# Hostelworld Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/hostelworld-scraper`) Actor Hostelworld Hostels Scraper extracts hostel listings from Hostelworld search results by destination, returning names, prices, ratings, reviews, images, and links with support for pagination, JSON-LD fallback, and residential proxies. - **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/hostelworld-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community) - **Categories:** Travel, Automation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% 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 a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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 ## Hostelworld Scraper An [Apify actor](https://apify.com/actors) that scrapes **Hostelworld** search results for a destination and returns hostel listings β€” name, starting price, rating, review count, distance, image, and link. It fetches the public search-result pages directly (parsing the property cards, with a JSON‑LD fallback), can paginate across multiple pages, and routes through **Apify Proxy** (residential by default). ### Input The destination is given as **URL slugs**, exactly as they appear in a Hostelworld address like `https://www.hostelworld.com/st/hostels/europe/spain/barcelona`. | Field | Type | Default | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | `city` | string | `barcelona` | City slug, e.g. `new-york`, `bangkok`. **Required.** | | `country` | string | `spain` | Country slug, e.g. `usa`, `thailand`. **Required.** | | `continent` | select | `europe` | Must match the country/city path. | | `maxPages` | integer | `3` | Result pages to crawl (~30 hostels/page). | | `requestDelaySecs` | integer | `2` | Delay between page requests. | | `proxyConfiguration` | proxy | Residential | Recommended. | #### Example input ```json { "continent": "europe", "country": "spain", "city": "barcelona", "maxPages": 3, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } } ```` ### Output ```json { "name": "Kabul Party Hostel Barcelona", "url": "https://www.hostelworld.com/hostels/p/722/kabul-party-hostel-barcelona/", "description": "Please note that breakfast is included in all our rates...", "star_rating": null, "keyword_rating": "Superb", "review_count": null, "distance_km": null, "price_from": "36.42", "currency": "US", "image": "https://..." } ``` Some fields can be `null` depending on what a given card exposes; when Hostelworld serves the JSON‑LD list instead of full cards, the actor falls back to it and fills `name`, `url`, `star_rating`, `review_count`, and `locality`/`country`. ### Finding the right slugs Open Hostelworld, search your city, and copy the three path segments after `/st/hostels/` β€” that's `continent/country/city`. Use those exact values here. # Actor input Schema ## `city` (type: `string`): City slug exactly as it appears in the Hostelworld URL, e.g. "barcelona", "new-york", "bangkok". ## `country` (type: `string`): Country slug as it appears in the Hostelworld URL, e.g. "spain", "usa", "thailand". ## `continent` (type: `string`): Continent segment of the Hostelworld URL. Must match the country/city path. ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of result pages to crawl (roughly 30 hostels per page). ## `requestDelaySecs` (type: `integer`): Politeness delay between paginated requests. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Route requests through Apify Proxy. Defaults to residential proxies, which are the most reliable against Hostelworld's blocking; you can switch to datacenter here if you prefer. ## Actor input object example ```json { "city": "barcelona", "country": "spain", "continent": "europe", "maxPages": 3, "requestDelaySecs": 2, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # 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 = { "city": "barcelona", "country": "spain" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/hostelworld-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`πŸ’Ύ 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); }); // πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ 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 = { "city": "barcelona", "country": "spain", } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/hostelworld-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("πŸ’Ύ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "city": "barcelona", "country": "spain" }' | apify call moving_beacon-owner1/hostelworld-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=moving_beacon-owner1/hostelworld-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Hostelworld Scraper", "description": "Hostelworld Hostels Scraper extracts hostel listings from Hostelworld search results by destination, returning names, prices, ratings, reviews, images, and links with support for pagination, JSON-LD fallback, and residential proxies.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "aUhdiV3iZ6ucBcSbU" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~hostelworld-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-moving_beacon-owner1-hostelworld-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~hostelworld-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-hostelworld-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~hostelworld-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-hostelworld-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "required": [ "city", "country" ], "properties": { "city": { "title": "City", "type": "string", "description": "City slug exactly as it appears in the Hostelworld URL, e.g. \"barcelona\", \"new-york\", \"bangkok\"." }, "country": { "title": "Country", "type": "string", "description": "Country slug as it appears in the Hostelworld URL, e.g. \"spain\", \"usa\", \"thailand\"." }, "continent": { "title": "Continent", "enum": [ "europe", "asia", "africa", "north-america", "south-america", "oceania", "central-america" ], "type": "string", "description": "Continent segment of the Hostelworld URL. Must match the country/city path.", "default": "europe" }, "maxPages": { "title": "Max pages", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 50, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of result pages to crawl (roughly 30 hostels per page).", "default": 3 }, "requestDelaySecs": { "title": "Delay between pages (seconds)", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 60, "type": "integer", "description": "Politeness delay between paginated requests.", "default": 2 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Route requests through Apify Proxy. Defaults to residential proxies, which are the most reliable against Hostelworld's blocking; you can switch to datacenter here if you prefer.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```