# /centaline/commercial/properties/search

`POST /api/centaline/commercial/properties/search`

Price: 10 credits

Search Centaline Commercial (中原工商舖) Hong Kong listings — offices, industrial space, shops and commercial carparks for sale or lease. Filter by free-text keyword, sub-district, property class, floor band, outlook, listing highlights, existing fit-out, whole-asset investment format, suitable shop trades, special programmes such as the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme, a specific building, and price, rent and area ranges. Each listing carries its property number, building, address, floor, sale price and monthly rent with per-sq-ft rates, area, air conditioning, nearest MTR station and walking time, occupation year, sole-agency, key, hot-listing, director-pick and open-day flags, the parking space class on carpark listings, media availability, feature and label lists, the district hierarchy, the handling agents with their licence numbers and coordinates.

## How to use it

Search Centaline Commercial (中原工商舖) Hong Kong office / industrial / retail / carpark listings — a separate market from the residential centaline/properties/search. Set count, listing_type ('B' both, 'S' sale, 'R' lease) and usage ('Any'/'Office'/'Industrial'/'Retail'/'Carpark'). Narrow by keyword, districts (sub-district codes such as 'WS004' for Central), floor_types, views, themes, decorations, investment_types, shop_types, campaigns, building_id, min_price/max_price, min_rent/max_rent and min_area/max_area. Areas are square feet, money is HKD. views/decorations/shop_types only apply to the usage classes that have them (shop_types to Retail, views to Office and Industrial).

## Parameters

- `access-token` (string, required)

## Request body

- `timeout` (integer) — Max scrapping execution timeout (in seconds) (default: 300; min: 20; max: 1500)
- `lang` (string) — Language of the returned names, addresses and labels. (default: "hk"; one of: "hk", "sc", "en")
- `count` (integer, required) — Max number of results to return (min: 1)
- `keyword` (string, nullable) — Free-text keyword (district, building, street or property number).
- `districts` (array, nullable) — Sub-district codes, e.g. 'WS004' (Central). (examples: ["WS004"])
- `usage` (string) — Property class to search. (default: "Any"; one of: "Any", "Office", "Industrial", "Retail", "Carpark")
- `listing_type` (string) — For sale, for lease, or both. (default: "B"; one of: "B", "S", "R")
- `floor_types` (array, nullable) — Floor bands to include. (one of: "H", "M", "L", "G", "Whole Floor")
- `views` (array, nullable) — Outlook the unit faces. (one of: "City View", "Sea View", "Open View", "Mountain View", "Garden View", "Race Course View", "River View", "Fountain View")
- `themes` (array, nullable) — Listing highlights such as video tours or open days. (one of: "Video", "360View", "HotListing", "WithKey", "SoleAgent", "VR", "OpenDay")
- `decorations` (array, nullable) — Fit-out already in place. (one of: "Fitted", "Ceiling", "Warehouse", "Carpet", "Water supply and drainage system", "Split-Type A/C", "Light Box", "Raised Floor", "Painted Wall", "Business Centre", "Wallpaper", "Plastic Floor")
- `investment_types` (array, nullable) — Whole-asset investment formats (whole block, commercial podium, hotel). (one of: "Whole Block", "CommPodium", "Hotel")
- `shop_types` (array, nullable) — Trades the shop space suits (retail listings). (one of: "Catering", "Snack Food/Bread", "Market/Household Goods /Convenient Store", "Property/Bank/Finance/Investment/Insurance", "Beauty/Fitness/Salon", "Medical", "Fashion", "Toy/Gift", "Pharmacy", "Foot Masage", "Wholesale", "Pets", "Electrica Appliances/IT/Audio-Visua Equipment", "Accessories", "Educational and Tutorial Classes", "Construction and Decoration", "Jewellery/Watches", "Leather/Shoes", "Religion", "Professional Services", "Art/Design", "Sports", "Trading - Import/Export", "Furniture/Lighting", "Investor", "Entertainment", "Business Centre", "Tourism", "Manufacturing/Engineering", "Studio/Photographic Studio", "Broadband Network", "Textile/Garment", "Home for the aged", "Hotel/Service Apartment", "Others")
- `campaigns` (array, nullable) — Special programmes the listing qualifies for. (one of: "CIES")
- `building_id` (string, nullable) — Centaline building id to restrict to. (examples: "1330400400")
- `min_price` (integer, nullable) — Minimum sale price in HKD. (min: 0)
- `max_price` (integer, nullable) — Maximum sale price in HKD. (min: 0)
- `min_rent` (integer, nullable) — Minimum monthly rent in HKD. (min: 0)
- `max_rent` (integer, nullable) — Maximum monthly rent in HKD. (min: 0)
- `min_area` (integer, nullable) — Minimum area in sq ft. (min: 0)
- `max_area` (integer, nullable) — Maximum area in sq ft. (min: 0)

## Response

### 200 — Successful Response

- `@type` (string) (default: "CentalineCommercialProperty")
- `id` (string, required)
- `property_number` (string, nullable)
- `building_id` (string, nullable)
- `building_name` (string, nullable)
- `building_name_en` (string, nullable)
- `address` (string, nullable)
- `listing_type` (string, nullable)
- `usage` (string, nullable)
- `usage_label` (string, nullable)
- `floor` (string, nullable)
- `price` (number, nullable)
- `price_text` (string, nullable)
- `price_per_sqft` (number, nullable)
- `rent` (number, nullable)
- `rent_text` (string, nullable)
- `rent_per_sqft` (number, nullable)
- `gross_area` (number, nullable)
- `area_text` (string, nullable)
- `is_area_approximate` (boolean, nullable)
- `air_conditioning` (string, nullable)
- `mtr_station` (string, nullable)
- `mtr_walk_time` (string, nullable)
- `occupation_year` (string, nullable)
- `occupied_at` (integer, nullable)
- `is_sole_agent` (boolean, nullable)
- `has_key` (boolean, nullable)
- `is_hot_listing` (boolean, nullable)
- `is_open_day` (boolean, nullable)
- `is_director_pick` (boolean, nullable)
- `is_carpark` (boolean, nullable)
- `carpark_type` (string, nullable)
- `carpark_type_label` (string, nullable)
- `is_investment` (boolean, nullable)
- `with_lease` (boolean, nullable)
- `is_rental_inclusive` (boolean, nullable)
- `has_video` (boolean, nullable)
- `has_360_view` (boolean, nullable)
- `has_virtual_tour` (boolean, nullable)
- `features` (array) (default: [])
- `labels` (array) (default: [])
- `area` (object, nullable)
  - `@type` (string) (default: "CentalineCommercialArea")
  - `zone_id` (string, nullable)
  - `zone` (string, nullable)
  - `district_id` (string, nullable)
  - `district` (string, nullable)
- `agents` (array) (default: [])
  - `@type` (string) (default: "CentalineCommercialAgent")
  - `id` (string, nullable)
  - `name` (string, nullable)
  - `name_en` (string, nullable)
  - `license` (string, nullable)
  - `phone` (string, nullable)
  - `whatsapp` (string, nullable)
  - `wechat_id` (string, nullable)
  - `listing_count` (integer, nullable)
  - `image` (string, nullable)
- `latitude` (number, nullable)
- `longitude` (number, nullable)
- `image` (string, nullable)
- `published_at` (integer, nullable)

## Errors

### 422 — Validation Error

The request body did not validate

What to do: Check the fields against this schema. A URN with the wrong prefix is the most common cause.

- `detail` (array)
  - `loc` (array, required)
  - `msg` (string, required)
  - `type` (string, required)
  - `input` (any)
  - `ctx` (object)

### 408

The request ran past its time limit

What to do: Raise `timeout` in the request body, up to the maximum this endpoint documents. Lowering `count` or turning off the `with_*` flags also helps, because less work finishes sooner.

### 412

The entity was not found, or a precondition failed

What to do: Retrying will not help: either the entity does not exist, or the input points at a different one.

### 429

Too many requests: a rate limit or a usage window is exhausted

What to do: When the response carries an X-Retry-After header, wait that many seconds and retry: the same number is in the body as `detail.retry_after`, and the limit clears once that window passes. The message in the body names the limit that was hit.

### 500

Something broke on our side

What to do: Retrying will not help. If it keeps happening, send us the X-Request-ID from the response headers.

### 529

Rate limit reached, or the endpoint is overloaded

What to do: Wait at least 30 seconds, then retry.

## Response envelope

Success: Array of objects (may be empty if no results)

Error: Error may coexist with partial results if it occurs mid-execution. Check X-Error header and status code.

Every response carries these headers:

- `X-Error` — Error message text (present only on error)
- `X-Request-ID` — Unique request identifier
- `X-Execution-Time` — Execution time in seconds
- `X-Result-Count` — How many records the body carries. 0 means an empty result, which is a normal answer and not by itself an error. A non-zero count can come back together with X-Error when the failure happened partway through — read this header and X-Error independently.
- `X-Total-Available-Results` — How many records exist for this query, when the endpoint can say. On a `dry_run` request this is the answer and the body is empty. It saturates: the endpoint's documented maximum means 'at least that many', any smaller number is exact.
- `X-Warning` — Present when the request body carried keys this endpoint does not document. They were ignored, so any filter you meant to apply through them did not apply. Check the spelling against this schema and retry.
- `X-Retry-After` — Seconds to wait before retrying. Present only on 429.