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Real Estate

Bien'ici API & Scraper

Bien'ici API returns live Bien'ici data as clean JSON for bien'ici The primary endpoint, search, returns listings records including ad id, reference, title, status and price.

2 actionsLive JSON1,000 free credits$0.67–$1.50 / 1,000 creditsMCP-ready
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Developers reach for it when they need to compare listings, property details, prices, locations and market inventory without maintaining one-off scraping code or separate API contracts. If you were about to build or fix a Bien'ici scraper, this API is the maintained alternative — it returns the same data as clean JSON, with the proxies, rotation and anti-bot handling already solved. This page covers the live example, request shape, response shape and available actions: search, listing. Every request uses the same ReefAPI envelope, one API key and one shared credit pool, so it fits alongside the rest of your data stack.

Live example

Real request and response JSON

Captured from the indexed primary action, search, on .

Captured request
{
  "method": "POST",
  "url": "https://api.reefapi.com/bienici/v1/search",
  "headers": {
    "x-api-key": "$REEF_KEY",
    "content-type": "application/json"
  },
  "body": {
    "transaction": "sale",
    "city": "Lyon"
  }
}
Captured response
{
  "ok": true,
  "meta": {
    "api": "bienici",
    "endpoint": "search",
    "mode": "live",
    "latency_ms": 812.8,
    "record_count": 24,
    "bytes": 286553,
    "cache_hit": false,
    "stop_reason": "limit_reached",
    "charged_credits": 1,
    "version": "0.1.0",
    "request_id": "020c87ef250e42f8",
    "queue_ms": 2.4,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-29T21:34:45.505Z"
  },
  "data": {
    "listings": [
      {
        "ad_id": "netty-pietrapolis-house-72158",
        "reference": "VM72158-PIETRAPOLIS",
        "title": "Maison de charme à Montchat",
        "url": "https://www.bienici.com/annonce/netty-pietrapolis-house-72158",
        "status": "on_market",
        "price": 980000,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "price_is_from": false,
        "price_max": null,
        "price_not_published": false,
        "price_has_decreased": false,
        "published_at": "2026-09-18T16:22:03.796Z",
        "updated_at": "2026-10-29T18:04:59.100Z",
        "location": {
          "city": "Lyon 3e",
          "zipcode": "69003",
          "district": "Monchat",
          "department_id": "69",
          "department": null,
          "region_id": null,
          "region": null,
          "country": "FR",
          "latitude": 45.743045,
          "longitude": 4.892752,
          "coordinates_precision": "exact",
          "coordinates_radius_m": null,
          "coordinates_withheld": false
        },
        "seller": {
          "type": "pro",
          "account_type": "agency",
          "name": "PIETRAPOLIS LYON 7",
          "name_withheld": false,
          "siren": null,
          "has_phone": null,
          "phone": null
        },
        "thumbnail": "https://file.bienici.com/photo/netty-pietrapolis-house-72158_img.netty.immo_productw_pietrapolis_5_VM72158_17896585554_VM72158_26_original.jpg",
        "image_count": 16,
        "images": [
          "https://file.bienici.com/photo/netty-pietrapolis-house-72158_img.netty.immo_productw_pietrapolis_5_VM72158_17896585554_VM72158_26_original.jpg",
          "https://file.bienici.com/photo/netty-pietrapolis-house-72158_img.netty.immo_productw_pietrapolis_5_VM72158_17907176734_VM72158_28_original.jpg",
          "https://file.bienici.com/photo/netty-pietrapolis-house-72158_img.netty.immo_productw_pietrapolis_5_VM72158_17896490984_VM72158_3_original.jpg"
        ],
        "description": "Une maison de charme avec une rénovation soignée\nVous rêvez d'une maison avec une belle adresse, spacieuse, et lumineuse?\nDans un quartier résidentiel et recherché, à quelques minutes à pied du château de Montchat, des commerces, des écoles et des transports, venez découvrir cette maison entièrement rénovée de 180 m2 de surface totale, dont 130 m2 carrez.\nElle se compose au niveau principal d'une belle pièce de vie lumineuse réunissant salon et salle à manger, ainsi que d'une cuisine indépendante aménagée avec verrière, d'une salle de bains et de WC.\nÀ l'étage, trois chambres, dont une suite p",
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          "terrace": null,
          "garden": true,
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          "features": [
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            "[trimmed-depth]",
            "[trimmed-depth]"
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          "energy_class": "C",
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          "orientation": "Nord Sud",
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          "price_per_m2": 5444.44,
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          "security_deposit": null,
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          "price_excluding_fees": 980000,
          "annual_condo_charges": null,
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          "fibre": "deploye",
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          "is_exclusive_mandate": true
        }
      },
      {
        "ad_id": "ag753296-556460375",
        "reference": "f9cb2b",
        "title": "Lyon 2e – Cordeliers / Quai Jean Moulin | Bel appartement haussmannien de 113 m² au calme absolu",
        "url": "https://www.bienici.com/annonce/ag753296-556460375",
        "status": "on_market",
        "price": 595000,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "price_is_from": false,
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        "price_has_decreased": false,
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        "updated_at": "2026-10-28T08:14:16.507Z",
        "location": {
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          "district": "Cordeliers Bellecour",
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          "country": "FR",
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          "has_phone": null,
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        ],
        "description": "Au cœur de la Presqu'île, à deux pas de la place des Cordeliers et des berges du Rhône, découvrez ce grand appartement de 113 m² carrez, situé au 4e étage sur 5 avec ascenseur au sein d'un superbe immeuble haussmannien de standing, parfaitement entretenu.\n\nActuellement configuré en bureaux professionnels, ce bien particulièrement calme dispose de tous les atouts pour être réaménagé en une magnifique résidence familiale de 2 ou 3 chambres.\n\nLe bien et son potentiel\nSurface : 113 m² habitables.\n\nAgencement actuel : trois grands bureaux indépendants, un espace reprographie / stockage, une cuisine",
        "property": {
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          "pool": false,
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          "features": [
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          "heating_type": "individuel",
          "building_year": 1910,
          "orientation": "ouest",
          "furnished": null,
          "available_from": "2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z",
          "price_per_m2": 5265.49,
          "rent_excluding_charges": null,
          "monthly_charges": null,
          "charges_method": null,
          "charges_included": null,
          "security_deposit": null,
          "rental_fees": null,
          "inventory_fees": null,
          "agency_fees_paid_by": "seller",
          "agency_fees_pct": null,
          "price_excluding_fees": 580500,
          "annual_condo_charges": 2184,
          "condo_lots": null,
          "condo_in_procedure": null,
          "rent_control": null,
          "fibre": "deploye",
          "virtual_tour_url": "https://tour.giraffe360.com/23845f595d614e819abd3f292e52bd9f/?nocookie",
          "is_exclusive_mandate": true
        }
      },
      {
        "ad_id": "ag753296-551309441",
        "reference": "1e8812",
        "title": "Appartement 174 m2 , 4 chambres , garage , charme de l ancien, SAXE",
        "url": "https://www.bienici.com/annonce/ag753296-551309441",
        "status": "on_market",
        "price": 980000,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "price_is_from": false,
        "price_max": null,
        "price_not_published": false,
        "price_has_decreased": false,
        "published_at": "2026-09-25T08:01:38.942Z",
        "updated_at": "2026-10-28T04:01:31.413Z",
        "location": {
          "city": "Lyon 3e",
          "zipcode": "69003",
          "district": "Voltaire - Part Dieu",
          "department_id": "69",
          "department": null,
          "region_id": null,
          "region": null,
          "country": "FR",
          "latitude": 45.763529,
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          "coordinates_precision": "exact",
          "coordinates_radius_m": null,
          "coordinates_withheld": false
        },
        "seller": {
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          "name": null,
          "name_withheld": false,
          "siren": null,
          "has_phone": null,
          "phone": null
        },
        "thumbnail": "https://file.bienici.com/photo/ag753296-551309441_photos.ubiflow.net_753296_551309441_photos_1.jpg_INSOON_EB_5512801818_20260925085736",
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        "property": {
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          "features": [
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            "[trimmed-depth]",
            "[trimmed-depth]"
          ],
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          "annual_energy_cost_min": null,
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          "energy_diagnostic_date": null,
          "heating_type": "individuel",
          "building_year": 1914,
          "orientation": "nord",
          "furnished": null,
          "available_from": "2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z",
          "price_per_m2": 5632.18,
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          "charges_included": null,
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          "rental_fees": null,
          "inventory_fees": null,
          "agency_fees_paid_by": "seller",
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          "annual_condo_charges": 2712,
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          "condo_in_procedure": null,
          "rent_control": null,
          "fibre": "deploye",
          "virtual_tour_url": "https://tour.giraffe360.com/beb679defccd47e59bdeb4a9cef161e5/?nocookie",
          "is_exclusive_mandate": true
        }
      }
    ],
    "count": 24,
    "total": 3797,
    "page": 1,
    "limit": 24,
    "has_more": true,
    "next_page_token": "[redacted-secret]",
    "sort_applied": "relevance",
    "location_applied": {
      "zone_ids": [
        "-120965"
      ],
      "name": "Lyon",
      "type": "city",
      "postal_codes": [
        "69000"
      ]
    },
    "text_match": null
  }
}
Actions

What the Bien'ici API does

ActionDescriptionConcrete use caseKey params
searchSearch Bien'ici (bienici.com) property listings for sale or rent in France: price (from-price on new-build programmes), price per m², surface, land, rooms, bedrooms, floor, energy and GHG class, heating, building year, charges and deposit, agency fees, town, postcode, district and map position, agency, photos and description. Filter by transaction, property type, town or postcode, price, surface, rooms, bedrooms, new build and keywords; sort by relevance, newest, price or surface; paginated.Real-estate investors call search to search Bien'ici (bienici.com) property listings for sale or rent in France.transaction, query, property_type, city, zipcode, ...
listingOne Bien'ici listing by id or URL: price, price per m², surface, land, rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, floor, elevator, energy (DPE) and GHG class with kWh and CO2 figures and the annual energy bill range, heating, building year, charges, deposit, fees, rent control, transaction and property type, town, postcode, district, map position and its precision, photos, description, publication date and the agency (name, RCS).Brokerage tools call listing to get one Bien'ici listing by id or URL.ad_id, include_pii, max_rotations
Code samples

Call search from your stack

curl -X POST https://api.reefapi.com/bienici/v1/search \
  -H "x-api-key: $REEF_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"transaction":"sale","city":"Lyon"}'
MCP one-liner
Ask your MCP-connected assistant: call reefapi.bienici.search with {"transaction":"sale","city":"Lyon"}.
Use cases

Who uses this API and why

  • Real-estate investors use Bien'ici to search Bien'ici (bienici.com) property listings for sale or rent in France.
  • Brokerage tools use Bien'ici to get one Bien'ici listing by id or URL.
  • Property dashboards use Bien'ici to compare listings, property details, prices, locations and market inventory, all from one ReefAPI key and credit pool.
FAQ

Questions developers ask before integrating

What is the Bien'ici API?

Bien'ici API is a ReefAPI endpoint group for bien'ici It returns live JSON through POST requests under /bienici/v1.

Is the Bien'ici API free to try?

Yes. ReefAPI starts with 1,000 free credits, no card required. Bien'ici calls use the same shared credit balance as every other ReefAPI engine.

Do I need a Bien'ici login or account?

No login to Bien'ici is needed for the API response. You call ReefAPI with your x-api-key header, and the playground can run live examples before you create a production key.

How fresh is the Bien'ici data?

The page example is captured from a live search call, and production requests fetch live data through ReefAPI rather than a static sample.

How many credits does the Bien'ici API use?

Bien'ici actions currently cost 1 credit per successful call. Failed or blocked calls are free. All APIs draw from one credit pool.

Can I call Bien'ici from an AI assistant or MCP client?

Yes. Connect ReefAPI once through MCP and your assistant can call bienici actions with the same key, credit pool and JSON envelope used by normal REST requests.

Is the Bien'ici API a Bien'ici scraper?

It is the managed alternative to a DIY Bien'ici scraper. Instead of building and maintaining your own scraper — proxies, headless browsers, captcha and constant breakage — you call one ReefAPI endpoint and get the same bien'ici back as clean JSON.

Why does my Bien'ici scraper keep getting blocked?

Most Bien'ici scrapers break on anti-bot defenses, rate limits and IP bans that need rotating residential proxies and browser fingerprinting to clear. ReefAPI handles all of that for you — no proxies, no captchas, no maintenance — and returns live JSON. Blocked calls are free.

docs / bienici

Bien'ici

Bien'ici

base /bienici/v12 endpoints
post/bienici/v1/listing1 credit

One Bien'ici listing by id or URL: price, price per m², surface, land, rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, floor, elevator, energy (DPE) and GHG class with kWh and CO2 figures and the annual energy bill range, heating, building year, charges, deposit, fees, rent control, transaction and property type, town, postcode, district, map position and its precision, photos, description, publication date and the agency (name, RCS).

ParameterAllowed / rangeDescription
ad_idrequired—The bienici ad id (the last part of an ad URL, e.g. ag691943-549827780) or the full ad URL.
include_pii = falseoptional—Also return the contact person's name/phone and an independent agent's name.
max_rotations = 3optional1–5Upstream attempts on fresh exits before giving up.
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