1188.lv Latvia Scraper

Scrape 1188.lv (Latvian Yellow Pages / 1188 Uzziņas) into one row per business: name, phone, email when listed, website, address, opening hours.

Works from a keyword plus optional city, a nationwide term, or a pasted /katalogs/meklet or /katalogs/{category}/{slug}-{id} URL. Cards and profiles answer without Apify Proxy.

Pricing: $0.005 per listing (pushData). Extra contact-phone $0.002 and contact-email $0.05 when those fields are present.

Why use this scraper?

• Profile JSON-LD carries phone and email when the business published them.
• The weekday timetable is time[datetime] on the profile (pirmd. … svētd.).
• City is InfopageSearch[vzd_code] (Rīga = 100003003). Bare where=Riga on a pasted URL is only the autocomplete label — 1188 ignores it unless the VZD code is present. The actor adds the code from the city name, or keeps it when you paste it.
• Optional harvest of the business site when the directory has no inbox.

Overview

Built for lead lists and local research on Latvian companies. Each dataset item is one listing from 1188.lv (Helio Media / Tet).

Supported inputs

Input	What it does
searchTerms	What you type in 1188, e.g. restorans, santehnikis
locations	City name. Mapped to 1188 InfopageSearch[vzd_code]. Empty = nationwide
startUrls	https://www.1188.lv/katalogs/meklet?... or /katalogs/{cat}/{slug}-{id}
maxItems	Stop after N unique listings (free plan cap 50)
harvestWebsiteEmail	Fetch the business site if the profile has no inbox
proxy	Leave off

The official Android app (lv.lattelecombpo.yellowpages, 1188 Business search) is live on Play. This actor reads the public HTML catalog, not the app API.

Use cases

Who	Why
Sales / agencies	Latvian phones and emails from a category
Researchers	Hours, city, and postcode coverage
SEO / maps	Website + coordinates per listing

How it works

1. Build https://www.1188.lv/katalogs/meklet?InfopageSearch[what]={term} and, for a city, InfopageSearch[vzd_code] (Rīga 100003003). Page N is ?page=N. A pasted search URL is fetched as-is, including VZD / branch filters.
2. Parse .company.yp cards.
3. Open /katalogs/{category}/{slug}-{id} for LocalBusiness JSON-LD, mailto, website, and the timetable.
4. Charge contact-phone / contact-email after pushData.
5. If still no email and harvest is on, fetch the business homepage/contact page.

Input configuration

Field	Type	Required	Notes
searchTerms	string[]	one of terms/URLs	e.g. restorans
locations	string[]	no	e.g. Riga
startUrls	url[]	no	/katalogs/meklet or a profile
maxItems	integer	no	default 50
maxPages	integer	no	default 20
scrapeDetails	boolean	no	default true
harvestWebsiteEmail	boolean	no	default true
maxConcurrency	integer	no	default 5
proxy	proxy	no	default off

Example input

{
  "searchTerms": ["restorans"],
  "locations": ["Riga"],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "harvestWebsiteEmail": false,
  "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}

Output samples

{
  "listingId": "453925",
  "name": "\"Pētergailis\",  restorāns Vecrīgā",
  "phone": "29240866",
  "email": "petergailis@petergailis.com",
  "website": "http://www.petergailis.com",
  "city": "Rīga",
  "postalCode": "LV-1050",
  "street": "Skārņu iela 25",
  "country": "LV",
  "hours": ["MO 12:00-24:00", "SA 12:00-24:00", "SU 12:00-24:00"],
  "profileUrl": "https://www.1188.lv/katalogs/restorans-2686/petergailis-restorans-vecriga-453925"
}

FAQ

Do I need a proxy? Not on current HTML.

Is there an official app API? The Play listing is live (lv.lattelecombpo.yellowpages). This actor uses the public /katalogs HTML.

Support

Questions and issues on the actor page.

Disclaimer

Use this actor in line with 1188.lv terms and applicable law. You are responsible for how you store and contact the people and companies in the dataset.

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