Remote Jobs Scraper — RemoteOK

Scrape structured remote job listings in seconds. This Apify Actor collects clean, export-ready job data from RemoteOK — a widely used remote job board for developers, recruiters, and market researchers.

No custom code. No brittle scripts. Run it on a schedule, pipe results into your stack, and get consistent JSON every time.

New: enable onlyNewJobs to get only fresh listings since your last run — the killer feature for daily Slack alerts, spreadsheet syncs, and recurring automations without duplicate noise.

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Why teams buy this Actor

Pain point	What you get
Manual copy-paste from job boards	Automated extraction at scale
Duplicate alerts every morning	onlyNewJobs — diff-only output via KVS cache
Inconsistent data shapes	One normalized schema for every record
Fragile DIY scrapers that break	Maintained RemoteOK API integration
Slow research cycles	Filter by keyword, salary, or skill tags

Built for speed, reliability, and integration — the three things that matter when you're paying per result or running daily pipelines.

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RemoteOK attribution (required)

RemoteOK's terms require that you:

1. Credit Remote OK as the source when displaying or redistributing job data
2. Link directly to each job's URL on remoteok.com (no redirects)
3. Link back to RemoteOK on any page or app screen where you show this data

This Actor helps by including these fields on every record:

Field	Purpose
url / applyUrl	Direct link to the job on RemoteOK
sourceAttribution	"Remote OK"
sourceSiteUrl	https://remoteok.com

Your responsibility: if you build a dashboard, Slack bot, or public job board with this data, include the attribution and links above in the UI — not just in the raw JSON.

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Automate without code (n8n · Make · Zapier)

You don't need to be an engineer to build a job-alert system. Connect this Actor to your favorite iPaaS tool and let it run on autopilot.

Typical no-code flow

Schedule (daily 8 AM)
    → Run Remote Jobs Scraper (onlyNewJobs: true)
    → If new jobs found
        → Send to Slack / Google Sheets / Email

Why onlyNewJobs matters for automation: without it, every scheduled run sends the same 50–100 jobs again. With it, your Slack channel or spreadsheet only receives genuinely new postings.

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Daily new-job alert workflow (recommended)

Step 1 — Configure the Actor

{
  "maxItems": 100,
  "searchKeyword": "python",
  "onlyNewJobs": true,
  "minSalary": 80000
}

Step 2 — Schedule on Apify

1. Open the Actor → Schedules → Create schedule
2. Set cron: 0 8 * * * (every day at 8:00 AM)
3. Paste the input above
4. Enable Save dataset and optional Webhook on success

Step 3 — Connect your tool

Tool	What to do
n8n	Apify Trigger → Get Dataset Items → Slack / Google Sheets
Make	Apify Watch Actor Runs → Iterator → Add Row / Send Message
Zapier	Apify integration → Filter (itemCount > 0) → Slack / Gmail

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Data fields

Every record is normalized into a consistent schema:

Field	Description
title	Job title
company	Hiring company name
location	Remote region or geography
tags	Skills and category labels
salary / salaryMin / salaryMax	Compensation when listed
url	Direct link to the job on RemoteOK
applyUrl	Apply link on RemoteOK
sourceAttribution	"Remote OK"
sourceSiteUrl	https://remoteok.com
postedAt	ISO 8601 posting date
jobId	Stable deduplication key

Additional fields: description, currency, externalId, scrapedAt.

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Example output

[
  {
    "jobId": "remoteok:123456",
    "title": "Senior Python Developer",
    "company": "Acme Corp",
    "location": "Worldwide",
    "tags": ["Python", "Django"],
    "salary": "$120,000 - $160,000",
    "salaryMin": 120000,
    "salaryMax": 160000,
    "currency": "USD",
    "url": "https://remoteok.com/remote-jobs/123456",
    "applyUrl": "https://remoteok.com/remote-jobs/123456",
    "source": "remoteok",
    "sourceAttribution": "Remote OK",
    "sourceSiteUrl": "https://remoteok.com",
    "postedAt": "2026-07-17T08:42:51Z"
  }
]

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Quick start

Example input

{
  "maxItems": 100,
  "searchKeyword": "python",
  "minSalary": 80000,
  "onlyNewJobs": true,
  "tags": ["python"]
}

Call via API (cURL)

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_USERNAME~remote-jobs-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "maxItems": 100,
    "searchKeyword": "python",
    "onlyNewJobs": true
  }'

Call via Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("YOUR_USERNAME/remote-jobs-scraper").call(
    run_input={
        "maxItems": 100,
        "searchKeyword": "python",
        "onlyNewJobs": True,
    }
)
jobs = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(f"New jobs: {len(jobs)}")

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
maxItems	integer	100	Maximum records to collect (1–1000)
searchKeyword	string	—	Case-insensitive filter on title, company, tags
minSalary	integer	—	Minimum salary filter (USD, when disclosed)
onlyNewJobs	boolean	false	Output only jobs not seen in previous runs
tags	string[]	[]	RemoteOK tag filter (e.g. python, devops)

How onlyNewJobs works

1. The Actor loads a cache of previously seen jobId keys from the Apify Key-Value Store
2. It fetches up to maxItems listings from RemoteOK
3. Only listings not in the cache are pushed to the Dataset
4. All scraped job keys are merged into the cache for the next run

First run with onlyNewJobs: true returns all scraped jobs (empty cache). Every subsequent scheduled run returns only the delta.

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Data source

Source	Method	Notes
RemoteOK	Public JSON API (remoteok.com/api)	Fast bulk fetch, salary ranges, skill tags

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Legal & fair use

• Data is fetched from RemoteOK's public API feed
• Each record includes attribution fields required by RemoteOK terms
• You must credit Remote OK and link back when displaying data in apps, dashboards, or public pages
• Use reasonable maxItems and respect RemoteOK's API access policies
• Do not republish personal data beyond what the listing exposes

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Support

Questions or feature requests? Open an issue on the Actor page or contact the author via the Apify Console.

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