Lagou Tech Jobs Scraper: China IT Recruitment Data

Get live Chinese IT and technology job listings (including structured monthly salaries, candidate requirements, and rich corporate outlines) ready for your spreadsheet in under 60 seconds. Get vacancy titles, standardized CNY salary ranges, prefecture locations, candidate education requirements, and company financing stages for any keyword across China.

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What can you do with it?

• I am an international technical recruiter sourcing pre-vetted software developers, AI engineers, and UI designers in China's major tech hubs (like Beijing and Shenzhen) to expand our offshore placement pipelines.
• I am a B2B SaaS product developer extracting company sizes, financing levels (e.g. Series A, B, or IPO), and technology industries to build highly qualified lead generation targets.
• I am an ATS vendor or job board manager backfilling local developer vacancies with complete job descriptions and structured requirements (education, experience, locations) directly into my database.

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How to use it

Store Quick Start

1. Create a free Apify account.
2. Open the Lagou Tech Jobs Scraper in the Apify Store.
3. Enter one or more tech keywords to search (e.g., Python, Golang, AI方向).
4. Select the target cities (e.g. Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen).
5. Click Start and download the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

API Quick Start

For developers, you can trigger a run programmatically with a single request:

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/getascraper~lagou-tech-jobs-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "keywords": ["Python"],
    "cities": ["beijing"],
    "maxItems": 100
  }'

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
keywords	array	["Python"]	One or more tech keywords to search (e.g., ["Python", "React"]). Supports English and Chinese.
cities	array	["beijing"]	Select target cities. We automatically map these to Lagou's search paths (beijing, shanghai, shenzhen).
experience	string	""	Filter by work experience years (e.g. 3-5 years, 5-10 years).
education	string	""	Filter by minimum educational level (bachelor, master, doctor).
minSalary	integer	0	Minimum monthly salary in CNY (e.g., 15000 for 15k+).
onlyDirectHiring	boolean	false	Automatically filter out third-party staffing, outsourcing firms (外包), and HR agencies.
includeDescription	boolean	true	Visit each job's detailed page to extract the full job description text.
descriptionTruncateLength	integer	0	Truncate full descriptions to save on LLM context tokens (RAG/databases). Set 0 for full length.
maxItems	integer	100	Maximum number of job listings to extract across all keyword/city combinations.
proxyConfiguration	object	{"useApifyProxy": true}	Premium rotating residential proxies are strongly recommended to bypass Alibaba WAF security.

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Output

Each row represents a single tech job vacancy from Lagou.

{
  "id": "127706",
  "url": "https://www.lagou.com/jobs/127706.html",
  "title": "Backend Python Developer",
  "companyName": "北京智谱华章科技有限公司",
  "companySize": "500-2000人",
  "companyStage": "Series C",
  "industry": "人工智能,大模型",
  "salary": "25k-50k",
  "minSalaryMonthlyCny": 25000,
  "maxSalaryMonthlyCny": 50000,
  "currency": "CNY",
  "education": "Bachelor",
  "experienceMin": 3,
  "experienceMax": 5,
  "experienceText": "3-5年",
  "city": "北京",
  "district": "海淀区",
  "descriptionText": "负责大模型后端API架构设计，参与性能优化及微服务接口实现，要求熟练掌握Python及Django/FastAPI...",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-10T13:00:00.000Z"
}

Field Reference

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier of the job posting.
url	string	Canonical direct job detail link.
title	string	Job title.
minSalaryMonthlyCny	number	Standardized minimum monthly salary in Yuan (CNY).
maxSalaryMonthlyCny	number	Standardized maximum monthly salary in Yuan (CNY).
education	string	Standardized educational requirement (Bachelor, Master, Doctor, Any).
experienceMin	number	Standardized minimum years of work experience required.
experienceMax	number	Standardized maximum years of work experience required.
companyStage	string	Company financing level (e.g. Series A, B, or IPO).
descriptionText	string	Full job description text.

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Pricing & Cost

Pricing is pay-per-result and is billed per row successfully saved to your dataset. Empty runs cost absolutely nothing.

• Rate: $3.50 per 1,000 results ($0.0035 per result).
• 100 listings typically cost $0.35.
• 1,000 listings cost exactly $3.50.
• 10,000 listings cost exactly $35.00.
• No fixed monthly subscriptions or hidden maintenance fees.

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Tips & Best Practices

• Bypass Alibaba WAF Security. Lagou employs aggressive bot detection (Alibaba WAF). The Actor operates via Playwright Crawler with custom user-agents and browser parameters to bypass cookies and security blocks seamlessly.
• Exclude Outsourcing & Staffing Agencies. Toggle onlyDirectHiring to automatically drop known Chinese outsourcing/staffing agencies (like 软通, 中软, 博彦), routing only direct tech company vacancy rows into your system.
• Toggle descriptions to save 10x bandwidth. If you do not need full job text blocks, disable includeDescription. This crawls search listing cards directly, increasing speed by 10x and saving major proxy data.

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FAQ

Does it get blocked by Lagou?

No. The scraper natively routes through premium, rotating Residential Proxies. This bypasses geo-filtering and Alibaba WAF blocks cleanly, keeping your crawling sessions stable.

Does it extract private candidate or recruiter contact details?

No. To protect user privacy and avoid verification blocks, the scraper does not extract private recruiters, personal contact details, or candidate accounts. It strictly extracts public corporate structures, job titles, and requirements.

How fresh is the data?

Extremely fresh. The scraper executes live browser rendering on every query, retrieving the absolute latest tech vacancies posted on Lagou.

Are all categories supported?

Yes. The scraper supports all major tech categories including Python, Java, Golang, Frontend, QA, Product Management, UI/UX, and AI.

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Target SEO Keywords

• Lagou API
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Disclaimers & Support

• Disclaimer: This Actor retrieves publicly available job postings on Lagou. Make sure your usage complies with Lagou's terms of service and applicable laws.
• Support: Open an issue from the Actor page in the Apify Console for bug reports or feature requests.