# Malt Scraper: Freelancer Profiles, Rates & Skills (`dltik/malt-scraper`) Actor Scrape Malt freelancers by keyword, location, daily rate range, skills. Coverage: France, Germany, Spain, UK, Belgium, Netherlands. Get name, headline, daily rate, city, rating, reviews count, skills, profile URL. For agencies, recruiters, talent platforms, B2B prospecting. $1/1K freelancers. - **URL**: https://apify.com/dltik/malt-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [dltik](https://apify.com/dltik) (community) - **Categories:** Business, Lead generation, Marketing - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $1.00 / 1,000 freelancer scrapeds This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. 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 ## Malt Scraper — Freelancers, Daily Rates & Skills Extract freelancer profiles from **Malt** (FR, DE, ES, UK, BE, NL): name, daily rate, location, rating, skills, bio. **HTTP-only, 256MB, $1 per 1,000 freelancers.** Filter by keywords, city, rate range, rating. No proxy needed. > ⭐ **Found this useful?** Click the **Bookmark** button at the top of [this page](https://apify.com/dltik/malt-scraper) — it helps the scraper stay visible to others who need it. Takes 1 click. No signup beyond your existing Apify account. --- ### What can this scraper do? - **Search by keyword** — find freelancers matching skills (Python, React, design...) - **Filter by city** — Paris, Berlin, Madrid, London, etc. - **Filter by daily rate** — set min/max range - **Filter by rating** — only top-rated freelancers - **Enrich profiles** — fetch bio, skills, experiences, languages - **Multi-country** — France, Germany, Spain, UK, Belgium, Netherlands --- ### Quick start #### Find Python freelancers in Paris ```json { "keywords": ["developpeur python", "python backend"], "country": "fr", "city": "Paris", "maxResults": 100 } ```` #### Senior designers EU under €600/day ```json { "keywords": ["UI designer", "UX designer", "product designer"], "country": "fr", "maxRate": 600, "minRating": 4.5, "maxResults": 200 } ``` #### Top-rated React freelancers with full profiles ```json { "keywords": ["react developer"], "country": "fr", "minRating": 4.8, "enrichProfiles": true, "maxResults": 50 } ``` *** ### Input | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | `keywords` | array | *required* | Search keywords | | `country` | enum | `fr` | `fr`, `de`, `es`, `uk`, `be`, `nl` | | `city` | string | — | City filter | | `minRate` | int | — | Min daily rate | | `maxRate` | int | — | Max daily rate | | `minRating` | number | — | Min rating (0-5) | | `enrichProfiles` | boolean | `false` | Fetch full bio + skills | | `maxResults` | int | `50` | Max results per keyword | *** ### Output (per freelancer) ```json { "type": "freelancer", "slug": "eliasbuisson2", "name": "Elias", "title": "🐍 Développeur Python FastAPI", "daily_rate": 580, "currency": "EUR", "city": "Paris", "rating": 5.0, "reviews_count": 11, "badges": ["super-malter"], "avatar_url": "https://...", "profile_url": "https://www.malt.fr/profile/eliasbuisson2", "search_query": "developpeur python", "bio": "8 years of Python experience...", "skills": ["Python", "FastAPI", "Django", "PostgreSQL"], "experiences": [...], "languages": ["French", "English"], "profile_enriched": true } ``` *** ### How much does it cost? **$0.001 per freelancer** = **$1 per 1,000 results**. | Scenario | Results | Cost | Time | |----------|---------|------|------| | 1 keyword, 50 freelancers | 50 | $0.05 | ~5s | | 5 keywords, 50 each | 250 | $0.25 | ~30s | | With profile enrichment | 100 | $0.10 | ~60s | | Max batch | 500 | $0.50 | ~3min | *** ### Use cases - **Recruitment platforms** — source freelancers for ATS - **Competitor pricing** — track daily rates by skill/city - **Talent marketplaces** — build candidate databases - **Market research** — analyze freelancer supply by region - **Lead generation** — outreach to freelancers for projects - **Salary benchmarking** — daily rate trends across Europe *** ### Connect with Make, Zapier & n8n Run the actor via Apify API and route results to your CRM, ATS, Notion, Google Sheets. ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient client = ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN") run = client.actor("dltik/malt-scraper").call(run_input={ "keywords": ["python developer"], "country": "fr", "maxResults": 100 }) for f in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(f"{f['name']} - {f['daily_rate']}€/d - {f['profile_url']}") ``` *** ### FAQ **Why HTTP-only?** Malt's search results are server-side rendered (HTML SSR). We parse the HTML with BeautifulSoup — no browser needed, no IP blocking, super fast. **How fresh is the data?** Real-time. The actor fetches Malt search pages directly. **Does it work for private profiles?** No. Only public profiles visible without login. **Multiple countries simultaneously?** Each run targets one country. Run multiple times for multi-country coverage. *** ### Other scrapers by dltik | Actor | Description | Price | |-------|-------------|-------| | [Welcome to the Jungle](https://apify.com/dltik/welcome-to-the-jungle-scraper) | Scrape WTJ jobs (FR/EU) | $0.50/1K | | [Google Maps Email Extractor](https://apify.com/dltik/google-maps-email-extractor) | Emails + WhatsApp from Google Maps | $3/1K | | [Trustpilot Scraper](https://apify.com/dltik/trustpilot-scraper) | Reviews with sentiment | $0.50/1K | | [Reddit Scraper](https://apify.com/dltik/reddit-scraper) | Posts + comments + sentiment | $2/1K | | [Facebook Ads Scraper](https://apify.com/dltik/facebook-ads-scraper) | Meta Ad Library spy | $1/1K | | [TikTok Scraper](https://apify.com/dltik/tiktok-scraper) | Profiles, videos, hashtags | $1/1K | # Actor input Schema ## `keywords` (type: `array`): List of keywords to search freelancers (e.g. 'developpeur python', 'designer UI'). Each keyword runs a separate search. Note: Malt limits guest search to ~24 profiles per keyword — use multiple keywords to expand coverage (results are deduplicated by profile). ## `country` (type: `string`): Malt country: fr (France), de (Germany), es (Spain), uk (United Kingdom), be (Belgium), nl (Netherlands). ## `city` (type: `string`): Filter by city (e.g. 'Paris', 'Lyon', 'Berlin'). Leave empty for all cities. ## `locationType` (type: `string`): Filter by work location preference. ## `minRate` (type: `integer`): Filter freelancers with daily rate ≥ this amount (applied at API level when supported). ## `maxRate` (type: `integer`): Filter freelancers with daily rate ≤ this amount (applied at API level when supported). ## `experienceLevel` (type: `string`): Filter by minimum experience level. ## `availability` (type: `string`): Filter by availability status. ## `minRating` (type: `number`): Filter by minimum rating (0-5). Applied post-fetch. ## `enrichProfiles` (type: `boolean`): For each freelancer found, fetch the public profile API to extract 30+ extra fields: answer rate, answer time, languages with level, portfolio items count, fee rates, geo coordinates, etc. Slower but no extra cost — enrichment is included in the per-freelancer price. ## `enrichConcurrency` (type: `integer`): Parallel workers for profile enrichment. Higher = faster but may trigger rate-limits. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum freelancers per keyword. Malt's guest search caps at ~24 per query — values above 24 only matter when combined with multiple keywords/filters. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy configuration. Malt blocks Apify datacenter IPs via Cloudflare — residential proxies are required. Defaults to Apify residential proxy group. ## Actor input object example ```json { "keywords": [ "developpeur python" ], "country": "fr", "locationType": "", "experienceLevel": "", "availability": "", "enrichProfiles": false, "enrichConcurrency": 10, "maxResults": 24, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): Dataset of Malt freelancer profiles with name, title, daily rate, location, rating, reviews, skills. # 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 = { "keywords": [ "developpeur python" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("dltik/malt-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 = { "keywords": ["developpeur python"], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("dltik/malt-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 '{ "keywords": [ "developpeur python" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }' | apify call dltik/malt-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=dltik/malt-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Malt Scraper: Freelancer Profiles, Rates & Skills", "description": "Scrape Malt freelancers by keyword, location, daily rate range, skills. Coverage: France, Germany, Spain, UK, Belgium, Netherlands. Get name, headline, daily rate, city, rating, reviews count, skills, profile URL. For agencies, recruiters, talent platforms, B2B prospecting. $1/1K freelancers.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "mPfKwPI3h6bptn7d6" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/dltik~malt-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-dltik-malt-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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/dltik~malt-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-dltik-malt-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/dltik~malt-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-dltik-malt-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", "properties": { "keywords": { "title": "Search keywords", "type": "array", "description": "List of keywords to search freelancers (e.g. 'developpeur python', 'designer UI'). Each keyword runs a separate search. Note: Malt limits guest search to ~24 profiles per keyword — use multiple keywords to expand coverage (results are deduplicated by profile).", "items": { "type": "string" }, "default": [] }, "country": { "title": "Malt country domain", "enum": [ "fr", "de", "es", "uk", "be", "nl" ], "type": "string", "description": "Malt country: fr (France), de (Germany), es (Spain), uk (United Kingdom), be (Belgium), nl (Netherlands).", "default": "fr" }, "city": { "title": "City filter", "type": "string", "description": "Filter by city (e.g. 'Paris', 'Lyon', 'Berlin'). Leave empty for all cities." }, "locationType": { "title": "Location type", "enum": [ "", "REMOTE", "ON_SITE", "HYBRID" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by work location preference.", "default": "" }, "minRate": { "title": "Minimum daily rate", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Filter freelancers with daily rate ≥ this amount (applied at API level when supported)." }, "maxRate": { "title": "Maximum daily rate", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Filter freelancers with daily rate ≤ this amount (applied at API level when supported)." }, "experienceLevel": { "title": "Minimum experience level", "enum": [ "", "BEGINNER", "INTERMEDIATE", "CONFIRMED", "EXPERT" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by minimum experience level.", "default": "" }, "availability": { "title": "Availability filter", "enum": [ "", "AVAILABLE", "AVAILABLE_AND_VERIFIED" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by availability status.", "default": "" }, "minRating": { "title": "Minimum rating", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 5, "type": "number", "description": "Filter by minimum rating (0-5). Applied post-fetch." }, "enrichProfiles": { "title": "Enrich with full profile details", "type": "boolean", "description": "For each freelancer found, fetch the public profile API to extract 30+ extra fields: answer rate, answer time, languages with level, portfolio items count, fee rates, geo coordinates, etc. Slower but no extra cost — enrichment is included in the per-freelancer price.", "default": false }, "enrichConcurrency": { "title": "Enrichment concurrency", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 25, "type": "integer", "description": "Parallel workers for profile enrichment. Higher = faster but may trigger rate-limits.", "default": 10 }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max results per keyword", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum freelancers per keyword. Malt's guest search caps at ~24 per query — values above 24 only matter when combined with multiple keywords/filters.", "default": 24 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy configuration. Malt blocks Apify datacenter IPs via Cloudflare — residential proxies are required. Defaults to Apify residential proxy group.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```