Cylex Email Scraper

Cylex Email Scraper

The Cylex Email Scraper extracts publicly indexed business emails from Cylex, a local directory network that runs separate national sites for the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany. One run covers all four.

In our measured Google run the Cylex Email Scraper parsed 10 result blocks, named a business in all 10 and resolved a profile URL for all 10. Those 10 blocks yielded 5 unique emails, because several listings shared the same published address.

That is deduplication working as designed, not data loss. The Cylex Email Scraper emits each address once per run no matter how many listings surfaced it.

What the Cylex Email Scraper does

The Cylex Email Scraper builds Google queries with the site: operator against cylex.us.com, cylex-uk.co.uk, cylex.ca and cylex.de. It parses each result block structurally, locating the <h3> title and the smallest surrounding block.

A domain-filtered regex then extracts emails from the block text. Matches are normalised, deduplicated globally and pushed to your Apify dataset immediately.

The Cylex Email Scraper never logs into Cylex, never uses a Cylex API and never opens the Cylex website. There is no browser, no JavaScript rendering, no authentication and no cookies.

Why the Cylex Email Scraper suits multi-market expansion

Very few local directories operate credibly on both sides of the Atlantic. Cylex does, which makes the Cylex Email Scraper a practical single tool for a company testing several markets at once.

A B2B SaaS vendor entering Germany, a UK trades marketplace, or a Canadian franchise assessing European expansion can all run the same keyword set and compare results market by market.

The German coverage is the standout. cylex.de reaches Mittelstand service businesses that English-language directories rarely list, and the Cylex Email Scraper reads them the same way it reads a Chicago plumber.

Features of the Cylex Email Scraper

Everything in this table ships in the Cylex Email Scraper today.

Feature	What it means in practice
Google site: search over four Cylex domains	Covers cylex.us.com, cylex-uk.co.uk, cylex.ca and cylex.de in one run
Query expansion	Base, quoted and intitle: variants plus one query per modifier; base queries run first
Domain filtering	Only emails ending in your customDomains values are kept
Global deduplication	Each email is emitted once per run - the reason 10 blocks produced 5 unique addresses
Email normalisation	Handles name [at] domain [dot] com, name (at) domain, name @ domain.com, domain .com, zero-width characters and the full-width ＠
Junk filter	Rejects email@, yourname@, test@, xxx@ and single-character locals
Boundary-correct matching	@gmail.com does not match inside @gmail.company or @gmail.com.br
Soft-wrap repair	Drops a hit that is only the tail of another email in the same block
Structural block parsing	Works from the <h3> title, never from Google's CSS class names
Whole-page fallback parser	A markup change degrades to "emails without account details", not "no emails"
Concurrency control	asyncio worker pool with a shared stop signal on maxEmails
Retries and block detection	Up to 3 attempts per page, exponential backoff, fresh proxy session per request, CAPTCHA and consent pages detected and retried
Failed-query requeue	Blocked or failed queries are retried once at the end of the run
Resumable state	Key-value store state keyed by an input hash, saved on PERSIST_STATE, MIGRATING and ABORTING
Run summary logging	Pages fetched, blocked pages, retries and emails per page

How the Cylex Email Scraper works

A run of the Cylex Email Scraper follows six steps from input to dataset.

1. Read your input: keywords, location, email domains and limits.
2. Build queries such as site:cylex.de elektriker "@gmail.com" "Berlin".
3. Fetch Google result pages through the Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy using async aiohttp.
4. Parse each result block structurally to isolate title, business label and snippet.
5. Extract and normalise emails with a domain-filtered regex.
6. Deduplicate globally and push each lead to the dataset immediately.

The Cylex Email Scraper streams rows as it finds them, so aborting a long run keeps everything collected so far.

Input fields for the Cylex Email Scraper

These are the exact inputs the Cylex Email Scraper accepts, with its shipped defaults.

Field	Type	Default	Meaning
keywords	array (required)	["local business", "services"]	Search terms describing the businesses you want
location	string	""	Optional location phrase added to every query
customDomains	array	["@gmail.com", "@yahoo.com"]	Only emails on these domains are kept; @ optional
maxEmails	integer 1-10000	20	Stop after this many unique emails
countryCode	string	""	Two-letter country for the search proxy (US, GB, DE...)
expandQueries	boolean	true	Search each keyword x domain pair in several phrasings
queryModifiers	array	["email", "contact", "enquiries", "owner", "get a quote"]	Extra words combined with each keyword when expansion is on
maxPagesPerQuery	integer 1-50	30	Page cap per query
maxConcurrency	integer 1-20	5	Parallel queries

Example input for the Cylex Email Scraper

{
  "keywords": ["elektriker", "sanitaer", "malerbetrieb"],
  "location": "Berlin",
  "customDomains": ["@gmail.com", "@gmx.de", "@web.de", "@t-online.de"],
  "maxEmails": 400,
  "countryCode": "DE",
  "expandQueries": true,
  "queryModifiers": ["email", "contact", "kontakt"],
  "maxPagesPerQuery": 30,
  "maxConcurrency": 5
}

Location: the highest-leverage input in the Cylex Email Scraper

Because the Cylex Email Scraper spans four national sites, location and countryCode together decide which market you are actually harvesting. Set both deliberately.

For Germany use "Berlin", "Muenchen", "Hamburg", "Koeln" or "Frankfurt" with countryCode: "DE". For the UK use "Birmingham", "Leeds", "Glasgow" or "Bristol" with GB.

For North America use "Chicago, IL", "Houston, TX", "Toronto, ON" or "Montreal, QC" with US or CA as appropriate.

Google caps a single query at roughly 300 results, so run one city per execution. Ten German cities will out-produce a single "Deutschland" query comfortably.

Match webmail domains to the market too. @gmx.de, @web.de and @t-online.de matter enormously in Germany and appear nowhere in the American defaults.

Output fields from the Cylex Email Scraper

Every dataset item written by the Cylex Email Scraper carries all fourteen fields below.

Field	Meaning
network	Platform name
keyword	The keyword that produced the lead
query	The exact Google query used
title	Raw result title
accountName	Account label Google prints
fullName	Display name parsed from a profile-style title; empty for post captions
username	URL-safe handle when the platform exposes one; otherwise null
profileUrl	Canonical account URL when a handle is known; otherwise empty
url	Direct platform link when exposed, else the profile URL
description	Bio snippet, cleaned of labels and engagement counters
email	Lower-cased email address
emailDomain	The matched domain
possiblyTruncated	true when Google's snippet ellipsis touched the email
foundAt	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp

Example output from the Cylex Email Scraper

[
  {
    "network": "Cylex",
    "keyword": "elektriker",
    "query": "site:cylex.de elektriker \"@gmx.de\" \"Berlin\"",
    "title": "Elektro Hartmann GmbH - Berlin - Cylex",
    "accountName": "Elektro Hartmann GmbH",
    "fullName": "Elektro Hartmann GmbH",
    "username": "elektro-hartmann-gmbh",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.cylex.us.com/company/elektro-hartmann-gmbh.html",
    "url": "https://www.cylex.us.com/company/elektro-hartmann-gmbh.html",
    "description": "Elektroinstallation und Smart-Home-Technik in Berlin-Mitte. Kontakt: elektro.hartmann@gmx.de",
    "email": "elektro.hartmann@gmx.de",
    "emailDomain": "@gmx.de",
    "possiblyTruncated": false,
    "foundAt": "2026-08-31T19:12:44.083Z"
  },
  {
    "network": "Cylex",
    "keyword": "malerbetrieb",
    "query": "site:cylex.de malerbetrieb \"@web.de\" \"Berlin\"",
    "title": "Malerbetrieb Kranz - Cylex",
    "accountName": "Malerbetrieb Kranz",
    "fullName": "Malerbetrieb Kranz",
    "username": "malerbetrieb-kranz",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.cylex.us.com/company/malerbetrieb-kranz.html",
    "url": "https://www.cylex.us.com/company/malerbetrieb-kranz.html",
    "description": "Maler- und Lackierarbeiten fuer Wohn- und Gewerbeobjekte. Anfragen an malerbetrieb.kranz@web.de",
    "email": "malerbetrieb.kranz@web.de",
    "emailDomain": "@web.de",
    "possiblyTruncated": false,
    "foundAt": "2026-08-31T19:14:07.556Z"
  }
]

Use cases for the Cylex Email Scraper

The Cylex Email Scraper earns its keep whenever one campaign has to cover more than one country.

Use case	Who runs it	Typical setup
German market entry	B2B SaaS expanding into DACH	["elektriker", "sanitaer"], location: "Muenchen", countryCode: "DE"
UK trades outreach	Local marketing agency	["plasterer", "electrician"], location: "Leeds", countryCode: "GB"
Canadian services list	Franchise development	["cleaning service"], location: "Toronto, ON", countryCode: "CA"
US mid-market prospecting	Insurance brokerage	["landscaping"], location: "Houston, TX", countryCode: "US"
Four-market comparison	Market researcher	Same trade keyword, one run per country, compare counts
Multilingual campaign build	Agency with European clients	German, English and French keyword sets
Supplier discovery	Procurement team	["verpackung", "packaging supplier"], several cities
Cross-directory enrichment	RevOps team	Merge with Brownbook, Fyple and Infobel datasets

Tuning the Cylex Email Scraper for better yield

Search in the local language. "elektriker" and "sanitaerbetrieb" reach German listings that "electrician" and "plumber" never will.

Replace the default customDomains with market-appropriate ones. Germany leans on @gmx.de, @web.de and @t-online.de; the UK on @yahoo.co.uk, @hotmail.co.uk and @btinternet.com.

Localise queryModifiers too. German listings respond to "kontakt" and "anfrage" far better than to "get a quote".

Leave expandQueries on so the Cylex Email Scraper routes around Google's per-query ceiling, and keep maxConcurrency near 5.

What to expect from a Cylex Email Scraper run

Our measured Google run parsed 10 result blocks, identified 10 businesses and resolved 10 profile URLs, producing 5 unique emails. Identity and link quality are excellent; unique-email conversion was about half.

The reason is duplication. Several Cylex listings for related businesses published the same contact address, and the Cylex Email Scraper deduplicates globally so you receive it once.

Widening customDomains is the most effective response. Each additional domain opens a distinct set of queries and surfaces addresses the previous set could not match.

Responsible use, GDPR and CAN-SPAM

Given Cylex's German and British footprint, GDPR is the primary framework for anything the Cylex Email Scraper produces. This section is guidance, not legal advice.

GDPR and UK GDPR require a lawful basis, a clear privacy notice at or before first contact, and a route to erasure. Germany applies unusually strict rules to unsolicited commercial email under the UWG, so seek advice before mailing German contacts cold.

CAN-SPAM covers US recipients - accurate headers, an honest subject line, a physical postal address and a prompt opt-out. Canadian contacts fall under CASL, which is stricter again.

An owner's firstname@gmx.de is personal data even when published for business reasons. Suppress opt-outs, record provenance, and do not resell the raw dataset.

Limitations of the Cylex Email Scraper

• Unique-email conversion can be well below block count. In our measured run 10 blocks produced 5 unique emails because listings shared addresses.
• Only finds businesses whose email is publicly visible in Google's index.
• Google caps a single query at roughly 300 results, which is why query expansion exists.
• possiblyTruncated: true means Google's snippet ellipsis touched the address - verify before sending.
• username and profileUrl are populated only when Google's result exposes a handle. Resolution was 10 of 10 in our measured run but is not guaranteed. This is a Google limitation, not a bug.
• profileUrl is built from the canonical Cylex company URL pattern, so a listing found on a national site may be linked in that canonical form.
• Requires the Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy; the Cylex Email Scraper cannot run without Apify proxy credentials.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 100 emails per run; paid plans are uncapped.
• Results vary with keywords, domains and location, and no volume is guaranteed.

Cylex Email Scraper FAQ

How many results should I expect from the Cylex Email Scraper?

Our measured run parsed 10 blocks, identified 10 businesses, resolved 10 profile URLs and produced 5 unique emails. Block quality is high; unique-email conversion depends on how much address duplication exists.

Why were there only 5 emails from 10 blocks?

Several listings published the same contact address, and the Cylex Email Scraper deduplicates globally. Widening customDomains is the best way to raise unique yield.

Which domains does it search?

cylex.us.com, cylex-uk.co.uk, cylex.ca and cylex.de, all in the same run.

Can I restrict a run to one country?

Not by domain, but location and countryCode together focus results on the market you want in practice.

Does the Cylex Email Scraper use a Cylex API?

No. It never logs in, never calls an API and never opens the Cylex website. All data comes from publicly indexed Google results.

Should I search in German?

Yes, for German coverage. Local-language keywords and modifiers such as "kontakt" substantially change what the Cylex Email Scraper finds.

Which webmail domains should I add for Europe?

@gmx.de, @web.de, @t-online.de, @freenet.de for Germany; @yahoo.co.uk, @hotmail.co.uk, @btinternet.com for the UK.

What does possiblyTruncated mean?

Google's snippet ellipsis touched the email, so the address may be cut short. Verify or exclude those rows before sending.

Do I need Apify proxy credentials?

Yes. The Cylex Email Scraper runs on the Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy and cannot operate without it.

Is the free plan enough?

For evaluation, yes - it caps a run at 100 emails. Paid plans remove the cap.

Which sibling Actors pair best with this one?

The Brownbook Email Scraper for worldwide coverage, the N49 Email Scraper for Canada, and the Europages Email Scraper for European suppliers and manufacturers.

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More about the Cylex Email Scraper

Every row the Cylex Email Scraper writes carries the keyword and the exact query that produced it, so a list can always be traced back to the search that built it.

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