# Remote Jobs Aggregator - Himalayas, RemoteOK, WWR & more (`ahmed-data-tools/remote-jobs-aggregator`) Actor

Aggregate remote jobs from Himalayas, Remotive, RemoteOK, Arbeitnow and We Work Remotely into one clean, deduplicated dataset. Filter by keyword, category, region, USD salary and date. Pay only per job saved.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ahmed-data-tools/remote-jobs-aggregator.md
- **Developed by:** [ahmed abdelmenem](https://apify.com/ahmed-data-tools) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## Remote Jobs Aggregator – Himalayas, Remotive, RemoteOK, Arbeitnow & We Work Remotely

**One remote jobs API for five of the biggest remote job boards.** This Actor collects fresh remote job listings from the official public feeds of **Himalayas**, **Remotive**, **RemoteOK**, **Arbeitnow** and **We Work Remotely (WWR)**, normalizes them into a single clean schema, removes cross-posted duplicates and lets you filter by keyword, category, region, salary and posting date.

No login, no API keys, no browser – just a fast, polite remote job scraper that returns structured JSON, CSV or Excel in seconds.

### What you get

Every job is returned in the same format, whatever board it came from:

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `type` | Always `"job"` |
| `source` | `himalayas`, `remotive`, `remoteok`, `arbeitnow` or `weworkremotely` |
| `jobId` | ID of the job on the source board |
| `title`, `company` | Job title and company name |
| `companyUrl`, `companyLogo` | Company website / profile and logo (when the source provides them) |
| `category`, `tags[]` | Category and skill / topic tags |
| `jobType` | e.g. `full_time`, `part_time`, `contract`, `internship` |
| `locationRestriction` | Where candidates may live, e.g. `Worldwide`, `United States`, `Europe, USA, Canada` |
| `salaryMinUsd`, `salaryMaxUsd` | Salary range normalized to **annual USD** (null if unknown or in another currency) |
| `salaryRaw` | Salary exactly as published by the source |
| `postedAt` | Publication date (ISO 8601, UTC) |
| `applyUrl`, `sourceUrl` | Where to apply and the original listing on the job board |
| `descriptionText` | Job description with HTML stripped (max 4,000 characters) |
| `attribution` | e.g. `Job via RemoteOK (https://remoteok.com)` |
| `scrapedAt` | When the job was collected |

#### Example output

```json
{
  "type": "job",
  "source": "himalayas",
  "jobId": "https://himalayas.app/companies/acme/jobs/senior-backend-engineer",
  "title": "Senior Backend Engineer",
  "company": "Acme",
  "companyUrl": "https://himalayas.app/companies/acme",
  "companyLogo": "https://cdn-images.himalayas.app/...",
  "category": "Developer",
  "tags": ["Backend Developer", "Python Developer", "Senior"],
  "jobType": "full_time",
  "locationRestriction": "United States",
  "salaryMinUsd": 150000,
  "salaryMaxUsd": 190000,
  "salaryRaw": "150000 - 190000 USD / annual",
  "postedAt": "2026-10-07T17:12:46Z",
  "applyUrl": "https://himalayas.app/companies/acme/jobs/senior-backend-engineer",
  "sourceUrl": "https://himalayas.app/companies/acme/jobs/senior-backend-engineer",
  "descriptionText": "Acme is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to ...",
  "attribution": "Job via Himalayas (https://himalayas.app)",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-07T18:35:15Z"
}
```

### Use cases

- **Remote job boards & niche job sites** – seed or refresh your board with fresh remote listings every day.
- **Job newsletters & Slack/Discord bots** – send a daily digest of "remote Python jobs paying $120k+" or "worldwide marketing jobs".
- **Recruiters & sourcers** – spot companies actively hiring remotely, by role, region and salary band.
- **Job market research** – track remote hiring trends, salary ranges, in-demand skills and categories over time.
- **Personal job search** – one feed instead of checking five boards every morning.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `sources` | Which boards to query (default: all five) |
| `keywords` | Keep jobs whose title, company, category or tags contain **any** of these words |
| `excludeKeywords` | Drop jobs containing any of these words (e.g. `senior`, `intern`) |
| `categories` | Keep only jobs whose category / tags contain any of these (e.g. `Design`, `Marketing`, `DevOps`) |
| `regions` | Allowed locations, e.g. `Worldwide`, `USA`, `Europe`, `UK`, `Canada`, `LATAM`, `APAC`, `Germany` or any country/city |
| `minSalaryUsd` | Minimum annual USD salary (jobs without a known USD salary are excluded when set) |
| `postedWithinDays` | Only jobs posted in the last N days |
| `dedupe` | Remove the same job cross-posted on several boards (normalized company + title). Default `true` |
| `arbeitnowRemoteOnly` | Arbeitnow also lists on-site jobs; keep only remote ones (default `true`) |
| `maxItems` | Maximum number of jobs to save |
| `maxPagesPerSource` | Page limit for paginated sources (Himalayas, Arbeitnow) |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "sources": ["himalayas", "remotive", "remoteok", "arbeitnow", "weworkremotely"],
  "keywords": ["engineer", "developer", "marketing"],
  "excludeKeywords": ["intern"],
  "regions": ["Worldwide", "Europe"],
  "minSalaryUsd": 80000,
  "postedWithinDays": 30,
  "dedupe": true,
  "maxItems": 150
}
```

### How it works

- **Himalayas** – official JSON feed (`himalayas.app/jobs/api`), paginated with cursors; stops once jobs are older than `postedWithinDays`.
- **Remotive** – official public API (`remotive.com/api/remote-jobs`), called **once per run** as Remotive requests. The public feed is intentionally small and delayed ~24 h by Remotive.
- **RemoteOK** – official JSON API (`remoteok.com/api`); the legal notice element is skipped.
- **Arbeitnow** – official job board API (`arbeitnow.com/api/job-board-api`), paginated.
- **We Work Remotely** – official RSS feeds (main feed + every category feed), parsed as XML.

The Actor is polite: at most 3 concurrent requests, a browser-like User-Agent, and automatic retries with exponential backoff on rate limits and server errors. If one source is temporarily down, the others still deliver results. Results are interleaved across sources (newest first within each source), so even a small `maxItems` gives you a mix of boards.

#### Salary normalization

- Himalayas: converted only when the currency is **USD** (monthly/hourly periods annualized). Other currencies stay in `salaryRaw` only.
- Remotive: free-text salaries like `$90k - $105k` or `$45-$120/hour` are parsed when clearly in US dollars. Hourly rates are annualized at 2,080 hours/year, monthly at ×12. Anything ambiguous stays `null`.
- RemoteOK: published annual USD values are used as-is (0 = unknown → `null`).
- Arbeitnow and We Work Remotely feeds don't publish structured salaries → `null`.

No exchange rates are applied and no salaries are guessed.

#### Region matching

Regions are matched against the `locationRestriction` text with sensible aliases (`USA` also matches "United States", "North America", "Americas"; `Europe` matches "EMEA", "EU" and European countries / major cities, etc.). Any other value is matched as plain text. `Worldwide` also matches "Anywhere", "Global" and jobs with **no stated location restriction**.

### Pricing – pay per result

This Actor uses **pay-per-event** pricing: you pay only for the jobs saved to the dataset. Filters are applied before saving, so you never pay for jobs you filtered out or for duplicates. Use `maxItems` to cap your spend; the run also stops automatically when your maximum charge limit is reached.

### Attribution & terms of use

All jobs come from the boards' own public feeds. Each item carries a `sourceUrl` (the original listing) and an `attribution` field. If you republish the jobs, please respect each source's terms:

- **RemoteOK** requires a link back to the job's RemoteOK URL and a mention of RemoteOK as the source – use `sourceUrl` and `attribution` ("Job via RemoteOK (https://remoteok.com)").
- **Remotive** asks you to link back to the Remotive URL and mention Remotive as the source, and does not allow submitting its jobs to third-party aggregators such as Google Jobs, LinkedIn, Jooble or Neuvoo.
- **Arbeitnow**, **Himalayas** and **We Work Remotely** appreciate a link back to the original listing.

This Actor is an independent tool and is **not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by** Himalayas, Remotive, RemoteOK, Arbeitnow or We Work Remotely. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.

### Limitations

- Coverage depends on what each board publishes in its public feed (e.g. Remotive's public feed holds only a small, delayed set of jobs; WWR RSS feeds show the latest jobs per category).
- Not every source provides logos, company websites, job types or salaries – missing values are `null`.
- Deduplication is based on normalized company + title, so the same role posted for several cities may be collapsed into one when titles are identical.

### FAQ

**Do I need an account or API key?** No. All sources are public feeds.

**How often should I run it?** Once or a few times per day is plenty – the boards update hourly at most, and Remotive explicitly asks clients not to poll more than ~4 times a day.

**Can I get only worldwide jobs?** Yes – set `regions` to `["Worldwide"]`.

**Can I export to CSV / Excel / Google Sheets?** Yes, from the dataset tab or via the Apify API and integrations.

# Actor input Schema

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Job boards to collect from. Leave all selected to aggregate every source.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Keep jobs whose title, company, category or tags contain ANY of these words (case-insensitive substring). Leave empty to keep all jobs.

## `excludeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Drop jobs whose title, company, category or tags contain any of these words (e.g. "senior", "intern", "crypto").

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Keep only jobs whose category or tags contain any of these values, e.g. "Software Development", "Design", "Marketing", "DevOps", "Customer Support". Leave empty for all categories.

## `regions` (type: `array`):

Keep only jobs whose location restriction matches any of these, e.g. "Worldwide", "USA", "Europe", "UK", "Canada", "LATAM", "APAC", "Germany" or any country/city name. "Worldwide" also keeps jobs with no stated location restriction. Leave empty for no region filter.

## `minSalaryUsd` (type: `integer`):

Keep only jobs with a known annual USD salary whose maximum (or minimum, if no maximum) is at least this amount. Jobs without a parsable USD salary are excluded when this is set.

## `postedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Keep only jobs posted in the last N days. Leave empty for no date limit.

## `dedupe` (type: `boolean`):

Remove duplicates of the same job posted on several boards (matched by normalized company + title). The first occurrence is kept.

## `arbeitnowRemoteOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Arbeitnow also lists on-site jobs (mostly in Germany). When enabled, only jobs Arbeitnow flags as remote are returned.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of jobs to save (each saved job is one billable result). Leave empty for no limit.

## `maxPagesPerSource` (type: `integer`):

Upper bound on API pages requested from paginated sources (Himalayas: 20 jobs/page, Arbeitnow: ~100-300 jobs/page). Pagination also stops automatically once jobs get older than "Posted within".

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sources": [
    "himalayas",
    "remotive",
    "remoteok",
    "arbeitnow",
    "weworkremotely"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "engineer",
    "developer",
    "marketing"
  ],
  "postedWithinDays": 30,
  "dedupe": true,
  "arbeitnowRemoteOnly": true,
  "maxItems": 150,
  "maxPagesPerSource": 15
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `jobs` (type: `string`):

Normalized remote job listings (overview table view)

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "sources": [
        "himalayas",
        "remotive",
        "remoteok",
        "arbeitnow",
        "weworkremotely"
    ],
    "keywords": [
        "engineer",
        "developer",
        "marketing"
    ],
    "postedWithinDays": 30,
    "maxItems": 150
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ahmed-data-tools/remote-jobs-aggregator").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "sources": [
        "himalayas",
        "remotive",
        "remoteok",
        "arbeitnow",
        "weworkremotely",
    ],
    "keywords": [
        "engineer",
        "developer",
        "marketing",
    ],
    "postedWithinDays": 30,
    "maxItems": 150,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ahmed-data-tools/remote-jobs-aggregator").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "sources": [
    "himalayas",
    "remotive",
    "remoteok",
    "arbeitnow",
    "weworkremotely"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "engineer",
    "developer",
    "marketing"
  ],
  "postedWithinDays": 30,
  "maxItems": 150
}' |
apify call ahmed-data-tools/remote-jobs-aggregator --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ahmed-data-tools/remote-jobs-aggregator"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/hgNaueP9IINQQzl0l/builds/aH1fi7UTdPC9eljUM/openapi.json