Listings API Tips and Tricks - Christopher Reichert
Code and Coffee w/ SimplyRETS At SimplyRETS, we try our best to make using our API and services a simple and
pleasurable experience. This article describes some simple tips geared towards
maximizing the stability and performance of your SimplyRETS application.
Map real estate search apps
are a great way to enhance web app functionality and user-engagement. They can
be significantly more user-friendly to use for real estate listing search
utilities than standard html forms. Many features in the SimplyRETS API are
built with this specific use-case in mind. SimplyRETS real estate map search For the uninitiated, SimplyRETS leverages your RETS or
WebAPI data feed to provide a more modern and robust API for developing real
estate software using listing, open house, and agent data from your MLS. Our
services are designed to be simple and effective for any developer to use
productively. In this tutorial, I’ll outline how to build a simple map-based search app using
the SimplyRETS API. If you want to skip to the code or follow along with a
complete sample, you can use our
Github Examples Repo.
We’ve prepared a live demo with the code from this tutorial
here. Sections Background details Getting set up Include dependencies Adding JavaScript Drawing on the map Calling the listings API Conclusion
When building real estate websites and applications with the
SimplyRETS API, our built in pagination will
allow you to easily create “pages” of listings. There are a couple different
methods for creating pagination links - below is a short tutorial on how that
can be accomplished.
Today, I’m excited to announce the v1.3.4 release of our Wordpress plugin which
has all new integration with Google Maps to give your visitors a better Real
Estate property search experience. SimplyRETS believes in making IDX and RETS searches better and easier to
user. We’re constantly looking for ways to improve both our
Wordpress Plugin and our
API in this regard.
Welcome to the SimplyRETS Blog! SimplyRETS is a service which connects to
your RETS/IDX feed to offer a vastly simplified and modern
REST API. We are
helping developers building real estate software save time and money so they can
focus on what’s importand; innovation. SimplyRETS makes it easy for developers
with little or no experience in real estate data to get started quickly.