# Whitepages People & Phone Lookup Scraper (`equanimous_jynx/whitepages-scraper`) Actor Scrape contact information from Whitepages.com — people search, reverse phone lookup, and reverse address lookup. Returns structured JSON with names, phone numbers, addresses, relatives, and age. - **URL**: https://apify.com/equanimous\_jynx/whitepages-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Deivydas Vengercevas](https://apify.com/equanimous_jynx) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 88.9% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $30.00 / 1,000 contact records 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 ## Whitepages People & Phone Lookup Scraper An [Apify Actor](https://apify.com) that scrapes contact information from Whitepages.com — the largest US people-search directory with 350M+ identity records. ### 🔍 What It Does - **People search**: Find phone numbers, addresses, age, and relatives for any name - **Reverse phone lookup**: Identify who owns a phone number, carrier info, spam score - **Reverse address lookup**: Find all residents at an address, property details - Built-in Cloudflare bypass via Apify residential proxies - Optional detail-page following for richer data ### 📥 Input | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `searchType` | enum | `people`, `reverse_phone`, or `reverse_address` | | `query` | string | Name, phone number, or address to search | | `location` | string | Optional city/state/ZIP filter (people search) | | `maxResults` | integer | Max results to return (1-100, default 20) | | `followDetailPages` | boolean | Visit detail pages for richer data (slower) | ### 📤 Output (JSON) ```json { "name": "John A Smith", "detailUrl": "https://www.whitepages.com/name/John-Smith/Seattle-WA/abc123", "age": 45, "location": "Seattle, WA 98101", "phoneNumbers": ["(206) 555-0147"], "relatives": ["Jane Smith", "Robert Smith"], "_metadata": { "searchType": "people", "query": "John Smith", "scrapedAt": "2025-01-15T14:30:00Z" } } ```` ### 🚀 Deploy to Apify 1. Install the Apify CLI: `npm install -g apify-cli` 2. From this directory: `apify push` 3. Set the `APIFY_PROXY_PASSWORD` secret in the Actor's environment 4. Run! ### 💰 Pricing Strategy Charge **per result** ($0.01-0.05/result) or **per lookup** ($0.05-0.25/lookup). This mirrors what data brokers charge — but with no minimums and built-in automation. ### ⚠️ Disclaimer This Actor is for legitimate use cases: identity verification, fraud prevention, skip tracing, people search. Respect Whitepages.com Terms of Service and applicable laws (FCRA, CCPA, GDPR). Not for consumer reporting or employment screening without FCRA compliance. # Actor input Schema ## `searchType` (type: `string`): What kind of lookup to perform ## `query` (type: `string`): For people search: full name (e.g. 'John Smith'). For reverse phone: 10-digit number (e.g. '2065550100'). For reverse address: street address (e.g. '123 Main St, Seattle, WA') ## `location` (type: `string`): Optional: City, State, or ZIP to narrow results (people search only) ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of results to return (1-100) ## `followDetailPages` (type: `boolean`): Whether to visit each result's detail page for phone numbers and full address. ## `proxy` (type: `object`): Proxy settings for bypassing Cloudflare protection ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchType": "people", "query": "John Smith", "maxResults": 20, "followDetailPages": false, "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # 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 = { "query": "John Smith", "location": "" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("equanimous_jynx/whitepages-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 = { "query": "John Smith", "location": "", } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("equanimous_jynx/whitepages-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 '{ "query": "John Smith", "location": "" }' | apify call equanimous_jynx/whitepages-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=equanimous_jynx/whitepages-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Whitepages People & Phone Lookup Scraper", "description": "Scrape contact information from Whitepages.com — people search, reverse phone lookup, and reverse address lookup. Returns structured JSON with names, phone numbers, addresses, relatives, and age.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "XLOCDvMPQfMFheef9" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/equanimous_jynx~whitepages-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-equanimous_jynx-whitepages-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/equanimous_jynx~whitepages-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-equanimous_jynx-whitepages-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/equanimous_jynx~whitepages-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-equanimous_jynx-whitepages-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "searchType", "query" ], "properties": { "searchType": { "title": "Search Type", "enum": [ "people", "reverse_phone", "reverse_address" ], "type": "string", "description": "What kind of lookup to perform", "default": "people" }, "query": { "title": "Search Query", "type": "string", "description": "For people search: full name (e.g. 'John Smith'). For reverse phone: 10-digit number (e.g. '2065550100'). For reverse address: street address (e.g. '123 Main St, Seattle, WA')" }, "location": { "title": "Location Filter", "type": "string", "description": "Optional: City, State, or ZIP to narrow results (people search only)" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Maximum Results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of results to return (1-100)", "default": 20 }, "followDetailPages": { "title": "Follow Detail Pages", "type": "boolean", "description": "Whether to visit each result's detail page for phone numbers and full address.", "default": false }, "proxy": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings for bypassing Cloudflare protection", "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```