# Wag Dog Walking & Pet Care Scraper (`crawlerbros/wag-scraper`) Actor Scrape Wag's city service guides for dog walking and dog boarding. Get city-level service data including recent verified reviews, average ratings, city descriptions, coordinates, and related neighborhoods across 6,900+ cities in all 50 US states. - **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/wag-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Other - **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? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Wag Dog Walking & Pet Care Scraper Scrape **Wag** — the US's leading on-demand pet care platform covering 6,900+ cities across all 50 states. Extract city-level service guides for dog walking and dog boarding, including verified customer reviews, aggregate ratings, geographic data, city descriptions, and featured dog-friendly neighborhoods. ### What data can you extract? #### City Service Guide record | Field | Description | |---|---| | `city` | City name (e.g. "New York") | | `state` | State abbreviation (e.g. "NY") | | `stateFull` | Full state name (e.g. "New York") | | `citySlug` | Wag city slug used in URL (e.g. "ny-new-york") | | `wagService` | Service display name (e.g. "Dog Walking") | | `wagServiceSlug` | Service slug (e.g. "dog-walking") | | `latitude` | City latitude coordinate | | `longitude` | City longitude coordinate | | `population` | City population | | `providerSearchRadius` | Wag's provider search radius (miles) | | `summary` | City-specific service description | | `description` | Full city guide editorial description (plain text) | | `videoUrl` | Embedded YouTube video URL for the city guide, when available | | `imageUrl` | City hero image URL | | `publishedAt` | Date the city guide was first published | | `metaTitle` | Page SEO title | | `metaDescription` | Page SEO meta description | | `relatedNeighborhoods` | Nearby neighborhoods also covered | | `relatedCities` | Nearby cities also covered | | `recentReviewCount` | Number of recent reviews found on the page | | `recentAvgRating` | Average rating of recent reviews (1–5 scale) | | `recentServiceTypes` | Service types mentioned in reviews | | `neighborhoodHighlights` | Featured dog-friendly neighborhoods/areas in the city, each with `name`, `votes`, `description`, and `stats` (e.g. number of dog parks) | | `sourceUrl` | Wag page URL scraped | | `scrapedAt` | UTC timestamp of scrape | | `recordType` | Always `"cityServiceGuide"` | #### Review record | Field | Description | |---|---| | `reviewerName` | Reviewer display name | | `reviewerAvatar` | Reviewer profile photo URL | | `rating` | Star rating (1–5) | | `reviewText` | Review comment text | | `reviewDate` | Review timestamp | | `serviceType` | Specific service reviewed | | `city` | City the review is from | | `state` | State abbreviation | | `stateFull` | Full state name | | `wagService` | Wag service category | | `wagServiceSlug` | Service slug | | `sourceUrl` | Wag page URL | | `scrapedAt` | UTC timestamp of scrape | | `recordType` | Always `"review"` | ### Modes #### By City (default) Scrape service guides for one or more specific cities. ```json { "mode": "byCity", "cities": ["ny-new-york", "ca-los-angeles", "il-chicago"], "serviceType": "dog-walking", "maxItems": 50 } ```` City slugs follow the pattern `{state-code}-{city-name}`, for example: - `ny-new-york` → New York, NY - `ca-los-angeles` → Los Angeles, CA - `tx-houston` → Houston, TX - `fl-miami` → Miami, FL #### By Service Scrape city guides for a service type across all available cities (up to `maxItems`). ```json { "mode": "byService", "serviceType": "dog-boarding", "maxItems": 100 } ``` Available service types: `dog-walking`, `dog-boarding` #### By State Scrape all cities within a specific US state for a given service. ```json { "mode": "byState", "state": "ca", "serviceType": "dog-boarding", "maxItems": 200 } ``` ### Input Options | Parameter | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `mode` | string | `byCity`, `byService`, or `byState` | | `cities` | array | City slugs to scrape (mode=byCity) | | `serviceType` | string | Service to scrape: `dog-walking` or `dog-boarding` | | `state` | string | US state abbreviation (mode=byState) | | `recordType` | string | What to emit: `cityServiceGuide`, `review`, or `both` (default: `cityServiceGuide`) | | `minRating` | number | Minimum rating filter (1–5) | | `maxItems` | integer | Maximum records to return (default: 50, max: 5000) | ### Sample Output #### City Service Guide ```json { "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "stateFull": "New York", "citySlug": "ny-new-york", "wagService": "Dog Walking", "wagServiceSlug": "dog-walking", "latitude": 40.7128, "longitude": -74.006, "population": 8336817, "recentReviewCount": 10, "recentAvgRating": 4.9, "recentServiceTypes": ["Dog Walking", "Dog Boarding"], "neighborhoodHighlights": [ { "name": "Barton Hills", "votes": 48, "description": "Barton Hills is one of the most popular neighborhoods in the area...", "stats": {"Dog Parks": "1 park", "Population Density": "Low"} } ], "sourceUrl": "https://wagwalking.com/dog-walking/ny-new-york", "scrapedAt": "2026-06-30T12:00:00+00:00", "recordType": "cityServiceGuide" } ``` #### Review ```json { "reviewerName": "Sarah M.", "rating": 5, "reviewText": "Our dog walker was amazing — punctual, caring, and sent great photos!", "reviewDate": "2026-05-15T10:30:00Z", "serviceType": "Dog Walking", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "stateFull": "New York", "wagService": "Dog Walking", "wagServiceSlug": "dog-walking", "sourceUrl": "https://wagwalking.com/dog-walking/ny-new-york", "scrapedAt": "2026-06-30T12:00:00+00:00", "recordType": "review" } ``` ### Use Cases - **Pet care market research** — Compare Wag service availability and satisfaction by city and state - **Geographic expansion** — Identify cities with high demand but limited coverage - **Competitive intelligence** — Track ratings and review volume across Wag's service network - **Local pet business leads** — Discover underserved markets for pet care entrepreneurs - **Consumer insights** — Analyze pet owner preferences by region and service type - **Directory building** — Build comprehensive pet care guides for US cities ### FAQs **Does this require a Wag account?** No. The scraper uses Wag's public city service guide pages — no login or account required. **What cities are covered?** Wag has city guide pages for 6,900+ US cities across all 50 states plus Washington D.C. **How many records can I get per run?** Set `maxItems` up to 5,000. In `byService` or `byState` mode, results come from Wag's city list pages and sitemaps. **What is a "city service guide"?** Each Wag city page (e.g. `wagwalking.com/dog-walking/ny-new-york`) includes local service info: recent verified reviews, average ratings, an editorial city description, featured dog-friendly neighborhoods, geographic coordinates, and related cities. **Are individual sitter profiles included?** No. Wag's sitter profile pages require an authenticated app session. This actor scrapes the publicly accessible city service guide pages which contain aggregated and anonymized review data. **How fresh is the data?** Data is scraped in real-time from Wag's live website. **Can I get reviews separately from city guides?** Yes — set `recordType` to `review` to get only individual review records, or `both` to get city guides and reviews together. # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): How to select which city/service pages to scrape. ## `cities` (type: `array`): List of city slugs to scrape (mode=byCity). Format: state-abbreviation + city name, e.g. 'ny-new-york', 'ca-los-angeles', 'il-chicago'. ## `serviceType` (type: `string`): Wag service to scrape. Wag has city guide pages for Dog Walking and Dog Boarding only. ## `state` (type: `string`): US state abbreviation to scrape all cities for (mode=byState). Examples: 'NY', 'CA', 'TX', 'FL'. ## `recordType` (type: `string`): What type of records to emit. ## `minRating` (type: `number`): Only include records with a rating at or above this value (1–5 scale). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of records to return. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "byCity", "cities": [ "ny-new-york" ], "serviceType": "dog-walking", "state": "ny", "recordType": "cityServiceGuide", "maxItems": 10 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `cityServiceGuides` (type: `string`): Dataset containing scraped Wag city service guide records with ratings, location, reviews, and neighborhood highlights. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "mode": "byCity", "cities": [ "ny-new-york" ], "serviceType": "dog-walking", "state": "ny", "recordType": "cityServiceGuide", "maxItems": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/wag-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "mode": "byCity", "cities": ["ny-new-york"], "serviceType": "dog-walking", "state": "ny", "recordType": "cityServiceGuide", "maxItems": 10, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("crawlerbros/wag-scraper").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 '{ "mode": "byCity", "cities": [ "ny-new-york" ], "serviceType": "dog-walking", "state": "ny", "recordType": "cityServiceGuide", "maxItems": 10 }' | apify call crawlerbros/wag-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crawlerbros/wag-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Wag Dog Walking & Pet Care Scraper", "description": "Scrape Wag's city service guides for dog walking and dog boarding. Get city-level service data including recent verified reviews, average ratings, city descriptions, coordinates, and related neighborhoods across 6,900+ cities in all 50 US states.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "h96gNwAd9ecucoOwq" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/crawlerbros~wag-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-crawlerbros-wag-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~wag-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-crawlerbros-wag-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~wag-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-crawlerbros-wag-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "mode" ], "properties": { "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "byCity", "byService", "byState" ], "type": "string", "description": "How to select which city/service pages to scrape.", "default": "byCity" }, "cities": { "title": "Cities (mode=byCity)", "type": "array", "description": "List of city slugs to scrape (mode=byCity). Format: state-abbreviation + city name, e.g. 'ny-new-york', 'ca-los-angeles', 'il-chicago'.", "default": [ "ny-new-york" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "serviceType": { "title": "Service type", "enum": [ "dog-walking", "dog-boarding" ], "type": "string", "description": "Wag service to scrape. Wag has city guide pages for Dog Walking and Dog Boarding only.", "default": "dog-walking" }, "state": { "title": "State (mode=byState)", "enum": [ "ak", "al", "ar", "az", "ca", "co", "ct", "dc", "de", "fl", "ga", "hi", "ia", "id", "il", "in", "ks", "ky", "la", "ma", "md", "me", "mi", "mn", "mo", "ms", "mt", "nc", "nd", "ne", "nh", "nj", "nm", "nv", "ny", "oh", "ok", "or", "pa", "ri", "sc", "sd", "tn", "tx", "ut", "va", "vt", "wa", "wi", "wv", "wy" ], "type": "string", "description": "US state abbreviation to scrape all cities for (mode=byState). Examples: 'NY', 'CA', 'TX', 'FL'.", "default": "ny" }, "recordType": { "title": "Record type", "enum": [ "cityServiceGuide", "review", "both" ], "type": "string", "description": "What type of records to emit.", "default": "cityServiceGuide" }, "minRating": { "title": "Minimum rating", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5, "type": "number", "description": "Only include records with a rating at or above this value (1–5 scale)." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of records to return.", "default": 50 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```