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RUN : 84 active pipelines : wg-gesucht.de live

German rental data,
structured at scale.

We extract flatshares, apartments, pricing signals, and availability dates from WG-Gesucht. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3 or BigQuery on your cadence.

Listings extracted
41.2K /day
Price updates
84.5K /24h
Cities tracked
154
Active pipelines
84
Uptime
99.98%
Data Dictionary

Every field we extract from wg-gesucht.de

Structured, schema-consistent data across all major object types — delivered clean, typed, and ready to query.

Complete list of extractable fields for Flatshare Listings objects from wg-gesucht.de. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

listing_idtitlecitydistrictroom_size_sqmtotal_size_sqmcold_rentwarm_rentdepositavailable_fromavailable_towg_sizewg_gender_prefurl
flatshare_listings
● 200 OK
"listing_id": "10482910",
"title": "Bright room in Neukölln altbau",
"city": "Berlin",
"district": "Neukölln",
"room_size_sqm": 18.5,
"warm_rent": 550.0,
"wg_size": 3,
"available_from": "2026-09-01"
# listing_idtitlecitydistrictroom_size_sqmtotal_size_sqm
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Complete list of extractable fields for Apartments objects from wg-gesucht.de. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

listing_idtitlecitydistrictrent_warmrent_coldroomsfloorsquare_metersenergy_certificatebuilt_yearheating_typeavailable_from
apartments
● 200 OK
"listing_id": "9938201",
"title": "Modern 2-room apartment near Hbf",
"city": "Munich",
"rent_warm": 1450.0,
"rent_cold": 1200.0,
"rooms": 2.0,
"square_meters": 54.0
# listing_idtitlecitydistrictrent_warmrent_cold
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Complete list of extractable fields for Pricing & Costs objects from wg-gesucht.de. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

listing_idlisting_typebase_rentutility_costsheating_coststotal_rentdeposittransfer_feeinternet_included
pricing_& costs
● 200 OK
"listing_id": "10482910",
"base_rent": 450.0,
"utility_costs": 70.0,
"heating_costs": 30.0,
"total_rent": 550.0,
"deposit": 1350.0,
"internet_included": true
# listing_idlisting_typebase_rentutility_costsheating_coststotal_rent
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Complete list of extractable fields for Amenities objects from wg-gesucht.de. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

listing_idbalconygardenwashing_machinedishwashercellarelevatorparkingfurnished_statusaccessibleflooring_type
amenities
● 200 OK
"listing_id": "10482910",
"balcony": true,
"washing_machine": true,
"dishwasher": false,
"elevator": false,
"furnished_status": "partially",
"cellar": true
# listing_idbalconygardenwashing_machinedishwashercellar
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Complete list of extractable fields for Advertiser Data objects from wg-gesucht.de. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

listing_idadvertiser_nameadvertiser_typelanguages_spokenaccount_age_daysresponse_rateonline_statusverified_status
advertiser_data
● 200 OK
"listing_id": "10482910",
"advertiser_name": "Julia M.",
"advertiser_type": "private",
"languages_spoken": "['German', 'English']",
"account_age_days": 412,
"verified_status": true
# listing_idadvertiser_nameadvertiser_typelanguages_spokenaccount_age_daysresponse_rate
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Capabilities

Extract the German rental market at source

Our WG-Gesucht scraper parses complex rental formats, normalises pricing structures, and circumvents aggressive bot protection to deliver clean real estate data.

Full Listing Extraction

Title, description, room size, total apartment size, and exact availability dates parsed into structured fields.

Cost Normalisation

Separation of Kaltmiete, Warmmiete, Nebenkosten, and Kaution to provide accurate total cost of living metrics.

WG Demographics

Extract current flatmate counts, age ranges, gender distribution, and specific requirements for new tenants.

Geolocation Data

Capture city, district, and street level approximation for precise geographical market analysis.

Real-Time Polling

High-frequency scraping pipelines designed to capture highly desirable listings before they are taken down.

Temporary vs Permanent

Accurate tracking of befristet versus unbefristet rental contracts with specific start and end dates.

Amenity Parsing

Structured extraction of features like balcony, EBK, washing machine, and furnished status.

Advertiser Profiling

Distinguish between private landlords, current tenants, and commercial agencies.

Change Detection

Monitor price drops, date changes, or availability status updates on existing listings.

// engagement pipeline

From search parameters to warehouse records

Brief in. Clean data out.

Define Scope
d 0

Provide target cities, listing types, or specific filter parameters. We map the extraction requirements together.

Pipeline Build
d 2–4

We configure Playwright crawlers, residential proxy rotation, and Cloudflare bypass mechanisms for wg-gesucht.de.

Validation & QA
d 4–6

Schema validation, rent outlier detection, and data normalisation checks before production launch.

Delivery
ongoing

JSON, CSV, or Parquet pushed to your S3 bucket or Snowflake warehouse on your defined schedule.

Under the hood

Overcoming WG-Gesucht extraction hurdles

The platform employs aggressive anti-bot measures and listings expire rapidly. Here is how we maintain pipeline stability.

pipeline-monitor · wg-gesucht.de · live ● active
// fingerprinting
Identity rotation
TLS fingerprintrandomised
User-agentrotated
IP poolresidential
Challenges blocked0
// pagination
Page coverage
48,291 pages queued running
// observability
Pipeline health
99.9%
uptime
142ms
p99 lat
0.3%
null rate
2
alerts
Anti-bot layer
Cloudflare bypass and residential IPs

WG-Gesucht uses strict Cloudflare protection to block automated traffic. We route requests through German residential proxies with full browser fingerprint spoofing to maintain access without triggering captchas.

Data volatility
Sub-minute polling for transient listings

In competitive markets like Munich or Berlin, well-priced listings expire within twenty minutes. Our distributed architecture polls target URLs at high frequency to capture data before the listing is deactivated.

Unstructured data
NLP parsing for listing descriptions

Crucial details like Schufa requirements or exact transfer fees are often buried in free-text descriptions. We apply regex patterns and NLP to extract these hidden variables into structured columns.

Pagination limits
Deep crawl strategies

The platform limits standard pagination depth. We utilise complex search parameter combinations and geographic bounding boxes to access the complete catalogue of active listings.

Schema stability
Resilient DOM selectors

We maintain multiple fallback chains for CSS selectors and XPath queries. When the platform updates its frontend layout, our pipelines continue extracting data without interruption.

Applications

Who uses WG-Gesucht data

Teams across industries use wg-gesucht.de data to build competitive products and smarter operations.

01
Rent Indexing

Market analysts track Kaltmiete trends across districts to build accurate, real-time rent indices.

02
PropTech Aggregation

Real estate platforms aggregate listings to provide users with a unified view of available housing.

03
Student Housing Analytics

Universities and private developers analyse WG demand and pricing to plan future student accommodation.

04
Investment Sourcing

Real estate funds identify undervalued districts by tracking yield potential against current asking rents.

05
Urban Planning Data

Municipalities monitor housing availability and demographic shifts at the district level.

06
Relocation Services

Corporate relocation agencies automate the discovery of suitable temporary housing for new employees.

Why DataFlirt

"WG-Gesucht holds the pulse of the German rental market, but its listings vanish in minutes. If your crawler is slow, you are analysing ghost data."

Most teams fail at scraping WG-Gesucht because they rely on slow polling. The best listings expire within twenty minutes. DataFlirt deploys distributed residential proxies and concurrent Playwright sessions to capture listings the second they go live, bypassing aggressive bot protection without triggering bans. We handle the infrastructure. You consume the data.

Technical Spec

WG-Gesucht scraper technical specifications

Everything supported by our wg-gesucht.de scraper — rendered SPA elements, auth walls, rate-limit evasion and beyond.

JavaScript rendering
Full Playwright sessions required for dynamic content loading
Supported
Cloudflare bypass
Automated solver integration for strict bot protection layers
Supported
Residential proxy rotation
ISP residential IPs from German pools to match expected traffic origins
Supported
High-frequency polling
Sub-minute refresh rates for highly competitive city markets
Supported
Cold/Warm rent normalisation
Algorithmic separation of base rent and utility costs
Supported
District mapping
Standardisation of neighbourhood names across different cities
Supported
Change detection
Hash based diffing to track price drops or availability updates
Supported
Webhook delivery
HTTP POST per new listing for real-time aggregation platforms
Supported
Direct messaging to advertisers
Automated message sending requires authenticated user sessions
Partial
Exact house numbers
Often hidden by advertisers until direct contact is established
Partial
Infrastructure

Infrastructure powering the extraction pipeline

Open-source tooling on proven cloud infra — no vendor lock-in, full observability.

ScrapyPlaywrightPython 3.12RedisPostgreSQLApache AirflowAWS LambdaS3CloudWatch2CaptchaCapSolverResidential ProxiesDockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheus
Scrapy + Playwright Stack

Scrapy handles orchestration and deduplication. Playwright manages JavaScript rendering and complex interaction flows to bypass anti-bot screens.

Residential Proxy Infrastructure

We route traffic through German residential ISP proxies. Rotation occurs per request to maintain high success rates against Cloudflare.

Cloud-Native Orchestration

Pipelines run on Kubernetes clusters. Airflow handles scheduling and SLA alerting. All state is stored in managed Postgres databases.

Output & Delivery

Your data, your destination

Data delivered to where your team already works — no new tooling required.

JSON
Newline-delimited or nested schema
CSV
Flat file with typed columns
XLS
Excel compatible format for analyst teams
Parquet
Columnar format for data warehouses
AWS S3
Direct bucket delivery
Webhook
HTTP POST per record for real-time processing
API
REST endpoint for on-demand querying
PostgreSQL
Direct upsert into your existing schema
S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
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Common questions.

About wg-gesucht.de scraping, legality, and pipeline operations.

Ask us directly →
Is scraping WG-Gesucht legal?

Scraping publicly available real estate listings is generally permissible. DataFlirt targets only public, non-authenticated listing data. We do not extract personal user data behind login walls or automate messaging. Clients must review platform terms of service and consult legal counsel for their specific use cases.

How do you handle Cloudflare protection?

We utilise German residential ISP proxies combined with full Playwright browser sessions. Our systems mimic human browsing patterns and realistic fingerprints to solve challenges without triggering blocks.

Can you capture listings before they are deleted?

Yes. For competitive markets like Berlin and Munich, we configure high-frequency polling pipelines that scan target parameters every few minutes to capture data before the listing expires.

Do you extract exact addresses?

We extract the city, district, and street name when provided. Exact house numbers are frequently hidden by advertisers until direct communication is established and cannot be scraped from the public listing.

How do you normalise rent prices?

Our parsers separate Kaltmiete, Nebenkosten, and Warmmiete. If an advertiser only provides a total price in the description, our NLP models extract and map the value to the correct structured field.

Can you track temporary sublets?

Yes. We capture the 'befristet' flag along with the exact available_from and available_to dates for every listing.

What is the minimum viable engagement?

Engagements typically start with a defined set of target cities and delivery cadences. We price based on data volume and polling frequency. Contact us to scope your specific pipeline requirements.

Can I request a sample dataset?

Yes. We provide a sample extraction of recent listings for your target cities to validate field completeness and schema structure before pipeline commissioning.

$ dataflirt scope --new-project --source=wg-gesucht.de ready

Tell us what
to extract.
We do the rest.

20-minute scoping call. Pilot dataset within the week. Production within two. Whether you need daily market snapshots or a real-time feed of new listings across Germany, we scope, build, and operate the pipeline. Tell us what you need.

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