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Property and listings apps expose high-value data through mobile APIs—pricing, availability, photos, and market signals. Approov enforces zero-trust access so only genuine app instances can retrieve listing data, blocking automated clients and API replay.

Property Data is Valuable and Increasingly Harvested

Modern property platforms rely on mobile APIs to power fast search, map views, filters, and listing details. Once these APIs are penetrated, unauthorized clients can bypass the app and extract structured listing data directly from backend systems. This creates silent exposure that traditional web defenses cannot see.

If your backend can’t verify what is calling your API, scraping becomes invisible.

 

Common Threats Facing Property and Listing Apps

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Listing and Pricing Extraction

Automated clients harvest property details, pricing history, and availability at scale.

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Market Intelligence Aggregation

Scraped data is used to infer pricing strategies, demand trends, and regional insights.

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Inventory Monitoring and Alerting

Scripts poll APIs continuously to detect new listings or price changes before users.

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Unauthorized Syndication

Listings are republished or resold without consent or attribution.

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API Replay and Cloned Apps

Reverse-engineered clients access listing APIs without using your app.

 

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Account & Booking Abuse

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Verify App Authenticity Before Serving Event Data

The Approov Solution for Property and Listing Platforms

Approov ensures that every protected API request includes cryptographic proof that it originated from a genuine, untampered mobile app.

Approov evaluates the app and runtime environment and issues a short-lived, signed JSON Web Token (JWT) that your backend verifies before returning listing data.

Requests without valid proof are denied—before property data is exposed.

How it works:

App integrity is evaluated at runtime
Approov checks that the app and environment are genuine and untampered.

A short-lived JSON Web Token (JWT) is issued
The token represents the attestation result.

The token is added to API requests
Automatically included in headers for protected endpoints.

Your backend verifies the token
Using standard JWT verification libraries.

Policy is enforced
Valid requests proceed; invalid or missing tokens are blocked.

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Protect Your Most Exposed Listing Endpoints

Listing Search and Filter APIs

Pricing and Availability Endpoints

Map and Geo-Search APIs

Property Detail and Media Endpoints

Account and Saved Search APIs

 

Remove Third-Party API Keys From Mobile Apps

Approov Runtime Secrets Protection:
Removes secrets from the shipped app
Delivers them just-in-time only after app attestation
No backend changes required
SDK integrates at the networking layer
Works with existing auth (OAuth/JWT stays)
 
Result: No more leaked keys powering unauthorized access.

Deploy Without Disrupting Booking

Q: Will this block legitimate fusers or aggregators?

No. Only unauthorized mobile clients are blocked; approved partners and feeds remain unaffected.

Q: Does this impact search or map performance?

No. Token validation adds negligible overhead and runs alongside existing API processing.

Q: Can we protect only certain endpoints first?

Yes. Many teams start with search, pricing, and listing detail APIs.

Q: Can we deploy Android first?

Yes. Android is commonly prioritized due to higher reverse-engineering risk.

Stop Unauthorized Extraction of Your Property Data

Ensure only genuine mobile apps can access your listings, pricing, and market insights.