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crawl/firms/costar.js

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'use strict';
// CoStar — HIGH ToS risk, subscription/paywalled data. Guarded stub by design.
// CoStar's data is licensed and paywalled, and the company aggressively defends it in court.
// This agent never scrapes CoStar; it treats CoStar as a directory/data sponsor and documents
// the only compliant path: an official CoStar data license / API partnership.
module.exports = {
  meta: { firm: 'CoStar', tos_risk: 'high' },
  async crawl({ sponsor }) {
    return {
      cost: 0,
      notes: 'ToS-gated: CoStar is a directory/data sponsor only. Do NOT scrape. '
        + 'Compliant path: official CoStar data-license / API partnership. Listings stay empty until licensed.',
    };
  },
};