# Naukri Jobs Scraper — India's #1 Job Board | PPE (`bovi/naukri-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Scrape job listings from Naukri.com — India's largest job portal. Returns job ID, title, company, location, experience, salary, skills, posted date, and description. Pay per job delivered.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bovi/naukri-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Vitalii Bondarev](https://apify.com/bovi) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.13 / 1,000 job-listings

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## Naukri Jobs Scraper

Scrape job listings from **Naukri.com** — India's #1 job board with 70+ million registered jobseekers and millions of active job postings across every industry and skill category.

### Features

- **Search by keyword and location** — enter any job title, skill, or role (e.g. `python developer`, `data analyst`, `product manager`) and optionally filter by city or region.
- **Multiple keywords** — supply a list; each keyword is scraped independently in sequence.
- **Paginated results** — configure how many pages to fetch per keyword (each page returns 20 jobs).
- **Rich structured output** — every job record includes: job ID, title, company, location, experience range, salary (when disclosed), skills list, posted date, direct job URL, and a clean description snippet.
- **No login required** — uses the public Naukri v2 internal API; no Naukri account needed.
- **Pay per job delivered** — PPE pricing, you only pay for actual results.

### How to Use

1. Open the actor in Apify Store and click **Try for free**.
2. Set `searchKeywords` — a list of job titles or skills (e.g. `["data engineer", "machine learning engineer"]`).
3. Set `location` — city or region filter (e.g. `Bangalore`, `Mumbai`, `india`). Leave as `india` for all-India results.
4. Adjust `maxItems` and `maxPages` to control output volume.
5. Leave the proxy on the default **Apify RESIDENTIAL** group with **country IN (India)** — this is required to pass Naukri's anti-bot.
6. Click **Start** and collect results from the **Dataset** tab.

### Input Example

```json
{
  "searchKeywords": ["python developer", "data analyst"],
  "location": "Bangalore",
  "maxItems": 200,
  "maxPages": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}
````

### Output Example

Each item in the dataset looks like this:

```json
{
  "job_id": "050626924194",
  "title": "Python Developer with GenAI",
  "company": "Infosys",
  "location": "Bengaluru",
  "experience": "2-3 years",
  "salary": null,
  "skills": ["python", "rest", "api development", "django", "llm", "aws", "gcp"],
  "posted_date": "2026-06-05",
  "job_url": "https://www.naukri.com/job-listings-python-developer-with-genai-infosys-bengaluru-2-to-3-years-050626924194",
  "description_snippet": "Bachelor of Engineering. Strong Python skills required. Experience with LLMs and cloud platforms…",
  "employment_type": "Full Time, Permanent",
  "role": null,
  "keyword_query": "python developer",
  "scraped_at": "2026-06-07T10:00:00Z"
}
```

### Pricing

This actor uses **pay-per-event (PPE)** billing: you are charged per job record delivered to the dataset.

- **$2.00 per 1,000 jobs** (i.e., $0.002 per job).
- Example: scraping 500 Python developer jobs in Bangalore = ~$1.00.
- Example: scraping 5,000 data analyst jobs across India = ~$10.00.
- Compute costs (Apify platform usage, proxy) are charged separately on your Apify account.

### Use Cases

- **Talent market research** — track which companies are hiring, for what roles, at what experience levels.
- **Salary benchmarking** — aggregate disclosed salary ranges by role and location.
- **Skills demand analysis** — identify trending skills keywords across thousands of active job postings.
- **Competitive intelligence** — monitor competitor hiring activity in specific regions or tech stacks.
- **Lead generation** — find companies actively hiring in your target market.

### FAQ

**Does it require a Naukri account?**
No. The scraper uses Naukri's public-facing API. No login, no account, no credentials needed from you.

**How many results can I get per keyword?**
Naukri typically returns 20 jobs per page. With `maxPages=100`, that's up to 2,000 jobs per keyword. Naukri declares total result counts in the API response; pagination stops automatically when all results are exhausted.

**Why do some jobs have `salary: null`?**
Naukri allows companies to hide salary information. When a company marks salary as "not disclosed," the field is `null`. This is very common on Naukri — typically 60–80% of listings hide salary.

**Is this legal?**
This actor scrapes **publicly visible job listings** only — the same data any anonymous visitor sees on Naukri.com. No authentication is bypassed, no private data is accessed. Use of this data is subject to Naukri's Terms of Service and applicable laws in your jurisdiction. The actor is intended for research, analysis, and legitimate business intelligence purposes.

**What proxy group should I use?**
Keep the default: Apify **RESIDENTIAL** group with **country IN (India)**. Naukri's anti-bot only lets India-based residential IPs through to the public job API, so this is the configuration the actor is built and tested for. Proxy costs are billed to your Apify account at Apify's standard rates.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchKeywords` (type: `array`):

Job search keywords. Each entry is scraped independently. E.g. \['python developer', 'data engineer'].

## `location` (type: `string`):

City or region filter. E.g. 'Bangalore', 'Mumbai', 'India', or leave empty for all India.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of job records to return across all keywords.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

How many result pages to fetch per keyword. Each page returns up to 20 jobs.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Use Apify Proxy with the RESIDENTIAL group and country IN (India) — required to pass Naukri's anti-bot.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchKeywords": [
    "python developer",
    "data analyst"
  ],
  "location": "india",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "IN"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing Naukri Jobs Scraper records (job\_id, title, company, location, experience, salary, skills, posted\_date, job\_url, description\_snippet, scraped\_at).

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchKeywords": [
        "python developer",
        "data analyst"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "IN"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bovi/naukri-jobs-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchKeywords": [
        "python developer",
        "data analyst",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "IN",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bovi/naukri-jobs-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 '{
  "searchKeywords": [
    "python developer",
    "data analyst"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "IN"
  }
}' |
apify call bovi/naukri-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=bovi/naukri-jobs-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Naukri Jobs Scraper — India's #1 Job Board | PPE",
        "description": "Scrape job listings from Naukri.com — India's largest job portal. Returns job ID, title, company, location, experience, salary, skills, posted date, and description. Pay per job delivered.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "nEXhlt9QBTYvvuQ9f"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/bovi~naukri-jobs-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-bovi-naukri-jobs-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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/bovi~naukri-jobs-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-bovi-naukri-jobs-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/bovi~naukri-jobs-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-bovi-naukri-jobs-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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",
                "required": [
                    "searchKeywords"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "searchKeywords": {
                        "title": "Search keywords",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Job search keywords. Each entry is scraped independently. E.g. ['python developer', 'data engineer'].",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "location": {
                        "title": "Location",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "City or region filter. E.g. 'Bangalore', 'Mumbai', 'India', or leave empty for all India.",
                        "default": "india"
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Max items total",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 5000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of job records to return across all keywords.",
                        "default": 100
                    },
                    "maxPages": {
                        "title": "Max pages per keyword",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 100,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "How many result pages to fetch per keyword. Each page returns up to 20 jobs.",
                        "default": 5
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Proxy settings. Use Apify Proxy with the RESIDENTIAL group and country IN (India) — required to pass Naukri's anti-bot."
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```