# local.ch Scraper (`memo23/local-ch-scraper`) Actor
Scrape local.ch (Swiss business directory): name, phone, email, website, address, hours, rating, reviews. Keyword + city or a local.ch search/profile URL. HTTP only, no browser. JSON or CSV out. $1 per 1,000 listings.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/memo23/local-ch-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Muhamed Didovic](https://apify.com/memo23) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
from $1.00 / 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
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# README
## local.ch Scraper
Turn a local.ch search into structured Swiss business rows: name, phone, email when listed, website, address, hours, category, rating, and profile link.
Keyword + city, or a local.ch URL. JSON or CSV out.
This is **local.ch** (Swisscom Directories). It is not [Yellow Pages US](https://apify.com/memo23/yellow-pages-us-scraper), [Yellow Pages Canada](https://apify.com/memo23/yellowpages-ca-scraper), [Gelbe Seiten](https://apify.com/memo23/gelbeseiten-scraper), or [PagesJaunes.fr](https://apify.com/memo23/pagesjaunes-scraper-cheerio).
### Why Use This Scraper?
- Phone, website, email, and coordinates on the search row when local.ch publishes them
- Street, PLZ, city, and canton already split
- Optional profile pass for fax, extra emails, weekday hours, reviews, and attributes
- Relevance, rating, distance, or A–Z sort
- HTTP only. No browser
### Overview
Built for sales teams, agencies, and researchers who need Swiss **business** leads from local.ch.
Every start type becomes **one dataset row per listing**. A keyword search and a `/d/{city}/{zip}/{category}/{slug}-{id}` profile emit the same flat shape. Rows are de-duplicated by local.ch listing id.
### Supported Inputs
#### Search terms and locations
| Field | Example |
| --- | --- |
| `searchTerms` | `["pizza"]`, `["garage", "coiffeur"]` |
| `locations` | `["Zürich"]`, `["Geneva"]`, `["Bern"]` |
Every term is searched in every location. A term with no location is skipped.
#### URL types
| URL type | Pattern | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Search | `/{lang}/s/{where}/{what}` | `https://www.local.ch/en/s/zurich/pizza` |
| Profile | `/{lang}/d/{city}/{zip}/{category}/{slug}-{id}` | `https://www.local.ch/en/d/zurich/8055/restaurant/il-basilico-ojIMejxnew7cMGGf4FEGVA` |
Search URLs paginate automatically (20 businesses per page).
**Unsupported:** search.ch people lookup, moneyhouse.ch, local.ch people-only results.
### Use Cases
| Audience | What they take from a run |
| --- | --- |
| Sales and outreach | Phone + website + email (when listed) by trade and city |
| Agencies | Cross-joined term × city lists in one dataset |
| Local SEO | Category, rating, and the local.ch profile URL |
| Researchers | Hours, canton, and coordinates for a trade in a city |
### How It Works
1. Cross-join `searchTerms` × `locations`, plus any local.ch URLs.
2. Fetch the search page (20 businesses per page).
3. Page with `?page=` in parallel, stopping at `maxItems` or `maxPages`.
4. Read phone, email, website, address, and coordinates from the search payload.
5. Optionally open the profile for fax, extra emails, weekday hours, and reviews.
6. De-duplicate by listing id and push one row per business.
### Input Configuration
| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `searchTerms` | array | one of the start types | What you would type into local.ch |
| `locations` | array | with `searchTerms` | Swiss city |
| `startUrls` | array | one of the start types | Search or profile URL |
| `language` | string | no | `en` (default), `de`, `fr`, `it` |
| `maxItems` | integer | no | Default 50. Free users capped at 50. |
| `sort` | string | no | `relevance` (default), `rating`, `distance`, `alphanum` |
| `scrapeDetails` | boolean | no | Default true. Fax, hours, reviews. |
| `maxPages` | integer | no | Default 20. |
| `maxConcurrency` | integer | no | Default 5. |
| `proxy` | object | no | Default is Apify residential. Turn off only on a home IP. |
#### Example input
```json
{
"searchTerms": ["pizza"],
"locations": ["Zürich"],
"maxItems": 50
}
```
### Output Overview
One flat row per business. Contact and address fields sit at the top level. `searchTerm` tells you which input produced the row. Email is present only when local.ch publishes one on the listing.
### Output Samples
Search: pizza in Zürich, with profile enrich.
```json
{
"listingId": "ojIMejxnew7cMGGf4FEGVA",
"name": "il Basilico",
"phone": "+41444508899",
"email": "info@ilbasilico.ch",
"website": "http://www.ilbasilico.ch",
"fax": "+41444508895",
"street": "Birmensdorferstrasse 364",
"postalCode": "8055",
"city": "Zürich",
"canton": "ZH",
"latitude": 47.3708,
"longitude": 8.5134,
"hours": ["TUESDAY 11:00-13:30 / 17:00-23:00"],
"localChUrl": "https://www.local.ch/en/d/zuerich/8055/restaurant/il-basilico-ojIMejxnew7cMGGf4FEGVA"
}
```
### Key Output Fields
**Identity:** `listingId`, `name`, `localChUrl`, `isPremium`, `entryType`
**Contact:** `phone`, `phones`, `fax`, `email`, `emails`, `website`, `social`
**Place:** `address`, `street`, `postalCode`, `city`, `canton`, `country`, `latitude`, `longitude`
**Directory:** `category`, `categories`, `rating`, `reviewCount`, `hours`, `description`, `services`, `attributes`, `images`, `logo`, `reviews`
**Provenance:** `searchTerm`, `scrapedAt`
### Pricing
| Event | When | Rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Actor start | Once per run, per GB of memory | $0.005 |
| Listing | Each unique business in the dataset | $0.001 ($1 / 1k) |
| Contact phone | Row has a phone | $0.002 |
| Contact email | Row has an email | $0.05 |
Phone and email are billed only when local.ch publishes that field. A miss is free.
### FAQ
**Will every row have an email?** No. Phone and website are common. Inbox is only on some listings. Phone and email are billed as extra events only when the field is present.
**What does scrapeDetails add?** Fax, extra emails, weekday hours, description, reviews, attributes, and extra photos when local.ch publishes them. Phone, email, website, and coordinates are already on the search row.
**Do I need a proxy?** On Apify, yes — a residential proxy is the default because local.ch blocks datacenter IPs. Local runs from a home IP can turn it off.
**Does it scrape search.ch?** No. local.ch business listings only.
### Support
- Issues: [Actor Issues](https://console.apify.com/actors/dSYyyi7KrazMKQthB/issues)
- Author site:
- Email:
### Additional Services
Bulk canton sweeps, scheduled refreshes, or a private API wrapper:
### Explore More Scrapers
Directory cousins: [Gelbe Seiten](https://apify.com/memo23/gelbeseiten-scraper), [Yellow Pages US](https://apify.com/memo23/yellow-pages-us-scraper), [Yellow Pages Canada](https://apify.com/memo23/yellowpages-ca-scraper), [Canada411](https://apify.com/memo23/canada411-scraper), and [PagesJaunes.fr](https://apify.com/memo23/pagesjaunes-scraper-cheerio). More actors on [memo23](https://apify.com/memo23) and [didovic](https://apify.com/didovic).
### 🤖 For AI Agents & LLM Apps
Compact reference for AI agents calling this actor via the [Apify MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com) or the Apify API (actor: `memo23/local-ch-scraper`).
**Purpose:** Extract local.ch business listings (name, phone, email when listed, website, split address, hours) by keyword + city or URL.
**Minimal input:**
```json
{
"searchTerms": ["pizza"],
"locations": ["Zürich"],
"maxItems": 10
}
```
**Output:** one dataset row per business — `listingId`, `name`, `phone`, `phones`, `fax`, `email`, `emails`, `website`, `social`, `address`, `street`, `postalCode`, `city`, `canton`, `country`, `latitude`, `longitude`, `category`, `categories`, `rating`, `reviewCount`, `hours`, `description`, `services`, `attributes`, `images`, `logo`, `reviews`, `isPremium`, `entryType`, `localChUrl`, `searchTerm`, `scrapedAt`.
**Behaviors an agent should know:**
- Always set `maxItems`. Free users are capped at 50.
- `searchTerms` needs at least one entry in `locations`.
- `startUrls` work on their own (local.ch only).
- Email is often empty. Do not assume a contact-email field exists on every row.
- Each listing is $0.001. A phone on the row is $0.002. An email is $0.05. Start is $0.005 per GB.
- Switzerland only. Not search.ch, not moneyhouse.ch.
- Cloud runs need the default residential proxy. local.ch blocks datacenter IPs.
### ⚠️ Disclaimer
This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Swisscom Directories AG, local.ch, localsearch.ch, or Swisscom. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
The scraper reads publicly listed Swiss business data from local.ch. Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with local.ch Terms of Service, applicable data-protection law (nDSG / GDPR), UWG if they send outreach, and any contractual obligations of their own organization.
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# Actor input Schema
## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):
What you would type into local.ch, e.g. pizza, garage, coiffeur. One row per term. Every term is searched in every location below.
## `locations` (type: `array`):
Swiss city, e.g. Zürich, Geneva, Bern, Lausanne.
## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):
Stop after this many unique businesses across the whole run. Free plan is capped at 50.
## `startUrls` (type: `array`):
Examples: https://www.local.ch/en/s/zurich/pizza or a /d/{city}/{zip}/{category}/{slug}-{id} profile.
## `language` (type: `string`):
local.ch language for search URLs you type as keyword + city. Start URLs keep the language in the link.
## `sort` (type: `string`):
Same order as the site. relevance is the local.ch default.
## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`):
Opens the profile for fax, extra emails, weekday hours, description, reviews, and attributes. Phone, email, website, and coordinates are already on the search row.
## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):
Each page is about 20 businesses.
## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):
How many pages and profiles to load at the same time.
## `proxy` (type: `object`):
On by default. local.ch blocks Apify datacenter IPs; a residential proxy is how cloud runs get listings.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"searchTerms": [
"pizza"
],
"locations": [
"Zürich"
],
"maxItems": 50,
"language": "en",
"sort": "relevance",
"scrapeDetails": true,
"maxPages": 20,
"maxConcurrency": 5,
"proxy": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"apifyProxyGroups": [
"RESIDENTIAL"
]
}
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `overview` (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 = {
"searchTerms": [
"pizza"
],
"locations": [
"Zürich"
],
"proxy": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"apifyProxyGroups": [
"RESIDENTIAL"
]
}
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("memo23/local-ch-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 = {
"searchTerms": ["pizza"],
"locations": ["Zürich"],
"proxy": {
"useApifyProxy": True,
"apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
},
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("memo23/local-ch-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 '{
"searchTerms": [
"pizza"
],
"locations": [
"Zürich"
],
"proxy": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"apifyProxyGroups": [
"RESIDENTIAL"
]
}
}' |
apify call memo23/local-ch-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,memo23/local-ch-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 ` 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/dSYyyi7KrazMKQthB/builds/s096IKNpKwjr7ZwYr/openapi.json