Google Jobs Scraper

A powerful Apify actor for scraping Google Jobs search results by keyword and location. Built with Playwright for reliable JavaScript rendering.

Features

• 🔍 Keyword & Location Search — Search for jobs by title/keywords and any location
• 📅 Date Filtering — Filter by posting date (24h, 3 days, week, month)
• 💰 Salary Extraction — Captures salary information when available
• 📝 Full Descriptions — Extracts complete job descriptions
• 🏢 Company Details — Gets company names and job types
• 🔗 Direct Links — Provides URLs to original job postings
• 🛡️ Anti-Bot Protection — Realistic user agents, delays, and proxy support

Use Cases

1. Job Market Research — Analyze salary trends and job availability by location
2. Recruitment Intelligence — Monitor competitor job postings
3. Career Planning — Track job openings in your field
4. HR Analytics — Collect data for workforce planning
5. Lead Generation — Identify companies actively hiring

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchQuery	string	✅	Job title or keywords (e.g., "software engineer")
location	string	✅	Location to search (e.g., "New York, NY" or "United States")
maxResults	integer	❌	Maximum results to return (1-200, default: 50)
postedWithin	select	❌	Filter: "any", "24h", "3days", "week", "month"
proxyConfiguration	object	❌	Apify proxy settings (recommended)

Example Output

{
  "title": "Senior Software Engineer",
  "company": "Google",
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "salary": "$150,000 - $220,000 USD/year",
  "description": "We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. You will work on large-scale distributed systems...",
  "url": "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/...",
  "postedDate": "2024-01-15",
  "jobType": "FULL_TIME",
  "source": "Google Jobs"
}

Search Tips

Effective Queries

• ✅ software engineer — General job title
• ✅ python developer remote — Include remote keyword
• ✅ data scientist entry level — Specify experience level
• ✅ product manager fintech — Include industry

Location Formats

• ✅ New York, NY — City and state
• ✅ United States — Country-wide search
• ✅ Remote — Remote positions
• ✅ San Francisco Bay Area — Regional search

Common Job Types

• FULL_TIME — Full-time positions
• PART_TIME — Part-time positions
• CONTRACTOR — Contract roles
• INTERN — Internships

Running Locally

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
playwright install chromium

# Run the actor
python -m src.main

Proxy Configuration

For best results, enable Apify's residential proxy to:

• Avoid IP-based rate limiting
• Get location-specific results
• Maintain consistent scraping performance

Output Schema

The actor outputs job listings with the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Job title
company	string	Company name
location	string	Job location
salary	string	Salary range (if available)
description	string	Full job description
url	string	Link to original posting
postedDate	string	When the job was posted
jobType	string	Employment type
source	string	Always "Google Jobs"

Rate Limits

• Default delay: 1-3 seconds between requests
• Recommended: Use proxy rotation for large-scale scraping
• Max results: 200 per run

Changelog

v1.0.0

• Initial release
• Playwright-based scraping
• JSON-LD structured data extraction
• DOM parsing fallback
• Proxy support
• Date filtering

License

MIT