Zillow Advice: Zillow API and Data - Any API examples yet?

Here's a code snippet in ...

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:26:00 GMT

Here's a code snippet in PHP. In my example I am just getting a few items but you can get the idea:

$xmlfile = "http://www.zillow.com/webservice/GetSearchResults.htm?zws-id=[YOURID]&address=[ADDRESS]&citystatezip=[CITY,STATE ZIP]";
$s = simplexml_load_file($xmlfile);
if ($s) {
    $returnCode = $s->message->code;
    $returnText = $s->message->text;
    if ($returnCode == 0) {
       $zpid = $s->response->results->result->zpid;
   $zestimate = $s->response->results->result->zestimate->amount;
   $x = 'last-updated';
   $last = $s->response->results->result->zestimate->$x;
   $high = $s->response->results->result->zestimate->valuationRange->high;
   $low = $s->response->results->result->zestimate->valuationRange->low;
   $change = $s->response->results->result->zestimate->valueChange;
   $estimatorLink = $s->response->results->result->links->myestimator;
    }
}

Obviously you need to replace the information between "[ ]"
Note that this is PHP 5. Previous versions do not support "simplexml_load_file".

Here's a code snippet in ...

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:25:00 GMT

Here's a code snippet in PHP. In my example I am just getting a few items but you can get the idea:

$xmlfile = "http://www.zillow.com/webservice/GetSearchResults.htm?zws-id=[YOURID]&address=[ADDRESS]&citystatezip=[CITY,STATE ZIP]";
$s = simplexml_load_file($xmlfile);
if ($s) {
    $returnCode = $s->message->code;
    $returnText = $s->message->text;
    if ($returnCode == 0) {
       $zpid = $s->response->results->result->zpid;
    $zestimate = $s->response->results->result->zestimate->amount;
    $x = 'last-updated';
    $last = $s->response->results->result->zestimate->$x;
    $high = $s->response->results->result->zestimate->valuationRange->high;
    $low = $s->response->results->result->zestimate->valuationRange->low;
    $change = $s->response->results->result->zestimate->valueChange;
    $estimatorLink = $s->response->results->result->links->myestimator;
    }
}

Obviously you need to replace the information between "[ ]"
Note that this is PHP 5. Previous versions do not support "simplexml_load_file".

That's something you'll have ...

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:29:00 GMT

That's something you'll have to ask a web developer about. Mike Rice at Eferi did that specific implementation.

Thanks yes that is a php ...

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:59:00 GMT

Thanks yes that is a php page, but I don't see how it works, there is a form in the code and it posts to itself, index.php, but where and how does it call the API?

Here is an example implementation ...

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:49:00 GMT

Here is an example implementation for you to take a look at. I'm pretty sure it's in PHP.