Doing Good Leeds Scraper

Scrape paid jobs, volunteering opportunities, events, and training courses from doinggoodleeds.org.uk — Leeds' volunteer hub. Four custom-post-type collections behind one WP-JSON REST API: pick one or many via the entityTypes input. Each row carries full structured data — title, employer, location, salary (when present), apply email/URL, and the complete description HTML. JSON or CSV out, no compute charge per run, just per result.

How it works

✨ Why use this scraper?

Tracking Leeds' voluntary-sector hiring? Mapping volunteer opportunities for placement programmes? Building a community events calendar? Cataloguing the training courses charities are funding?

• 🎯 Four entity types in one actor. job-listings (paid jobs, ~31), volunteers (volunteering opportunities, ~23), event (events, ~34), training-course (training courses, ~90) — pick any subset.
• ⚡ WP-JSON REST API as the data source. Each entity is a WordPress custom post type with its own /wp-json/wp/v2/<cpt> endpoint.
• 🏷️ Custom location taxonomy. WP Job Manager's _job_location meta is usually empty on Doing Good Leeds — we fall back to their custom location taxonomy (Leeds, regional Yorkshire, etc.).
• 📧 Apply email / URL captured. _application meta is split into applyEmail vs externalApplyUrl automatically.
• 🌟 Cloudflare-friendly. Only the passive __cf_bm cookie is enforced — any sane UA passes without proxy.
• 📤 Clean exports. One row per entity, all fields inline. JSON + CSV exported automatically.

🎯 Use cases

Team	What they build
Voluntary sector recruiters	Daily Leeds nonprofit hiring feeds
Volunteer co-ordinators	Opportunity mapping for student placement programmes
Community events platforms	Pull events into a unified Leeds calendar
Training providers	Track what courses other charities are running / funding
Workforce strategy	Leeds third-sector pay benchmarks
Researchers	Leeds civil-society datasets (jobs + volunteers + events + training)

📥 Supported inputs

URL pattern	Behaviour
https://doinggoodleeds.org.uk/jobs/ etc.	Listings for any CPT (the actor picks based on entityTypes)
https://doinggoodleeds.org.uk/job/<slug>/	Single paid job
https://doinggoodleeds.org.uk/volunteer/<slug>/	Single volunteer opportunity
https://doinggoodleeds.org.uk/event/<slug>/	Single event
https://doinggoodleeds.org.uk/training-course/<slug>/	Single training course
https://doinggoodleeds.org.uk/wp-json/wp/v2/{job-listings|volunteers|event|training_course}	WP-JSON endpoint

Leave startUrls empty + pick entityTypes to scrape every entity of those types.

Not supported: mixing entity types in a single dataset row (each row is one CPT); hosts outside doinggoodleeds.org.uk.

🔄 How it works

1. Resolve start URLs — either from explicit startUrls, or from entityTypes (default ["job-listings"]).
2. Classify + translate each URL into the canonical /wp-json/wp/v2/<cpt> shape — tagging it with which CPT it represents.
3. Walk pagination via X-WP-TotalPages from the response header.
4. Parse each WP-JSON item — title, content HTML, WP Job Manager meta (where present), _embed taxonomies (categories, types, location).
5. Push one normalised row per entity to the dataset, tagged with the source CPT via the cpt field.

⚙️ Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	array	["https://doinggoodleeds.org.uk/wp-json/wp/v2/job-listings"]	Browser URLs, single-detail URLs, or WP-JSON endpoints.
entityTypes	array	["job-listings"]	Used when startUrls is empty. Allowed values: job-listings, volunteers, event, training-course.
enrichTaxonomies	boolean	true	When true, embeds taxonomy term names + featured image via WP-JSON _embed.
maxItems	integer	1000	Hard cap on rows pushed (~178 total across all CPTs).
maxConcurrency / minConcurrency	integer	5 / 1	Parallel WP-JSON page-fetch limits.
maxRequestRetries	integer	5	Retries before a failed request is given up.
proxy	object	No proxy	Cloudflare lets us through without a proxy.

📊 Output overview

Each entity is one single dataset row. The type field tells you what entity it is (job, volunteer, event, training), and the cpt field carries the raw CPT slug.

📦 Output sample

{
  "type": "job",
  "cpt": "job-listings",
  "source": "doinggoodleeds.org.uk",
  "jobId": "111130",
  "slug": "young-adults-worker-3",
  "jobUrl": "https://doinggoodleeds.org.uk/job/young-adults-worker-3/",
  "wpJsonUrl": "https://doinggoodleeds.org.uk/wp-json/wp/v2/job-listings/111130",
  "title": "Young Adults Worker",
  "description": "<p>Young Adults Worker role at Waythrough…</p>",
  "descriptionText": "Young Adults Worker role at Waythrough…",
  "companyName": null,
  "companyWebsite": null,
  "companyDomain": null,
  "location": "Leeds",
  "locations": ["Leeds"],
  "remote": false,
  "salary": null,
  "categories": [],
  "employmentTypes": ["Full Time"],
  "contractType": "Full Time",
  "featured": false,
  "filled": false,
  "status": "publish",
  "postedDate": "2026-04-23T10:01:46Z",
  "modifiedDate": "2026-04-23T10:01:46Z",
  "applyType": "email",
  "applyUrl": "https://doinggoodleeds.org.uk/job/young-adults-worker-3/",
  "applyEmail": "olivia.hodgson@waythrough.org.uk",
  "externalApplyUrl": null,
  "featuredImageUrl": null,
  "authorId": 1,
  "authorName": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-20T00:13:00.000Z"
}

🗂 Key output fields

Group	Fields
Identifiers	type, cpt (job-listings / volunteers / event / training-course), source, jobId, slug, jobUrl, wpJsonUrl, scrapedAt
Content	title, description (HTML), descriptionText (plain)
Dates	postedDate (ISO), modifiedDate (ISO)
Employer	companyName (often null), companyWebsite, companyDomain, companyTagline, featuredImageUrl
Location	location (primary), locations[] (all taxonomy terms), remote
Compensation	salary.{currency, min, max, unit, raw} (when present in WP Job Manager meta)
Taxonomies	categories[], employmentTypes[], contractType
Flags	featured, filled, status
Apply flow	applyType, applyUrl, applyEmail, externalApplyUrl

❓ FAQ

Can I scrape all four entity types in one run? Yes. Set entityTypes to ["job-listings", "volunteers", "event", "training-course"]. Each row will have a cpt field indicating which collection it came from.

Why are some salaries empty? WP Job Manager's _job_salary meta isn't always populated for voluntary-sector roles. Look at the description HTML for compensation info when salary is null.

Why is companyName often null? Doing Good Leeds doesn't enforce the _company_name meta field. Org name is usually in the description or apply email domain — pull it from there if needed.

Can I scrape private pages or applicant data? No. Only the public WP-JSON REST API.

How do I limit results? Set maxItems. Run with ["training-course"] alone if you only want the 90 courses.

💬 Support

• For issues or feature requests, please use the Issues tab on the actor's Apify Console page.
• Author's website: https://muhamed-didovic.github.io/
• Email: muhamed.didovic@gmail.com

🛠 Additional services

• Custom output shape, additional fields, or one-off datasets: muhamed.didovic@gmail.com
• Similar scrapers for other regional CVS / volunteer hubs: drop an email.
• For API access (no Apify fee, just usage): muhamed.didovic@gmail.com

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⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Doing Good Leeds, Voluntary Action Leeds (VAL), or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

The scraper accesses only the publicly available WP-JSON REST endpoints and public detail pages on doinggoodleeds.org.uk — no authenticated endpoints, recruiter-only features, or content behind a login. Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with doinggoodleeds.org.uk's Terms of Service, applicable data-protection law (GDPR, CCPA, etc.), and any contractual obligations of their own organisation.

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