# StepStone Germany Job Listings Scraper (`mellora/stepstone-germany-job-listings-scraper`) Actor

Extracts public StepStone.de job listings for any search (title, location, date posted) into structured JSON with company, salary when shown, and apply links.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mellora/stepstone-germany-job-listings-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [James Barnes](https://apify.com/mellora) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## StepStone Germany Job Listings Scraper

Track the German job market: get public StepStone.de listings for any search as structured JSON, with title, company, location, date posted, salary when shown, and the link to apply. Useful for recruiters, market analysts, and job aggregators.

### Sample output

```json
{
  "title": "Softwareentwickler (m/w/d)",
  "company": "Example GmbH",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "datePosted": "2024-05-02",
  "salary": null,
  "employmentType": "FULL_TIME",
  "description": "Wir suchen ...",
  "url": "https://www.stepstone.de/stellenangebote--Softwareentwickler-...",
  "applyUrl": "https://www.stepstone.de/stellenangebote--Softwareentwickler-..."
}
```

Values vary by listing; the above is illustrative of the fields returned.

### Input

- **searchQuery** (required): job title or keyword.
- **location**: city or region; empty means all of Germany.
- **maxItems**: 1-1000, default 20.
- **fetchDetails**: open each job page for extra fields (slower).
- **useProxy**: enable Apify residential proxy if requests are blocked.

### Output fields

title, company, location, datePosted, salary, employmentType, description, url, applyUrl. Fields not shown publicly are null.

### Pricing

$0.002 per result (dataset item), charged by the platform. No other fees from the Actor; proxy usage, if enabled, is billed as platform usage.

### Limits

- Reads only public pages visible to logged-out visitors; no login, no CAPTCHA solving.
- Requests are rate limited (about one every 1.5 s) and back off on HTTP 429.
- Salary is only available when the employer publishes it.
- StepStone may change its page markup or block requests; if so, try the proxy option.
- No personal emails or phone numbers are collected.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Job title or keyword to search for on StepStone.de, e.g. Softwareentwickler.

## `location` (type: `string`):

City or region in Germany, e.g. Berlin. Leave empty for all of Germany.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of job listings to return (1-1000).

## `fetchDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Open each job page to add salary (when shown), employment type and description. Slower.

## `useProxy` (type: `boolean`):

Enable only if StepStone blocks plain requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "Softwareentwickler",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "useProxy": false
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQuery": "Softwareentwickler",
    "location": "Berlin",
    "maxItems": 20,
    "fetchDetails": true,
    "useProxy": false
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mellora/stepstone-germany-job-listings-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQuery": "Softwareentwickler",
    "location": "Berlin",
    "maxItems": 20,
    "fetchDetails": True,
    "useProxy": False,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mellora/stepstone-germany-job-listings-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQuery": "Softwareentwickler",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "useProxy": false
}' |
apify call mellora/stepstone-germany-job-listings-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,mellora/stepstone-germany-job-listings-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/abyVZUUj4swdgsTAZ/builds/4DeoJqjXLCpatcdbF/openapi.json