# Remote Jobs Scraper — 3 Boards, One Feed (`glitchbound/remote-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Every remote job from Himalayas, Arbeitnow and We Work Remotely in one normalised feed, with salary, region, tags and apply links. Cross-posted duplicates removed automatically. Filter by keyword, company, region, worldwide-only or minimum salary. Official public feeds, no key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/glitchbound/remote-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Daniel Meshulam](https://apify.com/glitchbound) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, AI, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.75 / 1,000 jobs

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Remote Jobs Scraper — 3 Boards, One Feed

Every remote job from **Himalayas, Arbeitnow and We Work Remotely**, merged into one normalised feed with salary, region, tags and apply links.

Built on the public feeds these boards publish for syndication. No key, no login, no bot wall — and no LinkedIn/Indeed scraping.

### Why merged matters

Each board names the same thing differently — `position` vs `title` vs `text`, salary as `0` vs `null` vs a string, and each has its own idea of what "remote" means. You get **one shape**:

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `title`, `company`, `companyLogo` | `Senior Backend Engineer`, `Toptal` |
| `location`, **`isWorldwide`** | `Anywhere in the World`, `true` |
| `salaryMin`, `salaryMax`, `salaryCurrency`, `salaryPeriod` | `120000`, `160000`, `USD`, `yearly` |
| `employmentType`, `seniority` | `Full-time`, `Senior` |
| `tags` | `["python","backend","aws"]` |
| `postedAt`, `expiresAt` | ISO 8601, normalised across all three |
| `url` | direct apply link |
| `description` | plain text, HTML stripped |
| `source` | which board it came from |

### Cross-posted duplicates removed

The same role is routinely posted to more than one board at once. `dedupeAcrossBoards` (on by default) keeps the first copy and drops the rest — **and duplicates are not charged.**

### Example input

```json
{
  "sources": ["himalayas", "arbeitnow", "weworkremotely"],
  "keywords": ["python", "backend"],
  "excludeKeywords": ["intern"],
  "worldwideOnly": true,
  "minSalary": 100000,
  "maxJobsPerSource": 200
}
```

### Filters

- `keywords` / `excludeKeywords` — match title, tags and description
- `companies` — track specific employers
- `regions` — e.g. `["europe", "united states"]`. **Worldwide roles always match**, since they're open everywhere
- `worldwideOnly` — only roles with no geographic restriction
- `minSalary` — drops jobs with no published salary

Filtered-out and deduplicated jobs are **not charged**.

### Who this is for

- **Job boards & newsletters** — a ready-made aggregated feed, refreshed on a schedule
- **Recruiters** — see who's hiring for a role across the whole remote market at once
- **Job seekers & tooling** — one query instead of three tabs
- **Market researchers** — which skills, which salaries, which regions, over time
- **AI / dataset builders** — clean normalised job data with real salary ranges

### Notes

- Salary is only present when the board publishes it. Himalayas often does; Arbeitnow and WWR usually don't. `minSalary` therefore drops most WWR and Arbeitnow rows by design.
- **RemoteOK is deliberately not included.** Its free public API returns largely spam listings (companies posting other companies' names as job titles, nonsense locations); its real inventory sits behind a paid API. Shipping a source known to return garbage would only cost you money.
- `wwrCategory` picks which We Work Remotely feed to read: `all`, `programming`, `design`, `devops`, `sales`, `support`, `product`, `management`.
- If one board is temporarily down, the others still return — the failure comes back as a single `error` row and is not charged.
- Set a **max charge per run** in the run options for a hard spend ceiling — the Actor honors it and stops cleanly.

### Pricing

Pay per result. One row = one job. Board failures come back as `error` rows and are **not** charged, and neither are duplicates or anything your filters removed.

# Actor input Schema

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Which boards to pull from: himalayas, arbeitnow, weworkremotely. Leave empty for all three.

## `maxJobsPerSource` (type: `integer`):

Cap per board before filtering.

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

Only keep jobs whose title, tags or description contain one of these — e.g. "python", "designer", "senior".

## `excludeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Drop jobs mentioning any of these — e.g. "intern", "unpaid", "crypto".

## `companies` (type: `array`):

Only jobs from these companies (exact match, case-insensitive).

## `regions` (type: `array`):

Only jobs whose location mentions one of these — e.g. "europe", "united states", "emea". Worldwide roles always match, since they are open everywhere.

## `worldwideOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only roles with no geographic restriction at all.

## `minSalary` (type: `integer`):

Only jobs whose published top-of-range salary is at least this. Jobs with no published salary are dropped.

## `dedupeAcrossBoards` (type: `boolean`):

The same role often appears on several boards. Keep only the first copy — duplicates are not charged.

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

Include the full job description as plain text.

## `wwrCategory` (type: `string`):

Which WWR feed to read: all, programming, design, devops, sales, support, product, management.

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

Proxy settings.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sources": [
    "himalayas",
    "arbeitnow",
    "weworkremotely"
  ],
  "maxJobsPerSource": 50,
  "worldwideOnly": false,
  "dedupeAcrossBoards": true,
  "includeDescription": true,
  "wwrCategory": "all",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Remote roles normalised across Himalayas, Arbeitnow and We Work Remotely.

# 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 = {
    "maxJobsPerSource": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("glitchbound/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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "maxJobsPerSource": 50 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("glitchbound/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 '{
  "maxJobsPerSource": 50
}' |
apify call glitchbound/remote-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=glitchbound/remote-jobs-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/U60hghcpOaXuJ8hyi/builds/obkGyNzEVWq6nrZOg/openapi.json