BLM, XML and JSON exports — listings files for website firms and small portals

What this is

Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket take live feeds. Most website firms and smaller portals instead pull a file on a schedule, usually in the Rightmove BLM layout (a text file plus a folder of photos), or XML or JSON.

The export produces that file from your marketed listings, with photos and floor plans linked, refreshed nightly.

Status

The export is being built alongside the portal feeds and shows Coming soon on the integrations page until it is live. Press I want this on the card so we know who needs it first.

When it is live

1. Ask your website firm which format they read (BLM v3, XML or JSON).
2. Enable the export on the integrations page and copy the file address.
3. Give the address to your website firm. It is tokenised: anyone with the address can read your marketed listings, which is the point, but nothing else.

Meanwhile

If your website firm can read a JSON feed, the Website listings widget feed already works today and carries the same public fields.