# Reed.co.uk Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/reed-co-uk-scraper`) Actor
Extracts job listings from Reed.co.uk using the API or HTML fallback, with filters for location, salary, job type, and other criteria. Returns structured job data, including title, employer, salary, and URL.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/reed-co-uk-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, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
from $10.00 / 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.md):
```bash
npm install apify-client
```
In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.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/platform/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
## Reed.co.uk Scraper (Apify Actor)
Scrape UK job listings from [Reed.co.uk](https://www.reed.co.uk/).
### Input
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `apiKey` | string (secret) | — | Reed API key. With it → official API. Without it → HTML scrape. |
| `query` | string (required) | — | Job title, skill, or keyword |
| `location` | string | — | Town, city, or postcode |
| `distance` | int (0–100) | — | Distance from `location`, in miles. **API only.** |
| `minSalary` / `maxSalary` | int | — | Salary range in GBP per year. **API only.** |
| `employmentTypes` | array | `[]` | `permanent`, `contract`, `temp`, `fullTime`, `partTime`. **API only.** |
| `postedBy` | enum | `any` | `any` / `agency` / `direct`. **API only.** |
| `graduateOnly` | bool | `false` | Graduate roles only. **API only.** |
| `employerId` | int | — | Restrict to one employer. **API only.** |
| `maxResults` | int (1–10000) | `100` | Soft cap on total jobs |
| `pageSize` | int (1–100) | `100` | Per-API-call. Reed caps at 100. |
| `includeDetails` | bool | `false` | Per-job detail fetch |
| `impersonate` | enum | `chrome124` | curl_cffi TLS profile (HTML path only) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify Proxy | Proxy settings |
#### Example input — API path
```json
{
"apiKey": "your-reed-api-key-here",
"query": "data analyst",
"location": "London",
"distance": 15,
"minSalary": 30000,
"maxSalary": 80000,
"employmentTypes": ["permanent", "fullTime"],
"postedBy": "direct",
"maxResults": 500,
"includeDetails": true
}
````
#### Example input — HTML fallback (no key)
```json
{
"query": "python developer",
"location": "Manchester",
"maxResults": 50
}
```
(Salary and employment filters will be ignored; the actor logs a warning.)
### Output
#### Search item (API path)
```json
{
"id": 54321678,
"title": "Senior Data Analyst",
"employer": "Acme Analytics Ltd",
"employer_id": 12345,
"location": "London",
"minSalary": 45000,
"maxSalary": 65000,
"currency": "GBP",
"salary_text": "£45,000 - £65,000 per annum",
"applications": 27,
"posted": "23/05/2026",
"expiry": "20/06/2026",
"type": "Permanent, Full-time",
"description": "We are looking for a senior data analyst to join...",
"url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/senior-data-analyst/54321678"
}
```
#### Search item (HTML path)
```json
{
"id": "54321678",
"title": "Senior Data Analyst",
"url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/senior-data-analyst/54321678",
"employer": "Acme Analytics Ltd",
"location": "London",
"salary_text": "£45,000 - £65,000 per annum"
}
```
#### With `includeDetails: true` (API path)
```json
{
"external_url": "https://acme-analytics.com/careers/senior-data-analyst",
"employer_profile_id": 9012,
"permanent": true,
"fullTime": true,
"contract": false,
"temp": false,
"partTime": false,
"description": "We are looking for a senior data analyst to join...
"
}
```
# Actor input Schema
## `apiKey` (type: `string`):
Free at https://www.reed.co.uk/developers. If provided, the actor uses Reed's official REST API — richer data, faster, and supports all filters. If blank, the actor falls back to HTML scraping (filters won't apply).
## `query` (type: `string`):
Job title, skill, or keyword to search for on Reed.
## `location` (type: `string`):
Town, city, or postcode. Examples: 'London', 'Manchester', 'EC1A 1BB'. Leave blank for nationwide.
## `distance` (type: `integer`):
How far around the location to search. API only.
## `minSalary` (type: `integer`):
Filter out roles paying below this amount per year. API only.
## `maxSalary` (type: `integer`):
Filter out roles paying above this amount per year. API only.
## `employmentTypes` (type: `array`):
Restrict to specific types. Valid values: permanent, contract, temp, fullTime, partTime. Leave empty for all. API only.
## `postedBy` (type: `string`):
Restrict to recruitment agencies or direct employers. API only.
## `graduateOnly` (type: `boolean`):
Only return jobs flagged as graduate-level. API only.
## `employerId` (type: `integer`):
Optional. Restrict to jobs from a specific employer. Find their numeric ID in the employer's Reed profile URL. API only.
## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):
Soft cap on total jobs returned. The actor paginates until it reaches this many or runs out.
## `pageSize` (type: `integer`):
How many jobs to request per API call. Reed caps at 100.
## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):
With API key: fetches /api/1.0/jobs/{id} for each result (full description, external apply URL, full employer info). Without: fetches the job's HTML page. Roughly multiplies runtime by N jobs.
## `impersonate` (type: `string`):
curl\_cffi TLS / JA3 fingerprint. Only matters for the HTML path — the API path is just JSON over basic auth.
## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):
Apify Proxy or your own. The API path doesn't need anything special; HTML scraping benefits from RESIDENTIAL on heavy multi-page runs.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"query": "data analyst",
"location": "London",
"distance": 10,
"minSalary": 30000,
"maxSalary": 80000,
"employmentTypes": [
"permanent",
"fullTime"
],
"postedBy": "any",
"graduateOnly": false,
"maxResults": 100,
"pageSize": 100,
"includeDetails": false,
"impersonate": "chrome124",
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true
}
}
```
# 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 = {
"query": "data analyst",
"location": "London",
"distance": 10,
"minSalary": 30000,
"maxSalary": 80000,
"employmentTypes": [
"permanent",
"fullTime"
],
"postedBy": "any",
"graduateOnly": false,
"maxResults": 100,
"pageSize": 100,
"includeDetails": false,
"impersonate": "chrome124",
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true
}
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/reed-co-uk-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 = {
"query": "data analyst",
"location": "London",
"distance": 10,
"minSalary": 30000,
"maxSalary": 80000,
"employmentTypes": [
"permanent",
"fullTime",
],
"postedBy": "any",
"graduateOnly": False,
"maxResults": 100,
"pageSize": 100,
"includeDetails": False,
"impersonate": "chrome124",
"proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/reed-co-uk-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 '{
"query": "data analyst",
"location": "London",
"distance": 10,
"minSalary": 30000,
"maxSalary": 80000,
"employmentTypes": [
"permanent",
"fullTime"
],
"postedBy": "any",
"graduateOnly": false,
"maxResults": 100,
"pageSize": 100,
"includeDetails": false,
"impersonate": "chrome124",
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true
}
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/reed-co-uk-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=moving_beacon-owner1/reed-co-uk-scraper",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
{
"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "Reed.co.uk Scraper",
"description": "Extracts job listings from Reed.co.uk using the API or HTML fallback, with filters for location, salary, job type, and other criteria. Returns structured job data, including title, employer, salary, and URL.",
"version": "0.0",
"x-build-id": "dbpSGMtytJ0HtsaXd"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~reed-co-uk-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-moving_beacon-owner1-reed-co-uk-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": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
"/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~reed-co-uk-scraper/runs": {
"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-reed-co-uk-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$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": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~reed-co-uk-scraper/run-sync": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-reed-co-uk-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$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": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"apiKey": {
"title": "Reed API key (recommended)",
"type": "string",
"description": "Free at https://www.reed.co.uk/developers. If provided, the actor uses Reed's official REST API — richer data, faster, and supports all filters. If blank, the actor falls back to HTML scraping (filters won't apply)."
},
"query": {
"title": "Search keywords",
"type": "string",
"description": "Job title, skill, or keyword to search for on Reed."
},
"location": {
"title": "Location",
"type": "string",
"description": "Town, city, or postcode. Examples: 'London', 'Manchester', 'EC1A 1BB'. Leave blank for nationwide."
},
"distance": {
"title": "Distance from location (miles)",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100,
"type": "integer",
"description": "How far around the location to search. API only."
},
"minSalary": {
"title": "Minimum salary (£)",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Filter out roles paying below this amount per year. API only."
},
"maxSalary": {
"title": "Maximum salary (£)",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Filter out roles paying above this amount per year. API only."
},
"employmentTypes": {
"title": "Employment types",
"uniqueItems": true,
"type": "array",
"description": "Restrict to specific types. Valid values: permanent, contract, temp, fullTime, partTime. Leave empty for all. API only.",
"default": [],
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"postedBy": {
"title": "Posted by",
"enum": [
"any",
"agency",
"direct"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Restrict to recruitment agencies or direct employers. API only.",
"default": "any"
},
"graduateOnly": {
"title": "Graduate roles only",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Only return jobs flagged as graduate-level. API only.",
"default": false
},
"employerId": {
"title": "Employer ID",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Optional. Restrict to jobs from a specific employer. Find their numeric ID in the employer's Reed profile URL. API only."
},
"maxResults": {
"title": "Max results",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 10000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Soft cap on total jobs returned. The actor paginates until it reaches this many or runs out.",
"default": 100
},
"pageSize": {
"title": "Page size (API only)",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 100,
"type": "integer",
"description": "How many jobs to request per API call. Reed caps at 100.",
"default": 100
},
"includeDetails": {
"title": "Fetch detail per job",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "With API key: fetches /api/1.0/jobs/{id} for each result (full description, external apply URL, full employer info). Without: fetches the job's HTML page. Roughly multiplies runtime by N jobs.",
"default": false
},
"impersonate": {
"title": "Browser impersonation profile",
"enum": [
"chrome124",
"chrome131",
"chrome120",
"edge101",
"safari17_0"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "curl_cffi TLS / JA3 fingerprint. Only matters for the HTML path — the API path is just JSON over basic auth.",
"default": "chrome124"
},
"proxyConfiguration": {
"title": "Proxy configuration",
"type": "object",
"description": "Apify Proxy or your own. The API path doesn't need anything special; HTML scraping benefits from RESIDENTIAL on heavy multi-page runs.",
"default": {
"useApifyProxy": true
}
}
}
},
"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
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```