# JobPosting Consistency Preflight (`checksmithcats/jobposting-consistency-preflight`) Actor

Flags JobPosting structured-data completeness, expiry, visible-page consistency, and apply-link reachability on public job detail pages. No login or account access.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/checksmithcats/jobposting-consistency-preflight.md
- **Developed by:** [Checksmith Cats](https://apify.com/checksmithcats) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / jobposting preflight report generated

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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?

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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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

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# README

## JobPosting Consistency Preflight

Before publishing or refreshing job listings, flag reproducible JobPosting structured-data and live-page consistency signals.

### What it checks

- Public job detail page reachability
- JSON-LD `JobPosting` presence
- Google-documented required properties: `title`, `datePosted`, `description`, `hiringOrganization`, and `jobLocation`
- 100% remote branch: `jobLocationType: TELECOMMUTE` plus `applicantLocationRequirements`
- Recommended fields such as `validThrough`, `employmentType`, `baseSalary`, `identifier`, and `directApply`
- Expired `validThrough`, invalid dates, stale `datePosted`, and `validThrough < datePosted`
- Structured title/location versus visible page signals
- Basic apply-link presence and reachability
- Reproducibility-focused Evidence Pack with redacted public URL query strings

### Inputs

Provide one or more of:

- `jobUrls`: public job detail page URLs
- `sitemapUrl`: a public sitemap containing job detail pages
- `feedCsvUrl`: a public CSV with a job URL column such as `jobUrl`, `url`, `link`, or `job_url`

Optional:

- `sampleLimit`: 1 to 200, default 25

### Output

The Actor writes:

- `REPORT.json`
- `REPORT.html`
- `REPORT.md`
- Dataset rows for each finding

Each finding includes severity, confidence, source URL, evidence, recommendation, and references where applicable.

### Billing note

Pay-per-event billing is based on reachable job pages only. Unreachable pages are reported as findings, but they are not counted as checked job pages.

### Boundaries

The Actor uses public job URLs only. It does not collect applicant data, log into sites, judge employment-law compliance, decide whether a role should be posted, or reproduce any platform review decision.

Not affiliated with Google. This is an informational diagnostic report of public JobPosting structured-data and live-page consistency signals; it is not a certification, approval, ranking, indexing, or display service.

### Related tools

- JobPosting Expiry Monitor - Use when the same job URLs should be watched across scheduled runs.
- Structured Data Bulk QA - Use when the site has several structured-data types beyond JobPosting.
- Agency Evidence Pack - Use when JobPosting checks are one part of a multi-client monthly record.

# Actor input Schema

## `jobUrls` (type: `array`):

Public job detail page URLs to check.

## `sitemapUrl` (type: `string`):

Optional public sitemap URL containing job detail pages.

## `feedCsvUrl` (type: `string`):

Optional public CSV URL with a job URL column such as jobUrl, url, link, or job\_url.

## `sampleLimit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of extracted job URLs to inspect.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "jobUrls": [
    "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/Ge9l6paMLvccf5JHh/records/batch4-jobposting.html?signature=9mKkdj1aoo1F0jVFQf02"
  ],
  "sampleLimit": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

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

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "jobUrls": [
        "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/Ge9l6paMLvccf5JHh/records/batch4-jobposting.html?signature=9mKkdj1aoo1F0jVFQf02"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("checksmithcats/jobposting-consistency-preflight").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 = { "jobUrls": ["https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/Ge9l6paMLvccf5JHh/records/batch4-jobposting.html?signature=9mKkdj1aoo1F0jVFQf02"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("checksmithcats/jobposting-consistency-preflight").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 '{
  "jobUrls": [
    "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/Ge9l6paMLvccf5JHh/records/batch4-jobposting.html?signature=9mKkdj1aoo1F0jVFQf02"
  ]
}' |
apify call checksmithcats/jobposting-consistency-preflight --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=checksmithcats/jobposting-consistency-preflight",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/BfgPXM6PmediFchCt/builds/5dwMu0raqirwvNwAY/openapi.json