Pals Cyprus Directory Scraper - Cyprus Business Directory

Scrape Pals Cyprus Directory (palscyprus.directory) — a free Cyprus business directory covering 19 categories from eating out to medical, motoring, and property. Browse by category, search by keyword across every category, or fetch full business profiles by direct URL, and get names, phone numbers, addresses, categories, and descriptions. No login, no cookies, no API key required.

Data Source & Usage Notes

Read this before running a large job.

• No login required. The source is a WordPress-based directory with no account wall on browse or business profile pages.
• Conservative by design. The actor only ever uses Apify's free datacenter (AUTO) proxy group — never a paid residential proxy.
• Not affiliated with Pals Cyprus Directory. This is an independent third-party tool using the source's own public, no-login browse pages.

What this actor does

• Three modes: search (browse a category), keyword (site-wide keyword search across every category), and detail (direct business profile URLs)
• 19 curated categories covering the site's full taxonomy (Eating Out, Medical, Motoring, Property, Home Services, and more), or type a custom category slug
• Sort by relevance (the site's own order) or name (A-Z)
• Every field the site publishes — the site's underlying directory software labels every field it renders (Business Name, Genre, Description, Phone Number, Address, and any admin-added custom fields), and this actor picks up all of them generically, not just a fixed hardcoded list
• Empty fields are omitted — you only ever see fields that were actually found for a business

Output per business

• listingId, name, sourceUrl — canonical Pals Cyprus Directory profile URL
• category — the business's listed genre/category
• phone, address, description
• email, website, mobile — when published for that business
• extraFields — any additional labelled fields the site publishes beyond the ones above, keyed by a slugified version of their own label
• imageUrl — listing thumbnail, when present
• searchCategory — the category browsed to find this result (mode=search only)
• searchKeyword — the keyword searched to find this result (mode=keyword only)
• country (always "Cyprus")
• recordType: "business", scrapedAt

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search	search, keyword, or detail
category	string	eating-out	mode=search — one of 19 curated categories
customCategory	string	–	mode=search — exact category slug not in the curated list
keyword	string	–	mode=keyword — free-text search term across every category
sortBy	string	relevance	relevance / name
businessUrls	array	–	mode=detail — direct profile URLs
maxItems	int	20	Hard cap (1–500)

Example: browse a category

{
  "mode": "search",
  "category": "medical",
  "maxItems": 30
}

Example: browse a custom category slug

{
  "mode": "search",
  "customCategory": "motoring",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example: search by keyword across all categories

{
  "mode": "keyword",
  "keyword": "gelato",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example: fetch business profiles by URL

{
  "mode": "detail",
  "businessUrls": [
    { "url": "https://palscyprus.directory/64ce2-home/anita-gelato/" }
  ]
}

Use cases

• Market research — find every business of a given type across Cyprus
• Lead generation — build a list of business names, phone numbers, and descriptions for outreach
• Company existence verification — confirm a business is listed and see its category and contact details
• Local competitor analysis — see what's already operating in a given category

FAQ

What's the data source? Pals Cyprus Directory's own free public business directory at palscyprus.directory. This actor is an independent third-party tool and is not affiliated with Pals Cyprus Directory.

Why did my run return 0 results? The category genuinely has no listings, or you typed a customCategory slug that doesn't exist on the site. Try one of the 19 curated categories in the dropdown.

How fresh is the data? Real-time — the browse pages reflect the directory's database as of the moment of the search.