# Commercial Construction Project Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/commercial-construction-project-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes public BuildingConnected bid boards for commercial construction projects, including project details, bid dates, general contractor, location, trades/scope, and project files.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1/commercial-construction-project-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, SEO tools, Real estate
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Commercial Construction Project Scraper

Scrapes commercial construction projects from **BuildingConnected public bid boards**
(`https://app.buildingconnected.com/public/<orgId>` — the "public plan room" links general
contractors post on their websites). The project list is read from the server-rendered
`BC.publicPage` JSON bootstrap in the page; per-project bid packages (trades / scope of work)
come from the anonymous endpoint `GET /_/public-projects/<projectId>`. Uses `curl_cffi`
with Chrome TLS impersonation.

### Input

| Field | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `bid_board_url` | F.H. Paschen board URL | Public plan-room URL or bare 24-char org id |
| `keyword` | `""` | Case-insensitive filter over name/number/description/location |
| `fetch_details` | `true` | Fetch bid packages (trades/scope) + file counts per project |
| `auth_cookie` | — (secret) | Optional raw Cookie header from a logged-in session; not needed for public boards |
| `limit` | `100` | Max projects (1–1000) |

### Output example

```json
{
  "project_name": "Rebid - O'Hare Airport ORD RNP T5 Steel & Roof",
  "project_number": "22-8112",
  "location": "Chicago, IL, USA",
  "bid_due_date": "2022-06-24T18:00:00.000Z",
  "job_walk_date": null,
  "date_published": "2022-05-27T14:20:01.000Z",
  "general_contractor": "F.H. Paschen",
  "gc_office": "Chicago",
  "trades_scope": ["Structural Steel", "Roofing"],
  "description": "Structural steel and roofing rebid for Terminal 5 ...",
  "project_url": "https://app.buildingconnected.com/public/5565f9b23ad9f70800b26cc0/projects/628f...",
  "bid_board_url": "https://app.buildingconnected.com/public/5565f9b23ad9f70800b26cc0",
  "total_projects_on_board": 305,
  "raw": {"project": {"...": "..."}, "detail": {"bidPackages": [], "files": []}}
}
```

### Data source & auth

Public bid boards need **no authentication**. The page embeds at most ~62 most-recent
projects (`total_projects_on_board` reports the full count); older projects are only
reachable via the logged-in API — supply `auth_cookie` for those boards if needed.
Find board URLs by searching GC websites for `app.buildingconnected.com/public/`.

Respect BuildingConnected/Autodesk ToS and rate limits; the scraper sleeps between
detail requests.

# Actor input Schema

## `bid_board_url` (type: `string`):

BuildingConnected public plan-room URL (https://app.buildingconnected.com/public/<orgId>) or the bare 24-char org id. General contractors publish these links on their websites.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Optional case-insensitive keyword; only projects whose name/number/description/location contain it are kept. Empty = all projects.

## `fetch_details` (type: `boolean`):

Also call the public project-detail endpoint for each project to get bid packages (trades/scope) and file counts. Slower (one extra request per project).

## `auth_cookie` (type: `string`):

Optional raw Cookie header from a logged-in app.buildingconnected.com browser session. Only needed for boards/endpoints that require login; public bid boards work without it.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of projects to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "bid_board_url": "https://app.buildingconnected.com/public/5565f9b23ad9f70800b26cc0",
  "keyword": "",
  "fetch_details": true,
  "limit": 100
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "bid_board_url": "https://app.buildingconnected.com/public/5565f9b23ad9f70800b26cc0",
    "keyword": "",
    "fetch_details": true,
    "limit": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/commercial-construction-project-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "bid_board_url": "https://app.buildingconnected.com/public/5565f9b23ad9f70800b26cc0",
    "keyword": "",
    "fetch_details": True,
    "limit": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/commercial-construction-project-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "bid_board_url": "https://app.buildingconnected.com/public/5565f9b23ad9f70800b26cc0",
  "keyword": "",
  "fetch_details": true,
  "limit": 100
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/commercial-construction-project-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,moving_beacon-owner1/commercial-construction-project-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/d4QadFqy7mgCmPSMA/builds/WUlsiqrJgrnIdKXh6/openapi.json