Seek Australia Jobs Scraper

Seek Australia / New Zealand jobs scraper by keyword + optional location: title, company, salary label, city, work types, listing date, and absolute job URL — one clean Dataset row per listing.

Built for ANZ recruiting intel, salary benchmarking, lead gen (AU/NZ), and PPE-friendly exports. No browser automation — HTTP + Chrome TLS fingerprint against Seek’s public JSON search API (/api/jobsearch/v5/search).

Seek returns job cards as JSON (data[], ~20 per page, plus totalCount). This Actor calls the same endpoint the website uses with siteKey=au-main (or nz-main), GETs with curl_cffi (chrome124), maps fields to a stable schema, and paginates with page=N until maxJobs. AU residential proxy is optional (often works without proxy).

Why this Actor: Keyword + location · Portals AU/NZ · Clean schema · No Playwright · No email-harvesting claims · Regional SEO (Australia / New Zealand jobs) · Cheap PPE-friendly alternative to bloated multi-board Actors · CSV / API / webhooks ready

Store icon: set the Actor icon in Apify Console (PNG not shipped in this repo; assets/ reserved for later).

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Table of contents

1. What this Actor does
2. What you get
3. Features
4. Input
5. Output example
6. Output fields
7. Quick start (API)
8. Use cases
9. Limitations
10. FAQ
11. Keywords

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What this Actor does

Step	Action
1	Accept keyword + optional location / portal / maxJobs
2	Resolve portal → siteKey (au-main / nz-main) + job URL host
3	GET /api/jobsearch/v5/search?siteKey=…&keywords=…&where=…&page=N&pageSize=20&sortmode=ListedDate
4	Parse JSON data[] + totalCount
5	Map each job → Dataset row (jobId, title, companyName, salaryLabel, jobUrl, …)
6	Paginate until maxJobs, empty page, or partial page

Input: keyword, location, portal (au/nz), max jobs, proxy.
Output: one Dataset row per job.

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What you get

Job

• jobId, title, companyName, location, teaser
• workTypes, isFeatured

Compensation / timing

• salaryLabel, listingDate, listingDateDisplay

Links / meta

• jobUrl (https://www.seek.com.au/job/{id} or .co.nz)
• portal, keyword, scrapedAt, error, errorMessage

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Features

Capability	Detail
Keyword + location	e.g. software engineer in All Sydney NSW / Auckland
Dual portal	au (seek.com.au), nz (seek.co.nz)
No browser	curl_cffi impersonate chrome124 + browserforge headers
Official JSON API	Seek jobsearch v5 — no fragile CSS selectors
Proxy-aware	Optional Apify proxy (AU RESIDENTIAL recommended if blocked)
PPE-friendly	Listings only — no email harvesting claims

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Input

Field	Required	Description
keyword	Yes	Search term (e.g. software engineer, registered nurse)
location	No	Seek location label (e.g. All Sydney NSW, Melbourne VIC)
portal	No	au (default) or nz
maxJobs	No	Cap (default 40, max 500)
proxyConfiguration	No	Default off; enable RESIDENTIAL if needed

Example

{
  "keyword": "software engineer",
  "location": "All Sydney NSW",
  "portal": "au",
  "maxJobs": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}

Example New Zealand portal

{
  "keyword": "registered nurse",
  "location": "Auckland",
  "portal": "nz",
  "maxJobs": 50
}

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Output example

{
  "jobId": "81234567",
  "title": "Software Engineer",
  "companyName": "Acme Pty Ltd",
  "location": "Sydney NSW",
  "salaryLabel": "$120,000 - $140,000 per year",
  "jobUrl": "https://www.seek.com.au/job/81234567",
  "listingDate": "2026-09-18T10:00:00Z",
  "listingDateDisplay": "2d ago",
  "teaser": "We are looking for a Software Engineer...",
  "workTypes": ["Full time"],
  "isFeatured": false,
  "portal": "au",
  "keyword": "software engineer",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-21T00:00:00Z",
  "error": false,
  "errorMessage": null
}

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Output fields

Field	Notes
jobId, title, companyName	Core identity (companyName or advertiser.description)
location	From locations[0].label when present
salaryLabel	Display string from Seek (not parsed min/max)
jobUrl	Absolute URL on the selected portal host
listingDate, listingDateDisplay	ISO / relative posted labels
teaser, workTypes, isFeatured	Snippet + work type list + featured flag
portal, keyword, scrapedAt, error, errorMessage	Run metadata

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Quick start (API)

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_USERNAME~seek-au-jobs/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "keyword": "software engineer",
    "location": "All Sydney NSW",
    "portal": "au",
    "maxJobs": 20
  }'

Then fetch the default Dataset items URL from the run object. Integrate via Apify SDK, webhooks, or schedule for daily ANZ job monitoring.

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Use cases

• Recruiting agencies tracking open roles in Australia and New Zealand by skill and city.
• Salary research using Seek’s salaryLabel when advertisers publish pay ranges.
• Market mapping for AU/NZ tech, healthcare, logistics, and industrial hiring volume.
• Lead gen without spam claims — company names + job URLs for outreach research (no email scraping).
• Competitive monitoring vs heavier multi-board scrapers when you only need Seek listings.

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Limitations

• Public search-list fields only — does not open each JD detail page or apply forms.
• Does not harvest emails, phone numbers, or CVs.
• Structure depends on Seek’s jobsearch v5 JSON shape; major API changes may require an Actor update.
• Aggressive volume without proxy may trigger blocks (HTTP 403) — use Apify AU RESIDENTIAL if needed.
• Salary is a display label (salaryLabel), not structured min/max numbers.

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FAQ

Do I need Playwright?
No. The Actor uses HTTP only (curl_cffi + Chrome impersonation) against Seek’s JSON search API.

Which countries are supported?
Australia (au / seek.com.au) and New Zealand (nz / seek.co.nz) via the portal input.

What is siteKey?
Seek’s API uses au-main or nz-main. The Actor sets this from portal automatically.

Why are some rows missing salary?
Many Seek listings omit salaryLabel. The field is null when the source payload has no value.

What happens on hard failure?
The Actor pushes one Dataset row with error: true and errorMessage describing the failure (e.g. HTTP 403). Empty searches push a non-error row explaining no jobs were returned.

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Keywords

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