# BuildZoom Contractor Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/buildzoom-contractor-scraper`) Actor BuildZoom Contractor Scraper is an Apify Actor that extracts contractor listings from BuildZoom search pages by location and keyword, returning structured data including contractor names, profile URLs, BuildZoom scores, and review counts with automatic deduplication. - **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/buildzoom-contractor-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Lead generation, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 50.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $9.99 / 1,000 results 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 web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. 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/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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/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 ## BuildZoom Contractor Scraper (Apify Actor) Extracts contractor listings from BuildZoom's search pages by location slug and keyword: names, profile URLs, review counts, and BuildZoom scores where the markup exposes them. ### Input | Field | Description | | --- | --- | | `locationSlug` | e.g. `phoenix-az`, `los-angeles-ca` (from the BuildZoom URL) | | `locationSlugs` | Optional list of slugs to run in one go (overrides single) | | `keywords` | e.g. `General Contractors`, `Roofing`, `Electricians` | | `maxPages` | Pages per location, 25 contractors each (default 2) | | `maxRecords` | Total cap across all locations (default 100) | | `proxyConfiguration` | Defaults to Apify **RESIDENTIAL** proxies (required — Cloudflare blocks datacenter IPs; residential is billed per GB) | | `maxProxyRotations` | Fresh-IP retries on a block before failing (default 3) | | `impersonate` | curl_cffi TLS profile (default `chrome`) | | `cookies` | Optional, e.g. `{"cf_clearance": "..."}` | | `requestDelaySecs` | Pause between page fetches (default 2) | ### Output ```json { "name": "Gemtech Construction", "profile_url": "https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/gemtech-construction", "location": "phoenix-az", "keywords": "General Contractors", "score": "92", "review_count": "5" } ```` Records are deduplicated by profile URL across all pages and locations in a run; anchors like `#gallery` / `#reviews` / "(5 reviews)" that point at the same contractor are collapsed onto one record. # Actor input Schema ## `locationSlug` (type: `string`): BuildZoom location slug from the URL, e.g. 'phoenix-az', 'los-angeles-ca', 'chicago-il'. ## `locationSlugs` (type: `array`): Scrape several locations in one run. Overrides the single slug above if provided. ## `keywords` (type: `string`): Search keywords, e.g. 'General Contractors', 'Roofing', 'Electricians'. ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Result pages to walk per location (25 contractors per page). ## `maxRecords` (type: `integer`): Stop after collecting this many contractors across all locations. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): BuildZoom sits behind Cloudflare, which blocks datacenter IPs. RESIDENTIAL proxies are required in practice (default). Note: residential traffic is billed per GB on Apify. ## `maxProxyRotations` (type: `integer`): If a proxy session gets blocked before any data is extracted, retry with a fresh proxy IP up to this many times. ## `impersonate` (type: `string`): curl\_cffi impersonation target. 'chrome' tracks the latest supported Chrome. ## `cookies` (type: `object`): Optional cookies, e.g. {"cf\_clearance": "..."} harvested from a real browser session if Cloudflare still challenges. ## `requestDelaySecs` (type: `integer`): Polite pause between page fetches. ## Actor input object example ```json { "locationSlug": "phoenix-az", "locationSlugs": [], "keywords": "General Contractors", "maxPages": 2, "maxRecords": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] }, "maxProxyRotations": 3, "impersonate": "chrome", "cookies": {}, "requestDelaySecs": 2 } ``` # 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 = { "locationSlug": "phoenix-az", "keywords": "General Contractors" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/buildzoom-contractor-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "locationSlug": "phoenix-az", "keywords": "General Contractors", } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/buildzoom-contractor-scraper").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 '{ "locationSlug": "phoenix-az", "keywords": "General Contractors" }' | apify call moving_beacon-owner1/buildzoom-contractor-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=moving_beacon-owner1/buildzoom-contractor-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "BuildZoom Contractor Scraper", "description": "BuildZoom Contractor Scraper is an Apify Actor that extracts contractor listings from BuildZoom search pages by location and keyword, returning structured data including contractor names, profile URLs, BuildZoom scores, and review counts with automatic deduplication.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "U2rsRMQDdkbsmxEQh" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~buildzoom-contractor-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-moving_beacon-owner1-buildzoom-contractor-scraper", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~buildzoom-contractor-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-buildzoom-contractor-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~buildzoom-contractor-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-buildzoom-contractor-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "locationSlug": { "title": "Location slug", "type": "string", "description": "BuildZoom location slug from the URL, e.g. 'phoenix-az', 'los-angeles-ca', 'chicago-il'." }, "locationSlugs": { "title": "Multiple location slugs (optional)", "type": "array", "description": "Scrape several locations in one run. Overrides the single slug above if provided.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "keywords": { "title": "Keywords", "type": "string", "description": "Search keywords, e.g. 'General Contractors', 'Roofing', 'Electricians'." }, "maxPages": { "title": "Max pages per location", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 50, "type": "integer", "description": "Result pages to walk per location (25 contractors per page).", "default": 2 }, "maxRecords": { "title": "Max records total", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Stop after collecting this many contractors across all locations.", "default": 100 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "BuildZoom sits behind Cloudflare, which blocks datacenter IPs. RESIDENTIAL proxies are required in practice (default). Note: residential traffic is billed per GB on Apify.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }, "maxProxyRotations": { "title": "Max proxy rotations on block", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10, "type": "integer", "description": "If a proxy session gets blocked before any data is extracted, retry with a fresh proxy IP up to this many times.", "default": 3 }, "impersonate": { "title": "Browser TLS profile", "enum": [ "chrome", "chrome124", "chrome131", "safari", "firefox" ], "type": "string", "description": "curl_cffi impersonation target. 'chrome' tracks the latest supported Chrome.", "default": "chrome" }, "cookies": { "title": "Extra cookies (JSON)", "type": "object", "description": "Optional cookies, e.g. {\"cf_clearance\": \"...\"} harvested from a real browser session if Cloudflare still challenges.", "default": {} }, "requestDelaySecs": { "title": "Delay between requests (seconds)", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 30, "type": "integer", "description": "Polite pause between page fetches.", "default": 2 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```