HotFrog Business Directory Scraper
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HotFrog Business Directory Scraper
The HotFrog Business Scraper is an Apify Actor that extracts business listings from HotFrog using keywords and locations. It collects details like names, phone numbers, addresses, descriptions, websites, and profile links, and can visit each site to gather email addresses for lead generation.
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Jamshaid Arif
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An Apify actor that scrapes business listings from HotFrog search results by keyword and optional location. For each business it outputs:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
title | Business name |
phone | Phone number |
address | Address line (City, ST ...) |
description | Short description / snippet |
website | The business's own site from the card's call-to-action button |
emails | Emails harvested from the website (only when fetchEmails is on) |
profileUrl | The HotFrog company profile page |
reviewUrl | "Review now" link |
messageUrl | "Message business" link |
keyword, location | Echo of the search inputs |
Input
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
keyword | string | — | Required. e.g. plumbing |
location | string | "" | e.g. Austin, TX. Blank = nationwide (US) |
maxPages | integer | 1 | Result pages to walk |
maxRecords | integer | 50 | Hard cap on businesses collected |
fetchEmails | boolean | false | Visit each business site to scrape emails (slower) |
engine | string | auto | auto / curl_cffi / requests |
requestDelaySeconds | integer | 1 | Politeness delay between requests |
proxyConfiguration | object | Apify Proxy | Use RESIDENTIAL — HotFrog blocks datacenter IPs |
Example input
{"keyword": "roofing","location": "Austin, TX","maxPages": 3,"maxRecords": 100,"fetchEmails": true,"proxyConfiguration": {"useApifyProxy": true,"apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]}}
Output
Every business is pushed to the actor's default dataset. Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, etc. from the run's Storage → Dataset tab, or via the API.
{"title": "Acme Plumbing Co","phone": "(512) 555-1234","address": "123 Main St, Austin, TX 78701","description": "Emergency plumbing repairs, 24/7 service.","website": "https://www.acmeplumbing.com","emails": ["info@acmeplumbing.com"],"profileUrl": "https://www.hotfrog.com/company/12345/acme-plumbing/","reviewUrl": "https://www.hotfrog.com/review/12345/","messageUrl": "https://www.hotfrog.com/message/12345/","keyword": "plumbing","location": "Austin, TX"}