Freelancer Scraper — Jobs · Budgets · Skills · Bids

Extract Freelancer.com job listings, budgets, required skills, and bid statistics — at scale, without coding. Built on the public Freelancer REST API for speed and reliability.

Filter by skill, budget, language. Built-in market analytics. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or Google Sheets. Proxies included.

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What You Get

• Direct API access — no browser, no DOM parsing. 5–10× faster than Playwright-based scrapers.
• Up to 10,000 jobs per run with pagination handled automatically.
• Smart filters that actually work:
  • Skills (["Python", "Django"]) resolved to Freelancer skill IDs server-side
  • Budget range with USD normalisation (projects in INR/EUR are converted before filtering)
  • Low-competition filter (maxBids)
  • Sealed-bid exclusion
  • Hourly vs fixed-price toggle
  • Language filter (ISO 639-1)
• Built-in analytics report saved to Key-Value Store:
  • Top 30 skills by demand
  • Budget distribution (5 ranges, USD)
  • Competition levels (low/medium/high)
  • Top 10 opportunities (high-budget + low-competition score)
• Proxies included — no setup, works out of the box.
• Honest scope: returns project-level data only. Freelancer's public API does not expose client/owner profiles without OAuth — those fields are not in the output (see FAQ).

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Use Cases

For Freelancers

Find low-competition jobs in your niche. Set maxBids: 10 + skills: ["React", "Next.js"] and the analytics report surfaces the best opportunities scored by budget / bids.

For Agencies & Researchers

Track market rates by skill, language, or category. Run weekly with a saved input — fresh dataset each run, ready for BI tools or Google Sheets.

For Job Board Builders

Pull Freelancer listings into a unified job feed. Stable REST-API source means no breakage from front-end changes.

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Quick Start

Paste this into the Input tab and click Start:

{
  "searchQuery": "web scraping",
  "maxResults": 100
}

Results appear in the Dataset tab in real time. Analytics report lands in Storage → Key-Value Store → ANALYTICS.

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Common Inputs

Low-competition Python jobs

{
  "skills": ["Python", "Django"],
  "maxBids": 10,
  "maxResults": 50
}

High-budget fixed projects ($1k–$5k)

{
  "searchQuery": "developer",
  "projectType": "fixed",
  "minBudget": 1000,
  "maxBudget": 5000,
  "maxResults": 200
}

Hourly contracts only

{
  "searchQuery": "wordpress",
  "projectType": "hourly",
  "hasExistingBids": true,
  "maxResults": 100
}

Category page (everything tagged "Python")

{
  "startUrls": [
    {"url": "https://www.freelancer.com/jobs/python/"}
  ],
  "maxResults": 500
}

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
searchQuery	String	Keywords to search	web scraping
startUrls	Array	Freelancer.com URLs (/jobs/{slug}/ or /search/projects/?q=...)	—
projectType	String	all, fixed, or hourly	all
minBudget	Integer	Minimum average budget (USD-normalised)	0
maxBudget	Integer	Maximum average budget (USD-normalised)	0
skills	Array	Skill names — case-insensitive match against Freelancer's skill catalog	—
language	String	ISO 639-1 (en, de, fr, …)	en
maxBids	Integer	Only projects with fewer than N bids (strict <)	0
hasExistingBids	Boolean	Only projects with at least one bid placed	false
excludeSealed	Boolean	Exclude projects where bids are hidden	false
maxResults	Integer	Max jobs per run (1–10,000)	100
sortBy	String	time_submitted or bid_count	time_submitted
includeAnalytics	Boolean	Save analytics report to Key-Value Store	true
proxyConfiguration	Object	Optional — leave empty unless overriding	—
requestDelayMs	Integer	Delay between API requests (ms)	500

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Output — Dataset Fields

Sample item:

{
  "id": 40502083,
  "title": "Need AI Chatbot Integrated Into Existing Website",
  "url": "https://www.freelancer.com/projects/ai-chatbot-development/Need-Chatbot-Integrated-Into-Existing",
  "description": "I'm looking for a developer who can integrate an AI chatbot...",
  "previewDescription": "I'm looking for a developer who can integrate an AI chatbot into our existing website.",
  "type": "fixed",
  "status": "open",
  "skills": ["Python", "Linux", "Node.js", "Docker", "Web Development", "AI Development"],
  "skillCategories": ["Websites, IT & Software", "Artificial Intelligence"],
  "skillIds": [13, 31, 500, 1002, 1031, 2986],
  "budget": {
    "minimum": 30,
    "maximum": 250,
    "midpoint": 140,
    "midpointUsd": 140,
    "currency": "USD",
    "currencySign": "$",
    "exchangeRate": 1
  },
  "bids": {
    "count": 145,
    "avgPrice": 144.82
  },
  "upgrades": {
    "featured": false,
    "urgent": false,
    "sealed": false,
    "nda": false,
    "premium": false,
    "qualified": false
  },
  "language": "en",
  "isLocal": false,
  "bidPeriodDays": 7,
  "deadline": "2026-06-16T11:57:37.000Z",
  "hoursToClose": 166.7,
  "postedAt": "2026-06-09T11:57:37.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-09T11:57:37.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-09T13:15:57.806Z"
}

All Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	Integer	Freelancer project ID
title	String	Project title
url	String	Direct URL to the project page
description	String	Full project description
previewDescription	String	Short summary
type	String	fixed or hourly
status	String	open, closed, etc.
skills	Array	Required skill names
skillCategories	Array	Skill category names
skillIds	Array	Freelancer internal skill IDs
budget.minimum	Number	Minimum budget (project currency)
budget.maximum	Number	Maximum budget (project currency)
budget.midpoint	Number	Midpoint (project currency)
budget.midpointUsd	Number	Midpoint normalised to USD
budget.currency	String	Currency code (USD, INR, EUR, …)
budget.exchangeRate	Number	Rate used for USD conversion
bids.count	Integer	Number of bids received
bids.avgPrice	Number	Average bid amount (project currency)
upgrades.featured	Boolean	Featured (paid upgrade)
upgrades.urgent	Boolean	Marked urgent
upgrades.sealed	Boolean	Bids hidden from other bidders
upgrades.nda	Boolean	NDA required
upgrades.premium	Boolean	Premium upgrade
upgrades.qualified	Boolean	Qualified bidders only
language	String	Project language (ISO 639-1)
isLocal	Boolean	Local-only project
bidPeriodDays	Integer	Days project accepts bids
deadline	String	ISO 8601 — when bidding closes
hoursToClose	Number	Hours remaining (negative if closed)
postedAt	String	ISO 8601 — when posted
updatedAt	String	ISO 8601 — last update
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 — when scraped

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Analytics Report

Enable includeAnalytics: true (default). Saved to Storage → Key-Value Store → ANALYTICS.

Includes:

• Summary — total jobs, fixed vs hourly, featured/urgent counts
• Budget analysis — average, median, distribution across 5 USD ranges (under $50, $50–250, $250–750, $750–1,500, over $1,500), both fixed and hourly
• Skill demand — top 30 skills ranked by frequency
• Competition — average bids/project, low (<10) / medium (10–24) / high (25+) breakdown
• Top categories & languages — most common skill categories and project languages
• Project upgrades — featured/urgent/sealed/NDA statistics
• Top opportunities — up to 10 high-budget low-competition projects scored by midpointUsd / (bids + 1)

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Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-result pricing:

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.01
Per job scraped	$0.015

Examples

Jobs scraped	Total cost
100	$1.51
500	$7.51
1,000	$15.01
5,000	$75.01
10,000	$150.01

Free Apify trial credit ($5) covers ~333 jobs for evaluation.

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Scheduled Runs

Monitor Freelancer.com automatically:

1. Open the actor → Schedule → New schedule
2. Set a cron expression (e.g. 0 8 * * * for 8 AM daily)
3. Fresh dataset each run
4. Connect to Google Sheets, Airtable, webhooks via Apify Integrations

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FAQ

Is this scraper legal? Yes. It uses the same public Freelancer.com REST API that the website itself uses. No authentication bypass, no private data. Review Freelancer.com's Terms for your specific use case.

Does it include client/owner information? No. Freelancer's public API does not return client profile data (username, country, rating, hire rate) without authenticated OAuth access. This actor returns project-level data only.

Do I need to configure a proxy? No. Proxies are included and configured automatically. proxyConfiguration is optional and only used if you want to override with your own.

Why is this faster than other Freelancer scrapers? Most scrapers launch a full browser (Playwright/Puppeteer). This actor uses lightweight HTTP requests to Freelancer's public REST API — no browser overhead, 5–10× faster.

Can I filter by multiple skills at once? Yes. Add names to the skills array. They're resolved against Freelancer's skill catalog (case-insensitive) and applied as an OR filter.

What if a skill name doesn't match? You'll see a warning in the log (No matching skill IDs found for: X) and the actor will return all skills for that query. Skill names must match Freelancer's catalog — Python works, python developer does not (use searchQuery for that).

Can I use a category URL? Yes. Paste https://www.freelancer.com/jobs/python/ into startUrls — the actor resolves the slug to a skill ID automatically.

How accurate is the budget filter? Filtering is done in USD using Freelancer's published exchange rates. Projects in INR, EUR, GBP, etc. are normalised before the min/max check — you won't get noise from currency differences.

Where is the analytics report? Run → Storage tab → Key-Value Store → click ANALYTICS.

What's the default sort order? Newest first (time_submitted). Note: Freelancer may prepend featured/promoted projects above the strict chronological order.

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Support

Found a bug or want a new feature? Open an issue in the Issues tab on this actor's page. Response time typically under 24 hours.

Maintained by brilliant_gum on Apify.