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Get residential area context for an appraisal or AVM
This request returns houses within a 500 meter radius of the point (a property in Vancouver) with expansion of listing history.
Request
Shell session
curl -X GET "https://api.houski.ca/geocoding?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&country_abbreviation=ca&expand=listings&has_expand_listings_eq=true&latitude=49.26249&longitude=-123.10659&property_type_eq=House&radius=0.5&results_per_page=1&select=latitude,longitude,interior_sq_m,bedroom,den,bathroom_full,bathroom_half,assessment_value,assessment_year&shape=circle"
TypeScript code
const houski_recipe_data = async (): Promise<GeocodingResponse> => {

    // You must copy the GeocodingResponse type declarations from the 
    // Houski API documentation to strongly type the response

    const url = new URL('https://api.houski.ca/geocoding');
    url.searchParams.set('api_key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
    url.searchParams.set('country_abbreviation', 'ca');
    url.searchParams.set('expand', 'listings');
    url.searchParams.set('has_expand_listings_eq', 'true');
    url.searchParams.set('latitude', '49.26249');
    url.searchParams.set('longitude', '-123.10659');
    url.searchParams.set('property_type_eq', 'House');
    url.searchParams.set('radius', '0.5');
    url.searchParams.set('results_per_page', '1');
    url.searchParams.set('select', 'latitude,longitude,interior_sq_m,bedroom,den,bathroom_full,bathroom_half,assessment_value,assessment_year');
    url.searchParams.set('shape', 'circle');

    const response = await fetch(url);
    const data = await response.json();

    return data;
}

(async () => {
let data: GeocodingResponse = await houski_recipe_data();

// Log the response
console.log(data);
})();
Response
JSON
{
  "cache_hit": false,
  "cost_cents": 1.1500000953674316,
  "data": [
    {
      "address": "110 W 10 Avenue",
      "bathroom_full": 2,
      "bathroom_half": 0,
      "bedroom": 3,
      "den": 0,
      "interior_sq_m": 112.2268295288086,
      "latitude": 49.26184844970703,
      "listings": [
        {
          "expand_estimate_list_price": 16000000,
          "expand_listing_date": "2023-03-25",
          "expand_listing_event": "Listed",
          "property_id": "f751e8671955e254"
        },
        {
          "expand_estimate_list_price": 14000000,
          "expand_listing_date": "2024-05-03",
          "expand_listing_event": "Price decrease",
          "property_id": "f751e8671955e254"
        },
        {
          "expand_estimate_list_price": 14000000,
          "expand_listing_date": "2024-09-09",
          "expand_listing_event": "Unlisted",
          "property_id": "f751e8671955e254"
        },
        {
          "expand_estimate_list_price": 14000000,
          "expand_listing_date": "2025-01-27",
          "expand_listing_event": "Unlisted",
          "property_id": "f751e8671955e254"
        },
        {
          "expand_estimate_list_price": 12800000,
          "expand_listing_date": "2025-06-17",
          "expand_listing_event": "Price decrease",
          "property_id": "f751e8671955e254"
        }
      ],
      "longitude": -123.10713958740234,
      "property_id": "f751e8671955e254"
    }
  ],
  "error": "",
  "pagination": {
    "current_page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "has_previous_page": false,
    "page_total": 30
  },
  "price_quote": false,
  "result_total": 30,
  "time_ms": 48
}