# Remote Jobs Scraper API — 6 Boards, One Feed (`farside/remote-jobs-api`) Actor

Six remote job boards in one run: Remotive, RemoteOK, Himalayas, Jobicy, Arbeitnow and WeWorkRemotely. Normalized, deduplicated records — title, company, location, remote scope, employment type, tags, salary (when shown), source link. Pay per result.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/farside/remote-jobs-api.md
- **Developed by:** [Farside](https://apify.com/farside) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 remote job listing 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Remote Jobs API — 6 boards, one normalized schema

Pull live remote job listings from six job boards — **Remotive, Remote OK,
Himalayas, Arbeitnow, Jobicy and We Work Remotely** — into a single dataset
with one clean schema. Built for job boards, recruiter tooling, lead lists and
market research, and for AI agents that need structured job data in one call.

### What you get

- **One schema for six boards.** Every record: `jobId`, `board`, `sourceUrl`
  (link back to the original posting), `title`, `company`, `companyLogoUrl`,
  `locationText`, `remoteScope` (`worldwide` / `region-restricted` /
  `unspecified`), `employmentType`, `tags`, `salaryMin`/`salaryMax`/
  `salaryCurrency`/`salaryPeriod` where the board discloses pay, `publishedAt`,
  `capturedAt` — plus optional full `descriptionText`.
- **Cross-board dedupe.** The same posting published on several boards is
  returned once (normalized title+company matching); every record keeps its
  own board's `sourceUrl`.
- **Filters that fit the job.** Choose any subset of boards, add keyword
  `queries[]` (matched against title, company, location, type and tags),
  restrict recency with `postedWithinDays`, and cap volume per board
  (default 200, up to 2000).
- **Pay per result — no subscription.** You are charged per returned job
  record. A run report (unbilled) summarizes each board: fetched, emitted,
  deduplicated, warnings.

### Copy-paste input

```json
{
  "boards": ["remotive", "remoteok", "himalayas", "jobicy", "weworkremotely", "arbeitnow"],
  "queries": ["python"],
  "maxResultsPerBoard": 200,
  "postedWithinDays": 30,
  "includeDescription": false
}
```

`boards` is required (it is also the processing order); everything else is
optional. Leave `queries` out to take everything each board serves.

### Sample record

```json
{
  "jobId": "remotive:2069746",
  "board": "remotive",
  "sourceUrl": "https://remotive.com/remote-jobs/software-development/tech-lead-full-stack-rails-engineer-2069746",
  "title": "Tech Lead Full-Stack Rails Engineer",
  "company": "Mitre Media",
  "companyLogoUrl": "https://remotive.com/job/2069746/logo",
  "locationText": "USA, Canada, USA timezones",
  "remoteScope": "region-restricted",
  "employmentType": "full-time",
  "tags": ["api", "docker", "javascript", "kubernetes", "postgresql", "react", "ruby/rails"],
  "salaryMin": 170000,
  "salaryMax": 200000,
  "salaryCurrency": "USD",
  "salaryPeriod": null,
  "salaryRaw": "$170k - $200k",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-14T20:33:27+00:00",
  "capturedAt": "2026-09-16T19:03:30+00:00"
}
```

### Boards, sources and credit

This actor aggregates listings from these public sources; every record links
back to the original posting (`sourceUrl`) and names its board (`board`):

- [Remotive](https://remotive.com) — remote jobs API. Listings are attributed
  to Remotive and link back to the Remotive posting.
- [Remote OK](https://remoteok.com) — remote job board. Remote OK is credited
  as the source; every record links back to the Remote OK listing.
- [Himalayas](https://himalayas.app) — remote jobs API.
- [Arbeitnow](https://www.arbeitnow.com) — free public job board API.
- [Jobicy](https://jobicy.com) — remote jobs API; Jobicy is credited with a
  direct link, and application buttons should route to the original job URL.
- [We Work Remotely](https://weworkremotely.com) — public RSS feeds.

Please respect each source's terms when you redistribute this data; the
`sourceUrl` field exists so your application can link back.

### Limitations (read before you buy)

- **Volume depends on the boards.** Remotive's public API served only 13 jobs
  when this actor was verified (2026-09-16) and asks for at most ~4 requests a
  day; Jobicy returns at most 200 per call; Arbeitnow is mostly a German
  on-site board, so only its `remote`-flagged jobs are returned (~5% of its
  listings); We Work Remotely's RSS feeds serve the latest ~11-86 postings per
  category.
- **Salary data exists only where the board discloses it** (about a quarter of
  records carry numbers) and currency/period are kept as the board states them.
- **Scope labels are derived** from each board's own location text — check
  `locationText` for the raw wording.
- **Descriptions are omitted by default** (`includeDescription: false`) to keep
  records small; turn the flag on to include plain-text descriptions.
- **Listing quality is the source's quality.** Postings can be stale, expired
  or reposted; verify on the `sourceUrl` before making hiring decisions.
- Sources change without notice (feeds die, APIs change caps). The actor
  degrades gracefully — a failing board is reported in the run report, and the
  rest of the run continues.

# Actor input Schema

## `boards` (type: `array`):

Required. Which job boards to aggregate, processed in this order. 'arbeitnow' is a general German-heavy board; only its remote-flagged jobs are returned.

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Optional. Only return jobs whose title, company, location, type or tags contain ALL the words of at least one query (case-insensitive). Example: \["python", "data engineer"]. Leave empty to return everything each board serves.

## `maxResultsPerBoard` (type: `integer`):

Upper bound on jobs taken from each selected board. Hard cap 2000. Note: some boards serve fewer (Remotive's public API served 13 jobs on 2026-09-16; Jobicy caps at 200 per call).

## `postedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Optional. Only return jobs published within this many days. Jobs without a usable publish date are dropped when this filter is set.

## `includeDescription` (type: `boolean`):

Include the posting's description as plain text (descriptionText field, HTML stripped). Off by default to keep records small and runs fast.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "boards": [
    "remotive",
    "remoteok",
    "himalayas",
    "jobicy",
    "weworkremotely"
  ],
  "queries": [
    "python",
    "product designer"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerBoard": 200,
  "includeDescription": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

One record per job listing, plus a final run-report record (isRunReport: true).

# 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 = {
    "boards": [
        "remotive",
        "remoteok",
        "himalayas",
        "jobicy",
        "weworkremotely"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("farside/remote-jobs-api").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 = { "boards": [
        "remotive",
        "remoteok",
        "himalayas",
        "jobicy",
        "weworkremotely",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("farside/remote-jobs-api").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "boards": [
    "remotive",
    "remoteok",
    "himalayas",
    "jobicy",
    "weworkremotely"
  ]
}' |
apify call farside/remote-jobs-api --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,farside/remote-jobs-api"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/cFhDp035bXIVY1jdt/builds/SFzRY3MKM4AcBkNuJ/openapi.json