Nextdoor Business Profile Scraper

Scrape Nextdoor business profiles, recommendations, and reviews. 3 modes: public /pages/ scraping (no auth), Google SERP discovery, and authenticated session cookies for full data. Extract business name, address, phone, recommendations, reviews, and category.

BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) -- you provide your own API credentials.

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Before You Start

This actor requires your own API credentials to fetch real data.

Where to get your key: JSON array of cookies from Cookie-Editor browser extension. Unlocks full Nextdoor data (recommendations, posts, reviews). Note: If cookieStorageKey is set, this field is ignored unless you want to override the stored cookies.

You can test with Demo Mode first (free, no key needed) to see the output format before committing.

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Quick Start

Test with Demo Mode (free, no API key needed)

{
  "demoMode": true,
  "businessPageUrls": [
    "https://nextdoor.com/pages/motz-plumbing-north-miami-fl/"
  ],
  "searchTerms": [
    "plumber"
  ],
  "city": "Miami, FL",
  "neighborhoods": [
    "miami-beach-fl"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}

Run with real data

{
  "demoMode": false,
  "businessPageUrls": [
    "https://nextdoor.com/pages/motz-plumbing-north-miami-fl/"
  ],
  "searchTerms": [
    "plumber"
  ],
  "city": "Miami, FL",
  "cookieKvStoreName": "cookie-sessions",
  "sessionCookies": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
  "neighborhoods": [
    "miami-beach-fl"
  ],
  "scrapeType": "recommendations",
  "category": "all",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "includeComments": false,
  "minRecommendations": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Required	Description
businessPageUrls	array	-	No	Direct Nextdoor /pages/ URLs to scrape. NO AUTH required. Example: https://nextdoor.com/pages/motz-plumbing-north-miami-fl/
searchTerms	array	-	No	Business types to search for via Google (e.g., 'plumber', 'electrician'). Requires 'city' field. Discovers /pages/ URLs automatically.
city	string	-	No	City + state for Google discovery (e.g., 'Miami, FL', 'Austin, TX'). Required when using searchTerms.
cookieStorageKey	string	-	No	Key-Value Store key from Cookie Manager actor (e.g., 'nextdoor-john'). When set, cookies are loaded automatically from the shared KV store — no need to paste sessionCookies manually. Run the Cookie Manager actor first to capture and store your cookies.
cookieKvStoreName	string	"cookie-sessions"	No	Name of the Key-Value Store where Cookie Manager saves sessions. Default: 'cookie-sessions'. Only change this if you configured a custom store name in Cookie Manager.
sessionCookies	string	-	Yes*	JSON array of cookies from Cookie-Editor browser extension. Unlocks full Nextdoor data (recommendations, posts, reviews). Note: If cookieStorageKey is set, this field is ignored unless you want to override the stored cookies.
neighborhoods	array	-	No	Neighborhood slugs for authenticated scraping. Requires sessionCookies. Example: 'miami-beach-fl'. Find slugs in Nextdoor URLs: nextdoor.com/neighborhood/SLUG/
scrapeType	string	"recommendations"	No	What type of content to scrape in authenticated mode. Only used with sessionCookies.
searchQuery	string	-	No	Filter results by keyword (e.g., 'plumber', 'pizza'). Applied to all modes.
category	string	"all"	No	Filter by business category (authenticated mode only)
maxResults	integer	100	No	Maximum number of business profiles to return (default: 100)
includeComments	boolean	false	No	Extract comments/replies on posts (authenticated mode, slower)
minRecommendations	integer	0	No	Only include businesses with at least this many recommendations
proxyConfiguration	object	-	No	Proxy settings — RESIDENTIAL recommended for Nextdoor
demoMode	boolean	true	No	⚠️ IMPORTANT: This is ON by default for testing. You MUST set this to FALSE to get real Nextdoor data. When enabled, returns fake sample data (e.g. 'Mike's Plumbing') for testing your integration — NOT real Nextdoor data.
webhookUrl	string	-	No	URL to POST results when scraping completes (Zapier, Make, n8n, custom endpoint)

*Required when Demo Mode is off.

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Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event billing:

Event	Description	Price
Business Scraped	Each Nextdoor business profile scraped	$0.06

Demo mode is free -- no charges for sample data.

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Troubleshooting

"API key is required"

You have Demo Mode turned off but didn't provide an API key. Either:

• Turn Demo Mode on to test with sample data
• Add your API key in the input

"API error 403" or "Unauthorized"

Your API key is invalid, expired, or doesn't have access to this specific API endpoint. Double-check your key and account permissions.

"API error 429" or "Rate limit"

Too many requests. Wait a minute and try again, or reduce the number of items per run.

No results or empty dataset

Check the run log for error messages. Common causes:

• Invalid input format (check the examples above)
• API key without proper permissions
• The target data doesn't exist or is too small to track

How do I test without an API key?

Enable Demo Mode in the input. This returns realistic sample data so you can verify the output format works for your workflow.

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