# Craigslist Phone Number Scraper (`fastdataapi/craigslist-phone-number-scraper`) Actor

Craigslist Phone Number Scraper finds phone numbers on public Craigslist pages from your keywords and a country. Output: platform, keyword, title, url, phone_number, country, dial_code. No Craigslist login or cookies. Export JSON, CSV or Excel, or use the API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fastdataapi/craigslist-phone-number-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Fast Data API](https://apify.com/fastdataapi) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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

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# README

### Craigslist Phone Number Scraper — Numbers, Page Links and Page Text

Craigslist Phone Number Scraper finds phone numbers that public Craigslist pages show for your keywords and the country you choose. Each result returns the number in international format, the page link, the page title and the public text the number appears in. Every response is structured JSON — ready to pass directly to an LLM, index into a vector store, or feed a lead-generation pipeline. **No Craigslist account or login needed** to run a search. Add more keywords to cover more Craigslist pages in one run.

![Craigslist Phone Number Scraper - hero image: what it collects and the JSON output](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/Lg9lp51Levfro6SrV/records/n-craigslist-phone-hero.webp)

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### What data can I extract with Craigslist Phone Number Scraper?

Using this Craigslist phone number scraper, you can extract the following Craigslist phone number data:

| 📱 Platform | 🔑 Keyword searched | 📝 Page title | 📰 Page description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 🔗 Page URL | 📞 Phone number (E.164) | 🌍 Country | ☎️ Dial code |

***

### How to use Craigslist Phone Number Scraper

Marketers, recruiters and lead-generation teams use this actor to find phone numbers on Craigslist without browsing it by hand.

**Copy to your AI assistant:**

```text
Craigslist Phone Number Scraper is an Apify Actor that returns phone numbers found on public Craigslist pages as structured JSON: platform, keyword, page title, page description, page URL, phone number, country and dial code. Use it whenever someone needs Craigslist phone numbers without cookies, a login, or a browser - for lead-generation lists, local-market research, or recruiter outreach. Inputs: keywords (array of search terms or Craigslist page URLs, required), country (select from 194 countries or "Global", required), maxPhoneNumbers (integer 1-10000, default 10, how many numbers to collect per keyword), engine (select "legacy", default "legacy"), proxyConfiguration (object, defaults to Apify Proxy; a run without any proxy stops at once). The free Apify plan caps results at 20 per run in total (all keywords together) and 200 per month.
```

#### Craigslist Phone Number Scraper MCP Server: use these Actors from ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor

Register Craigslist Phone Number Scraper as a tool your AI assistant can call directly — no glue code, no scraping logic in your prompts.

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=fastdataapi/craigslist-phone-number-scraper"
```

#### Step by step

1. [Create a free Apify account](https://console.apify.com/sign-up).
2. Open [Craigslist Phone Number Scraper](https://apify.com/fastdataapi/craigslist-phone-number-scraper) in the Apify Store.
3. Enter one or more keywords or Craigslist page URLs, plus the country whose numbers you want.
4. Click **Start**.
5. Download or stream your results in JSON, CSV or Excel.

#### How to scale Craigslist Phone Number Scraper to bulk

Scale up to scrape Craigslist phone numbers across every search term you want covered in one run: `keywords` takes a list, so add every keyword or Craigslist page URL in one Input field — up to 3 keywords are processed at the same time, each with its own `maxPhoneNumbers` budget. To cover more ground over time, schedule the Actor with a rotating keyword list, or call it from the Apify API with a different `keywords`/`country` pair per run.

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### ✨ Features

Craigslist Phone Number Scraper is a craigslist phone number finder for public Craigslist pages: point it at a keyword and a country, and it returns clean, structured matches. It's built for craigslist phone number lead generation, local-market research, recruiter outreach and B2B prospecting.

It extracts, per match:

- **Phone number** – the number in E.164 international form.
- **Page title** – the page's title as listed.
- **Page description** – the public text the number appears in.
- **Country / dial code** – the country the number was matched against.
- **Page URL** – the Craigslist page link, without tracking parameters.

⚡ Country-aware validation checks the number's digit count and, where known, its national numbering plan, so dates, prices and other digit runs that only look like a phone number never make it into the dataset. Each number appears at most once per keyword.

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### Use cases 💡

- **Sales rep** — use this craigslist seller phone number scraper to build a call list by keyword and country in one run.
- **Recruiter** — find phone numbers on Craigslist for a niche before cold-calling.
- **Local-market researcher** — map the public numbers of one niche in one country.
- **Growth marketer** — seed a cold-outreach list from public Craigslist pages.
- **AI agent builder** — feed matched numbers straight into a CRM-enrichment or lead-scoring pipeline with no parsing step.

Building an AI agent? [Connect Craigslist Phone Number Scraper over MCP](#mcp-integration-for-ai-agents) and let it call the actor on its own.

***

### Why choose this actor?

- **Several searches per keyword.** Every keyword is searched several ways (exact, broader, recent, with "call" and "whatsapp") until it reaches `maxPhoneNumbers` or the results run out.
- **Eight fields per match, not just a number.** Every row also carries the page title, the public text the number appeared in, the page link, the matched country and dial code.
- **194 countries, built-in fallback.** Numbers are checked against 194 countries' dial codes (plus a Global catch-all); when the primary source returns too little, a backup source is searched too.

A recorded local test run returned 7 phone numbers for the keyword `services` (United States (+1)) in 146.2 seconds.

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### ⬇️ Input

![Craigslist Phone Number Scraper input form with example values](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/Lg9lp51Levfro6SrV/records/n-craigslist-phone-input.webp)

Enter one or more keywords or Craigslist page URLs (required) and the country whose numbers you want (required); the rest is optional and has a working default.

| Parameter | Required | Type | Description | Example value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `keywords` | Yes | Array of strings | Keywords or Craigslist page URLs. Each one is searched on its own and gets its own budget of `maxPhoneNumbers`; page URLs are reduced to the page name or id and duplicates are dropped. | `["services"]` |
| `country` | Yes | String (select) | Country whose phone numbers you want, from 194 countries, or `Global` for no filter (only `+`/`00`-prefixed numbers are kept). | `"United States (+1)"` |
| `maxPhoneNumbers` | No | Integer | How many phone numbers to collect per keyword (1–10,000, default 10). Free-plan runs are capped at 20 per run in total (all keywords together) and 200 per month. | `10` |
| `engine` | No | String (select) | Processing engine. There is one engine (`legacy`). | `"legacy"` |
| `proxyConfiguration` | No | Object | Proxy used for the requests. Defaults to Apify Proxy; without any proxy the run stops at once with a message. | `{"useApifyProxy": true}` |

#### Free plan limits

Users on the Apify free plan can fetch up to 20 phone numbers per run (all keywords together) and 200 phone numbers per month. When the limit is reached, the run finishes successfully with a status message explaining the limit. Upgrade to any paid Apify plan to remove these limits.

#### Example input

```json
{
  "keywords": ["services"],
  "country": "United States (+1)",
  "maxPhoneNumbers": 10,
  "engine": "legacy",
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}
```

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### ⬆️ Output

![Craigslist Phone Number Scraper output fields with example values](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/Lg9lp51Levfro6SrV/records/n-craigslist-phone-output.webp)

Every match from this craigslist listing phone number finder is one typed, normalized JSON item with the same schema on every run. Numbers are de-duplicated per keyword, and each (URL, number) pair appears once. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel.

#### Example output

```json
{
  "platform": "Craigslist.org",
  "keyword": "services",
  "title": "Power wash/ asphalt replacement - household services - craigslist",
  "description": "‹image 1 of 24› offered in person QR Code Link to This Post Asphalt repair Asphalt new Asphalt commercial and residential call free estimate 703 520 3250 Driveways Patios Walkways Saidewalks Retaining Walls We use any material customer like Stone, Pavers Brick Concrete Wood retaining Walls Asphalt driveways Concrete carport Boat extra parking concrete or gravel post id: 7928074813 posted ...",
  "url": "https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/hss/d/woodbridge-power-wash-asphalt/7928074813.html",
  "phone_number": "+17035203250",
  "country": "United States",
  "dial_code": "+1"
}
```

***

### How does it work?

Craigslist Phone Number Scraper doesn't log into Craigslist at all. For every keyword, it works to extract phone numbers from Craigslist posts and other public pages that show a phone number matching your chosen country — first on a primary source, then automatically on a backup source when the primary returns too little. It only reads pages any logged-out visitor could already see; no account, cookies or browser session on Craigslist itself is ever opened. The number is read from the page's public title and text, normalised to international E.164 form, and checked against the chosen country's dial code and, where known, its national numbering-plan digit length, so dates, prices and other digit runs that only look like a phone number are never mistaken for one. Requests go through rotating proxy sessions, and a blocked request is retried automatically with a fresh session before giving up on that keyword. The output schema stays the same eight fields on every run, even as Craigslist's own page layout changes over time.

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### How do you integrate Craigslist Phone Number Scraper into your stack?

This works with what you already use: call it from any language over the REST API, connect it to an AI agent over MCP, or wire it into a no-code tool — whether you use it as a craigslist contact phone number extractor in a script or as a scheduled no-code workflow.

#### No-code tools (n8n, Make, LangChain)

In n8n, use the Apify node's **Run an Actor** action, or the HTTP Request node pointed at the Actor's run-sync endpoint with your Apify token. In Make, use the Apify app's **Run an Actor** module followed by **Get Dataset Items**. In LangChain, install `langchain-apify` and call `ApifyActorsTool()` to let an agent run it as a tool.

#### MCP integration for AI agents

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=fastdataapi/craigslist-phone-number-scraper"
```

This registers Craigslist Phone Number Scraper as a tool your agent can call directly. It works with Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and any other MCP-compatible client.

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### Is it legal to scrape Craigslist data?

Running a craigslist public phone number lookup against publicly available data, including public Craigslist pages, is generally permitted; the legal risk sits mostly in how the data is stored and used afterward. Craigslist Phone Number Scraper returns only publicly available data — what any logged-out visitor already sees. If you operate in the EU, GDPR still applies to storing and using numbers you collect. In countries with telemarketing or anti-spam rules, outreach to a number found this way is still subject to those rules — the Actor finds public numbers, it does not grant permission to contact them. Consult legal counsel if your use case involves bulk storage of personal data.

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### Frequently asked questions

#### What fields does Craigslist Phone Number Scraper return?

The phone number, the page title, the page description, the page URL, the keyword, the platform, the matched country and its dial code. See [the data fields section](#what-data-can-i-extract-with-craigslist-phone-number-scraper).

#### Does Craigslist Phone Number Scraper require a Craigslist account or login?

No. Only public pages are read, and no Craigslist credentials are ever requested.

#### How fast does Craigslist Phone Number Scraper run?

A recorded run returned 7 phone numbers for the keyword `services` (United States) in 146.2 seconds. Results come from a live search each run, never a cache.

#### Why does the run stop with "No proxy available"?

The actor needs a proxy. Leave Apify Proxy switched on (the default) or add your own proxy URLs in the Proxy configuration.

#### What happens if a Craigslist page is private?

A private or removed page contributes nothing: the Actor only reads what is public, and a keyword with no public page showing a matching-country number produces no row.

#### Can I search many keywords at once?

Yes. `keywords` takes a list, with up to 3 keywords processed at the same time, each with its own `maxPhoneNumbers` budget.

#### Does Craigslist Phone Number Scraper work with Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI agent tools?

Yes — Craigslist Phone Number Scraper is available as an MCP tool.

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=fastdataapi/craigslist-phone-number-scraper"
```

Any agent that can call an HTTP endpoint can use the REST API directly.

#### Does Craigslist Phone Number Scraper return data in a format LLMs can use directly?

Yes. Every result is typed, normalized JSON with consistent field names — no HTML parsing, no selectors.

#### What happens when Craigslist changes its layout or updates its anti-bot system?

The actor reads general page text rather than one fixed selector, so most layout changes don't break it outright. When a bigger change happens, the actor is updated and your calls keep returning the same JSON schema.

#### Can I use Craigslist Phone Number Scraper without managing proxies or browser infrastructure?

Yes. Proxy rotation and retries run on the Actor's side — plain HTTP requests, no headless browser setup, no maintenance.

#### Which fields work best for AI training data and RAG indexing?

Index the page title and the page description, since that's the text the number was found in. The country and dial code fields are typed strings you can group and join on directly.

***

### Related scrapers

| Scraper | What it extracts |
| --- | --- |
| Instagram Phone Number Scraper | Phone numbers from public Instagram profiles and posts matching a keyword and country. |
| Reddit Phone Number Scraper | Phone numbers from public Reddit posts and comments matching a keyword and country. |
| Telegram Phone Number Scraper | Phone numbers from public Telegram content matching a keyword and country. |

***

### Your feedback

Found a bug or missing a field? Let us know through the Issues tab on this actor's Apify Store page.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Keywords or Craigslist page URLs. Page URLs are reduced to the page name or id. Each entry is searched on its own and gets its own budget of maxPhoneNumbers results. The keyword field of every row keeps the value exactly as you entered it; duplicates are dropped.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Country whose phone numbers you want. Its dialling code narrows the search and every number is normalised to international form (E.164) for this country; numbers that cannot belong to it are dropped. Global = no country filter: only numbers written with an explicit +/00 country code are kept.

## `maxPhoneNumbers` (type: `integer`):

How many phone numbers to collect for each keyword (1-10000). A keyword stops earlier when the results run out. Free plan users are limited to 20 items per run in total (across all keywords) and 200 items per month; paid plans have no limit.

## `engine` (type: `string`):

Processing engine. There is one engine: primary source first, backup source when the primary returns too little.

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

Proxy used for the requests. Apify Proxy is recommended and on by default: the primary source and the backup source each use a matching Apify Proxy group, and blocked requests are retried with new proxy sessions. Without any proxy the run stops at once with a message.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "services"
  ],
  "country": "United States (+1)",
  "maxPhoneNumbers": 10,
  "engine": "legacy",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "services"
    ],
    "country": "United States (+1)",
    "maxPhoneNumbers": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fastdataapi/craigslist-phone-number-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 = {
    "keywords": ["services"],
    "country": "United States (+1)",
    "maxPhoneNumbers": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fastdataapi/craigslist-phone-number-scraper").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 '{
  "keywords": [
    "services"
  ],
  "country": "United States (+1)",
  "maxPhoneNumbers": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call fastdataapi/craigslist-phone-number-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,fastdataapi/craigslist-phone-number-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/wIsJVOnK0s2QxRNIj/builds/0MEa8115xDaR2UeA1/openapi.json