# Telelistas Brazil Scraper (`memo23/telelistas-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Telelistas / BuscJá into one row per Brazilian business: name, phone, website, address, coordinates. Category plus city and state, or a buscja.com / telelistas.net URL. JSON or CSV out. $5 per 1,000 listings plus phone and email events.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/memo23/telelistas-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Muhamed Didovic](https://apify.com/memo23) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 business listings

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?

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

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# README

## Telelistas Brazil Scraper

Scrape [BuscJá](https://www.buscja.com/) (the live Telelistas directory) into one row per **business**: name, phone, website, address, coordinates.

Works from a category plus city and state, or a pasted `buscja.com` / `telelistas.net` category or profile URL. Direct requests return the HTML. No proxy by default.

**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?

- Phone and website sit on the search card (`data-telefone`, `data-site`).
- City is `/{uf}/{city}/{category}` with `+` for spaces, e.g. `/sp/sao+paulo/restaurantes`.
- São Paulo and Rio return different businesses.
- `?page=` reshuffles the same set. It is not a next page.
- Profile `/locais/.../bu-{id}/` adds coordinates. The contact form does not expose email in HTML.

### Overview

Built for lead lists and local research on Brazilian companies. Telelistas.net category URLs with `+` in the path serve the same cards as buscja.com. Hyphen paths such as `/sp/sao-paulo/restaurantes` return 410.

### Supported inputs

| Input | What it does |
|---|---|
| `startUrls` | `https://www.buscja.com/sp/sao+paulo/restaurantes` or a `/locais/.../bu-` profile |
| `searchTerms` | Category slug, e.g. `restaurantes`, `advogados` |
| `locations` | City plus UF, e.g. `São Paulo, SP`. Required |
| `maxItems` | Stop after N unique listings (free plan cap 50) |
| `harvestWebsiteEmail` | Fetch the business site if the directory has no inbox |
| `proxy` | Off by default |

Each city and category is one set of about 25 cards.

### Use cases

| Who | Why |
|---|---|
| Sales / agencies | Brazilian phones and websites from a category |
| Researchers | City and street coverage |
| SEO / maps | Website + coordinates per listing |

### How it works

1. Build `https://www.buscja.com/{uf}/{city}/{category}`.
2. Parse `div.card` rows. The id is `bu-{id}` on the profile path.
3. Open the profile for coordinates and the full phone. JSON-LD telephone is truncated, so the actor uses `tel:` links.
4. Charge `contact-phone` / `contact-email` after `pushData`.
5. If still no email and harvest is on, fetch the business homepage and `/contato`.

### Input configuration

| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `startUrls` | url\[] | one of terms/URLs | category path or `/bu-` profile |
| `searchTerms` | string\[] | one of terms/URLs | e.g. `restaurantes` |
| `locations` | string\[] | with a category | e.g. `São Paulo, SP` |
| `maxItems` | integer | no | default 50 |
| `scrapeDetails` | boolean | no | default true |
| `harvestWebsiteEmail` | boolean | no | default true |
| `maxConcurrency` | integer | no | default 5 |
| `proxy` | proxy | no | default off |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "searchTerms": ["restaurantes"],
  "locations": ["São Paulo, SP"],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "harvestWebsiteEmail": false,
  "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}
```

### Output overview

One JSON object per business. Search cards already carry phone, website, and address when the listing publishes them.

### Output samples

```json
{
  "listingId": "18394985",
  "name": "B.Lem Portuguese Bakery - Conceição em Vila Guarani (Z Sul)",
  "phone": "1150110190",
  "website": "https://www.blembakery.com",
  "city": "São Paulo",
  "region": "SP",
  "postalCode": "04311000",
  "country": "BR",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.buscja.com/locais/sp/sao+paulo/restaurantes/bu-18394985/blem+portuguese+bakery+conceicao+em+vila+guarani+z+sul",
  "source": "telelistas"
}
```

### FAQ

**Does a city filter work?** Yes, as `/{uf}/{city}/{category}`. São Paulo and Rio do not share listing ids. A city without a state code is skipped.

**Is there a page 2?** No stable one. `?page=2` overlaps page 1. `/2` is 404.

**Do I need a proxy?** No. Leave it off unless a run starts getting blocked.

**Where is the email?** Not in the directory HTML. The contact button sits behind a captcha. Turn on website harvest if you want an inbox from the business site.

### Support

Questions or a broken selector: open an issue on the actor page.

### Disclaimer

Use this actor in line with Telelistas / BuscJá terms and applicable law. You are responsible for how you use the data.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Paste a category or profile link. Examples: <code>https://www.buscja.com/sp/sao+paulo/restaurantes</code> or <code>https://www.telelistas.net/sp/sao+paulo/restaurantes</code>, or a profile <code>/locais/.../bu-123/slug</code>. <code>?page=</code> does not turn the page.

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Category slug as on the site, e.g. <b>restaurantes</b>, <b>advogados</b>, <b>hoteis</b>. One row per category. Each category is searched in every city below.

## `locations` (type: `array`):

City plus UF, e.g. <b>São Paulo, SP</b>, <b>Rio de Janeiro, RJ</b>, <b>Belo Horizonte, MG</b>. The site has no nationwide search.

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

Stop after this many unique businesses across the whole run. Free plan is capped at 50. Each city and category returns one set of about 25 cards.

## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Loads the profile for coordinates and the full phone. Search cards already carry phone, website, and address when the listing publishes them.

## `harvestWebsiteEmail` (type: `boolean`):

The directory contact form does not put the inbox in the HTML. When this is on, the actor fetches the business website homepage and contato page.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many profiles to load at the same time.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Leave off. buscja.com answers a normal request. Turn on Brazilian residential only if a run starts getting blocked.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "restaurantes"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "São Paulo, SP"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "harvestWebsiteEmail": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

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

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "restaurantes"
    ],
    "locations": [
        "São Paulo, SP"
    ],
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("memo23/telelistas-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 = {
    "searchTerms": ["restaurantes"],
    "locations": ["São Paulo, SP"],
    "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("memo23/telelistas-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": [
    "restaurantes"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "São Paulo, SP"
  ],
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call memo23/telelistas-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,memo23/telelistas-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/6JbojKfJrhGlCYBUJ/builds/wOEY3aiYoBhA9aWnv/openapi.json