# German Jobs Scraper - Arbeitsagentur Vacancies (`gmpsignal/german-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Scrape live job vacancies from the official German Federal Employment Agency job board - the largest vacancy database in Germany. Filter by keyword, city and radius, offer type, working time and publication date. Employer, ZIP, region and coordinates included.

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

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 vacancies

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?

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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.

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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.

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# README

## German Jobs Scraper — Federal Employment Agency (Arbeitsagentur) vacancies

Scrapes the official **Bundesagentur für Arbeit** job board — Germany's largest vacancy database, with well over a million live listings — and returns clean, structured rows.

This is the source that most German job aggregators build on: employers are verified, every vacancy has a reference number, and coverage goes far beyond the big commercial job boards, including small employers, care, trades and logistics.

### Output

```json
{
  "refNumber": "10000-1234567890-S",
  "title": "Softwareentwickler (m/w/d) Java",
  "profession": "Softwareentwickler/in",
  "employer": "Example GmbH",
  "employerId": "a1b2c3…",
  "city": "Berlin",
  "postalCode": "10115",
  "region": "Berlin",
  "country": "Deutschland",
  "latitude": 52.532,
  "longitude": 13.384,
  "publishedAt": "2026-08-14",
  "startDate": "2026-10-01",
  "detailUrl": "https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/jobsuche/jobdetail/10000-1234567890-S",
  "externalUrl": "https://careers.example.com/job/123"
}
```

### Input

- **searchQuery** — job title or keyword, e.g. `Softwareentwickler`, `Pflegefachkraft`, `LKW Fahrer`
- **location** + **radiusKm** — city or postal code with a search radius
- **offerType** — jobs, self-employment, apprenticeship / dual study, internship / trainee
- **workingTime** — full time, part time, home office / remote
- **publishedSinceDays** — only fresh vacancies
- **employer** — filter by employer name
- **maxItems** — result cap

### Use cases

- **Recruiting & staffing:** find employers hiring for a role in your region right now, with contact-ready company names and locations
- **Lead generation:** companies that post vacancies are companies that are growing — filter by profession and region to build a prospect list
- **Labour-market research:** vacancy counts by profession, city and month; measure demand for a skill over time
- **Job aggregators and boards:** a legitimate, high-coverage feed with reference numbers and direct job-page links
- **Relocation and HR tools:** show live openings for a given profession and radius

### Notes

Reads the job board's public search API — no account or key required. Data is published by employers via the Federal Employment Agency and is provided as-is. Coordinates come from the agency's own geocoding. Respect applicable data-protection rules when processing employer and contact information.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

What to search for, e.g. "Softwareentwickler", "Pflegefachkraft", "LKW Fahrer". German keywords work best.

## `location` (type: `string`):

City or postal code, e.g. "Berlin", "80331", "Nordrhein-Westfalen". Leave empty to search all of Germany.

## `radiusKm` (type: `integer`):

Search radius around the location in kilometres. 0 means exact location only.

## `offerType` (type: `string`):

Type of vacancy: regular jobs, self-employment, apprenticeship / dual study, or internship and trainee positions.

## `workingTime` (type: `string`):

Filter by working-time model as declared by the employer.

## `publishedSinceDays` (type: `integer`):

Only vacancies published in the last N days. 0 disables the filter.

## `employer` (type: `string`):

Optional filter on the employer name, e.g. "Siemens", "Klinikum". Case-insensitive substring match.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of vacancies to store in the dataset.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy. The job board API is public and usually reachable without one.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "Softwareentwickler",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "radiusKm": 25,
  "offerType": "1",
  "workingTime": "all",
  "publishedSinceDays": 7,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchQuery": "Softwareentwickler",
    "location": "Berlin",
    "radiusKm": 25,
    "publishedSinceDays": 7,
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gmpsignal/german-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 = {
    "searchQuery": "Softwareentwickler",
    "location": "Berlin",
    "radiusKm": 25,
    "publishedSinceDays": 7,
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gmpsignal/german-jobs-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 '{
  "searchQuery": "Softwareentwickler",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "radiusKm": 25,
  "publishedSinceDays": 7,
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call gmpsignal/german-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,gmpsignal/german-jobs-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/UY8lMSyLZfL9v8zme/builds/DaHMUlZSre8icx3Yf/openapi.json