Yellow Pages UAE Scraper

Scrape yellowpages-uae.com into one row per business: name, phone, website, city, and a company email when the directory actually lists one.

Works from a category plus optional emirate, or a pasted /uae/ 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, city, and street sit on the search payload (branchid, phone, mobile, city, location).
• Nationwide is /uae/{category}. An emirate is /uae/{emirate}/{category}.
• Page N is ?page=N (20 cards). Page 2 does not repeat page 1.
• The free-listing inbox yellowpagesfreelistings@gmail.com is dropped. A company email is kept.

Overview

Built for lead lists on UAE companies. Each dataset item is one branch from yellowpages-uae.com.

Supported inputs

Input	What it does
startUrls	https://www.yellowpages-uae.com/uae/restaurant or a /{slug}-{id} profile
searchTerms	Category, e.g. restaurant, hospital
locations	Emirate, e.g. Dubai, Abu Dhabi. Empty = all UAE
maxItems	Stop after N unique listings (free plan cap 50)
maxPages	20 cards per page
harvestWebsiteEmail	Fetch the business site when the directory email was the placeholder
proxy	Off by default

Use cases

Who	Why
Sales / agencies	UAE phones from a trade category
Researchers	Emirate and street coverage
SEO	Website per listing

How it works

1. Build https://www.yellowpages-uae.com/uae/{category} or /uae/{emirate}/{category}.
2. Read the listing records embedded in the page (branchid).
3. Open the profile for any extra phone.
4. Charge contact-phone / contact-email after pushData.
5. If the only email was the directory placeholder and harvest is on, fetch the business homepage.

Input configuration

Field	Type	Required	Notes
startUrls	url[]	one of terms/URLs	/uae/... or a profile
searchTerms	string[]	one of terms/URLs	e.g. restaurant
locations	string[]	no	e.g. Dubai
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": ["restaurant"],
  "locations": ["Dubai"],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "harvestWebsiteEmail": false,
  "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}

Output overview

One JSON object per business. Search records already carry phone, city, street, and website when the listing publishes them.

Output samples

{
  "listingId": "175272",
  "name": "101 Parathas",
  "phone": "065538106",
  "city": "Sharjah",
  "street": "Near Grand Hotel, Abu Shagara",
  "country": "AE",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.yellowpages-uae.com/101-parathas-175272",
  "source": "yellowpages-uae"
}

FAQ

Does an emirate filter work? Yes, as /uae/dubai/{category}. Leave the emirate empty for the whole UAE.

Is there a page 2? Yes. ?page=2 is the next 20 cards.

Why are some emails missing? The site fills free listings with yellowpagesfreelistings@gmail.com. That address is not the business, so it is not stored.

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

Support

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

Disclaimer

Use this actor in line with yellowpages-uae.com terms and applicable law. You are responsible for how you use the data.