🚀 Freelancer Jobs Scraper (Apify Actor)

A high-performance Apify Actor that scrapes real-time job listings from Freelancer.com with advanced filtering, sorting, and pagination support.

Perfect for:

• Lead generation
• Freelance market analysis
• Job tracking automation
• Data enrichment pipelines

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⚡ Features

• 🔎 Search jobs by keyword (e.g. "react", "django", "node")
• 💰 Sort by budget, bids, or date
• 🧠 Skill-based filtering (React, Node, etc.)
• 🌍 Country filtering support
• 📊 Pagination with large dataset support
• 🧹 Clean normalized output JSON
• 🚀 Fast and lightweight (no browser required)

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📥 Input Schema

Example input JSON:

{
  "query": "react",
  "limit": 100,
  "sort": "price_desc",
  "skills": ["react", "node"],
  "countries": ["US", "UK"],

  "fixed_budget_min": 500,
  "fixed_budget_max": 5000,

  "hourly_rate_min": 10,
  "hourly_rate_max": 100
}

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🔧 Input Fields

Field	Type	Description
query	string	Search keyword
limit	number	Max results to return
sort	string	Sorting mode (date_desc, price_desc, bid_desc)
skills	array	Filter by required skills
countries	array	Filter by client country
fixed_budget_min	number	Minimum fixed budget
fixed_budget_max	number	Maximum fixed budget
hourly_rate_min	number	Min hourly rate filter
hourly_rate_max	number	Max hourly rate filter

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📤 Output Format

The actor returns clean structured JSON:

{
	"id": 40375689,
	"title": "React Duda Multi-Site Development",
	"url": "https://www.freelancer.com/projects/frontend-development/react-duda-multi-site-development",
	"description": "...series of brand-new sites and need a developer who feels at home in React , is comfortable working within Duda, and Base44. The plan is to launch multiple properties at once an e-commerce shop, a polished portfolio, and a clean business presence each sharing a consistent vibe while still serving its own purpose. Here s what I ll hand over: brand guidelines, product details, copy, and any imagery you need. You ll take it from wireframes through to fully responsive, live pages, setting up any required integrations (cart, payment, forms, analytics) along the way. Code should be clean, component-driven, and easy for my marketing team to tweak inside Duda when campaigns change. Deliverables E-commerce site built in React , pu...",
	"bidAverage": "$6966",
	"bidCount": 213,
	"minBudget": "$5000",
	"maxBudget": "$10000",
	"budgetRange": "$5000 - $10000",
	"timeLeft": "9 hours left",
	"featured": false,
	"urgent": false,
	"sealed": false,
	"guaranteed": false,
	"paymentVerified": true,
	"skills": [
		{
			"id": 137,
			"name": "eCommerce",
			"slug": "ecommerce"
		},
		{
			"id": 1093,
			"name": "Frontend Development",
			"slug": "frontend-development"
		},
		{
			"id": 335,
			"name": "HTML",
			"slug": "html"
		},
		{
			"id": 9,
			"name": "JavaScript",
			"slug": "javascript"
		},
		{
			"id": 3,
			"name": "PHP",
			"slug": "php"
		},
		{
			"id": 959,
			"name": "UI / User Interface",
			"slug": "ui-design"
		},
		{
			"id": 3149,
			"name": "Vibe Coding",
			"slug": "vibe-coding"
		},
		{
			"id": 1031,
			"name": "Web Development",
			"slug": "web-development"
		},
		{
			"id": 17,
			"name": "Website Design",
			"slug": "website-design"
		}
	]
}

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🔄 Sorting Options

Value	Description
date_desc	Newest first
date_asc	Oldest first
price_desc	Highest budget first
price_asc	Lowest budget first
bid_desc	Most bids first
bid_asc	Least bids first

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📊 Use Cases

• 🧲 Freelance lead scraping
• 📈 Market pricing analysis
• 🤖 AI training datasets
• 💼 Agency client sourcing
• 🔍 Competitor tracking

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⚠️ Notes

• Data is fetched from publicly available Freelancer.com listings
• No login required
• Pagination automatically handled
• Filters are applied server-side + client-side for accuracy

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🚀 Performance

• ~50 jobs per request
• High stability pagination
• Built-in retry logic
• Lightweight HTTP scraping (no browser overhead)

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🧠 Tip

For best results:

• Use price_desc for high-value leads
• Combine skills + budget filters for niche targeting
• Use smaller queries like "react node backend" for better precision

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📦 Output Ready For

• JSON databases
• Airtable
• Notion APIs
• CRM systems
• AI pipelines (RAG / fine-tuning)