# ReliefWeb Job Scraper (`nomad-dev/reliefweb-scraper`) Actor Get live humanitarian and development job openings from ReliefWeb (UN OCHA's global jobs portal) as clean structured data. Filter by keyword. No login, no setup. - **URL**: https://apify.com/nomad-dev/reliefweb-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Nomad.Dev](https://apify.com/nomad-dev) (community) - **Categories:** Jobs - **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## 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 ## ReliefWeb Job Scraper Get live humanitarian and development job openings from [ReliefWeb](https://reliefweb.int/jobs) — the UN OCHA-managed global jobs portal — as clean, structured data. **No login, no account, no setup.** ReliefWeb hosts postings from organisations such as WFP, UNHCR, IRC, Save the Children, MSF, and hundreds of other humanitarian and development agencies worldwide. Roles span field operations, programme management, finance, monitoring & evaluation, and increasingly data, digital, and engineering positions as agencies modernise. ### Why use it - **Always current** — reflects live postings as they appear on ReliefWeb. - **Global coverage** — roles across the full humanitarian and development sector, in every region. - **Clean structured output** — ready for spreadsheets, databases, dashboards, or job-matching pipelines. - **Fast and lightweight** — no proxies required, minimal dependencies. ### What you get One dataset item per opening: | Field | Description | |---|---| | `id` | Stable ReliefWeb numeric job id | | `title` | Posting title | | `company` | Publishing organisation (e.g. UNHCR, IRC, MSF) | | `location` | City + country, or "Worldwide" / "Remote / Worldwide" | | `url` | Direct link to the full posting on ReliefWeb | | `postedAt` | Publication date from the feed | | `snippet` | Plain-text excerpt of the posting description (up to 400 chars) | | `source` | Always `reliefweb` | ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | `search` | string | _(empty)_ | Free-text keyword filter (e.g. `"software engineer"`, `"data"`, `"IT digital"`). Leave empty for all current openings. | | `maxItems` | integer | `20` | Maximum openings to return. Set `0` for no limit. | #### Example ```json { "search": "software engineer", "maxItems": 10 } ```` Returns up to 10 current ReliefWeb postings matching "software engineer". ### Use cases - Job seekers in the humanitarian and development sector tracking new openings. - Recruitment teams sourcing NGO, UN-agency, and INGO roles. - Sector aggregators, newsletters, and career-platform integrations. - Researchers analysing hiring trends across humanitarian organisations. # Actor input Schema ## `search` (type: `string`): Free-text query to filter the feed (e.g. "software engineer", "data", "IT digital"). Leave empty for all current openings (latest ~20 globally). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of job openings to return. Set 0 for no limit. ## `useResidentialProxy` (type: `boolean`): Fetch through an Apify Residential proxy. Required because ReliefWeb blocks datacenter IPs. Leave on unless you have a reason to disable it. ## `cacheTtlSeconds` (type: `integer`): Cache the upstream fetch in the key-value store for this many seconds; re-runs within the window skip the network call. Set 0 to disable. ## Actor input object example ```json { "search": "software engineer", "maxItems": 20, "useResidentialProxy": true, "cacheTtlSeconds": 1800 } ``` # 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 = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("nomad-dev/reliefweb-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 = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("nomad-dev/reliefweb-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 '{}' | apify call nomad-dev/reliefweb-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nomad-dev/reliefweb-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "ReliefWeb Job Scraper", "description": "Get live humanitarian and development job openings from ReliefWeb (UN OCHA's global jobs portal) as clean structured data. Filter by keyword. No login, no setup.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "QyzwB1PhVGSVu1iNm" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/nomad-dev~reliefweb-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-nomad-dev-reliefweb-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/nomad-dev~reliefweb-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-nomad-dev-reliefweb-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/nomad-dev~reliefweb-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-nomad-dev-reliefweb-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", "properties": { "search": { "title": "Keyword search", "type": "string", "description": "Free-text query to filter the feed (e.g. \"software engineer\", \"data\", \"IT digital\"). Leave empty for all current openings (latest ~20 globally)." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of job openings to return. Set 0 for no limit.", "default": 20 }, "useResidentialProxy": { "title": "Use residential proxy", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fetch through an Apify Residential proxy. Required because ReliefWeb blocks datacenter IPs. Leave on unless you have a reason to disable it.", "default": true }, "cacheTtlSeconds": { "title": "Cache TTL (seconds)", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Cache the upstream fetch in the key-value store for this many seconds; re-runs within the window skip the network call. Set 0 to disable.", "default": 1800 } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```