# Remote Jobs Scraper — Remotive, RemoteOK & Remote.co (`du7chmaniac/remote-jobs-scraper`) Actor Aggregate remote job listings from multiple free sources (Remotive, RemoteOK, Remote.co). Supports filtering by category, search keyword, and result count. Uses JSON APIs where available and HTML scraping for Remote.co. - **URL**: https://apify.com/du7chmaniac/remote-jobs-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Joren Maurissen](https://apify.com/du7chmaniac) (community) - **Categories:** Jobs, Automation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.50 / 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. 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 ## Remote Jobs Scraper — Remotive, RemoteOK & Remote.co Aggregate **remote job listings** from multiple free, no-auth job boards into a single normalised dataset. ### What it does This Apify Actor scrapes remote job postings from three popular remote-work job boards: | Source | Method | URL | |--------|--------|-----| | **Remotive** | JSON API | `https://remotive.com/api/remote-jobs` | | **RemoteOK** | JSON API | `https://remoteok.com/api` | | **Remote.co** | HTML scraping | `https://remote.co/remote-jobs/` | All results are normalised to a common schema with fields: `source`, `title`, `company`, `url`, `category`, `jobType`, `salary`, `location`, `tags`, `datePosted`, `description`. ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `source` | select | `all` | Which board(s) to scrape: `remotive`, `remoteok`, or `all` | | `category` | string | — | Job category filter (e.g. `software-dev`, `design`, `marketing`). Supported by Remotive API; RemoteOK filters client-side via tags. | | `search` | string | — | Optional keyword to filter by title, company, or tags | | `maxResults` | integer | `50` | Max jobs per source (1–500) | #### Example input ```json { "source": "remotive", "category": "software-dev", "maxResults": 10 } ```` ### Output Each item in the dataset: ```json { "source": "remotive", "id": "1749306", "title": "Senior Python Developer", "company": "Acme Corp", "url": "https://remotive.com/remote-jobs/...", "category": "Software Development", "jobType": "full_time", "salary": "$80k - $120k", "location": "Worldwide", "tags": ["python", "django", "aws"], "datePosted": "2025-01-15T10:00:00", "description": "We are looking for..." } ``` ### Features - ✅ **No authentication required** — uses free public APIs and HTML scraping - ✅ **Multiple sources** — aggregate jobs from 3 boards in one run - ✅ **Filtering** — by category and search keyword - ✅ **Deduplication** — removes duplicate listings across sources - ✅ **Normalised schema** — consistent fields regardless of source - ✅ **Rate-limit friendly** — uses proper headers and reasonable request volume ### How to run #### Locally ```bash apify run -i '{"source": "remotive", "maxResults": 5}' --purge ``` #### On Apify Platform ```bash apify push ``` Then run the Actor from the Apify Console or via API. ### Use cases - **Job aggregation** — build a unified remote jobs feed - **Market research** — analyse remote hiring trends across boards - **Job alerts** — schedule periodic runs and get notified of new postings - **Recruitment** — find candidates by monitoring companies hiring remotely ### Tech stack - [Apify SDK for Python](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/python) - [HTTPX](https://www.python-httpx.org) — async HTTP client - [Beautiful Soup](https://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/) — HTML parsing for Remote.co ### Resources - [Apify Platform documentation](https://docs.apify.com/platform) - [Apify SDK for Python](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/python) - [Remotive API](https://remotive.com/api/remote-jobs) - [RemoteOK API](https://remoteok.com/api) # Actor input Schema ## `source` (type: `string`): Which job board to scrape. Use 'all' to scrape Remotive + RemoteOK + Remote.co. ## `category` (type: `string`): Job category filter, e.g. 'software-dev', 'design', 'marketing'. Supported by Remotive API; RemoteOK filters client-side via tags. ## `search` (type: `string`): Optional search keyword to filter jobs by title, company, or tags (case-insensitive). ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of jobs to return per source. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional — use if Remotive/RemoteOK APIs throttle requests ## Actor input object example ```json { "source": "all", "maxResults": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # 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 = { "source": "all", "maxResults": 50 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("du7chmaniac/remote-jobs-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 = { "source": "all", "maxResults": 50, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("du7chmaniac/remote-jobs-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 '{ "source": "all", "maxResults": 50 }' | apify call du7chmaniac/remote-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=du7chmaniac/remote-jobs-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Remote Jobs Scraper — Remotive, RemoteOK & Remote.co", "description": "Aggregate remote job listings from multiple free sources (Remotive, RemoteOK, Remote.co). Supports filtering by category, search keyword, and result count. Uses JSON APIs where available and HTML scraping for Remote.co.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "2EpjMpZokySXusXvx" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/du7chmaniac~remote-jobs-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-du7chmaniac-remote-jobs-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/du7chmaniac~remote-jobs-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-du7chmaniac-remote-jobs-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/du7chmaniac~remote-jobs-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-du7chmaniac-remote-jobs-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "source": { "title": "Source", "enum": [ "remotive", "remoteok", "all" ], "type": "string", "description": "Which job board to scrape. Use 'all' to scrape Remotive + RemoteOK + Remote.co.", "default": "all" }, "category": { "title": "Category", "type": "string", "description": "Job category filter, e.g. 'software-dev', 'design', 'marketing'. Supported by Remotive API; RemoteOK filters client-side via tags." }, "search": { "title": "Search keyword", "type": "string", "description": "Optional search keyword to filter jobs by title, company, or tags (case-insensitive)." }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of jobs to return per source.", "default": 50 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional — use if Remotive/RemoteOK APIs throttle requests", "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```