit and bike scores, schools and nearby places to each property in your app or report.

/listing

Apartment search agents

Give an AI agent Rent.com search so it can shortlist rentals by budget, bedrooms and pet policy.

/search /listing

Rent.com data you get

Field names from real responses. Numbers come parsed, URLs absolute, dates in ISO 8601.

Rent.com API endpoints and prices

Every Rent.com endpoint costs 1 credit per call: credits are $1 per 1,000 on a monthly plan, $2 pay-as-you-go. Pricing

Search and discovery1

Rent.com rental search

/rentcom/v1/search

$1 · $2 PAYG

1 credit

Products, listings and places1

Rent.com property

/rentcom/v1/listing

$1 · $2 PAYG

1 credit

Call the Rent.com API

Rent.com rental search: GET https://api.api.sh/rentcom/v1/search

curl "https://api.api.sh/rentcom/v1/search?city=Austin%2C+TX" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APISH_KEY"

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.api.sh/rentcom/v1/search",
    params={"city": "Austin, TX"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["APISH_KEY"]},
    timeout=120,
)
res.raise_for_status()
data = res.json()

const url = new URL("https://api.api.sh/rentcom/v1/search");
url.searchParams.set("city", "Austin, TX");

const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.APISH_KEY } });
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);
const data = await res.json();

# Google Sheets (API.SH add-on)
=APISH("/rentcom/v1/search", "city", "Austin, TX")

# Zapier, Make, n8n (verified node): pick the API.SH app,
# choose "Rent.com" and "Rent.com rental search".

# AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor): add the
# API.SH MCP server https://api.sh/mcp

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Why API.SH for Rent.com data

Public data only: no Rent.com login, cookies or account needed
One key and one response shape for Rent.com and 481 other platforms
Built and maintained by API.SH, not third-party publishers
Pay per call; errors on our side cost nothing
Live status for every endpoint

API.SH vs the official Rent.com API

We found no public developer API from Rent.com. Search results for 'rent.com api' are mostly RentCast and Rentometer, which are separate rental data companies with their own APIs. API.SH reads public Rent.com listing and search pages.

Instead of building a Rent.com scraper or buying a broad property dataset, API.SH returns exactly what Rent.com listings show, with one key and a fixed price per call.

Rent.com API questions

What Rent.com data can I get?+

Rentals in a US city with address, coordinates, rent range, units available, price drops, deals, amenities, rating, leasing office details and every floor plan (/rentcom/v1/search), and one property with fees, parking, pet policies, amenities by category, lease terms, scores, schools, nearby places, rental estimates and similar properties (/rentcom/v1/listing).

How much does the Rent.com API cost?+

Every Rent.com endpoint costs 1 credit per call. On a monthly plan 1,000 credits cost $1 (Starter is $50/month for 50,000 credits). Pay-as-you-go is $2 per 1,000 credits, with top-ups from $15 that never expire.

Is there a free trial?+

Yes. Every account gets 1,000 free credits every month. That is 1,000 calls to /rentcom/v1/listing at 1 credit each.

Is there an official Rent.com API?+

Not a public one that we could find. API.SH reads Rent.com's public search and property pages instead.

Do I need a Rent.com account or login?+

No. API.SH reads public Rent.com pages only. Private landlords' phone numbers are left out, and no endpoint uses a login.

Is this the same as the RentCast API?+

No. RentCast is a different company with its own property records and rent estimates. This API returns the listings, floor plans and fees shown on Rent.com.

Is there a free Rent.com API?+

Every API.SH account gets 1,000 free credits each month, which you can spend on Rent.com searches and listings. After that you pay per call.

How do I get started?+

1. Sign up at api.sh. 2. Copy your API key. 3. Call /rentcom/v1/search with city=Austin, TX and property_type=apartments. Every parameter and request examples are in the docs at https://api.sh/docs. You can also use the JS or Python SDK, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, n8n or the MCP server at https://api.sh/mcp.