# FlexJobs Job Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/flexjobs-job-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes remote and flexible job listings by category and keyword, extracting titles, descriptions, locations, salaries, schedules, benefits, and job URLs with pagination support.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/flexjobs-job-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.99 / 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?

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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?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## FlexJobs Job Scraper

Scrapes remote and flexible job listings from [FlexJobs](https://www.flexjobs.com) by category and
keyword. FlexJobs fronts its HTML with Akamai Bot Manager

### Input

| Field | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `categories` | `["computer-it"]` | FlexJobs category slugs to scrape; each is paged independently. |
| `keyword` | `""` | Optional free-text filter applied by FlexJobs inside each category, e.g. `python`. Empty = every job in the category. |
| `max_results` | `50` | Overall cap on records pushed (1–2000). FlexJobs serves 50 jobs per page. |

Useful category slugs: `computer-it`, `accounting`, `administration-support-services`, `marketing`,
`writing-editing-journalism`, `sales-business-development`, `healthcare-medical`,
`customer-service-call-center`, `project-management`, `legal`, `data-entry`, `education-training`,
`operations`, `real-estate`, `travel-hospitality`.

The actor runs with completely empty input (`computer-it`, 50 records).

### Output

One record per job listing — flat `snake_case` fields plus `raw`, the untouched source object:

```json
{
  "job_id": "99416974-441d-4657-8ceb-469ba8d982ff",
  "title": "CM Clerk",
  "job_url": "https://www.flexjobs.com/publicjobs/cm-clerk-99416974-441d-4657-8ceb-469ba8d982ff",
  "posted_date": "2026-08-13T13:42:24Z",
  "expire_on": "2026-10-07T00:00:00Z",
  "description": "Manage product bills of material within ERP systems, process part number requests, and ensure compliance with FAA regulations ...",
  "remote_options": "Hybrid Remote Work",
  "job_schedules": "Full-Time",
  "job_types": "Employee",
  "career_level": "Entry-Level",
  "education_levels": "Associate's Degree",
  "job_benefits": "Health/Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, 401k Matching/Retirement Savings, Paid Holidays",
  "travel_required": "No specification",
  "job_locations": "Lake Zurich, IL",
  "states": "IL",
  "countries": "United States",
  "salary_range": "20.00 - 22.00 USD Hourly",
  "categories": "Administrative, Database Administration, Engineering, Project Management",
  "search_category": "computer-it",
  "raw": { "...": "original job object" }
}
```

### Rate limits and terms

The actor paces itself (0.8 s between pages). Akamai will `403` aggressive bursts; if that happens
the run logs the block and stops that category cleanly rather than hammering. Scraped data is
subject to FlexJobs' Terms of Use — it is a paid subscription service, so review your intended use
before collecting at scale, and do not use this to redistribute subscriber-only content.

# Actor input Schema

## `categories` (type: `array`):

FlexJobs category slugs to scrape, e.g. "computer-it", "accounting", "marketing", "sales-business-development", "healthcare-medical", "customer-service-call-center", "writing-editing-journalism", "project-management", "legal", "data-entry". Each is paged independently.

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

Optional free-text filter applied by FlexJobs inside each category, e.g. "python". Leave empty to take every job in the category.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Overall cap on the number of job records pushed to the dataset, across every category. FlexJobs returns 50 jobs per page.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "computer-it"
  ],
  "keyword": "python",
  "max_results": 50
}
```

# 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 = {
    "categories": [
        "computer-it"
    ],
    "keyword": "python",
    "max_results": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/flexjobs-job-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 = {
    "categories": ["computer-it"],
    "keyword": "python",
    "max_results": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/flexjobs-job-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 '{
  "categories": [
    "computer-it"
  ],
  "keyword": "python",
  "max_results": 50
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/flexjobs-job-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,moving_beacon-owner1/flexjobs-job-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/xH53dP1LxVyc5dueu/builds/bguCabrz0RrdFh2kP/openapi.json