Freelancermap Projects Scraper

Extract public freelance and contract project listings from Freelancermap search pages.

Freelancermap is a popular marketplace for DACH and European freelance project demand. This actor turns public project search pages into structured datasets you can filter, export, enrich, and monitor.

What does Freelancermap Projects Scraper do?

Freelancermap Projects Scraper collects public project listing data from freelancermap.com/projects.

It can scrape by keyword or from existing Freelancermap project search URLs.

Typical output includes project title, company, country, city, contract type, start text, duration, budget, skills, project URL, posted date, and description text.

Who is it for?

Recruiting teams and staffing agencies

Recruiters use it to watch new freelance contract demand by skill, client, country, or remote market. Staffing agencies use it to track target markets such as SAP, React, Python, DevOps, or data engineering and prioritize sectors with active project postings.

Freelancers and consultants

Freelancers use it to monitor project volume, compare demand across technologies, and spot fresh opportunities without manually refreshing the marketplace.

Market analysts and operations teams

Market analysts use it to build DACH and EU freelance-market dashboards. Sales and operations teams use it to identify companies posting contract needs and trigger alerts for high-fit opportunities.

Why use this actor?

✅ Export listings without manually copying search results.

✅ Run recurring monitors for fresh projects.

✅ Combine keyword and filtered URL searches in one run.

✅ Get clean JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS from Apify datasets.

✅ Use the Apify API, webhooks, integrations, and MCP tools.

What data can it extract?

Field	Description
id	Freelancermap project ID
title	Project listing title
url	Public project URL
company	Listed company or client name
posterName	Poster contact name when public
posterCompany	Poster company when public
country	Project country
city	Project city when provided
locations	Location objects from the search payload
contractType	Contract type from Freelancermap
beginningText	Public start date text
durationText	Public duration text
budget	Budget or rate text when public
skills	Skill tags attached to the project
description	Plain-text project description
createdAt	Listing creation timestamp
sourceUrl	Search result page where the listing was found
searchQuery	Keyword used for generated searches

How much does it cost to scrape Freelancermap projects?

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing.

You pay a small start fee per run and a per-project fee for each saved listing. The current start fee is $0.005 per run. Per-project pricing uses tier discounts, so high-volume users pay less per saved listing.

Plan tier	Price per saved project	Estimated 25-project run	Estimated 100-project run
Free	$0.00014524	about $0.0086	about $0.0195
Bronze	$0.00012630	about $0.0082	about $0.0176
Silver	$0.00009851	about $0.0075	about $0.0149
Gold	$0.000075777	about $0.0069	about $0.0126
Platinum	$0.000050518	about $0.0063	about $0.0101
Diamond	$0.000035363	about $0.0059	about $0.0085

A free-plan user can run a quick 20-project sample for roughly $0.008 before Apify platform credits or other account-level charges. The exact price shown on Apify is authoritative and may include current platform tier discounts.

Input options

Search queries

Use searchQueries for skill or market terms.

Examples:

["react", "sap", "python"]

Start URLs

Use startUrls when you already built a filtered search URL in Freelancermap.

Example:

[{ "url": "https://www.freelancermap.com/projects?query=react" }]

Maximum project listings

Use maxItems to cap total saved results across all queries and URLs.

The default is intentionally low for a cheap first run.

Include HTML description

Enable includeHtmlDescription only if you need the raw formatted listing text.

The default output includes a clean plain-text description.

Example input

{
  "searchQueries": ["react"],
  "maxItems": 25,
  "sort": "1",
  "includeHtmlDescription": false
}

Example output

{
  "id": 3012167,
  "title": "API Developer - Golang/Python",
  "url": "https://www.freelancermap.com/project/api-developer-golang-python-3012167",
  "company": "Talent Smart Limited",
  "country": "United Kingdom",
  "city": null,
  "contractType": "contracting",
  "beginningText": "asap",
  "durationText": "6 months",
  "budget": null,
  "skills": ["API", "Python"],
  "searchQuery": "react"
}

How to run it

1. Open the actor on Apify.
2. Add one or more Freelancermap search queries.
3. Set the maximum number of project listings.
4. Click Start.
5. Download the dataset or connect it to your workflow.

Tips for better results

Use specific skills such as SAP FICO, React Native, or Azure DevOps.

Run multiple related terms in one job to compare market demand.

Use filtered start URLs when you need country, remote, category, or other filters from the website.

Schedule the actor daily or hourly for freshness monitoring.

Integrations

Send new Freelancermap projects to Google Sheets.

Trigger Slack alerts for matching project titles.

Store project data in BigQuery, Snowflake, or S3.

Enrich company names with your CRM or lead database.

Use Apify webhooks to notify recruiters when new matching listings appear.

API usage with Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('automation-lab/freelancermap-projects-scraper').call({
  searchQueries: ['react'],
  maxItems: 25,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

API usage with Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('automation-lab/freelancermap-projects-scraper').call({
    'searchQueries': ['react'],
    'maxItems': 25,
})
items = client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).list_items().items
print(items)

API usage with cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automation-lab~freelancermap-projects-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"searchQueries":["react"],"maxItems":20}'

MCP usage

Use this actor from Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or other MCP clients through Apify MCP.

MCP server URL:

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/freelancermap-projects-scraper

Claude Code setup:

$claude mcp add apify-freelancermap-projects --transport http https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/freelancermap-projects-scraper

Claude Desktop JSON configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify-freelancermap-projects": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/freelancermap-projects-scraper"
    }
  }
}

Example prompts:

• "Run Freelancermap Projects Scraper for SAP and summarize the countries."
• "Find new React contract projects and export the dataset link."
• "Compare Python and DevOps Freelancermap project counts this week."

Scheduling workflows

Create a daily schedule for recurring market monitoring.

Use a webhook to send only completed run data to downstream systems.

Keep maxItems aligned with your alerting volume.

Data quality notes

The actor extracts data visible in public Freelancermap search HTML.

Some listings do not publish budgets, exact cities, or company details.

Fields that are not visible publicly are returned as null or empty arrays.

Troubleshooting

Why did I get fewer results than maxItems?

The search term or filtered URL may have fewer public results available.

Try a broader skill keyword or remove restrictive filters.

Why is the budget empty?

Freelancermap listings often omit public rates or budgets.

The actor only returns budget text when it is present in the public listing payload.

FAQ

Can I scrape filtered Freelancermap project URLs?

Yes. Paste public /projects URLs into startUrls after setting filters on Freelancermap.

Does this actor scrape freelancer profiles?

No. This actor focuses on project demand. Use a profile-focused scraper for expert or consultant pages.

Legality

This actor extracts publicly available project listing metadata.

You are responsible for using the data in compliance with applicable laws, website terms, and privacy obligations.

Do not use scraped data for spam, unlawful profiling, or prohibited outreach.

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• Freelancer Jobs Scraper
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Support

If a run fails, share the run URL and input with support.

For best debugging, include one query or start URL that reproduces the issue.

Changelog

Initial version extracts public Freelancermap project search listings from embedded ProjectSearch JSON.