# GulfTalent Scraper — Gulf & Middle East Jobs (`blackfalcondata/gulftalent-scraper`) Actor
Scrape gulftalent.com — the largest Gulf & Middle East job board — across UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman. Get structured industry, employment type, and employer details. Incremental mode tracks changes across runs.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/gulftalent-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Black Falcon Data](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 4 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
from $0.70 / 1,000 results
This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event
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# README
### What does GulfTalent Scraper do?
GulfTalent Scraper extracts structured job data from [gulftalent.com](https://gulftalent.com) — including salary data, apply URLs, company metadata, and full descriptions. It supports keyword search, location filters, and controllable result limits, so you can run the same query consistently over time. The actor also offers detail enrichment (full descriptions and company profiles) where the source provides them.
**New to Apify?** [Sign up free](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=1h3gvi) and use the included $5 monthly platform credit to test this actor.
### Key features
- **♻️ Incremental mode** — recurring runs emit only NEW / UPDATED / REAPPEARED records — UNCHANGED and EXPIRED are opt-in. First run builds the baseline; subsequent runs emit and charge only for the diff. Pair with notifications for daily "new jobs" alerts to your hiring team. Saves 80–95% on daily monitoring.
- **🔔 Notifications** — Telegram, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp Cloud API, generic webhook — out of the box. Pair with incremental + `notifyOnlyChanges` for daily "new Gulftalent jobs" pings to your hiring channel.
- **🔗 Paste-mode** — paste any gulftalent.com URL straight from your browser — single-job pages, search-results URLs, or category SEO URLs. Build the search you want in the UI, copy the URL, paste it here.
- **🎯 Batch searches** — batch `["python developer", "data engineer", "ML engineer"]` in one run — one dedup state across all searches, single dataset, one Actor-Start charge instead of N.
- **📦 Compact mode** — AI-agent and MCP-friendly compact payloads with core fields only — pipe straight into your ATS, salary-benchmarking tool, or LLM context without parsing extras.
- **✂️ Description truncation** — cap description length with `descriptionMaxLength` to control LLM prompt cost and dataset size — set 0 for full descriptions, or any char-limit to trim.
- **📌 Change classification** — each record carries a `changeType` of NEW / UPDATED / UNCHANGED / REAPPEARED / EXPIRED. Default emits NEW + UPDATED + REAPPEARED; opt into the others with `emitUnchanged` / `emitExpired`. Repost detection flags previously-expired listings that come back.
- **📤 Export anywhere** — Download the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Apify Console, or stream live via the Apify API and integrations (Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, n8n, …).
### What data can you extract from gulftalent.com?
Each result includes Core listing fields (`jobId`, `jobKey`, `title`, `location`, `salaryText`, `salaryRange`, `salaryMin`, and `salaryMax`, and more), detail fields when enrichment is enabled (`description`, `descriptionText`, `descriptionHtml`, `descriptionMarkdown`, and `descriptionLength`), apply information (`applyUrl`), and company metadata (`company`, `companyLogo`, `companyUrl`, and `companyIndustry`). In standard mode, all fields are always present — unavailable data points are returned as `null`, never omitted. In compact mode, only core fields are returned.
Enable detail enrichment in the input to get richer fields such as full descriptions and company profiles where the source provides them.
### Input
The main inputs are a search keyword, an optional location filter, and a result limit. Additional filters and options are available in the input schema.
Key parameters:
- **`query`** — Keyword(s) to search for (e.g. "developer", "sales manager"). Use JSON array ["a","b"] for multi-query.
- **`category`** — Browse a category instead of a keyword search (e.g. "sales", "civil-engineering", "finance-consulting"). When both query and category are set, query wins.
- **`country`** — Which gulftalent.com market to search. (default: `"AE"`)
- **`location`** — City, state, or region. Use JSON array for multi-location.
- **`startUrls`** — Direct search or job detail URLs.
- **`maxResults`** — Maximum total job listings to return (0 = unlimited). This is the primary cost control — Apify charges per emitted record. (default: `25`)
- **`maxPages`** — Maximum SERP pages to scrape per search source. Defensive safety bound — `maxResults` is the primary record cap. (default: `5`)
- **`includeKeywords`** — Require at least one of these keywords in title/description. Example: {"keywords":["react","node"],"matchTitle":true,"matchDescription":true}.
- **`excludeKeywords`** — Exclude jobs containing any of these keywords. Same config shape as includeKeywords.
- **`fromDate`** — Only include jobs posted on or after this date. Accepts YYYY-MM-DD or ISO-8601.
- **`toDate`** — Only include jobs posted on or before this date.
- **`maxAgeMinutes`** — Only include jobs posted within the last N minutes. 0 = no limit. Pairs well with scheduled runs (e.g. 60 for hourly cron). (default: `0`)
- ...and 24 more parameters
### Input examples
**Basic search** — Keyword-driven search with a result cap.
→ Full payload per result — all standard fields populated where the source provides them.
```json
{
"query": "developer",
"maxResults": 50
}
````
**Incremental tracking** — Only emit jobs that changed since the previous run with this `stateKey`.
→ First run builds the baseline state. Subsequent runs emit only records that are new or whose tracked content changed. Set `emitUnchanged: true` to include unchanged records as well.
```json
{
"query": "developer",
"maxResults": 200,
"incrementalMode": true,
"stateKey": "developer-tracker"
}
```
**Compact filtered output** — Combine filters with compact mode for a lightweight AI-agent or MCP data source.
→ Core fields only — ideal for piping into LLMs or downstream tools without token overhead.
```json
{
"query": "developer",
"category": "sales",
"maxResults": 50,
"compact": true
}
```
### Output
Each run produces a dataset of structured job records. Results can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Dataset tab in Apify Console.
### Example job record
```json
{
"jobId": "d9fa17907e200f1ac3f7380b9c62590c43ff9a3482cf693c328e3908742f50fd",
"jobKey": "585691",
"title": "Restaurant Manager",
"company": "Marriott International",
"companyLogo": "https://www.gulftalent.com/images1/logos/listing/RE984-9040_logo-img-marriott-international-careers-jobs.png",
"companyUrl": null,
"companyIndustry": "Travel, Hotel & Tourism",
"location": "Abu Dhabi, UAE",
"description": "Job summary Areas of responsibility include restaurants/bars and room service, if applicable. Supervises daily restaurant operations and assists with menu planning, maintains sanitation standards and...",
"descriptionText": "Job summary Areas of responsibility include restaurants/bars and room service, if applicable. Supervises daily restaurant operations and assists with menu planning, maintains sanitation standards and...",
"descriptionHtml": "Job summary
\nAreas of responsibility include restaurants/bars and room service, if applicable. Supervises daily restaurant operations and assists with menu planning, maintains sanitation...",
"descriptionMarkdown": "##### Job summary\n\nAreas of responsibility include restaurants/bars and room service, if applicable. Supervises daily restaurant operations and assists with menu planning, maintains sanitation standard...",
"descriptionLength": 656,
"salaryText": null,
"salaryRange": null,
"salaryMin": null,
"salaryMax": null,
"salaryCurrency": null,
"salaryType": null,
"employmentType": "FULL_TIME",
"postedAt": "2026-05-16T00:00:00+00:00",
"validThrough": "2026-08-14T00:00:00+00:00",
"canonicalUrl": "https://www.gulftalent.com/uae/jobs/restaurant-manager-585691",
"applyUrl": null,
"sourceUrl": "https://www.gulftalent.com/uae/jobs/restaurant-manager-585691",
"sourceCountry": "AE",
"sourceDomain": "www.gulftalent.com",
"searchQuery": "manager",
"searchUrl": "https://www.gulftalent.com/uae/jobs/title/manager",
"fetchedAt": "2026-05-16T20:02:06.907Z",
"detailFetched": true,
"contentQuality": "full",
"contentHash": "c587b83469a983b333f2fd64a1ee7770189eb3d7acbe953e3e67dcb745899cf1",
"extractedEmails": [],
"extractedPhones": [],
"extractedUrls": [
"http://browsehappy.com",
"https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js",
"https://appleid.cdn-apple.com/appleauth/static/jsapi/appleid/1/en_US/appleid.auth.js",
"https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js",
"https://platform-api.sharethis.com/js/sharethis.js#property=648c61279c28110012954dd9&product=sop",
"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gulftalent.android.mobile&referrer=utm_source%3Dgtdesktop%26utm_medium%3Ddesktop%26utm_campaign%3Dfooter&pcampaignid=MKT-Other-global-all-co-prtnr-py-PartBadge-Mar2515-1",
"https://twitter.com/GulfTalentJobs",
"https://www.bidayati.com/?lang=en",
"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gulf-Talent/534970529851629"
],
"socialProfiles": {
"linkedin": null,
"twitter": "https://twitter.com/GulfTalentJobs",
"instagram": null,
"facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gulf-Talent/534970529851629",
"youtube": null,
"tiktok": null,
"github": null,
"xing": null,
"bluesky": null,
"threads": null,
"mastodon": null
},
"isRepost": null,
"repostOfId": null,
"repostDetectedAt": null,
"changeType": null,
"trackedHash": null,
"firstSeenAt": null,
"lastSeenAt": null,
"previousSeenAt": null,
"expiredAt": null,
"stateKey": null
}
```
### Incremental fields
When `incremental: true`, each record also carries:
- `changeType` — one of `NEW`, `UPDATED`, `UNCHANGED`, `REAPPEARED`, `EXPIRED`. Default output covers `NEW` / `UPDATED` / `REAPPEARED`; set `emitUnchanged: true` or `emitExpired: true` to opt into the others.
- `firstSeenAt`, `lastSeenAt` — ISO-8601 timestamps tracking the listing across runs.
- `isRepost`, `repostOfId`, `repostDetectedAt` — populated when a new listing matches the tracked content of a previously expired one. Set `skipReposts: true` to drop detected reposts from the output.
### How to scrape gulftalent.com
1. Go to [GulfTalent Scraper](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/gulftalent-scraper?fpr=1h3gvi) in Apify Console.
2. Enter a search keyword and optional location filter.
3. Set `maxResults` to control how many results you need.
4. Enable `includeDetails` if you need full descriptions, company data.
5. Click **Start** and wait for the run to finish.
6. Export the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel.
### Use cases
- Extract job data from gulftalent.com for market research and competitive analysis.
- Track salary trends across regions and categories over time.
- Monitor new and changed listings on scheduled runs without processing the full dataset every time.
- Auto-apply or feed apply URLs into your ATS / hiring pipeline.
- Research company hiring patterns, employer profiles, and industry distribution.
- Feed structured data into AI agents, MCP tools, and automated pipelines using compact mode.
- Export clean, structured data to dashboards, spreadsheets, or data warehouses.
### How much does it cost to scrape gulftalent.com?
GulfTalent Scraper uses [pay-per-event](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/paid-actors/pay-per-event) pricing. You pay a small fee when the run starts and then for each result that is actually produced.
- **Run start:** $0.005 per run
- **Per result:** $0.0007 per job record
Example costs:
- 10 results: **$0.01**
- 100 results: **$0.07**
- 500 results: **$0.35**
#### Example: recurring monitoring savings
These examples compare full re-scrapes with incremental runs at different churn rates. Churn is the share of listings that are new or whose tracked content changed since the previous run. Actual churn depends on your query breadth, source activity, and polling frequency — the scenarios below are examples, not predictions.
Example setup: 100 results per run, daily polling (30 runs/month). Event-pricing examples scale linearly with result count.
| Churn rate | Full re-scrape run cost | Incremental run cost | Savings vs full re-scrape | Monthly cost after baseline |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 5% — stable niche query | $0.07 | $0.0085 | $0.07 (89%) | $0.26 |
| 15% — moderate broad query | $0.07 | $0.02 | $0.06 (79%) | $0.46 |
| 30% — high-volume aggregator | $0.07 | $0.03 | $0.05 (65%) | $0.78 |
Full re-scrape monthly cost at daily polling: $2.25. First month with incremental costs $0.32 / $0.52 / $0.83 for the 5% / 15% / 30% scenarios because the first run builds baseline state at full cost before incremental savings apply.
Platform usage (compute and proxies) is billed separately by Apify based on actual consumption. Incremental runs consume less on result processing, though fixed per-run overhead stays the same.
### FAQ
#### How many results can I get from gulftalent.com?
The number of results depends on the search query and available listings on gulftalent.com. Use the `maxResults` parameter to control how many results are returned per run.
#### Does GulfTalent Scraper support recurring monitoring?
Yes. Enable incremental mode to only receive new or changed listings on subsequent runs. This is ideal for scheduled monitoring where you want to track changes over time without re-processing the full dataset.
#### Can I integrate GulfTalent Scraper with other apps?
Yes. GulfTalent Scraper works with Apify's [integrations](https://apify.com/integrations?fpr=1h3gvi) to connect with tools like Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, Slack, and more. You can also use webhooks to trigger actions when a run completes.
#### Can I use GulfTalent Scraper with the Apify API?
Yes. You can start runs, manage inputs, and retrieve results programmatically through the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2). Client libraries are available for JavaScript, Python, and other languages.
#### Can I use GulfTalent Scraper through an MCP Server?
Yes. Apify provides an [MCP Server](https://apify.com/apify/actors-mcp-server?fpr=1h3gvi) that lets AI assistants and agents call this actor directly. Use compact mode and `descriptionMaxLength` to keep payloads manageable for LLM context windows.
#### Is it legal to scrape gulftalent.com?
This actor extracts publicly available data from gulftalent.com. Web scraping of public information is generally considered legal, but you should always review the target site's terms of service and ensure your use case complies with applicable laws and regulations, including GDPR where relevant.
#### Your feedback
If you have questions, need a feature, or found a bug, please [open an issue](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/gulftalent-scraper/issues?fpr=1h3gvi) on the actor's page in Apify Console. Your feedback helps us improve.
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### Getting started with Apify
New to Apify? [Create a free account with $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=1h3gvi) — no credit card required.
1. Sign up — $5 platform credit included
2. Open this actor and configure your input
3. Click **Start** — export results as JSON, CSV, or Excel
Need more later? [See Apify pricing](https://apify.com/pricing?fpr=1h3gvi).
# Actor input Schema
## `query` (type: `string`):
Keyword(s) to search for (e.g. "developer", "sales manager"). Use JSON array \["a","b"] for multi-query.
## `category` (type: `string`):
Browse a category instead of a keyword search (e.g. "sales", "civil-engineering", "finance-consulting"). When both query and category are set, query wins.
## `country` (type: `string`):
Which gulftalent.com market to search.
## `location` (type: `string`):
City, state, or region. Use JSON array for multi-location.
## `startUrls` (type: `array`):
Direct search or job detail URLs.
## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):
Maximum total job listings to return (0 = unlimited). This is the primary cost control — Apify charges per emitted record.
## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):
Maximum SERP pages to scrape per search source. Defensive safety bound — `maxResults` is the primary record cap.
## `includeKeywords` (type: `object`):
Require at least one of these keywords in title/description. Example: {"keywords":\["react","node"],"matchTitle":true,"matchDescription":true}.
## `excludeKeywords` (type: `object`):
Exclude jobs containing any of these keywords. Same config shape as includeKeywords.
## `fromDate` (type: `string`):
Only include jobs posted on or after this date. Accepts YYYY-MM-DD or ISO-8601.
## `toDate` (type: `string`):
Only include jobs posted on or before this date.
## `maxAgeMinutes` (type: `integer`):
Only include jobs posted within the last N minutes. 0 = no limit. Pairs well with scheduled runs (e.g. 60 for hourly cron).
## `customFilters` (type: `array`):
Array of rules applied to any output field. Each rule: {"field":"","op":"includes|notIncludes|equals|notEquals|gt|gte|lt|lte","value":...}. Example: \[{"field":"location","op":"includes","value":"UAE"}, {"field":"description","op":"notIncludes","value":"unpaid"}].
## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):
Fetch each job's detail page for full description, salary data, and company info.
## `includeCompanyProfile` (type: `boolean`):
Fetch company overview pages for industry, headcount, and more.
## `descriptionMaxLength` (type: `integer`):
Truncate description to this many characters. 0 = no truncation.
## `compact` (type: `boolean`):
Output only core fields (for AI-agent/MCP workflows).
## `incrementalMode` (type: `boolean`):
Compare against previous run state. stateKey is optional — auto-derived from search inputs (queries, locations, startUrls, country) so different filter sets never share state.
## `stateKey` (type: `string`):
Optional. Stable identifier for the tracked search universe (e.g. "us-software-nyc"). Leave empty to auto-generate from search inputs.
## `emitUnchanged` (type: `boolean`):
When incremental, also emit records that haven't changed.
## `emitExpired` (type: `boolean`):
When incremental, also emit records no longer found.
## `skipReposts` (type: `boolean`):
When incremental, skip jobs whose content matches an expired job from a prior run (cross-run repost detection).
## `telegramToken` (type: `string`):
Telegram bot token (from @BotFather). Required for Telegram notifications.
## `telegramChatId` (type: `string`):
Telegram chat or channel ID (e.g. "-100123456789"). Required when telegramToken is set.
## `discordWebhookUrl` (type: `string`):
Discord incoming webhook URL. Server Settings → Integrations → Webhooks → New Webhook.
## `slackWebhookUrl` (type: `string`):
Slack incoming webhook URL. api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks.
## `notificationLimit` (type: `integer`):
Maximum number of jobs included in each notification message (1–20).
## `notifyOnlyChanges` (type: `boolean`):
When Incremental Mode is on, only send notifications for NEW and UPDATED jobs. Has no effect outside incremental mode.
## `includeRunMetadata` (type: `boolean`):
Prepend a one-line summary (query + total count) to each notification batch.
## `whatsappAccessToken` (type: `string`):
WhatsApp Cloud API permanent access token (System User token from Meta Business). Recipient must have messaged the business number within the last 24h (service-conversation window — free since Nov 2024).
## `whatsappPhoneNumberId` (type: `string`):
Your WhatsApp Business phone-number ID (numeric, from Meta dashboard). Required when whatsappAccessToken is set.
## `whatsappTo` (type: `string`):
Recipient phone in E.164 format without + (e.g. "436641234567"). Recipient must have messaged your business number within last 24h.
## `webhookUrl` (type: `string`):
Receives a JSON POST with {metadata, items} after each run. Universal escape hatch for n8n / Make / Zapier / custom backends.
## `webhookHeaders` (type: `object`):
Optional JSON object of custom headers (e.g. {"Authorization":"Bearer ..."}).
## `descriptionFormat` (type: `string`):
Pick a single description representation. `all` keeps every variant; `text` / `html` / `markdown` drop the others.
## `excludeEmptyFields` (type: `boolean`):
Drop null, empty-string, and empty-array fields from each record before push. Smaller payloads for AI agents and dashboards.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"query": "developer",
"country": "AE",
"maxResults": 5,
"maxPages": 5,
"maxAgeMinutes": 0,
"includeDetails": true,
"includeCompanyProfile": false,
"descriptionMaxLength": 0,
"compact": false,
"incrementalMode": false,
"emitUnchanged": false,
"emitExpired": false,
"skipReposts": false,
"notificationLimit": 5,
"notifyOnlyChanges": false,
"includeRunMetadata": true,
"descriptionFormat": "all",
"excludeEmptyFields": false
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `results` (type: `string`):
No description
# 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 '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"query": "developer",
"maxResults": 5,
"descriptionFormat": "all",
"excludeEmptyFields": false
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("blackfalcondata/gulftalent-scraper").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 '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
"query": "developer",
"maxResults": 5,
"descriptionFormat": "all",
"excludeEmptyFields": False,
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("blackfalcondata/gulftalent-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item)
# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"query": "developer",
"maxResults": 5,
"descriptionFormat": "all",
"excludeEmptyFields": false
}' |
apify call blackfalcondata/gulftalent-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=blackfalcondata/gulftalent-scraper",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
{
"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "GulfTalent Scraper — Gulf & Middle East Jobs",
"description": "Scrape gulftalent.com — the largest Gulf & Middle East job board — across UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman. Get structured industry, employment type, and employer details. Incremental mode tracks changes across runs.",
"version": "0.1",
"x-build-id": "gAbUl06WfCi8BWie0"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/blackfalcondata~gulftalent-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-blackfalcondata-gulftalent-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
"/acts/blackfalcondata~gulftalent-scraper/runs": {
"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-blackfalcondata-gulftalent-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/acts/blackfalcondata~gulftalent-scraper/run-sync": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-blackfalcondata-gulftalent-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
}
},
"components": {
"schemas": {
"inputSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"title": "🔍 Search Term(s)",
"type": "string",
"description": "Keyword(s) to search for (e.g. \"developer\", \"sales manager\"). Use JSON array [\"a\",\"b\"] for multi-query."
},
"category": {
"title": "🏷️ Category",
"type": "string",
"description": "Browse a category instead of a keyword search (e.g. \"sales\", \"civil-engineering\", \"finance-consulting\"). When both query and category are set, query wins."
},
"country": {
"title": "🌍 Country",
"enum": [
"AE",
"SA",
"QA",
"KW",
"BH",
"OM"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Which gulftalent.com market to search.",
"default": "AE"
},
"location": {
"title": "📍 Location",
"type": "string",
"description": "City, state, or region. Use JSON array for multi-location."
},
"startUrls": {
"title": "🔗 Start URLs",
"type": "array",
"description": "Direct search or job detail URLs.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"maxResults": {
"title": "💯 Max Results",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 1000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum total job listings to return (0 = unlimited). This is the primary cost control — Apify charges per emitted record.",
"default": 25
},
"maxPages": {
"title": "📄 Max Pages",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 50,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum SERP pages to scrape per search source. Defensive safety bound — `maxResults` is the primary record cap.",
"default": 5
},
"includeKeywords": {
"title": "📝 Include Keywords",
"type": "object",
"description": "Require at least one of these keywords in title/description. Example: {\"keywords\":[\"react\",\"node\"],\"matchTitle\":true,\"matchDescription\":true}."
},
"excludeKeywords": {
"title": "🚫 Exclude Keywords",
"type": "object",
"description": "Exclude jobs containing any of these keywords. Same config shape as includeKeywords."
},
"fromDate": {
"title": "📅 From Date",
"type": "string",
"description": "Only include jobs posted on or after this date. Accepts YYYY-MM-DD or ISO-8601."
},
"toDate": {
"title": "📅 To Date",
"type": "string",
"description": "Only include jobs posted on or before this date."
},
"maxAgeMinutes": {
"title": "⏰ Max Age (minutes)",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Only include jobs posted within the last N minutes. 0 = no limit. Pairs well with scheduled runs (e.g. 60 for hourly cron).",
"default": 0
},
"customFilters": {
"title": "🔧 Custom Filters (advanced)",
"type": "array",
"description": "Array of rules applied to any output field. Each rule: {\"field\":\"\",\"op\":\"includes|notIncludes|equals|notEquals|gt|gte|lt|lte\",\"value\":...}. Example: [{\"field\":\"location\",\"op\":\"includes\",\"value\":\"UAE\"}, {\"field\":\"description\",\"op\":\"notIncludes\",\"value\":\"unpaid\"}]."
},
"includeDetails": {
"title": "📋 Include Full Details",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Fetch each job's detail page for full description, salary data, and company info.",
"default": true
},
"includeCompanyProfile": {
"title": "🏢 Include Company Profile",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Fetch company overview pages for industry, headcount, and more.",
"default": false
},
"descriptionMaxLength": {
"title": "✂️ Description Max Length",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Truncate description to this many characters. 0 = no truncation.",
"default": 0
},
"compact": {
"title": "📦 Compact Output",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only core fields (for AI-agent/MCP workflows).",
"default": false
},
"incrementalMode": {
"title": "♻️ Incremental Mode",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Compare against previous run state. stateKey is optional — auto-derived from search inputs (queries, locations, startUrls, country) so different filter sets never share state.",
"default": false
},
"stateKey": {
"title": "🔑 State Key",
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional. Stable identifier for the tracked search universe (e.g. \"us-software-nyc\"). Leave empty to auto-generate from search inputs."
},
"emitUnchanged": {
"title": "♻️ Emit Unchanged Records",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "When incremental, also emit records that haven't changed.",
"default": false
},
"emitExpired": {
"title": "⚰️ Emit Expired Records",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "When incremental, also emit records no longer found.",
"default": false
},
"skipReposts": {
"title": "🚫 Skip Reposts",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "When incremental, skip jobs whose content matches an expired job from a prior run (cross-run repost detection).",
"default": false
},
"telegramToken": {
"title": "🔑 Telegram Bot Token",
"type": "string",
"description": "Telegram bot token (from @BotFather). Required for Telegram notifications."
},
"telegramChatId": {
"title": "💬 Telegram Chat ID",
"type": "string",
"description": "Telegram chat or channel ID (e.g. \"-100123456789\"). Required when telegramToken is set."
},
"discordWebhookUrl": {
"title": "🎮 Discord Webhook URL",
"type": "string",
"description": "Discord incoming webhook URL. Server Settings → Integrations → Webhooks → New Webhook."
},
"slackWebhookUrl": {
"title": "💼 Slack Webhook URL",
"type": "string",
"description": "Slack incoming webhook URL. api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks."
},
"notificationLimit": {
"title": "📊 Max Jobs Per Notification",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 20,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum number of jobs included in each notification message (1–20).",
"default": 5
},
"notifyOnlyChanges": {
"title": "🔄 Notify Only New/Updated",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "When Incremental Mode is on, only send notifications for NEW and UPDATED jobs. Has no effect outside incremental mode.",
"default": false
},
"includeRunMetadata": {
"title": "📣 Include Run Summary in Notifications",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Prepend a one-line summary (query + total count) to each notification batch.",
"default": true
},
"whatsappAccessToken": {
"title": "📱 WhatsApp Access Token",
"type": "string",
"description": "WhatsApp Cloud API permanent access token (System User token from Meta Business). Recipient must have messaged the business number within the last 24h (service-conversation window — free since Nov 2024)."
},
"whatsappPhoneNumberId": {
"title": "📞 WhatsApp Phone Number ID",
"type": "string",
"description": "Your WhatsApp Business phone-number ID (numeric, from Meta dashboard). Required when whatsappAccessToken is set."
},
"whatsappTo": {
"title": "📲 WhatsApp Recipient",
"type": "string",
"description": "Recipient phone in E.164 format without + (e.g. \"436641234567\"). Recipient must have messaged your business number within last 24h."
},
"webhookUrl": {
"title": "🪝 Generic Webhook URL",
"type": "string",
"description": "Receives a JSON POST with {metadata, items} after each run. Universal escape hatch for n8n / Make / Zapier / custom backends."
},
"webhookHeaders": {
"title": "📋 Webhook Headers",
"type": "object",
"description": "Optional JSON object of custom headers (e.g. {\"Authorization\":\"Bearer ...\"})."
},
"descriptionFormat": {
"title": "Description format",
"enum": [
"all",
"text",
"html",
"markdown"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Pick a single description representation. `all` keeps every variant; `text` / `html` / `markdown` drop the others.",
"default": "all"
},
"excludeEmptyFields": {
"title": "Exclude empty fields from output",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Drop null, empty-string, and empty-array fields from each record before push. Smaller payloads for AI agents and dashboards.",
"default": false
}
}
},
"runsResponseSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"data": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"actId": {
"type": "string"
},
"userId": {
"type": "string"
},
"startedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"finishedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"example": "READY"
},
"meta": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"origin": {
"type": "string",
"example": "API"
},
"userAgent": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"stats": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"inputBodyLen": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2000
},
"rebootCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"restartCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"resurrectCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"computeUnits": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"options": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"build": {
"type": "string",
"example": "latest"
},
"timeoutSecs": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 300
},
"memoryMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1024
},
"diskMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2048
}
}
},
"buildId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultDatasetId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultRequestQueueId": {
"type": "string"
},
"buildNumber": {
"type": "string",
"example": "1.0.0"
},
"containerUrl": {
"type": "string"
},
"usage": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"usageTotalUsd": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"usageUsd": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```