# Psychology Today Therapist Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/psychology-today-therapist-scraper`) Actor Psychology Today Therapist Scraper is an Apify Actor that extracts therapist listings from the Psychology Today U.S. directory by city and state, returning structured data such as therapist names, phone numbers, ZIP codes, profile URLs, and therapist counts by ZIP code. - **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/psychology-today-therapist-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Lead generation, Automation - **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 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 ## Psychology Today Therapist Scraper (Apify Actor) Extracts therapist listings from the Psychology Today US directory by city/state, parsing the server-rendered result cards. Uses curl_cffi browser-TLS impersonation, with optional Apify Proxy. ### Modes - **profiles** (default) — therapist cards: name, phone, zip, profile URL - **count** — number of therapists per zip code for the search area ### Input | Field | Description | | --- | --- | | `mode` | `profiles` or `count` | | `city` / `state` | Single search, e.g. `Austin` / `TX` | | `searches` | Optional list of `"City, ST"` strings — runs them all in one go | | `maxPages` | Result pages per search (~20 cards each, default 3) | | `proxyConfiguration` | Apify Proxy — switch to **RESIDENTIAL** if blocked | | `impersonate` | curl_cffi TLS profile (default `chrome`) | | `requestDelaySecs` | Pause between page fetches (default 2) | ### Output Profiles mode: ```json { "name": "Jane Doe, LPC", "profile_url": "https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/jane-doe-austin-tx/123456", "phone": "(512) 555-0100", "zip_code": "78701", "city": "austin", "state": "TX" } ```` Count mode: ```json { "zip_code": "80202", "therapist_count": 14, "city": "denver", "state": "CO" } ``` Records are deduplicated by profile URL across all searches in a run. ### Notes - The site redirects unknown city/state combos; the Actor treats that as "no results" rather than an error. - HTML markup changes over time. If a run finds pages but zero cards, the selectors in `parse_cards` / `parse_card` need refreshing. - Directory listing data only — no scraping of therapists' detail pages. # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): profiles = therapist cards (name, phone, profile URL). count = number of therapists per zip code. ## `city` (type: `string`): City to search, e.g. 'Austin', 'New York'. ## `state` (type: `string`): Two-letter US state code, e.g. TX, NY, CO. ## `searches` (type: `array`): Run several searches in one go, each as 'City, ST' (e.g. 'Denver, CO'). Overrides the single city/state above if provided. ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Each page has ~20 therapist cards. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Psychology Today may rate-limit or challenge repeated requests. Use Apify RESIDENTIAL proxies if runs get blocked. ## `impersonate` (type: `string`): curl\_cffi impersonation target. 'chrome' tracks the latest supported Chrome. ## `requestDelaySecs` (type: `integer`): Polite pause between page fetches. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "profiles", "city": "Austin", "state": "TX", "searches": [], "maxPages": 3, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }, "impersonate": "chrome", "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 = { "city": "Austin", "state": "TX" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/psychology-today-therapist-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 = { "city": "Austin", "state": "TX", } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/psychology-today-therapist-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 '{ "city": "Austin", "state": "TX" }' | apify call moving_beacon-owner1/psychology-today-therapist-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=moving_beacon-owner1/psychology-today-therapist-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Psychology Today Therapist Scraper", "description": "Psychology Today Therapist Scraper is an Apify Actor that extracts therapist listings from the Psychology Today U.S. directory by city and state, returning structured data such as therapist names, phone numbers, ZIP codes, profile URLs, and therapist counts by ZIP code.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "4bKrOMynwyymgX3zd" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~psychology-today-therapist-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-moving_beacon-owner1-psychology-today-therapist-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~psychology-today-therapist-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-psychology-today-therapist-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~psychology-today-therapist-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-psychology-today-therapist-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "profiles", "count" ], "type": "string", "description": "profiles = therapist cards (name, phone, profile URL). count = number of therapists per zip code.", "default": "profiles" }, "city": { "title": "City", "type": "string", "description": "City to search, e.g. 'Austin', 'New York'." }, "state": { "title": "State", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter US state code, e.g. TX, NY, CO." }, "searches": { "title": "Multiple city searches (optional)", "type": "array", "description": "Run several searches in one go, each as 'City, ST' (e.g. 'Denver, CO'). Overrides the single city/state above if provided.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxPages": { "title": "Max result pages per search", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Each page has ~20 therapist cards.", "default": 3 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Psychology Today may rate-limit or challenge repeated requests. Use Apify RESIDENTIAL proxies if runs get blocked.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } }, "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" }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```