Airbnb Professional Host Email Scraper

A specialized Apify scraper for extracting professional host business information from Airbnb.

🎯 Features

• Complete extraction : Collects all properties in a city
• Smart filtering : Automatically identifies professional hosts
• Detailed information : Extracts company name, address, email, phone, registration number
• Automatic navigation : Visits PROFESSIONAL_HOST_DETAILS modals
• Robustness : Error handling and multiple fallbacks

📊 Extracted Data

The scraper extracts detailed professional information:

{
  "url": "https://www.airbnb.fr/rooms/41639499",
  "hostType": "Professional Host",
  "companyName": "Merle Benoit",
  "address": "11 Quai André Lassagne, 69001, Lyon, France",
  "email": "canopeelyon@gmail.com",
  "phone": "+33 6 72 52 38 02",
  "registrationNumber": "850593237",
  "extractedAt": "2025-10-26T05:15:00.000Z"
}

Detailed Fields

• url : Airbnb property URL
• hostType : Host type (e.g., "Professional Host")
• companyName : Company name or business name
• address : Business address
• email : Professional email address
• phone : Professional phone number
• registrationNumber : Registration number (SIRET)
• extractedAt : Extraction timestamp

🚀 Usage

Input Format

The scraper accepts two input formats:

1. City name only

{
  "input": "Verneuil-sur-Seine"
}

2. Full Airbnb search URL (with /homes at the end)

{
  "input": "https://www.airbnb.fr/s/verneuil-sur-seine/homes"
}

The scraper automatically detects the format and constructs the appropriate search URL.

Examples

City name (Recommended)

{
  "input": "Lyon"
}

Full URL with /homes

{
  "input": "https://www.airbnb.fr/s/lyon/homes"
}

City with spaces and special characters

{
  "input": "Verneuil-sur-Seine"
}

Full URL for complex cities

{
  "input": "https://www.airbnb.fr/s/verneuil-sur-seine/homes"
}

⚡ Performance

• 4 parallel workers : Balanced processing for optimal speed and stability
• waitForSelector : Intelligent modal waiting (more reliable than setTimeout)
• Automatic navigation : Browses through all available pages (max 15 pages)
• Smart detection : Automatically stops when no more pages
• Clean URLs : Removes search parameters
• Deduplication : Avoids duplicate URLs
• Progressive saving : Each extraction is saved immediately

🛠️ Technical Architecture

Technologies Used

• Apify SDK : Automation framework
• PuppeteerCrawler : Navigation and extraction
• Puppeteer : Browser control
• Node.js : JavaScript runtime

Extraction Process

Phase 1 - Property Collection:

1. Navigation : Access to Airbnb search page
2. Cookie management : Automatic cookie acceptance
3. Property extraction : Retrieval of lodging data (URL, title, price, host type)
4. Automatic navigation : Moving to next pages (max 15 pages)
5. Smart filtering : Professional host identification

Phase 2 - Professional Host Analysis: 6. Validation : Verification of identified professional hosts 7. URL construction : Creation of URLs with modal=PROFESSIONAL_HOST_DETAILS

Phase 3 - Business Information Extraction: 8. Parallel processing : 4 simultaneous workers for optimal performance 9. waitForSelector : Intelligent modal loading wait 10. Detailed extraction : Company name, address, email, phone, SIRET 11. Progressive saving : Each extraction saved immediately

📈 Typical Results

• 200-250 properties analyzed per city
• 15-25 professional hosts identified on average
• 95%+ success rate in business information extraction
• Execution time : ~2-3 minutes per city (optimized with 4 workers)
• Complete data : Company name, address, email, phone, SIRET
• Progressive saving : Each extraction saved immediately

⚙️ Recommended Configuration

Optimal Settings for Apify:

MEMORY: 8 GB (recommended)
TIMEOUT: 7200s (2 hours)
RESTART ON ERROR: ON

Why 8GB Memory?

• Puppeteer + Chrome : ~4-5GB base consumption
• Airbnb pages : ~1-2GB for complex layouts
• Navigation buffer : ~1GB for smooth transitions
• Total recommended : 8GB for optimal performance

Performance Comparison:

Memory	Speed	Stability	Recommendation
4GB	❌ Slow	❌ Crashes	❌ Not recommended
6GB	⚠️ Medium	⚠️ Unstable	⚠️ Minimum
8GB	✅ Fast	✅ Stable	✅ Recommended
16GB	✅ Very fast	✅ Very stable	✅ Optimal

Alternative (Budget Option):

MEMORY: 6 GB (minimum)
TIMEOUT: 5400s (1.5 hours)
RESTART ON ERROR: ON

⚠️ Important: Manual Configuration

If the default settings don't apply automatically, you can manually configure them in the Apify console:

1. Go to your Actor in the Apify console
2. Click on "Settings" tab
3. Set the following values:
   • Memory: 8192 MB (8 GB)
   • Timeout: 7200 seconds (2 hours)
   • Restart on error: ON

This ensures optimal performance and prevents memory-related crashes.

🔍 Selectors Used

The scraper uses multiple selectors to maximize extraction:

• [data-testid="card-container"] a[href*="/rooms/"]
• a[href*="/rooms/"]
• [data-testid="listing-card-link"]

🚀 Deployment

The scraper is ready for deployment on Apify Cloud:

• Complete configuration : package.json, Dockerfile, actor.json
• Optimized code : Based on Airbnb HTML analysis
• Documentation : Complete README with examples

📝 Important Notes

• Search URLs : Use Airbnb search URLs (e.g., /s/Paris--France)
• Pagination : The scraper automatically detects next pages
• Deduplication : Duplicate URLs are automatically removed
• Cleaning : Search parameters are removed from URLs

📞 Support

For any questions or issues:

• Check execution logs
• Verify Airbnb HTML structure
• Adapt selectors if necessary
• Verify that the search URL is valid