# Das Oerdliche Scraper (`dominic-quaiser/das-oerdliche-scraper`) Actor

Extract business listings from Das Örtliche, Germany's leading local business directory. Get names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, websites, and categories.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dominic-quaiser/das-oerdliche-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Dominic M. Quaiser](https://apify.com/dominic-quaiser) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.80 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
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?

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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
```

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```bash
pip install apify-client
```

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````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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

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# README

### Das Örtliche Scraper

A Actor that scrapes business listings from Das Örtliche ([www.dasoertliche.de](https://www.dasoertliche.de/)), Germany's nationwide telephone directory. It visits each business detail page to extract structured contact data including address, phone, fax, email, website, and category.

#### 💡 Features

- **Targeted Search**: Specify the service or business type (`search_what`) and the geographic area (`search_where`). Use `"bundesweit"` for nationwide searches.
- **Structured Address Data**: Address is returned as a structured object with separate fields for street, house number, postal code, and city — ready for downstream processing without manual parsing.
- **Unlimited Mode**: Set `max_businesses` to `0` to scrape all available results. The website returns up to 10,000 listings per search.
- **Run Resume**: State is saved periodically so that interrupted runs can be automatically resumed from where they left off, without losing already-collected data.
- **Rate Limiting**: Requests are throttled to avoid overloading the server and reduce the risk of blocking.
- **Proxy Support**: Leverages Apify's built-in proxy integration (`proxyConfiguration`) for reliable IP rotation during scraping.
- **Structured Output**: Data is saved to the Apify dataset. Each record includes a `scraped_at` UTC timestamp.

#### 📥 Input Parameters

| Field | Type | Description | Default | Required |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `search_what` | String | The business type, profession, or service to search for (e.g., `"Arzt"`, `"Heizung"`, `"Restaurant"`). | `"posterdruck"` | Yes |
| `search_where` | String | The geographic location (e.g., a city name like `"Berlin"`) or `"bundesweit"` for a nationwide search. | `"bundesweit"` | No |
| `max_businesses` | Integer | Maximum number of listings to save. Set `0` for unlimited (scrapes all available results, up to the website's limit of 10,000). | `0` | No |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | Apify proxy settings or custom proxy configuration. | `{ "useApifyProxy": false }` | No |

##### 🔹 Example Input

```json
{
  "search_what": "Steuerberater",
  "search_where": "München",
  "max_businesses": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}
````

#### 📤 Output Data Structure

Each record in the dataset is a JSON object with the following fields.

##### 🔹 Example Output

```json
{
  "name": "Kanzlei Muster GmbH",
  "address": {
    "street": "Musterstraße",
    "house_number": "12",
    "postal_code": "80331",
    "city": "München"
  },
  "phone": "089 1234567",
  "fax": "089 1234568",
  "email": "info@kanzlei-muster.de",
  "website": "https://www.kanzlei-muster.de",
  "category": "Steuerberater in München",
  "scraped_at": "2025-04-30T09:30:00.123Z"
}
```

**Note**: Any field may be `null` if not present on the listing page.

##### 🔹 Output Field Reference

| Key | Description |
| :--- | :--- |
| `name` | Business name. |
| `address` | Structured address object (see below). |
| `phone` | Phone number. |
| `fax` | Fax number. |
| `email` | Email address. |
| `website` | Website URL (scheme normalized to `https://` if missing). |
| `category` | Business category or branch (e.g., `"Heizungs- und Lüftungsbau in Ingolstadt"`). |
| `scraped_at` | UTC timestamp of when the record was scraped. |

The `address` field is a nested object:

| Key | Description |
| :--- | :--- |
| `street` | Street name. |
| `house_number` | House number. |
| `postal_code` | 5-digit German postal code. |
| `city` | City name, optionally including district (e.g., `"Berlin, Gesundbrunnen"`). |

#### ⚙️ Usage

1. Configure inputs in the **Input** tab (set `search_what`, `search_where`, etc.).
2. Choose a proxy mode if needed. For large runs, Automatic Apify Proxy with RESIDENTIAL group is recommended.
3. Click **Start**.
4. Access results under **Storage** → **Dataset**.

To improve your results, test your search terms on Das Örtliche first to find the best keywords for the `search_what` field.

#### 🎯 Use Cases

- Lead generation and contact harvesting.
- Market research and competitor analysis.
- Local SEO and business directory creation.
- Data enrichment pipelines on Apify.
- Building German business contact databases by region or industry.

#### 🤝 Other Actors

You can enhance your data processing pipelines by combining this actor with other Apify actors:

- **[German Yellow Pages Scraper](https://apify.com/dominic-quaiser/gelbe-seiten-scraper)** — Scrape business listings from Gelbe Seiten, including ratings, opening hours, services, and more.
- **[German Imprint Scraper](https://apify.com/dominic-quaiser/german-imprint-scraper)** — Automatically find and extract contact information from German imprint pages ("Impressum").

#### 🔗 Integrations

- **Scheduler**: automate daily/weekly runs.
- **Webhooks**: trigger downstream workflows on completion.
- **API**: programmatic control via Apify API.
- **Composer**: chain with other Actors (e.g., cleaning, enrichment).

#### 🛠️ Maintainer

- **Author**: Dominic M. Quaiser
- **Contact**: <mail@dominic-quaiser.io>
- **Website**: [dominic-quaiser.io](https://dominic-quaiser.io/)

# Actor input Schema

## `search_what` (type: `string`):

Keyword to search for (e.g., 'auto', 'posterdruck', 'Heizung').

## `search_where` (type: `string`):

Location to search in (city name). Leave empty or set to 'bundesweit' for nationwide search.

## `max_businesses` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of business listings to extract. Set to 0 for unlimited (will scrape all available results).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Specifies proxy servers that will be used by the scraper in order to hide its origin.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "search_what": "posterdruck",
  "search_where": "bundesweit",
  "max_businesses": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dominic-quaiser/das-oerdliche-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 = { "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False } }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dominic-quaiser/das-oerdliche-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 '{
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call dominic-quaiser/das-oerdliche-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=dominic-quaiser/das-oerdliche-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Das Oerdliche Scraper",
        "description": "Extract business listings from Das Örtliche, Germany's leading local business directory. Get names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, websites, and categories.",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "ZMxdy0wYcGaYDpHfj"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/dominic-quaiser~das-oerdliche-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-dominic-quaiser-das-oerdliche-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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/dominic-quaiser~das-oerdliche-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-dominic-quaiser-das-oerdliche-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/dominic-quaiser~das-oerdliche-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-dominic-quaiser-das-oerdliche-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": [
                    "search_what"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "search_what": {
                        "title": "What to Search",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Keyword to search for (e.g., 'auto', 'posterdruck', 'Heizung').",
                        "default": "posterdruck"
                    },
                    "search_where": {
                        "title": "Where to Search",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Location to search in (city name). Leave empty or set to 'bundesweit' for nationwide search.",
                        "default": "bundesweit"
                    },
                    "max_businesses": {
                        "title": "Maximum Number of Businesses",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of business listings to extract. Set to 0 for unlimited (will scrape all available results).",
                        "default": 0
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy Configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Specifies proxy servers that will be used by the scraper in order to hide its origin.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": false
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```