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Scrape jobs posted on Indeed. Get detailed information from this job portal about saved and sponsored jobs. Specify the search based on location with the output attributes position, location, and description.
startURLs array not working
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Hi, I'm trying to use the "startUrls" parameter, but no matter what URL I use i keep on getting the same error: "Input is not valid: Items in input.startUrls at positions [0] do not contain valid URLs"
I tried the URL with and without the https:// prefix, and the www prefix. I have even tried using the example URL provided in the description, https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Google/jobs, and that one still results in the same error. Is this an issue with the actor?
Hello, please, try to use the following input format:
1{ 2 "followApplyRedirects": true, 3 "maxConcurrency": 5, 4 "maxItems": 50, 5 "parseCompanyDetails": false, 6 "saveOnlyUniqueItems": true, 7 "startUrls": [ 8 { 9 "url": "https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Google/jobs" 10 } 11 ] 12}
This format worked OK for me, see an example run: https://console.apify.com/view/runs/m3U1AcMJqKc8ViAoz
It seems that you may be using a wrong format of startUrls based on the error message you provided: Input is not valid: Items in input.startUrls at positions [0] do not contain valid URLs.
A start URL must be specified as an object with a single field url (not as a string):
1{ 2 "url": "https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Google/jobs" 3}
The input editor gave me the same error message when I provided a start URL as a simple string - see the attached images.
The Actor uses this expanded object format with url field mainly for legacy reasons so you may see simplified string startUrls in some of our other Actors.
You may also try to use the regular graphical editor instead of the JSON editor and it should fill in start URLs in the right format for you (see the last attached image).
Misceres
