# BrighterMonday Scraper (`crawlerbros/brightermonday-scraper`) Actor

Scrape live job listings from BrighterMonday.co.ke, Kenya's largest job board. Search by keyword, location, industry, and experience level, or fetch full job details (description, salary, deadline) from listing URLs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/brightermonday-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Jobs, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
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?

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

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# README

## BrighterMonday Scraper

Scrape live job listings from [BrighterMonday.co.ke](https://www.brightermonday.co.ke), Kenya's largest job board. Search by keyword, location, industry, and experience level, or fetch full job details — description, salary, deadline, requirements — from listing URLs. No login, no cookies, no paid proxy required.

### What this actor does

- **Two modes:** `search` (keyword + filters) and `byUrls` (direct listing fetch)
- **Filters:** location, experience level, industry, job category/function, employment type, salary range, keyword
- **Rich detail enrichment:** optionally follows each listing to pull the full job description, salary breakdown, application deadline, and requirements
- **Empty fields are omitted** — every record only contains data actually present on the listing

### Output per job

- `jobId` — BrighterMonday's internal listing ID
- `title`, `companyName`, `location`
- `employmentType` — `fullTime` / `partTime` / `contract` / `internship` / `temporary` / `volunteer`
- `category`, `industry`
- `experienceLevel`, `experienceMonths`
- `salaryMin`, `salaryMax`, `salaryCurrency`, `salaryPeriod` (only when disclosed)
- `descriptionHtml`, `descriptionText` — full job description (when `includeFullDescription` is on)
- `datePosted`, `validThrough` — ISO 8601 timestamps
- `isFeatured`, `isNew`, `isDirectApply`
- `addressRegion`, `addressCountry`
- `sourceUrl` — canonical listing URL
- `recordType: "job"`, `scrapedAt`

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `mode` | string | `search` | `search` / `byUrls` |
| `searchQuery` | string | `accountant` | Free-text keyword (mode=search); leave empty to browse all listings |
| `location` | select | – | Filter to a BrighterMonday location region |
| `experienceLevel` | select | – | Filter to an experience level |
| `industry` | select | – | Filter to an industry |
| `jobFunction` | select | – | Filter to a job category/function (e.g. Sales, Software & Data, Human Resources) |
| `employmentType` | select | – | Filter to an employment type (applied client-side) |
| `sortBy` | select | `relevance` | `relevance` (featured) or `popular` |
| `minSalary` / `maxSalary` | int | – | Salary bounds (local currency units); jobs with undisclosed salary always pass through |
| `containsKeyword` | string | – | Substring filter on title/description/company |
| `listingUrls` | array | – | Direct listing URLs (mode=byUrls) |
| `includeFullDescription` | bool | `true` | Fetch each listing's detail page for full description/salary/deadline |
| `maxItems` | int | `30` | Hard cap (1–1000) |

#### Example: mid-level IT jobs in Nairobi

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "developer",
  "location": "nairobi",
  "industry": "it-telecoms",
  "experienceLevel": "mid-level",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

#### Example: fetch specific listings

```json
{
  "mode": "byUrls",
  "listingUrls": [
    "https://www.brightermonday.co.ke/listings/sales-and-marketing-representative-ernmpj",
    "https://www.brightermonday.co.ke/listings/school-principal-454mp8"
  ]
}
```

### Use cases

- **Recruitment intelligence** — track live hiring demand by industry, location, or experience tier across Kenya
- **Salary benchmarking** — aggregate disclosed salary ranges by role/industry
- **Job aggregation** — feed a meta job board or Slack/email alert pipeline
- **Market research** — monitor which companies and sectors are hiring
- **Lead generation** — identify companies actively recruiting for outreach

### FAQ

**Does this require login or cookies?**  No. All listings scraped are publicly visible on brightermonday.co.ke.

**Why do some jobs lack a salary?**  Many employers list salary as "Confidential." The actor omits `salaryMin`/`salaryMax` entirely rather than emitting a fake value.

**What locations are supported?**  Kenya-wide plus curated hubs: Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Thika, Trans Nzoia, Rest of Kenya, Outside Kenya, and Remote.

**Does `employmentType` filter server-side?**  BrighterMonday's search UI doesn't expose an employment-type URL filter, so this actor applies it client-side after fetching results — results are still exact.

**How fresh is the data?**  Real-time — every run hits brightermonday.co.ke live; no caching.

**Can I turn off the detail-page fetch for speed?**  Yes — set `includeFullDescription` to `false` to only use search-results-page fields (title, company, location, employment type, category, salary tag). This is faster for large `maxItems` runs.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to fetch.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Free-text keyword search (mode=search). Leave empty to browse all current listings.

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

Filter to a BrighterMonday location region (mode=search).

## `experienceLevel` (type: `string`):

Filter to a specific experience level (mode=search).

## `industry` (type: `string`):

Filter to a specific industry (mode=search).

## `jobFunction` (type: `string`):

Filter to a specific job function/category (mode=search), e.g. Sales, Software & Data, Human Resources.

## `employmentType` (type: `string`):

Filter results to a specific employment type (applied client-side, mode=search).

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Result ordering (mode=search).

## `minSalary` (type: `integer`):

Drop jobs whose disclosed salary is below this (local currency units, e.g. KES). Jobs with undisclosed salary always pass through.

## `maxSalary` (type: `integer`):

Drop jobs whose disclosed salary is above this (local currency units, e.g. KES). Jobs with undisclosed salary always pass through.

## `containsKeyword` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive substring filter applied to title, description, and company name.

## `listingUrls` (type: `array`):

Direct BrighterMonday listing URLs to fetch full details for, e.g. `https://www.brightermonday.co.ke/listings/sales-and-marketing-representative-ernmpj`.

## `includeFullDescription` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each listing's detail page for full description/salary/deadline (mode=search). Slower but much richer output.

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

Hard cap on emitted records.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "accountant",
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "listingUrls": [],
  "includeFullDescription": true,
  "maxItems": 30
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `jobs` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all scraped BrighterMonday job listings.

# 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 = {
    "mode": "search",
    "searchQuery": "accountant",
    "sortBy": "relevance",
    "listingUrls": [],
    "includeFullDescription": true,
    "maxItems": 30
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/brightermonday-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 = {
    "mode": "search",
    "searchQuery": "accountant",
    "sortBy": "relevance",
    "listingUrls": [],
    "includeFullDescription": True,
    "maxItems": 30,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("crawlerbros/brightermonday-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "accountant",
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "listingUrls": [],
  "includeFullDescription": true,
  "maxItems": 30
}' |
apify call crawlerbros/brightermonday-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,crawlerbros/brightermonday-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ab7nhrGve4oqLJdIW/builds/KqOH4w4vIhfr3ca5I/openapi.json