# Speaker Bureau Directory Scraper - Keynote Speakers & Fees (`jungle_synthesizer/speaker-bureau-directory-scraper`) Actor Scrape keynote speaker profiles from major US speakers bureaus. Extract speaker name, tagline, live and virtual fee ranges, travel region, topics, categories, bio, books, profile photo, and bureau booking URL. Built for event planners, PR firms, and competing bureaus. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/speaker-bureau-directory-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event 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 ## Speaker Bureau Directory Scraper Scrape keynote speaker profiles from the [All American Speakers Bureau](https://www.allamericanspeakers.com) directory. Returns name, tagline, live and virtual fee ranges, travel region, topics, categories, full biography, books authored, and the bureau booking URL for ~16,500 speakers. --- ### Speaker Bureau Directory Scraper Features - Extracts 16+ structured fields per speaker profile, including separate live and virtual fee ranges - Pulls a normalized `topics` array and a separate `categories` taxonomy — most directories give you one or the other - Returns the full biography as plain text. No HTML to clean up - Lists every book on the speaker's profile page, plus YouTube and Vimeo video URLs - Sources from a public sitemap — no proxies, no browser, no CAPTCHA dance - Configurable scope: scrape the whole roster (16k speakers) or pin specific profile URLs --- ### Who Uses Speaker Bureau Data? - **Corporate event planners** — Build keynote shortlists with budget bands already attached. The fee fields alone save you ten contact-form submissions - **PR and media bookers** — Source guests for podcasts, panels, and trade press. Eighty percent of speaker outreach goes unanswered, so pre-qualified contact data has value - **Competing speakers bureaus** — Track talent rosters and benchmark fee positioning. Most A-list speakers are multi-bureau represented anyway - **Sales teams targeting authors and executives** — Speakers are a clean buyer-persona slice. Their booking pages double as a lead-source --- ### How the Speaker Bureau Directory Scraper Works 1. **Fetch sitemap** — Reads the bureau's public sitemap.xml to discover every speaker profile URL 2. **Filter and seed** — Filters to the `/speakers/{id}/...` URL pattern, slices to `maxItems`, queues each profile 3. **Extract per profile** — Loads each profile page and pulls speaker name, fees, topics, categories, biography, books, and videos into a flat record 4. **Save** — Emits one JSON record per speaker to the dataset, tagged with `bureau: "aae"` so future versions can layer additional bureaus into the same output Pass a list of direct profile URLs to skip sitemap discovery and crawl only what you specify. --- ### Input ```json { "bureau": "aae", "maxItems": 10 } ```` | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | bureau | string | "aae" | Source bureau. v1 supports `aae` (All American Speakers Bureau, ~16k speakers). Additional bureaus arrive in subsequent releases. | | maxItems | integer | 10 | Maximum number of speaker records to return. Default is intentionally low so a single run finishes within Apify's 5-minute tester window. Increase for larger crawls. | | profileUrls | array | `[]` | Optional list of direct speaker profile URLs. When provided, the scraper skips sitemap discovery and crawls only these URLs. | #### Targeted scrape — specific speakers only ```json { "bureau": "aae", "maxItems": 3, "profileUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/speakers/389198/Science-Bob-Pflugfelder" }, { "url": "https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/speakers/385009/3OH%213" } ] } ``` *** ### Speaker Bureau Directory Scraper Output Fields ```json { "speaker_name": "\"Science Bob\" Pflugfelder", "tagline": "Known as \"Science Bob\"; Science Teacher & TV Personality; Co-Author of the \"Nick & Tesla\" Series for Young Readers", "bureau": "aae", "bureau_label": "All American Speakers Bureau", "bureau_speaker_id": "389198", "profile_url": "https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/speakers/389198/%22Science-Bob%22-Pflugfelder", "profile_image_url": "https://thumbnails.aaehq.com/t_face_aas_md/.../2018_bobpflugfelder_headshot.png", "fee_range_live": "$10,000 - $20,000", "fee_range_virtual": "$5,000 - $10,000", "travel_region": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "topics": ["STEM (STEAM) Education", "Science Demonstrations And Innovations"], "categories": ["Education", "Science", "STEM", "STEM Education", "Technology"], "bio": "Bob Pflugfelder, known as \"Science Bob,\" is a science teacher, author...", "books_authored": [ "Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab", "Nick and Tesla's Robot Army Rampage" ], "featured_videos": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAGm50Cvw9g"], "bureau_booking_url": "https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/contact-us", "scraped_at": "2026-04-30T10:33:46.945Z" } ``` | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | speaker\_name | string | Speaker's full name as shown on the bureau profile | | tagline | string | Short positioning line (e.g. "CEO of...", "Author of...", "The King of Negotiators") | | bureau | string | Source bureau slug (`aae` for All American Speakers Bureau) | | bureau\_label | string | Human-readable bureau name | | bureau\_speaker\_id | string | Numeric speaker ID assigned by the bureau (stable, from URL) | | profile\_url | string | Canonical URL of the speaker's profile page | | profile\_image\_url | string | Speaker headshot URL | | fee\_range\_live | string | Speaking fee range for in-person events (e.g. `$10,000 - $20,000`, `Please Contact`) | | fee\_range\_virtual | string | Speaking fee range for virtual / online events | | travel\_region | string | Where the speaker travels from, as published | | topics | array of strings | Speaking topics offered by the speaker | | categories | array of strings | Bureau taxonomy tags the speaker is filed under | | bio | string | Full biography, plain text (HTML stripped) | | books\_authored | array of strings | Book titles authored or co-authored by the speaker | | featured\_videos | array of strings | YouTube / Vimeo URLs of featured speaker videos | | bureau\_booking\_url | string | URL where event planners can request booking through the bureau | | scraped\_at | string | ISO 8601 timestamp when the record was extracted | *** ### FAQ #### How do I scrape allamericanspeakers.com? The Speaker Bureau Directory Scraper pulls profiles directly from the public AAE sitemap. Set `bureau: "aae"`, pick a `maxItems` cap, and run. No login, no proxy, no CAPTCHA solver required. #### How much does the Speaker Bureau Directory Scraper cost to run? Pricing is pay-per-event: $0.10 per actor start plus $0.001 per speaker record. A 100-speaker run costs about $0.20. The full ~16,500-speaker AAE roster is around $16.60. #### Can I scrape only specific speakers? Yes. Pass a `profileUrls` array of direct speaker URLs and the scraper skips sitemap discovery, fetching only what you list. Useful for refreshing a known watchlist or backfilling a CRM. #### Does the Speaker Bureau Directory Scraper need proxies? No. The target site is public, server-rendered, and behind a Cloudflare CDN — but it doesn't gate the profile pages behind a managed challenge. Plain HTTP requests work, which is more than half of "scraper-ready" sites can claim. #### Why doesn't the scraper return agent name, agent email, or speaker direct email? AAE doesn't publish per-speaker agent contact cards or speaker direct emails on the public profile page — they're gated behind the bureau's contact form. The scraper returns the bureau-wide `bureau_booking_url` instead, which is the actual path to a booking on this site. #### Will more bureaus be supported? Yes. The dataset schema already carries a `bureau` field on every record so additional bureaus (BigSpeak, Premier, WSB, Harry Walker) can be layered in without breaking existing output. v1 ships AAE because it's the largest and the cleanest to extract. *** ### Need More Features? Need additional bureaus, custom fields, or a different filter? [File an issue](https://console.apify.com/actors/issues) or get in touch. ### Why Use the Speaker Bureau Directory Scraper? - **Affordable** — $0.001 per speaker record, $0.10 per run start - **Multi-bureau ready** — Output schema includes a `bureau` tag on every record, so adding sources doesn't break consumers. Most aggregator scrapers can't say that - **Structured fees** — Returns separate `fee_range_live` and `fee_range_virtual` fields instead of one free-text string. The virtual line item didn't exist before 2020; pretending it doesn't isn't an option anymore # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `bureau` (type: `string`): Which speaker bureau to scrape. v1 supports AAE (All American Speakers Bureau, ~16k speakers). Additional bureaus will be added in subsequent releases. ## `profileUrls` (type: `array`): Optional: pass specific speaker profile URLs (e.g. https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/speakers/389198/Science-Bob-Pflugfelder). When provided, the actor skips sitemap discovery and crawls these URLs directly. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of speaker records to return. Kept low by default so a run finishes within Apify's 5-minute tester window. Increase explicitly for a wider crawl (full AAE roster ~16,500 speakers). ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "bureau": "aae", "profileUrls": [], "maxItems": 10 } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "bureau": "aae", "profileUrls": [], "maxItems": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/speaker-bureau-directory-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 = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "bureau": "aae", "profileUrls": [], "maxItems": 10, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/speaker-bureau-directory-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 '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "bureau": "aae", "profileUrls": [], "maxItems": 10 }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/speaker-bureau-directory-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/speaker-bureau-directory-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Speaker Bureau Directory Scraper - Keynote Speakers & Fees", "description": "Scrape keynote speaker profiles from major US speakers bureaus. Extract speaker name, tagline, live and virtual fee ranges, travel region, topics, categories, bio, books, profile photo, and bureau booking URL. Built for event planners, PR firms, and competing bureaus.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "EX8OKQq8yk1w00Oeh" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~speaker-bureau-directory-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-speaker-bureau-directory-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~speaker-bureau-directory-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-speaker-bureau-directory-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~speaker-bureau-directory-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-speaker-bureau-directory-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler." }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements." }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "bureau": { "title": "Bureau Source", "enum": [ "aae" ], "type": "string", "description": "Which speaker bureau to scrape. v1 supports AAE (All American Speakers Bureau, ~16k speakers). Additional bureaus will be added in subsequent releases.", "default": "aae" }, "profileUrls": { "title": "Direct Profile URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Optional: pass specific speaker profile URLs (e.g. https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/speakers/389198/Science-Bob-Pflugfelder). When provided, the actor skips sitemap discovery and crawls these URLs directly.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of speaker records to return. Kept low by default so a run finishes within Apify's 5-minute tester window. Increase explicitly for a wider crawl (full AAE roster ~16,500 speakers).", "default": 10 } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```