# CV-Library UK Jobs Search Scraper (`muhammadafzal/cv-library-uk-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Search CV-Library UK jobs by keyword, title, location, salary, category, type, and date; export structured listings for recruitment and lead research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/muhammadafzal/cv-library-uk-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Muhammad Afzal](https://apify.com/muhammadafzal) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 cv-library job returneds

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#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

## CV-Library UK Jobs Scraper

Search and export structured UK job listings from CV-Library. The Actor picks the access path automatically — you only supply the search filters.

### How access is selected

The Actor tries data sources in order of reliability and falls back automatically:

1. **Official Job Search API** — used when the `CV_LIBRARY_API_KEY` secret is configured on the Actor. This is the most reliable path and is not affected by Cloudflare.
2. **Public website (browser)** — used when the API is unavailable or produced no results. It loads CV-Library's real search pages in a full Chromium browser with a realistic, consistent UK fingerprint, and rotates through proxies in this order:
   - `CV_LIBRARY_PROXY_URL` (your own proxy, if set) — `http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT` (also `https://`, `socks4://`, `socks5://`)
   - Apify residential proxy, GB
   - Apify datacenter proxy (automatic pool)
   - no proxy

CV-Library sits behind Cloudflare bot management. **Residential/ISP UK proxies are required for the browser path to load results** — datacenter IPs are blocklisted and return an HTTP 403 "Blocked" page. The Actor retries blocked pages with fresh proxy sessions, waits out Cloudflare challenges, and stops with a clear diagnostic instead of fabricating records.

CV-Library states that Job Search API access is not provided as standard and requires a key from its Partner team. Request access through the [CV-Library Job Search API documentation](https://www.cv-library.co.uk/developers/job-search-api), then set the key as the `CV_LIBRARY_API_KEY` Actor secret. The key is never written to the dataset or `SUMMARY`.

### Example input

```json
{
  "query": "software engineer",
  "location": "Manchester",
  "distanceMiles": 25,
  "categories": ["it"],
  "postedWithinDays": 7,
  "sort": "date",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "includeFullDescription": true
}
```

### Output

Each dataset item represents one job and includes its CV-Library ID, title, canonical URL, description, location, distance, salary, salary details, job types, posted/expiry dates, agency information, and source metadata. The `SUMMARY` key contains the access mode used, counts, warnings, total matches when provided, and a redacted search URL.

### Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. The primary event is **$0.003 per unique CV-Library job returned**, and the recommended Actor-start event is **$0.00005 per run**. A result event is charged only after the normalized job is written to the dataset; no-match and validation runs do not incur result charges.

| Usage | Result-event cost |
| ---: | ---: |
| 1 job | $0.003 |
| 100 jobs | $0.30 |
| 1,000 jobs | $3.00 |

### Important limitations

- The browser path cannot bypass CV-Library security controls, CAPTCHA, or access restrictions; residential proxies reduce but do not eliminate blocking.
- API results can vary based on CV-Library's current index and access rules.
- Use the service in accordance with CV-Library's API terms and applicable law. This Actor is read-only and does not apply to jobs.

### Local development

```bash
npm install
npm run validate-schema
npm test
```

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Keywords matched against job titles and descriptions, for example 'software engineer'.

## `title` (type: `string`):

Optional case-insensitive filter matched against job titles only, for example 'nurse'.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Optional UK location such as London, Manchester, or Fleet.

## `distanceMiles` (type: `integer`):

Search radius around the location. CV-Library accepts these values: 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 25, 35, 50, 75, 100, 250, 500, 750.

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

Optional CV-Library category slugs, for example it, engineering, healthcare, sales, or work\_from\_home.

## `jobTypes` (type: `array`):

Optional job types, one per line: Any, Permanent, Part time, or Temporary. Leave empty to include all types.

## `postedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Optional freshness filter: 0 means today, then 1, 3, 7, 14, or 28 days.

## `salaryType` (type: `string`):

Optional salary period used with minimumSalary and maximumSalary.

## `minimumSalary` (type: `number`):

Optional minimum salary filter for the selected salary period.

## `maximumSalary` (type: `number`):

Optional maximum salary filter for the selected salary period.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Result ordering returned by CV-Library.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum unique jobs to export. The Actor paginates as needed across the search results.

## `includeFullDescription` (type: `boolean`):

Request the original full-length description where available. This can increase response size.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "software engineer",
  "distanceMiles": 15,
  "sort": "date",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "includeFullDescription": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Normalized CV-Library job records returned by the browser or the official Job Search API.

## `datasetCsv` (type: `string`):

Normalized job records as CSV.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Counts, warnings, and the redacted search URL.

## `consoleRun` (type: `string`):

Live run status, logs, and dataset preview.

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("muhammadafzal/cv-library-uk-jobs-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("muhammadafzal/cv-library-uk-jobs-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 '{}' |
apify call muhammadafzal/cv-library-uk-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,muhammadafzal/cv-library-uk-jobs-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/vQ73d5jaaWf3lq6Oj/builds/sbgpb5EVMDkHFKJF8/openapi.json