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Created October 31, 2016 21:34
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Get Zillow Estimate and Image from Zillow's API, Quick and Dirty
/* Quick and dirty, should be wrapped better but this is just a demo */
var app = app || {};
app.apikeys = app.apikeys || {};
app.urls = app.urls || {};
app.methods = app.methods || {};
app.apikeys.zillow = 'YOUR API KEY HERE';
app.urls.zillow = {
getSearchResults: 'http://www.zillow.com/webservice/GetSearchResults.htm',
getUpdatedPropertyDetails: 'http://www.zillow.com/webservice/GetUpdatedPropertyDetails.htm'
};
/*
@input: address, city, state, zip,
@callback: function(error, output)
@return: valid input
*/
app.methods.getZillowEstimate = function(input, callback) {
var key = app.apikeys.zillow;
var address, city, state, citystate, zip;
var address = input.address;
var city = input.city;
var state = input.state;
var citystate = city+', '+state;
var zip = input.zip;
var response = {};
var citystatezip = zip;
if(!zip && !city && !state) {
return false;
} else if(city && state) {
citystatezip = citystate;
}
$.post(app.urls.zillow.getSearchResults,
{
'zws-id': app.apikeys.zillow,
'address': address,
'citystatezip': citystatezip,
'rentzestimate': true
},
function(xml){
var $xml = $(xml);
var amount = $xml
.find('response')
.find('results')
.find('result:eq(0)')
.find('zestimate')
.find('amount').text();
response.marketValue = amount;
var zpid = $xml
.find('response')
.find('results')
.find('result:eq(0)')
.find('zpid').text();
if(!zpid) {
return callback(null, response);
}
$.post(app.urls.zillow.getUpdatedPropertyDetails,
{
'zws-id': key,
'zpid': zpid
},
function(x) {
$x = $(x);
var img = $x
.find('response')
.find('images')
.find('image:eq(0)')
.find('url').text();
response.image = img;
return callback(null, response);
})
});
};
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Can you assist me in using vb.net to search for a property and then if found gain access to the images of the property that are on the zillow website?

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