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Get the average list price in a community
This request returns the median list price of properties in the Riverbend community in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Request
Shell session
curl -X GET "https://api.houski.ca/aggregate?aggregation=median&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&city=calgary&community=riverbend&country_abbreviation=ca&field=estimate_list_price&province_abbreviation=ab"
TypeScript code
const houski_get_properties = async (): Promise<AggregateResponse> => {

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

    const url = new URL('https://api.houski.ca/aggregate');
    url.searchParams.set('aggregation', 'median');
    url.searchParams.set('api_key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
    url.searchParams.set('city', 'calgary');
    url.searchParams.set('community', 'riverbend');
    url.searchParams.set('country_abbreviation', 'ca');
    url.searchParams.set('field', 'estimate_list_price');
    url.searchParams.set('province_abbreviation', 'ab');

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

    return data;
}

(async () => {
let data: AggregateResponse = await houski_get_properties();

// Log the response
console.log(data);
})();
Response
JSON
{
  "cache_hit": false,
  "cost_cents": 1.0,
  "data": [
    {
      "aggregation": "median",
      "field": "estimate_list_price",
      "value": "662400"
    }
  ],
  "error": "",
  "price_quote": false,
  "time_ms": 32
}