Lead Extractor - JustDial

Extract business leads and contact details directly from JustDial.com using this Apify Actor. Ideal for generating B2B leads, service provider lists, or local business insights.

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🧠 What it does

This actor scrapes business listings from JustDial based on a given search term and location. It returns structured data including business name, phone number (if available), address, and more.

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✅ Use cases

• Extract leads for local businesses
• Generate contact lists for cold outreach
• Market research on service providers by city
• Competitive analysis in your niche

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📥 Input

You can provide the following fields as input:

{
  "search": "plumbers",
  "location": "Mumbai",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "debugMode": false,
  "startUrls": []
}

### Fields explained:

| Field       | Type      | Description                                                                 |
|-------------|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `search`    | `string`  | Search term for JustDial (e.g., `"salon"`, `"electricians"`)                |
| `location`  | `string`  | Location to search in (e.g., `"Delhi"`, `"Bangalore"`)                      |
| `maxItems`  | `number`  | (Optional) Maximum number of listings to extract                            |
| `debugMode` | `boolean` | (Optional) Logs more information during execution for troubleshooting       |
| `startUrls` | `array`   | (Optional) Custom start URLs if you want to override the default search URL |



## 📤 Output

The actor returns a dataset containing an array of business listings. Each record may contain the following fields:

### Sample Output

```json
[
  {
    "isAd": false,
    "url": "https://www.justdial.com/Goa/The-Goan-Room-Near-Donapaula-Police-Station-Donapaula/0832PX832-X832-161005124923-N2E9_BZDET?trkid=&term=&ncatid=10408936&area=&search=Best%20Restaurants%20in%20Goa%20-%20Order%20Food%20Online&mncatname=Restaurants&ftterm=&abd_btn=&abd_heading=&bd=1&cat_b2b_flag=0&searchfrom=lst",
    "name": "The Goan Room",
    "email": null,
    "websiteLink": null,
    "address": "Donapaula Road Donapaula, Goa",
    "phone": null,
    "Whatsapp": null,
    "rating": null,
    "ratingCount": null,
    "services": [],
    "infoSnippet": [],
    "image": null,
    "categories": []
  }
]
### 📄 Output Fields Explained

| Field         | Type      | Description                                                                 |
|---------------|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `isAd`        | `boolean` | Indicates whether the listing is a sponsored advertisement                 |
| `url`         | `string`  | Direct URL to the JustDial business listing                                 |
| `name`        | `string`  | Name of the business                                                        |
| `email`       | `string`  | Email address of the business (if available)                                |
| `websiteLink` | `string`  | Official website link of the business (if available)                        |
| `address`     | `string`  | Physical address of the business                                            |
| `phone`       | `string`  | Phone number of the business (if available)                                 |
| `Whatsapp`    | `string`  | WhatsApp number of the business (if available)                              |
| `rating`      | `number`  | User rating out of 5 (if available)                                         |
| `ratingCount` | `number`  | Total number of users who rated                                             |
| `services`    | `array`   | List of services or business highlights                                     |
| `infoSnippet` | `array`   | Additional snippets or descriptions about the business                      |
| `image`       | `string`  | URL of the business image/logo (if available)                               |
| `categories`  | `array`   | List of categories or tags the business is associated with                  |


## 🔒 Proxy

This actor uses **Apify Proxy** automatically to avoid IP bans and to access location-based content seamlessly.

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## 🚀 How to use

1. Go to [Apify Console](https://console.apify.com)
2. Click **"Try actor"** or schedule it in your task
3. Fill in your `search` term and `location`
4. Run the actor
5. Download your leads as **JSON**, **CSV**, or **Excel**

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## 🛠️ Tech Stack

- [Apify SDK](https://sdk.apify.com/)
- [Crawlee](https://crawlee.dev/)
- [Puppeteer](https://pptr.dev/)
- Node.js