Workana Jobs Scraper — Freelance Projects, Budgets & Skills

Workana Scraper — Freelance Projects, Budgets, Skills & Client Data 💼🌎

Extract freelance projects from Workana, Latin America's largest freelance and remote-work marketplace, at scale — no login, no cookies, no coding. This Workana scraper converts public job listings across Spanish (es), Portuguese (pt), and English (en) editions into clean, structured rows: project title, full brief description, posted budget (fixed or hourly), required skills, freelancer bid count, category, client country & ISO code, client rating, payment verification, and posted date.

Export every project to JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), XML, or REST API.

💼 Built for software & creative agencies sourcing outbound project leads, freelancers hunting high-budget / low-competition gigs, recruiters mapping LatAm skill demand, rate-benchmarking analysts, and AI / market-intelligence teams.

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⚡ At a Glance

Feature	Details
Target Platform	Workana.com — Latin America & Global Freelance Marketplace
Language Editions	Spanish (es — largest project pool), Portuguese (pt), English (en)
Filtering Options	Language edition + Search Keyword (query) + Custom Filtered Workana URLs (startUrls)
Project Data Extracted	slug, title, url, clean description, budget, isHourly, totalBids, skills[], category, postedDate
Client Signals	countryName, countryCode (ISO-2), authorName, clientRating (0–5), hasVerifiedPaymentMethod, isCompany, isUrgent, isFeatured
Pagination & Scale	Auto-scaling pagination (maxPagesPerList: 0 = auto) + multi-category & multi-edition expansion — 1,000+ unique projects per run
Deduplication	100% deduplicated across pages, categories, and start URLs via unique project slug

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📑 Table of Contents

• Why Scrape Workana?
• What This Workana Scraper Does
• Use Cases
• Input Configuration
• Output Schema & Field Reference
• Pagination & 1,000+ Scale
• How to Use
• API Usage Examples
• Tips for Best Results
• FAQ
• Related Scrapers
• Changelog

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🔎 Why Scrape Workana?

Workana is the dominant freelance marketplace across Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru) and Spain, hosting thousands of live freelance projects across software development, mobile apps, AI/data science, graphic design, video editing, digital marketing, SEO, copywriting, legal, finance, and virtual assistance.

Each listing contains rich market signals — exact budget ranges (USD 500 - 1,000, USD 15 - 45 / hora), required technical skills, number of competing bids (totalBids), client country, client rating, and verified-payment status — making it a premier source for freelance lead generation and LatAm labor-market analytics.

Collecting this data manually does not scale:

• No public bulk export API: Workana does not offer a public API for exporting live job listings or historical rate benchmarks.
• Single-list pagination caps: Anonymous browsing on a single unfiltered Workana feed shows ~9 projects per page and caps near 100 pages (~900 listings), requiring category and language segmentation to collect 1,000+ projects.
• Cluttered project descriptions: Workana appends structured category/subcategory boilerplate (Categoría: X Subcategoría: Y ¿Qué necesitas?: Z) to the end of project descriptions.

This Workana data extractor solves all of those challenges automatically: it paginates across pages, expands across Workana categories and language editions when maxItems: 1000+ is requested, parses the category into a dedicated category field, strips boilerplate tails from description, and delivers a clean, deduplicated dataset.

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✨ What This Workana Scraper Does

• 🌎 Multi-Language Edition Support (es, pt, en) — target the Spanish (es), Portuguese (pt), or English (en) project catalogs, or let large runs sweep across all three.
• 🔎 Keyword Search (query) — filter projects by technology, tool, or role (e.g., python, wordpress, react, shopify, logo, seo, n8n).
• 🔗 Advanced Filter URLs (startUrls) — paste any filtered Workana jobs URL (combining category, skills, budget tier, client country, or publication date) to scrape that exact slice.
• 📄 Unlocked 1,000+ Project Pagination (maxPagesPerList: 0) — when maxPagesPerList is 0 (default), the scraper walks all available pages and automatically fans out across Workana's 8 core categories (it-programming, design-multimedia, sales-marketing, writing-translation, admin-support, finance-management, engineering-manufacturing, legal) and editions to reach 1,000+ unique projects.
• 💰 Structured Budget & Pricing Model — captures budget exactly as posted (USD 100 - 250, Less than USD 15 / hour, Mais de USD 3,000) plus the boolean isHourly flag.
• 📊 Competition & Bid Tracking — parses totalBids into a clean integer so you can filter for low-competition opportunities (totalBids < 5).
• 🧩 Normalized Skills & Category — extracts skills as a clean string array and parses category while stripping the redundant metadata tail from description.
• 🌍 Client Quality & Geo Signals — captures countryName, ISO-2 countryCode (MX, AR, BR, US, ES, CO), authorName, clientRating (0–5), hasVerifiedPaymentMethod, isCompany, isUrgent, and isFeatured.

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🎯 Use Cases

Persona / Team	How They Use This Workana Scraper
Software, Web & Marketing Agencies	Build an automated hourly/daily lead feed of high-budget projects (USD 1,000 - 3,000+) from verified-payment clients (hasVerifiedPaymentMethod: true).
Independent Freelancers & Consultants	Filter live projects by your exact skills, sort by lowest totalBids and highest clientRating, and apply before competitors pile in.
Freelance Rate & Pricing Analysts	Aggregate budget ranges by category, skills, and countryCode to benchmark hourly and fixed-price rates across Latin America, US, and Europe.
Tech Recruiters & Talent Sourcers	Track which programming languages, frameworks, and AI tools (python, langchain, flutter, nextjs) have the fastest-growing project demand.
B2B SaaS & Product Researchers	Analyze thousands of real client project briefs (description) to identify recurring small-business pain points and automation opportunities.
AI Agents & Alerting Workflows	Pipe live Workana project feeds into Slack, Discord, Telegram, Make, or n8n with LLM scoring to qualify and draft proposals automatically.

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📥 Input Configuration

All fields are optional. Press Start with default settings to collect a fast 60-project sample, or increase maxItems to 1000+ for bulk extraction.

Field	Key	Type	Default	Description
Language	language	string	"es"	Workana edition: "es" (Spanish — largest pool), "pt" (Portuguese), or "en" (English).
Search Keyword	query	string	""	Optional keyword filter (e.g., "wordpress", "python", "shopify", "design"). Leave empty for all projects.
Start URLs	startUrls	array<object|string>	[]	Optional filtered Workana listing URLs (e.g., https://www.workana.com/es/jobs?category=it-programming).
Max Items	maxItems	integer	100 (prefill 60)	Maximum unique projects to collect. Set 0 for unlimited (1,000+ supported).
Max Pages per List	maxPagesPerList	integer	0 (Auto)	Pages to scrape per list (~9 projects/page). 0 = auto/unlimited governed by maxItems.
Proxy Configuration	proxyConfiguration	object	{ "useApifyProxy": true }	Apify Proxy configuration. Default datacenter proxy works out of the box.

Example 1 — Bulk 1,000+ Freelance Projects Sweep

{
  "language": "es",
  "query": "",
  "maxItems": 1200,
  "maxPagesPerList": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Example 2 — Niche Keyword Search (python)

{
  "language": "es",
  "query": "python",
  "maxItems": 250,
  "maxPagesPerList": 0
}

Example 3 — Multiple Filtered Workana URLs

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.workana.com/es/jobs?category=it-programming&skills=react" },
    { "url": "https://www.workana.com/pt/jobs?category=it-programming" },
    { "url": "https://www.workana.com/en/jobs?category=design-multimedia" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 600
}

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📤 Output Schema & Field Reference

Each scraped project is returned as a flat, normalized JSON object.

Sample Output Record

{
  "slug": "especialista-en-cierre-de-ventas-por-whatsapp-y-productos",
  "title": "Especialista en Cierre de Ventas por Whatsapp y Productos",
  "url": "https://www.workana.com/job/especialista-en-cierre-de-ventas-por-whatsapp-y-productos",
  "description": "Se busca un profesional con experiencia en estrategias de ventas y cierre para productos, utilizando WhatsApp como canal principal de comunicación. El objetivo es optimizar el proceso de ventas, gestionar la interacción con clientes potenciales y existentes, y aumentar las tasas de conversión.",
  "budget": "USD 100 - 250",
  "isHourly": false,
  "totalBids": 4,
  "skills": [
    "Ventas",
    "Marketing",
    "Lead Generation",
    "Telemarketing",
    "Social Media Marketing",
    "Experiencia de cliente"
  ],
  "category": "Marketing Digital y Ventas",
  "countryName": "Estados Unidos",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "authorName": "J. H.",
  "clientRating": 4.95,
  "hasVerifiedPaymentMethod": true,
  "isUrgent": false,
  "isCompany": true,
  "isFeatured": false,
  "postedDate": "Hace 2 horas",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-10T05:00:00.000Z"
}

Emoji-Grouped Field Reference & Coverage

📋 Project Identity & Brief

Field	Type	Coverage	Description
slug	string	🟢 High (100%)	Unique Workana project slug (used for cross-page and cross-list deduplication).
title	string	🟢 High (100%)	Clean project title (HTML unwrapped).
url	string	🟢 High (100%)	Canonical URL to the project page (https://www.workana.com/job/{slug}).
description	string	🟢 High (100%)	Full human-written project brief with Workana's category/subcategory metadata tail removed.
category	string|null	🟢 High (99%+)	Workana category label (e.g., Programación y Tecnología, Diseño y Multimedia, Marketing Digital y Ventas).
skills	array<string>	🟢 High (95%+)	Array of required technical or professional skills tagged on the project.
postedDate	string	🟢 High (100%)	Relative or formatted publication date as shown on Workana (e.g., Hace 2 horas, Ayer).

💰 Budget, Pricing & Competition

Field	Type	Coverage	Description
budget	string	🟢 High (100%)	Posted project budget — fixed range (e.g., USD 100 - 250) or hourly rate (USD 15 - 45 / hora).
isHourly	boolean	🟢 High (100%)	true when the project pays an hourly rate; false for fixed-price projects.
totalBids	integer|null	🟢 High (100%)	Number of freelancer proposals submitted so far.
isUrgent	boolean	🟢 High (100%)	true when the client marked the project as urgent.
isFeatured	boolean	🟢 High (100%)	true when the project is promoted/featured in search results.

🌍 Client Profile & Trust Signals

Field	Type	Coverage	Description
countryName	string|null	🟢 High (100%)	Client's country name (e.g., México, Brasil, España, Estados Unidos, Argentina).
countryCode	string|null	🟢 High (100%)	Client's ISO-2 country code (MX, BR, ES, US, AR, CO, CL).
authorName	string|null	🟢 High (100%)	Client display label (Workana displays initials publicly, e.g., J. H.).
clientRating	number|null	🟡 Conditional	Client rating on a 0.0–5.0 scale (~17–25% of listings; null when the client has no prior reviews).
hasVerifiedPaymentMethod	boolean	🟢 High (100%)	true when the client has a verified payment method on file.
isCompany	boolean	🟢 High (100%)	true when the client account is a business/company entity.
scrapedAt	string	🟢 High (100%)	ISO-8601 UTC timestamp when the record was scraped.

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🔁 Pagination & 1,000+ Scale

Workana's public listing feed returns ~9 projects per page and caps any single listing query at roughly 100 pages (~350–900 unique projects per list). To ensure you can collect 1,000+ unique projects in a single run without hitting a single-list ceiling:

• Auto-Scaling Pagination (maxPagesPerList: 0): Leave maxPagesPerList at 0 (default) so pagination is governed automatically by maxItems.
• Automatic 8-Category & Multi-Edition Expansion: When maxItems > 250 and maxPagesPerList === 0 (without restrictive custom startUrls), the scraper first paginates the main listing feed and then automatically iterates across Workana's 8 core categories (it-programming, design-multimedia, sales-marketing, writing-translation, admin-support, finance-management, engineering-manufacturing, legal) and language editions (es, pt, en), deduplicating every project by slug until maxItems is reached.
• Multi-URL Queueing: You can also pass any number of custom filtered URLs in startUrls; each URL is crawled as its own paginated list into one unified, deduplicated dataset.

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⚙️ How to Use

1. Open Workana Scraper in the Apify Console.
2. Select a Language (es has the largest volume, followed by pt and en) and optionally enter a Search Keyword (query).
3. (Optional) Paste custom filtered Workana URLs into Start URLs (startUrls).
4. Set Max Items (maxItems) — e.g., 60 for a quick test, 1000+ for a deep market sweep, or 0 for unlimited — and leave Max Pages per List (maxPagesPerList) at 0.
5. Click Start and export your results in JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or RSS, or fetch them via the Apify API.

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💻 API Usage Examples

Node.js (apify-client)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });

const run = await client.actor('haketa/workana-scraper').call({
    language: 'es',
    query: '',
    maxItems: 1000,
    maxPagesPerList: 0,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Collected ${items.length} unique Workana projects`);

Python (apify-client)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("haketa/workana-scraper").call(run_input={
    "language": "es",
    "query": "python",
    "maxItems": 300,
    "maxPagesPerList": 0,
})

for job in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(job["title"], job["budget"], job["totalBids"], job["countryCode"])

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/haketa~workana-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "language": "es",
    "maxItems": 500,
    "maxPagesPerList": 0
  }'

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🗂️ Supported Workana Categories & Filter URLs

Workana organizes projects across 8 primary verticals. When maxPagesPerList: 0 and maxItems > 250, the scraper automatically expands across these categories — or you can target any specific vertical directly via startUrls:

Category Slug	Spanish Edition URL (es)	Typical Project Roles
it-programming	https://www.workana.com/es/jobs?category=it-programming	Full-stack web, mobile apps, Python, AI/ML, WordPress, Shopify, APIs
design-multimedia	https://www.workana.com/es/jobs?category=design-multimedia	UI/UX design, branding, logos, video editing, 3D modeling, motion graphics
sales-marketing	https://www.workana.com/es/jobs?category=sales-marketing	Meta/Google Ads, SEO, WhatsApp sales funnels, CRM automation, lead gen
writing-translation	https://www.workana.com/es/jobs?category=writing-translation	Copywriting, blog content, technical writing, ES/PT/EN translation
admin-support	https://www.workana.com/es/jobs?category=admin-support	Virtual assistance, customer support, data entry, project management
finance-management	https://www.workana.com/es/jobs?category=finance-management	Accounting, financial modeling, ERP setup, business consulting
engineering-manufacturing	https://www.workana.com/es/jobs?category=engineering-manufacturing	CAD, architecture, civil/electrical engineering, product design
legal	https://www.workana.com/es/jobs?category=legal	Contract drafting, corporate law, trademark & compliance consulting

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🔌 Integrations & Automation Workflows

• Real-Time Agency Lead Alerts (Slack / Telegram / Discord): Schedule the actor to run every 30–60 minutes with maxItems: 60 and connect a Make, Zapier, or n8n webhook to notify your sales channel whenever a high-budget (USD 1,000 - 3,000+) project is posted.
• AI Proposal Drafting (OpenAI / Claude + n8n): Pipe each new project's title, description, skills, and budget into an LLM workflow to score fit (1–10) and draft a tailored Spanish or Portuguese proposal automatically.
• Google Sheets & BI Dashboards: Sync daily runs to Google Sheets, Looker Studio, or Power BI to track skill demand, bid competition (totalBids), and budget distributions by countryCode.

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💡 Tips for Best Results

• Leave maxPagesPerList at 0: Setting maxPagesPerList: 0 lets maxItems control the run automatically and enables multi-category expansion for 1,000+ project runs.
• Filter for high-intent clients: In your exported dataset or downstream automation, filter on hasVerifiedPaymentMethod == true and totalBids <= 5 to surface fresh, funded projects with minimal competition.
• Start with Spanish (es) and Portuguese (pt): Because Workana is headquartered in Latin America, the es and pt editions carry over 90% of total platform volume.
• Schedule hourly runs for real-time lead alerts: Schedule the actor every hour with maxItems: 50 and push new slug IDs to Slack, Telegram, or HubSpot via Make/n8n.

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❓ FAQ

Do I need a Workana account or API key?

No. The actor collects publicly visible project listings without requiring any login, cookies, or API key.

How many projects can I scrape in a single run?

You can collect 1,000 to 5,000+ unique projects in a single run. When maxPagesPerList is 0 (default) and maxItems is set to 1000+, the scraper automatically expands across Workana's categories and language editions to bypass single-list page caps.

Why is authorName shown as initials (e.g., J. H.)?

Workana masks client full names as initials on public listings. You still receive the client's full countryName, countryCode, clientRating, hasVerifiedPaymentMethod, and isCompany status.

Why is clientRating null on some projects?

clientRating is populated whenever the client has completed prior projects and received ratings on Workana (~17–25% of listings). New clients posting their first project naturally have clientRating: null.

Can I filter by specific Workana categories, skills, or countries?

Yes. Configure your desired filters on workana.com/jobs, copy the URL from your browser address bar, and paste it into Start URLs (startUrls).

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What export formats are supported?

You can export the scraped dataset directly from the Apify Console or REST API in JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), HTML table, XML, or RSS.

How fresh is the data?

Every run fetches live project listings directly from Workana at execution time (scrapedAt). Schedule the actor hourly or daily to maintain a real-time feed of newly posted freelance gigs.

Does the scraper handle duplicate projects across pages or URLs?

Yes. Every project is deduplicated across all pages, categories, and startUrls using its unique slug.

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📋 Changelog

v1.2.0 (2026-11)

• Unlocked 1,000+ Multi-Category & Multi-Edition Pagination: Set maxPagesPerList prefill and default to 0 (auto/unlimited governed by maxItems) and added automatic fan-out across all 8 Workana categories (it-programming, design-multimedia, sales-marketing, writing-translation, admin-support, finance-management, engineering-manufacturing, legal) and language editions (es, pt, en) when maxItems > 250.
• Fast Default & Prefill Limits: Set maxItems default to 100 and prefill to 60 so quick test runs finish in ~20 seconds while maxItems: 1000+ scales seamlessly.
• Documentation Upgrade: Added ⚡ At a Glance summary table, emoji-grouped field tables with coverage indicators, and updated API examples.

v1.1.0 (2026-11)

• Cleaner description Field: Automatically strips Workana's appended category/subcategory boilerplate tail after extracting the category field (99.4% category coverage).
• Scale Verification: Verified 355 unique Spanish (es) projects in a single list with 0 duplicates and 100% coverage on core fields.

v1.0.0 (2026-08)

• Initial release of Workana Jobs Scraper supporting Spanish (es), Portuguese (pt), and English (en) editions, keyword filtering, custom startUrls, and 19 normalized output fields.