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FWRE Spark API Connector

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Connect FW Real Estate to Spark API by FBS — the RESO Web API platform used by FBS-powered MLS boards across the US. Paginated OData imports, automatic photo downloads, and cron-based batch sync.
FW Real Estate Part of the FW Real Estate product
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Add-on current version: 2.1.4 (Sep 18, 2026) Change history
FWRE Spark API Connector - FW Real Estate add-on
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What You Get

FWRE Spark API Connector plugin parameters page in Joomla admin showing API key and secret fields, category selector, and cron batch settings

FBS-Powered MLS Boards

Connect to MLS boards running FBS Flex MLS software — the platform powering dozens of US boards that participate in Spark API.
Auto-mapping screen showing Spark API RESO Data Dictionary field names on the left mapped to FW Real Estate property fields, with one-click suggest button

Paginated Batch Import

Imports one OData page per cron invocation and resumes automatically — safe for catalogs of any size without special server configuration.
Cron batch progress view showing current page number, total pages, records imported in this batch, and a Resume button

Automatic Photo Downloads

Listing photos are downloaded and stored locally during import with automatic resizing — your site does not depend on the MLS CDN for image delivery.
FW Real Estate backend property list showing Spark API imported listings with photo thumbnails and MLS source indicator

RESO Auto-Mapping

Auto-map RESO Data Dictionary field names to FW Real Estate property fields with one click — no manual field configuration.
Photo download log showing image URL, local filename, file size, and download status per listing

Large Catalog Support

Per-batch cron design prevents server timeouts, allowing import of tens of thousands of listings on standard hosting.
Auto-Cleanup of Removed Listings

Auto-Cleanup of Removed Listings

Expired and sold listings are automatically removed from your site on each sync — the MLS and your site stay in sync.
Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

  • How do I get Spark API credentials?

    Contact your MLS board or FBS Data Systems support. If your MLS runs on FBS Flex MLS, it participates in Spark API. Your board will provide a client key and client secret after verifying your MLS membership.

  • What makes the Spark API connector different from MLS Grid or Trestle?

    Spark API is exclusive to FBS-powered MLS boards. If your MLS runs FBS Flex MLS, Spark API is the correct connector. MLS Grid and Trestle cover different sets of boards. The FWRE connector for each platform handles the authentication and pagination differences transparently.

  • How does the paginated batch import work?

    Each cron invocation fetches one OData page of results (typically 200–500 records) and saves progress. The next cron run continues from where the previous one stopped. This design prevents server timeouts on large catalogs and allows import of tens of thousands of listings without special server configuration.

  • Are listing photos downloaded automatically?

    Yes. The connector downloads and stores photos locally during the import. Images are resized to your configured gallery dimensions. Local storage means your site does not depend on the MLS CDN for photo delivery, which improves page load performance.

  • My MLS board is not on FBS — can I still use this connector?

    No. Spark API is specific to FBS-powered MLS boards. If your MLS uses a different platform check the MLS Grid or Trestle connectors — those aggregate a much broader range of US boards. If unsure, ask your MLS board which data platform they use.

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Responsive Property Listings
Image gallery
Batch upload
Dictionaries (customizable fields)
Sell listings
Multilingual support
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FWRE Spark API Connector Changelog

Version 2.1.4 (18 Sep 2026)

No change to how this add-on behaves. Released together with FW Real Estate 7.1.4 so that the update server holds the current build.

Version 2.1.3 (15 Sep 2026)

The default field mapping now uses standard RESO field names.

A new mapping starts from fields a RESO feed can send, among them stories, lot size in square feet, the elementary school district, pets allowed, lease term, and gross income, operating expense and cap rate for investment listings.

A mapping you have already saved is not changed. Your field choices stay exactly as you set them.

Version 2.1.2 (02 Sep 2026)

No change to how this add-on behaves. Nothing a site can observe is different: the English catalogue was rewritten into the form the WordPress directory extracts translations from, and comments inside the code were shortened. The fifteen languages this add-on ships are unchanged.

Published so that what the update server holds matches the product exactly.

Version 2.1.1 (25 Aug 2026)

The categories this feed imports into now survive an upgrade from version 6. Everything in the property catalogue was renumbered by the upgrade, and this add-on's category settings still held the old numbers — which in the new catalogue belong to entirely different entries. The importer did not report anything wrong: it ran, and filed every property under nothing at all, so listings arrived and appeared in no category.

The settings are now re-pointed when the add-on is installed. Where a category no longer exists, that part of the feed is switched off rather than guessed at, so the importer tells you it needs configuring instead of importing into limbo.

Requires FW Real Estate 7.0.4 or newer. Update the component first: on an older one this add-on installs and the re-pointing simply does not happen, with nothing to show for it.

Version 2.1.0 (23 Aug 2026)

Photographs are imported again. A listing brought in by this feed arrives with its images, as it did before the 7.0 rebuild. Photographs are fetched only for a property that has none, or when the run is set to update existing records, so a routine import does not re-download what you already have — and a photograph that fails to arrive no longer counts as a failed listing.

Requires FW Real Estate 7.0.2 or newer. Update the component or plugin first; this add-on will not install onto an older one.

Version 2.0.0 (17 Aug 2026)

The Spark Platform API feed importer.

FW Real Estate 7.0 rebuilds the product on a new cross-platform engine. What this add-on does for you is unchanged — the features you use in 6.x are the features you get here. What is new is where it runs and how it reaches you:

  • It runs on WordPress as well as Joomla, from the same code, so both editions stay in step.
  • It has a version of its own. On Joomla that means it is delivered and updated from the store on that version, instead of arriving whenever the component happens to ship a release that bundles it. On WordPress it arrives inside the plugin if it is one of the free add-ons, or in the subscription pack it belongs to.

See the component release notes for the 7.0 story and for how to bring your data across.

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