# Houzz Professional Directory Scraper

> Houzz Professional Directory Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from api.scrapeforagents.tech, paid per call via x402, $0.06/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Scrapes structured professional listings from Houzz directory search results, returning names, profile URLs, categories, and IDs.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.scrapeforagents.tech/v1/houzz?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.06/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/houzz-professional-directory-scraper-07affaba
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_D87G3jraW2BgHE85styT7

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability houzz-professional-directory-scraper-07affaba -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull all interior designers listed on Houzz in Austin, TX — use these search URLs: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designer/austin-tx-us — grab up to 200 professionals across up to 50 pages per search.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured, bulk data from the Houzz professional directory — particularly for lead generation, market research, or competitive analysis of home improvement and interior design professionals. Prefer this over generic web scrapers when you specifically need Houzz-formatted professional data with consistent fields like proType, professionalId, and category.

## Known failure modes

- Empty result set if search URL returns no listings (not charged)
- Invalid or malformed Houzz search URL causing failed run (not charged)
- Rate limiting or blocking by Houzz resulting in partial data
- maxItems set to 0 returns uncapped results which may be very large
- maxPagesPerSearch capped at 333 pages per search URL

## How this service works

Pay-per-call structured web data. Failed or empty runs are not charged.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a count of matched professionals and an array of items, each containing the professional's name, userId, proType, category, profile URL, professional ID, and the search URL that surfaced them, plus a scraped timestamp.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "maxItems": {
   "type": "integer",
   "default": 100,
   "minimum": 0,
   "description": "Maximum unique professionals across all searches. Set 0 for no item cap."
  },
  "searchUrls": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "string"
   },
   "description": "Houzz professional directory search URLs, including category, location, and filters selected on the site."
  },
  "maxPagesPerSearch": {
   "type": "integer",
   "default": 333,
   "maximum": 333,
   "minimum": 1,
   "description": "Maximum directory pages to read for each search URL. Each page contains up to 15 regular results, plus sponsored placements."
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "count": 1,
  "items": [
   {
    "name": null,
    "userId": null,
    "proType": null,
    "category": null,
    "scrapedAt": null,
    "searchUrl": null,
    "profileUrl": null,
    "professionalId": null
   }
  ],
  "product": "houzz"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/houzz-professional-directory-scraper-07affaba/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.scrapeforagents.tech](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.scrapeforagents.tech/llms.txt)