# Jobboom Jobs Scraper — Quebec Job Listings (`ocrad/jobboom-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Jobboom job listings (French or English) from any search, city, region or industry page: title, company, location, sector and posting language, plus full description, job type, schedule, start date, dates and reference from each job page.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ocrad/jobboom-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ocrad](https://apify.com/ocrad) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation, Agents
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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

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# README

### Jobboom Jobs Scraper

***

Quebec Job Listings. Provide any Jobboom listing URL, in English (`/en/...`) or French (`/fr/...`), and get structured job data across result pages: title, employer, location, sector, posting language, employer profile and the job page. Turn on `detailedInfo` to also get the full description, job type, work schedule, shift, salary, start date, posting and closing dates, status and employer reference from each job page.

Jobboom is a long-running Quebec job board (Montréal, Québec City, Laval, Longueuil, Gatineau …). Its listing pages can be narrowed by city, region, industry and posting language; see "Getting your listing URL" below.

***

#### **📋 Example Output**

Record from a run with `detailedInfo: true` on `https://www.jobboom.com/fr/emploi/_lfr` (French-language postings). Without `detailedInfo`, the result cards only provide `id`, `url`, `title`, `company`, `location`, `sector`, `companyUrl`, `language` and `postingLanguage`; the other fields are `null`:

```json
{
  "id": "3700624",
  "url": "https://www.jobboom.com/fr/offre-emploi/intervenante-de-milieu-ainees_le-centre-daction-benevole-communautaire-de-matawini_p3700624",
  "title": "Intervenant.e de milieu (Ainé.es)",
  "company": "Le centre d'action bénévole communautaire de Matawini",
  "location": "Chertsey, QC",
  "sector": "Services sociaux, sciences sociales et éducation",
  "salary": "26.50$ - 29.00$ Horaire",
  "employmentType": "PERMANENT, FULL_TIME",
  "workSchedule": "32 h - Temps plein",
  "workShift": "Jour",
  "startDate": "Aussitôt que possible",
  "postedAt": "2026-10-05",
  "postedAgo": "Publié il y a 23 jour(s)",
  "validThrough": "2026-11-03",
  "status": "Toujours ouvert",
  "reference": null,
  "snippet": "Financé par le secrétariat des aînées dans le cadre du programme ITMAV (Initiatives de travail de milieu auprès des aînées en situation de vulnérabilité). Ce programme vise à repérer les personnes aînées en situation de vulnérabilité ou à risque de fragilisation, en vue de favoriser une connexion ou",
  "description": "Financé par le secrétariat des aînées dans le cadre du programme ITMAV (Initiatives de travail de milieu auprès des aînées en situation de vulnérabilité). Ce programme vise à repérer les personnes aînées en situation de vulnérabilité ou à risque de fragilisation, en vue de favoriser une connexion ou une reconnexion vers les ressources pertinentes de leur communauté dans un contexte d’accompagnement, tout en laissant ou en redonnant à la personne aînées le pouvoir de faire ses choix (empowerment) favorisant son mieux-être. Les intervenant.e.s ITMAV contribuent à briser l’isolement des personnes aînées, ainsi qu’à favoriser leur autonomie et leur maintien dans leur communauté. Description de t …",
  "applyUrl": "https://www.jobboom.com/fr/offre-emploi/intervenante-de-milieu-ainees_le-centre-daction-benevole-communautaire-de-matawini_p3700624",
  "companyUrl": "https://www.jobboom.com/fr/entreprise/le-centre-daction-benevole-communautaire-de-matawini-G377217",
  "language": "fr",
  "postingLanguage": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-28T20:07:48.506Z"
}
```

`salary`, `workShift` and `reference` are filled only when the employer provides them. Applications go through Jobboom's own form, so `applyUrl` is the job page. `postingLanguage` is `"fr"` when Jobboom flags a posting as available in French only (null otherwise).

#### ⚙️ **Configuration**

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `url` | String | *(required)* | Jobboom listing URL: all jobs (`https://www.jobboom.com/en/job/`, `https://www.jobboom.com/fr/emploi/`), a city page (`https://www.jobboom.com/en/montreal/_c66023`), an industry page (`https://www.jobboom.com/en/accounting-finance-insurance/_i5`), a region page, or a language-filtered page (`https://www.jobboom.com/fr/emploi/_lfr`). A `&page=N` parameter is honoured as the starting page. |
| `maxItems` | Integer | `100` | Stop after this many jobs (15 per result page, pages are fetched until the limit or the last page). 0 = no limit. |
| `detailedInfo` | Boolean | `false` | Visit each job page for the full description, job type, schedule, shift, salary, start date, dates, status and reference. One extra request per job. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | Apify RESIDENTIAL, country CA | Jobboom blocks datacenter IPs, so the default is Apify residential proxy in Canada; the pages are small, so proxy traffic per run is negligible. |

##### Example Input

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.jobboom.com/en/montreal/_c66023",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "detailedInfo": true
}
```

##### Getting your listing URL

1. Open jobboom.com in English or French and open the job listing ("Find a job" / "Trouver un emploi"); it is sorted by last update
2. Narrow it with the left-hand facets: city, region, industry or posting language. The URL changes to a facet path such as `/en/montreal/_c66023` or `/en/accounting-finance-insurance/_i5`
3. Copy the full URL from your browser address bar and paste it as the `url` input

Note: Jobboom's keyword box only decorates the URL (`displayKeyword=...`); the site's server returns the same unfiltered listing for keyword searches, so use the city / industry / region / language facets to narrow results and filter the dataset by `title` afterwards.

***

#### 💬 **Support and Feedback**

Reach out via Apify support channels or leave feedback on the Actor's page.

#### **Is it legal to scrape Jobboom data?**

It is legal to scrape publicly available data such as job titles, employers, salaries and descriptions. Results may contain personal data (e.g. contact names or e-mails inside a posting); scrape personal data only with a legitimate reason. Personal data is protected by PIPEDA, Quebec's Law 25 and other regulations — consult your legal advisor if unsure.

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

A Jobboom listing URL in English or French: all jobs (https://www.jobboom.com/en/job/ or https://www.jobboom.com/fr/emploi/), a city page (https://www.jobboom.com/en/montreal/\_c66023), an industry page (https://www.jobboom.com/en/accounting-finance-insurance/\_i5), a region or language-filtered page, or a keyword search URL copied from the site. A \&page=N parameter is honoured as the starting page.

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

Stop after this many jobs (15 per result page). 0 = no limit.

## `detailedInfo` (type: `boolean`):

Visit each job page for the full description, job type, schedule, start date, industry, posting and closing dates, status and employer reference. Slower, one extra request per job.

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

Jobboom blocks datacenter IPs (HTTP 403), so the Actor uses Apify RESIDENTIAL proxies in Canada by default; leaving Apify Proxy on 'auto' also resolves to residential Canada. Pages are small, so proxy traffic per run is negligible.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.jobboom.com/en/montreal/_c66023",
  "maxItems": 30,
  "detailedInfo": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "CA"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `id` (type: `string`):

Jobboom job ID (numeric string from the job URL, e.g. '3706685')

## `url` (type: `string`):

Job page URL on jobboom.com

## `title` (type: `string`):

Job title

## `company` (type: `string`):

Employer name

## `location` (type: `string`):

City and province, e.g. 'Montréal, QC'

## `sector` (type: `string`):

Jobboom industry / sector, e.g. 'Accounting, finance and insurance'

## `salary` (type: `string`):

Salary as shown on the job page when the employer states one (detailedInfo only)

## `employmentType` (type: `string`):

Job type(s) from the job page, e.g. 'PERMANENT, FULL_TIME' (detailedInfo only)

## `workSchedule` (type: `string`):

Work schedule as shown, e.g. 'Full time' (detailedInfo only)

## `workShift` (type: `string`):

Work shift as shown, e.g. 'Jour' / 'Day' (detailedInfo only)

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

Start of employment as shown, e.g. 'As soon as possible' (detailedInfo only)

## `postedAt` (type: `string`):

Posting date (YYYY-MM-DD, detailedInfo only)

## `postedAgo` (type: `string`):

Posting age as shown, e.g. 'Posted 2 day(s) ago' (detailedInfo only)

## `validThrough` (type: `string`):

Closing date (YYYY-MM-DD, detailedInfo only)

## `status` (type: `string`):

Posting status, e.g. 'Still Open' (detailedInfo only)

## `reference` (type: `string`):

Employer reference number (detailedInfo only)

## `snippet` (type: `string`):

Description excerpt; Jobboom result cards carry none, so this is the first 300 characters of the description (detailedInfo only)

## `description` (type: `string`):

Full job description as plain text (detailedInfo only)

## `applyUrl` (type: `string`):

Where to apply: the Jobboom job page (applications go through Jobboom's own form)

## `companyUrl` (type: `string`):

Employer profile page on jobboom.com

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language of the scraped page: 'en' or 'fr'

## `postingLanguage` (type: `string`):

'fr' or 'en' when Jobboom flags the posting as available in that language only; null when not flagged

## `scrapedAt` (type: `string`):

ISO 8601 timestamp when the record was scraped

# 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 = {
    "url": "https://www.jobboom.com/en/montreal/_c66023",
    "maxItems": 30,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "CA"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ocrad/jobboom-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 = {
    "url": "https://www.jobboom.com/en/montreal/_c66023",
    "maxItems": 30,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "CA",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ocrad/jobboom-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 '{
  "url": "https://www.jobboom.com/en/montreal/_c66023",
  "maxItems": 30,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "CA"
  }
}' |
apify call ocrad/jobboom-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ocrad/jobboom-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/pMwAaEuU5mso6gxxH/builds/CfUSe8gcfa9U5kdC4/openapi.json