Truelancer Scraper – Jobs, Freelancers & Services

What does Truelancer Scraper do?

Truelancer Scraper extracts structured data from truelancer.com — a global freelance marketplace with 2M+ freelancers. One actor, three modes: scrape job listings (with budgets, skills, client info), freelancer profiles (with ratings, hourly rates, experience level), or gig services (with prices, sales, seller info). Switch modes with a single input parameter and reuse the same incremental, compact, and notification features across all three.

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Key features

• 🔀 3-mode actor — one actor, three surfaces: mode: "jobs" for project listings, "freelancers" for talent profiles, or "services" for gig packages. Switch with a single input — incremental, compact, and notification features carry across all three modes.
• ♻️ Incremental mode — recurring runs emit only new or changed projects since your last run — paste a stateKey, run hourly, never get the same lead twice. Saves 80–95% vs full re-scrapes.
• 🔔 Notifications — push new-project alerts to Telegram / Slack / Discord / WhatsApp / webhook within seconds of posting — combine with incremental to never get duplicate alerts.
• 📦 Compact mode — skinny output for outreach pipelines — just the fields your CRM or email tool reads. Drop straight into a Sheet without dragging unused columns.
• ✂️ 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, …).
• 📋 Detail enrichment — enable fetchDetails in jobs mode to visit each project detail page and enrich listings with full descriptions, client stats, and proposal breakdown fields beyond the search results page.
• 📧 Email + phone extraction — every project carries extractedEmails[] and extractedPhones[] parsed from the brief — reach out without scraping the page again.
• 🔗 URL + social-profile extraction — every record carries extractedUrls[] plus a structured socialProfiles { linkedin, twitter, instagram, facebook, youtube, tiktok, github, xing } parsed from the description.

What data can you extract from truelancer.com?

All three modes return a unified schema with mode-specific fields populated and the rest set to null. Switch with the mode input.

Jobs mode (mode: "jobs") — title, description, category, skills[], priceValue (budget), priceCurrency, listingType (Fixed Price / Hourly), publishedAt, deadline, totalProposals, totalViews, hiringType, featured, urgent, nda, clientName, clientLocation, clientSpent, clientJobsPosted, clientPaymentVerified, url, portalUrl.

Freelancers mode (mode: "freelancers") — title (headline), description (full bio), entityName (full name), skills[], location, priceValue (hourly rate), priceCurrency, rating, totalReviews, projectsCompleted, servicesCompleted, experienceLevel (BEGINNER / INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED / EXPERT), lastActive, isPro, isPlus, imageUrl, url.

Services mode (mode: "services") — title, description, category, skills[], priceValue, priceCurrency, listingType: "Service", featured, rating, totalSold, imageUrl, sellerName, sellerUrl, url.

In standard mode every field is always present (unavailable values are null, never omitted). In compact mode only the most relevant core fields are returned.

Input

The main inputs are a search keyword and a result limit. Additional filters and options are available in the input schema.

Key parameters:

• mode — What to extract: job listings, freelancer profiles, or gig services. (default: "jobs")
• keyword — Search keyword (optional — leave empty to browse all listings).
• categoryId — Filter by Truelancer category ID (e.g. 79 = Virtual Assistant).
• countryCode — ISO 2-letter country code filter (e.g. IN, US, GB).
• jobType — Filter by fixed-price or hourly projects (jobs mode only).
• budgetMin — Minimum budget filter in USD (jobs mode only).
• budgetMax — Maximum budget filter in USD (jobs mode only).
• experienceLevel — Filter freelancers by experience level (freelancers mode only).
• maxResults — Maximum number of results to return (0 = unlimited). (default: 50)
• fetchDetails — Fetch job detail page for extra fields: description, client stats, proposal breakdown (jobs mode only). (default: true)
• descriptionMaxLength — Truncate description to N characters. 0 = no truncation. (default: 0)
• compact — Return core fields only — ideal for AI agent / MCP workflows. (default: false)
• ...and 18 more parameters

Input examples

Browse job listings — Fetch the latest projects with full detail enrichment.

→ Each result has full job description, budget, deadline, total proposals, and client stats (name, location, money spent, payment verified).

{
  "mode": "jobs",
  "keyword": "react developer",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "fetchDetails": true
}

Filter jobs by type and budget — Combine filters to narrow results precisely.

→ Only fixed-price jobs with budget between $200 and $2000.

{
  "mode": "jobs",
  "keyword": "python",
  "jobType": "fixed",
  "budgetMin": 200,
  "budgetMax": 2000,
  "maxResults": 100
}

Find expert freelancers — Search profiles by skill keyword, filtered by experience level.

→ Each result has freelancer name, hourly rate, country, rating with review count, projects completed, PRO/Plus badges, and full bio.

{
  "mode": "freelancers",
  "keyword": "wordpress",
  "experienceLevel": "expert",
  "maxResults": 25
}

Browse gig services — Service marketplace catalog with seller and pricing info.

→ Each result has the service title, fixed price, seller name and profile URL, category, rating, total times sold, and a hero image.

{
  "mode": "services",
  "keyword": "logo design",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Incremental tracking with notifications — Get a Telegram alert when new React jobs appear on the marketplace.

→ First run builds the baseline state and notifies once. Subsequent runs emit and notify only on new or updated listings.

{
  "mode": "jobs",
  "keyword": "react",
  "maxResults": 200,
  "incrementalMode": true,
  "stateKey": "react-jobs-tracker",
  "telegramToken": "your-bot-token",
  "telegramChatId": "your-chat-id",
  "notifyOnlyChanges": true
}

Compact output for AI agents — Lightweight payload for LLM context windows or MCP pipelines.

→ Only core fields (title, skills, price, location, url, rating) — strips heavy fields like full description.

{
  "mode": "freelancers",
  "keyword": "data analyst",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "compact": true,
  "descriptionMaxLength": 200
}

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

{
  "description": "I need a simple, clean, and responsive \"Contact Us\" form for my website.Project Scope & Key Tasks:- Design and develop a frontend-only Contact Us form with fields for Name, Email, Subject, and Message...",
  "category": "Web Development",
  "subcategory": "Web Development",
  "skills": [
    "HTML Developers",
    "CSS Developers",
    "Web design"
  ],
  "location": null,
  "countryCode": null,
  "countryName": null,
  "priceValue": 10,
  "priceCurrency": "USD",
  "priceText": "10 USD",
  "priceUnit": "project",
  "listingType": "Fixed Price",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T16:57:42.000Z",
  "deadline": "1970-01-01",
  "totalProposals": 7,
  "totalViews": 22,
  "workHours": null,
  "hiringType": "within_1_week",
  "featured": false,
  "urgent": false,
  "nda": false,
  "clientName": "Samy Nabil",
  "clientLocation": "Egypt",
  "clientSpent": 0,
  "clientJobsPosted": 1,
  "clientPaymentVerified": false,
  "entityName": null,
  "rating": null,
  "totalReviews": null,
  "projectsCompleted": null,
  "servicesCompleted": null,
  "experienceLevel": null,
  "lastActive": null,
  "isPro": null,
  "isPlus": null,
  "totalSold": null,
  "salePercent": null,
  "imageUrl": null,
  "sellerName": null,
  "sellerUrl": null,
  "portalUrl": "https://www.truelancer.com/freelance-project/responsive-contact-us-form-development-640585",
  "contentQuality": "full",
  "detailFetched": true,
  "source": "truelancer.com",
  "changeType": "NEW",
  "isRepost": false,
  "repostOfId": null,
  "repostDetectedAt": null,
  "listingId": "b6c4961870c852d77d21a652329d841b6b6e2c8c539813bea1a9ace65c80ee25",
  "listingKey": "640585",
  "mode": "jobs",
  "title": "Responsive Contact Us Form Development",
  "url": "https://www.truelancer.com/freelance-project/responsive-contact-us-form-development-640585",
  "searchKeyword": "",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-25T17:51:52.073Z"
}

Example freelancer record

{
  "listingId": "fb7bdc37c70cc1dcc509c97a363837324eac323435c4609a23719e6b18d2b0ec",
  "listingKey": "babatundeoladepo",
  "mode": "freelancers",
  "title": "SEO Content Writer | 8 Years Experience | Blog Posts, Articles & Proof",
  "description": "I am Oladepo Babatunde Olaide. I have spent over 8 years writing content that helps businesses get found online and build trust with their audience...",
  "entityName": "Babatunde Oladepo",
  "skills": [
    "Bloggers",
    "Content Writers"
  ],
  "location": "Oko Erin, Nigeria",
  "priceValue": 3,
  "priceCurrency": "USD",
  "priceText": "3 USD/hr",
  "listingType": "Freelancer",
  "rating": 5,
  "totalReviews": 585,
  "projectsCompleted": 215,
  "servicesCompleted": 481,
  "experienceLevel": "ADVANCED",
  "lastActive": "2026-04-25T09:38:33.000000Z",
  "isPro": false,
  "isPlus": false,
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn.truelancer.com/user-picture/280787-57f6705f7954c.jpg",
  "url": "https://www.truelancer.com/freelancer/babatundeoladepo",
  "source": "truelancer.com"
}

Example service record

{
  "listingId": "482197d593b24ad644851a11afd4c2cd9913c45ccdba8405283efbf60cf4034b",
  "listingKey": "187577",
  "mode": "services",
  "title": "White Hat SEO Link Building Package for Ranking on Google Search",
  "description": "We provide white hat seo link building SEO packages for all types of business websites...",
  "category": "Internet Marketing",
  "skills": [
    "YouTube Experts",
    "Backlink Building Experts",
    "Internet Marketing Experts"
  ],
  "priceValue": 86,
  "priceCurrency": "USD",
  "priceText": "86 USD",
  "listingType": "Service",
  "featured": false,
  "rating": 5,
  "totalSold": 296,
  "sellerName": "Jyoti Yadav",
  "sellerUrl": "https://www.truelancer.com/freelancer/dharmendra",
  "url": "https://www.truelancer.com/freelance-service/white-hat-seo-link-building-package",
  "source": "truelancer.com"
}

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 truelancer.com

1. Go to Truelancer Scraper in Apify Console.
2. Enter a search keyword.
3. Set maxResults to control how many results you need.
4. Enable fetchDetails if you need full descriptions.
5. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
6. Export the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Use cases

• Jobs mode: build a recurring lead pipeline of new freelance projects matching your skills (e.g. all React jobs over $500) and route them straight to Telegram.
• Freelancers mode: source talent for client engagements, rank candidates by experience level, hourly rate, and rating, and export shortlists to spreadsheets.
• Services mode: research competitor gig pricing, scan saturation in a niche (logos, SEO, content writing) and benchmark conversion against totalSold and rating.
• Track listing churn over time using incremental mode — each run returns only what changed, including detection of expired and reposted listings.
• Feed structured marketplace data into AI agents, MCP tools, and automated pipelines using compact mode and descriptionMaxLength to control payload size.
• Build geographic supply/demand analytics (which countries have the most expert freelancers, which categories trend in which markets).
• Export clean structured data to dashboards, BI tools, or data warehouses — JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Apify dataset.

How much does it cost to scrape truelancer.com?

Truelancer Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing. You pay a small fee when the run starts and then for each result that is actually produced.

• Run start: $0.01 per run
• Per result: $0.002 per job record

Example costs:

• 10 results: $0.03
• 100 results: $0.21
• 500 results: $1.01

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: 200 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	$0.41	$0.03	$0.38 (93%)	$0.90
15% — moderate broad query	$0.41	$0.07	$0.34 (83%)	$2.10
30% — high-volume aggregator	$0.41	$0.13	$0.28 (68%)	$3.90

Full re-scrape monthly cost at daily polling: $12.30. First month with incremental costs $1.28 / $2.44 / $4.18 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 truelancer.com?

The number of results depends on the search query and available listings on truelancer.com. Use the maxResults parameter to control how many results are returned per run.

Does Truelancer 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 Truelancer Scraper with other apps?

Yes. Truelancer Scraper works with Apify's integrations 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 Truelancer Scraper with the Apify API?

Yes. You can start runs, manage inputs, and retrieve results programmatically through the Apify API. Client libraries are available for JavaScript, Python, and other languages.

Can I use Truelancer Scraper through an MCP Server?

Yes. Apify provides an MCP Server 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 truelancer.com?

This actor extracts publicly available data from truelancer.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.

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