# Findermaster Scraper (`happitap/findermaster-scraper`) Actor Scrape classified ads and business listings from FinderMaster.com. Extract titles, descriptions, categories, contact info, images, and listing URLs across 100+ countries, states, and cities. - **URL**: https://apify.com/happitap/findermaster-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [HappiTap](https://apify.com/happitap) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## FinderMaster Scraper Scrape classified ads and business listings from [FinderMaster.com](https://www.findermaster.com/). Extract titles, descriptions, categories, contact info, images, and listing URLs across 100+ countries, states, and cities. ### Features - **Multi-level scraping**: Country → State → City → Listings → Detail pages - **Flexible input**: Provide direct URLs, or specify country/state/city to auto-build URLs - **Pagination support**: Automatically follows paginated listing pages - **Detail extraction**: Optionally scrape full listing details (title, description, contact, images, etc.) - **Anti-bot protection**: Stealth mode with fingerprinting, session rotation, and resource blocking - **Kill-switch**: Graceful timeout handling for Apify platform limits ### Input Configuration | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `startUrls` | Array | `[]` | Direct URLs to scrape (auto-detects URL type) | | `country` | String | - | Country code: `usa`, `canada`, `australia`, `india`, `united-kingdom`, etc. | | `state` | String | - | State name (requires `country`), e.g. `california`, `new-york` | | `city` | String | - | City name, e.g. `anaheim`, `los-angeles` | | `category` | String | - | Category filter (reserved for future use) | | `maxItems` | Number | `100` | Maximum number of listings to scrape | | `maxPages` | Number | `10` | Maximum number of pagination pages per listing source | | `scrapeDetails` | Boolean | `true` | Whether to visit individual listing detail pages | | `maxConcurrency` | Number | `5` | Maximum concurrent browser pages | | `proxyConfiguration` | Object | - | Apify proxy settings | | `debugMode` | Boolean | `false` | Enable verbose logging | ### Example Input #### Scrape listings from a specific city ```json { "city": "anaheim", "maxItems": 50, "scrapeDetails": true } ```` #### Scrape all listings from a US state ```json { "country": "usa", "state": "california", "maxItems": 200, "maxPages": 5 } ``` #### Scrape from direct URLs ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://anaheim.findermaster.com" }, { "url": "https://www.findermaster.com/services/home-services/spencer-air-conditioning-&-heating_i378695" } ], "maxItems": 100 } ``` #### Quick scrape without detail pages ```json { "country": "usa", "state": "new-york", "scrapeDetails": false, "maxItems": 500 } ``` ### Output Format Each scraped listing produces a JSON object: ```json { "listingId": "378695", "title": "Spencer Air Conditioning & Heating", "description": "Full service HVAC company...", "category": "FinderMaster > Home Services", "location": "Texas, USA", "date": "2024-01-15", "price": null, "phone": "+1-555-0123", "email": "info@example.com", "website": "https://example.com", "images": ["https://..."], "sourceUrl": "https://www.findermaster.com/services/home-services/spencer-air-conditioning-&-heating_i378695", "scrapedAt": "2025-02-21T14:00:00.000Z" } ``` ### URL Structure FinderMaster uses subdomain-based routing: - **Main site**: `https://www.findermaster.com` - **Country**: `https://usa.findermaster.com` - **State**: `https://usa.findermaster.com/state/california` - **City**: `https://anaheim.findermaster.com` - **Listing**: `https://www.findermaster.com/services/home-services/title_i123456` - **Pagination**: `https://www.findermaster.com/search/sOrder,dt_pub_date/iOrderType,desc/city,Anaheim/iPage,2` ### Development ```bash npm install npm run dev ## Run with tsx (development) npm run build ## Compile TypeScript npm start ## Run compiled JS (production) ``` ### Deployment Build and push to Apify using the included `Dockerfile`: ```bash apify push ``` # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): One or more FinderMaster URLs to start from (e.g. country page, state, city, search results, or a specific listing). If empty, the Actor can use country/state/city below to build start URLs. ## `country` (type: `string`): Country subdomain to scrape (e.g. usa, canada). Used when building start URLs from location; optional if you provide Start URLs. ## `state` (type: `string`): State or region slug (e.g. california). Optional; used with country to build start URLs. ## `city` (type: `string`): City subdomain or slug. Optional; used with country/state to narrow scraping. ## `category` (type: `string`): Category path to filter listings (e.g. items/other-items, services/home-services, services/tech). Optional. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of listings to scrape. The crawler stops after reaching this number. ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of listing pages (pagination) to crawl. ## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, each listing link is visited to extract full detail (contact, price, location, etc.). If disabled, only listing page data (title, URL, description) is saved. ## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`): Number of pages to crawl in parallel. Higher values are faster but use more memory. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Select proxies for the crawler. Apify Proxy is recommended to avoid blocking. ## `debugMode` (type: `boolean`): Enable debug logging for troubleshooting. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://usa.findermaster.com/" } ], "maxItems": 100, "maxPages": 10, "scrapeDetails": true, "maxConcurrency": 5, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }, "debugMode": false } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): Scraped listings (titles, URLs, descriptions, contact info) and any partial/failed request records. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://usa.findermaster.com/" } ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("happitap/findermaster-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://usa.findermaster.com/" }], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("happitap/findermaster-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 '{ "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://usa.findermaster.com/" } ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call happitap/findermaster-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=happitap/findermaster-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Findermaster Scraper", "description": "Scrape classified ads and business listings from FinderMaster.com. Extract titles, descriptions, categories, contact info, images, and listing URLs across 100+ countries, states, and cities.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "9sgLB9mKxo2BAm4E6" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/happitap~findermaster-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-happitap-findermaster-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/happitap~findermaster-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-happitap-findermaster-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/happitap~findermaster-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-happitap-findermaster-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "One or more FinderMaster URLs to start from (e.g. country page, state, city, search results, or a specific listing). If empty, the Actor can use country/state/city below to build start URLs.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "country": { "title": "Country", "enum": [ "usa", "canada", "australia", "india", "new-zealand", "pakistan", "philippines", "united-arab-emirates", "united-kingdom" ], "type": "string", "description": "Country subdomain to scrape (e.g. usa, canada). Used when building start URLs from location; optional if you provide Start URLs." }, "state": { "title": "State / region", "type": "string", "description": "State or region slug (e.g. california). Optional; used with country to build start URLs." }, "city": { "title": "City", "type": "string", "description": "City subdomain or slug. Optional; used with country/state to narrow scraping." }, "category": { "title": "Category", "type": "string", "description": "Category path to filter listings (e.g. items/other-items, services/home-services, services/tech). Optional." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of listings to scrape. The crawler stops after reaching this number.", "default": 100 }, "maxPages": { "title": "Max pages", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of listing pages (pagination) to crawl.", "default": 10 }, "scrapeDetails": { "title": "Scrape detail pages", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, each listing link is visited to extract full detail (contact, price, location, etc.). If disabled, only listing page data (title, URL, description) is saved.", "default": true }, "maxConcurrency": { "title": "Max concurrency", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10, "type": "integer", "description": "Number of pages to crawl in parallel. Higher values are faster but use more memory.", "default": 5 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Select proxies for the crawler. Apify Proxy is recommended to avoid blocking." }, "debugMode": { "title": "Debug mode", "type": "boolean", "description": "Enable debug logging for troubleshooting.", "default": false } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```