# Job Board Aggregator (`mighty_monk/job-board-aggregator`) Actor Aggregate remote and on-site job listings from Remotive, Arbeitnow, and custom job board URLs. Extract title, company, location, salary, remote flag, description, and apply URL. - **URL**: https://apify.com/mighty\_monk/job-board-aggregator.md - **Developed by:** [Harsh](https://apify.com/mighty_monk) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, News - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.00 / 1,000 job 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Job Board Aggregator Aggregate job listings from multiple sources into a single structured dataset. Built with **TypeScript**, **Crawlee**, and **Cheerio**. ### Features - **Remotive API** — fetches remote jobs from `https://remotive.com/api/remote-jobs` - **Arbeitnow API** — fetches jobs from `https://www.arbeitnow.com/api/job-board-api` with automatic pagination - **Custom job boards** — optional Cheerio scraping for any HTML job listing page - **Structured output** — title, company, location, salary, remote flag, description, apply URL - **Rate limiting** — configurable concurrency and requests-per-minute caps - **Retries** — failed requests are retried up to 3 times with logging ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `includeRemotive` | `boolean` | `true` | Enable Remotive API source | | `includeArbeitnow` | `boolean` | `true` | Enable Arbeitnow API source | | `customJobBoardUrls` | `string[]` | `[]` | Optional HTML job board URLs | | `searchQuery` | `string` | — | Keyword filter for Remotive | | `category` | `string` | — | Remotive category slug | | `maxJobs` | `integer` | `500` | Max jobs across all sources | | `maxRequestsPerCrawl` | `integer` | `200` | Max HTTP requests | | `maxConcurrency` | `integer` | `2` | Parallel request limit | | `maxRequestsPerMinute` | `integer` | `30` | Global rate limit | #### Example input ```json { "includeRemotive": true, "includeArbeitnow": true, "customJobBoardUrls": [], "searchQuery": "typescript", "maxJobs": 100, "maxConcurrency": 2, "maxRequestsPerMinute": 30 } ```` ### Output Each dataset item contains: | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `title` | Job title | | `company` | Company name | | `location` | Location or region | | `salary` | Salary text when available | | `remote` | Whether the job is remote | | `description` | Plain-text job description | | `url` | Apply or detail page URL | | `source` | `remotive`, `arbeitnow`, or `custom` | | `scrapedAt` | ISO timestamp | ### How it works 1. The Actor builds start requests for each enabled source. 2. **Remotive** and **Arbeitnow** responses are parsed as JSON. 3. **Arbeitnow** pagination follows `links.next` until `maxJobs` is reached. 4. **Custom boards** use Cheerio heuristics for job cards and enqueue next-page links. 5. Results are pushed to the default dataset with per-job logging. ### Local development ```bash npm install apify run ``` Edit `storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json` for local test input. ### Deploy ```bash apify login apify push ``` Publish to the Apify Store with PPE pricing: ```bash node ../../scripts/publish-factory.js job-board-aggregator '{"resultPriceUsd":0.002,"resultTitle":"Job listing","resultDescription":"Charged per job listing returned"}' ``` ### Notes - Remotive requests should be kept infrequent (their API advises max ~4 calls/day for production sync). - Arbeitnow does not expose salary in its public API. - Custom HTML scraping uses common CSS patterns; highly custom sites may need dedicated selectors. - Respect each source's terms of service and attribution requirements. # Actor input Schema ## `includeRemotive` (type: `boolean`): Fetch jobs from the Remotive public API (remote jobs). ## `includeArbeitnow` (type: `boolean`): Fetch jobs from the Arbeitnow public API with automatic pagination. ## `customJobBoardUrls` (type: `array`): Optional HTML job board listing pages to scrape with Cheerio (supports pagination). ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): Optional keyword filter passed to the Remotive API. ## `category` (type: `string`): Optional Remotive category slug (e.g. software-dev, customer-support). ## `maxJobs` (type: `integer`): Maximum total jobs to save across all sources. ## `maxRequestsPerCrawl` (type: `integer`): Maximum HTTP requests the crawler may make (pagination + custom boards). ## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`): Maximum parallel requests for rate limiting. ## `maxRequestsPerMinute` (type: `integer`): Global rate limit to avoid overloading job board APIs. ## `useApifyProxy` (type: `boolean`): Route requests through Apify Proxy. Disabled by default for public APIs; enable for custom boards behind geo-blocks. ## Actor input object example ```json { "includeRemotive": true, "includeArbeitnow": true, "customJobBoardUrls": [], "maxJobs": 500, "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 200, "maxConcurrency": 2, "maxRequestsPerMinute": 30, "useApifyProxy": false } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (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 = { "customJobBoardUrls": [] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("mighty_monk/job-board-aggregator").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 = { "customJobBoardUrls": [] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("mighty_monk/job-board-aggregator").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "customJobBoardUrls": [] }' | apify call mighty_monk/job-board-aggregator --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=mighty_monk/job-board-aggregator", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Job Board Aggregator", "description": "Aggregate remote and on-site job listings from Remotive, Arbeitnow, and custom job board URLs. Extract title, company, location, salary, remote flag, description, and apply URL.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "3RFb6HSZwadY9UhJ2" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/mighty_monk~job-board-aggregator/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-mighty_monk-job-board-aggregator", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/mighty_monk~job-board-aggregator/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-mighty_monk-job-board-aggregator", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/mighty_monk~job-board-aggregator/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-mighty_monk-job-board-aggregator", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "includeRemotive": { "title": "Include Remotive", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fetch jobs from the Remotive public API (remote jobs).", "default": true }, "includeArbeitnow": { "title": "Include Arbeitnow", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fetch jobs from the Arbeitnow public API with automatic pagination.", "default": true }, "customJobBoardUrls": { "title": "Custom job board URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Optional HTML job board listing pages to scrape with Cheerio (supports pagination).", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "searchQuery": { "title": "Search query", "type": "string", "description": "Optional keyword filter passed to the Remotive API." }, "category": { "title": "Remotive category", "type": "string", "description": "Optional Remotive category slug (e.g. software-dev, customer-support)." }, "maxJobs": { "title": "Max jobs", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum total jobs to save across all sources.", "default": 500 }, "maxRequestsPerCrawl": { "title": "Max requests per crawl", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum HTTP requests the crawler may make (pagination + custom boards).", "default": 200 }, "maxConcurrency": { "title": "Max concurrency", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum parallel requests for rate limiting.", "default": 2 }, "maxRequestsPerMinute": { "title": "Max requests per minute", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 300, "type": "integer", "description": "Global rate limit to avoid overloading job board APIs.", "default": 30 }, "useApifyProxy": { "title": "Use Apify Proxy", "type": "boolean", "description": "Route requests through Apify Proxy. 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