# Civil Service Jobs Scraper — UK GOV Vacancies (`noahadler/civil-service-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Scrape public Civil Service Jobs vacancies from civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk: title, department, location, salary band, closing date, stable jcode URL. ALTCHA Quick Check handled. No login, no CVs. OGL attribution in README.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/noahadler/civil-service-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Noah Adler](https://apify.com/noahadler) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.40 / 1,000 jobs

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Civil Service Jobs Scraper — UK GOV Vacancies

Scrape **public** vacancies from [Civil Service Jobs](https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/) (`civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk`): title, department, location, salary band, closing date, and a stable `jobs.cgi?jcode=` URL.

No login. **No applicant or CV data.** Keywords: civil service jobs scraper, UK government jobs, civil service vacancies API, GOV.UK jobs.

### Why this Actor

- **Public vacancies only** — list search fields the site shows without an account.
- **Quick Check handled** — passes the site ALTCHA “I’m not a robot” flow in-browser.
- **Stable job URLs** — `jcode` extracted from SID-encoded result links.
- **RES GB ready** — default proxy country GB for Apify runs.

### Input

```json
{
  "keyword": "policy",
  "where": "London",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "GB"
  }
}
```

| Field | Notes |
|-------|--------|
| `keyword` | Site **What** field |
| `where` | Site **Where** field |
| `maxItems` | 1–200 |
| `proxyConfiguration` | RESIDENTIAL + GB recommended |

### Output

One Dataset row per vacancy: `jobId`, `title`, `department`, `location`, `salaryLabel`, `closingDate`, `jobUrl`.

### Legal / attribution

- Site content is largely covered by the **Open Government Licence (OGL)**. Reproduce with attribution to the source (Civil Service Jobs / GOV.UK) as OGL requires.
- GOV.UK terms: lawful use only. This Actor does **not** scrape candidate accounts, applications, or CVs.
- Prefer RESIDENTIAL GB and moderate volume; do not hammer the service.

### Limitations

- Search result cards may omit closing date until detail view; when missing on the list card the field stays null.
- Quick Check can reappear; the Actor re-solves it. Persistent wall after RES GB → soft-fail with a clear error row.
- Playwright Chromium required (bundled on Apify `actor-python-playwright` image).

# Actor input Schema

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Job title, skill or keywords (site field What). Example: policy, analyst, engineer.

## `where` (type: `string`):

Postcode, town or region (site field Where). Example: London, Manchester, SW1A.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum public vacancy rows (1–200). Paginates search results.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Recommended: Apify RESIDENTIAL + country GB. Helps when Quick Check / bot wall is strict from datacenter IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keyword": "policy",
  "where": "London",
  "maxItems": 25,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "GB"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `jobs` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "keyword": "policy",
    "where": "London"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("noahadler/civil-service-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 = {
    "keyword": "policy",
    "where": "London",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("noahadler/civil-service-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 '{
  "keyword": "policy",
  "where": "London"
}' |
apify call noahadler/civil-service-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,noahadler/civil-service-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/uYGhc93fnYEUZwdIM/builds/EsvBSeMYIN627dHIs/openapi.json