Southwest News Scraper

Collects structured public data about construction projects from Southwest Construction News using keywords and date range. Extracts project information such as job number, bid date, name, county, location, and included works.

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What does this actor do?

This actor scrapes public construction project data from Southwest Construction News by searching for user-provided keywords within a specified date range. For each keyword, it extracts:

• Job Number (ENGRjob)
• Bid Date
• Project Name
• Project County
• Project Location
• Project Includes

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Why use this actor?

Southwest Construction News is a valuable source for construction project leads, market research, and competitive analysis in the Southwest US.
Use cases:

• Find new construction projects for bidding
• Analyze trends in project types and locations
• Monitor competitors or market activity
• Build a database of public works for business development

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How to use

1. Click "Try for free" on the Apify platform or run locally with Apify CLI.
2. Enter your keywords (e.g., waterline, sdr) and set the date range.
3. Set the maximum records per keyword (optional).
4. Run the actor.
5. Download your data from the Dataset tab in JSON, CSV, or Excel.

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Input

Field	Type	Description	Example/Default
keywords	array	List of keywords to search for projects	["waterline", "sdr"]
start_date	string	Start date for the search range (MM/DD/YYYY)	"1/1/2020"
end_date	string	End date for the search range (MM/DD/YYYY)	"12/31/2023"
max_records_per_keyword	integer	(Optional) Maximum number of records to extract per keyword	10

Example input:

{
  "keywords": ["waterline", "sdr"],
  "start_date": "1/1/2020",
  "end_date": "12/31/2023",
  "max_records_per_keyword": 10
}

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Output

The results are stored in the default dataset. Each item contains:

{
  "Keyword": "waterline",
  "ENGRjob": "12345",
  "Bid Date": "2/15/2023",
  "Project Name": "Main Street Waterline Replacement",
  "Project County": "Oklahoma",
  "Project Location": "Oklahoma City",
  "Project Includes": "PVC, trenching, valves"
}

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Tips

• Use specific keywords for more targeted results.
• Adjust the date range to focus on recent or historical projects.
• Increase max_records_per_keyword for broader searches (may take longer).

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Legal notice

This actor scrapes only public data. Do not use it to collect or process personal data without proper legal basis.
Always respect the terms of service of the target website.

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Need help?

If you have questions, issues, or feature requests, please use the Apify platform's support or open an issue in the repository.

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Happy scraping!