Extract Real Estate Listing

Real estate agencies and property platforms use this recipe to digitize a listing document. Upload a property listing PDF and receive structured JSON with address, price, and property features — ready for your MLS integration or property database.

APIs Used

Document Extraction (1 credit per page)

Prerequisites

You need an Iteration Layer API key. Get one at platform.iterationlayer.com during the 7-day trial.

For full integration guidance (SDKs, auth, MCP, error handling), see the Iteration Layer Integration Guide.

Implementation

curl -X POST https://api.iterationlayer.com/document-extraction/v1/extract \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "files": [
      {
        "type": "url",
        "name": "listing.pdf",
        "url": "https://example.com/listings/listing.pdf"
      }
    ],
    "schema": {
      "fields": [
        {
          "name": "address",
          "type": "ADDRESS",
          "description": "Full property address"
        },
        {
          "name": "listing_price",
          "type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
          "description": "Listed sale price"
        },
        {
          "name": "bedrooms",
          "type": "INTEGER",
          "description": "Number of bedrooms"
        },
        {
          "name": "bathrooms",
          "type": "INTEGER",
          "description": "Number of bathrooms"
        },
        {
          "name": "square_footage",
          "type": "INTEGER",
          "description": "Total square footage"
        }
      ]
    }
  }'

import { IterationLayer } from "iterationlayer";
const client = new IterationLayer({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });

const result = await client.extractDocument({
  files: [
    {
      type: "url",
      name: "listing.pdf",
      url: "https://example.com/listings/listing.pdf",
    },
  ],
  schema: {
    fields: [
      {
        name: "address",
        type: "ADDRESS",
        description: "Full property address",
      },
      {
        name: "listing_price",
        type: "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
        description: "Listed sale price",
      },
      {
        name: "bedrooms",
        type: "INTEGER",
        description: "Number of bedrooms",
      },
      {
        name: "bathrooms",
        type: "INTEGER",
        description: "Number of bathrooms",
      },
      {
        name: "square_footage",
        type: "INTEGER",
        description: "Total square footage",
      },
    ],
  },
});

from iterationlayer import IterationLayer
client = IterationLayer(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

result = client.extract_document(
    files=[
        {
            "type": "url",
            "name": "listing.pdf",
            "url": "https://example.com/listings/listing.pdf",
        }
    ],
    schema={
        "fields": [
            {
                "name": "address",
                "type": "ADDRESS",
                "description": "Full property address",
            },
            {
                "name": "listing_price",
                "type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
                "description": "Listed sale price",
            },
            {
                "name": "bedrooms",
                "type": "INTEGER",
                "description": "Number of bedrooms",
            },
            {
                "name": "bathrooms",
                "type": "INTEGER",
                "description": "Number of bathrooms",
            },
            {
                "name": "square_footage",
                "type": "INTEGER",
                "description": "Total square footage",
            },
        ]
    },
)

package main

import il "github.com/iterationlayer/sdk-go"

func main() {
	client := il.NewClient("YOUR_API_KEY")

	result, err := client.ExtractDocument(il.ExtractDocumentRequest{
		Files: []il.FileInput{
			il.FileInput{
				Type: "url",
				Name: "listing.pdf",
				Url: "https://example.com/listings/listing.pdf",
			},
		},
		Schema: il.ExtractionSchema{
			Fields: []any{
				il.AddressFieldConfig{
					Name: "address",
					Type: "ADDRESS",
					Description: "Full property address",
				},
				il.CurrencyAmountFieldConfig{
					Name: "listing_price",
					Type: "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
					Description: "Listed sale price",
				},
				il.IntegerFieldConfig{
					Name: "bedrooms",
					Type: "INTEGER",
					Description: "Number of bedrooms",
				},
				il.IntegerFieldConfig{
					Name: "bathrooms",
					Type: "INTEGER",
					Description: "Number of bathrooms",
				},
				il.IntegerFieldConfig{
					Name: "square_footage",
					Type: "INTEGER",
					Description: "Total square footage",
				},
			},
		},
	})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	_ = result
}

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        "files": {
          "fileValues": [
            {
              "fileInputMode": "url",
              "fileName": "listing.pdf",
              "fileUrl": "https://example.com/listings/listing.pdf"
            }
          ]
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Extract real estate listing data from the file at [file URL]. Use the extract_document tool with these fields:

- address (ADDRESS): Full property address
- listing_price (CURRENCY_AMOUNT): Listed sale price
- bedrooms (INTEGER): Number of bedrooms
- bathrooms (INTEGER): Number of bathrooms
- square_footage (INTEGER): Total square footage

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "address": {
      "value": {
        "street": "1847 Maple Drive",
        "city": "Austin",
        "region": "TX",
        "postal_code": "78704",
        "country": "US"
      },
      "confidence": 0.97,
      "citations": ["1847 Maple Drive, Austin, TX 78704"]
    },
    "listing_price": {
      "value": {
        "amount": "549,000.00",
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "confidence": 0.98,
      "citations": ["Listed at $549,000"]
    },
    "bedrooms": {
      "value": 3,
      "confidence": 0.99,
      "citations": ["3 Bed"]
    },
    "bathrooms": {
      "value": 2,
      "confidence": 0.99,
      "citations": ["2 Bath"]
    },
    "square_footage": {
      "value": 1850,
      "confidence": 0.96,
      "citations": ["1,850 sq ft"]
    }
  }
}

Links

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• OpenAPI spec
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