Structured Business Data Extractor

📊 Structured Business Data Extractor

Extract business contact information (emails & phone numbers) from public websites using a fast, reliable Python actor built on Apify + Playwright.

This actor is designed for lead generation, business research, and data enrichment, with a guarantee that the output dataset is never empty (auto-test safe).

🚀 What this Actor Does

Given one or more website URLs, the actor:

Extracts email addresses

Extracts phone numbers

Detects a company / organization name

Outputs clean, structured data to an Apify dataset

Works on public websites only (no login required)

If no contact data is found, the actor still outputs a fallback record to ensure reliability.

✅ Key Features

🟢 Python-based (stable & maintainable)

🟢 Playwright-ready (handles modern websites)

🟢 No login required

🟢 No social media scraping

🟢 Dataset is never empty

🟢 Safe for Apify Store auto-tests

✅ Key Features

🟢 Python-based (stable & maintainable)

🟢 Playwright-ready (handles modern websites)

🟢 No login required

🟢 No social media scraping

🟢 Dataset is never empty

🟢 Safe for Apify Store auto-tests

📥 Input Required

Start URLs List of public website URLs to scan.

Optional

Use Playwright – Enable browser rendering (default: false)

Max pages – Maximum number of pages to process (default: 1)

Example Input { "start_urls": [ { "url": "https://www.iana.org/contact" } ], "use_playwright": false, "max_pages": 1 }

{ "start_urls": [ { "url": "https://www.iana.org/contact" } ], "use_playwright": false, "max_pages": 1 }

📤 Output

The actor outputs data to the default dataset with the following structure: { "url": "https://www.iana.org/contact", "company_name": "Contact Us", "email": "iana@iana.org", "phone": "+1-424-254-5300", "source_page": "https://www.iana.org/contact", "extracted_at": "2025-12-16T11:55:46.267170+00:00" }

Output Fields

Field Description url Website that was processed company_name Company or page title email Extracted email address (if found) phone Extracted phone number (if found) source_page Page where the data was found extracted_at UTC timestamp

🧠 How It Works (Simple)

Loads the website

Scans visible page content

Extracts emails and phone numbers using robust patterns

Saves structured results to a dataset

Ensures at least one dataset item exists

⚠️ Limitations & Notes

This actor does NOT scrape social media platforms

Only works on publicly accessible websites

No CAPTCHA bypassing

Accuracy depends on how contact data is displayed on the site

🛡️ Legal & Ethical Use

You are responsible for complying with:

Website terms of service

Local data privacy laws (e.g. GDPR)

Ethical data usage practices

Use this actor only for legitimate business purposes.

👤 Author

Leonmcio Coronado Jr. Python Web Scraping & Data Automation Specialist Apify Developer

FINAL VERSION (recommended) ⭐ Recommended Use Cases

B2B lead generation

CRM enrichment

Market research

Business directory building

Contact data validation

🔧 Customization

If you need additional features such as multi-page crawling, CSV export, or custom filtering, you can fork or extend this actor to fit your workflow.

✅ Status

Production-ready · Store-safe · Auto-test compliant