# Rover Listings Scraper (`parseforge/rover-scraper`) Actor
Collects pet care provider listings from Rover.com. Scrapes provider names, service types (e.g., dog walking, boarding), hourly/daily rates, location details, and customer review counts. Ideal for competitive analysis, market research, or aggregating care options across cities.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/rover-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Marketing
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
from $4.06 / 1,000 results
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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event
## What's an Apify Actor?
Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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?
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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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
## Rover Listings Scraper 🐾
Scrape Rover pet care provider listings (dog walkers, sitters, boarders, etc.) — clean structured fields ready as CSV, JSON, JSONL, Excel, or XML for downstream pipelines.
##### Copy to your AI assistant
Copy this block into ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or any LLM to start using this actor.
```
parseforge/rover-scraper on Apify. Call: ApifyClient("TOKEN").actor("parseforge/rover-scraper").call(run_input={...}), then client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items for results. Key inputs: location (string), proxyConfiguration (object), maxItems (integer, default 100). Full actor spec: fetch build via GET https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~rover-scraper (Bearer TOKEN). Get token: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations
```
Scrape pet care provider listings from Rover.com without writing a single line of code. Just pick a city and state, press run, and get a clean list of dog walkers, sitters, boarders, and other pet care professionals. No logins required.
### Why this helps ⚡
- **Save time**: Automatically collect hundreds of Rover provider profiles in minutes instead of manually browsing pages.
- **No coding needed**: The scraper handles Cloudflare bypass and pagination for you.
- **Flexible location search**: Enter any city and state to target your desired market.
- **Clean structured data**: Get provider names, services offered, ratings, and more in a neat dataset.
- **Scale easily**: Adjust the maximum number of listings to fit your project needs.
### Who it's for 👥
- Pet care business owners researching local competition
- Market researchers analyzing pet service trends in specific cities
- Pet owners looking to compare providers in their area
### What you get 📦
- Provider profiles including names, photos, and service descriptions
- Service types offered (dog walking, pet sitting, boarding, drop-in visits, etc.)
- Ratings and review counts from previous clients
- Pricing information and availability details (if visible on the page)
### 📊 Rover data fields
Each record includes: `imageUrl`, `title`, `url`, `rating`, `reviewCount`, `price`, `currency`, `priceUnit`, `location`, `description`, `scrapedAt`, `error`. All 12 field names come from a real production run, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.
> ⚠️ **Good to know:** you only need an Apify account; no Rover login is required. Every run reflects the site at run time. Only publicly visible data is collected. Rover.com uses strong Cloudflare protection, so the scraper requires residential proxies to work reliably.
### 🚀 How to use
1. 📝 **Sign up.** [Create a free account](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp) (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🎯 **Set input.** Configure the input fields in the form (or paste a JSON), then set `maxItems`.
3. 🚀 **Run it.** Click **Start** and let the Actor collect your data.
4. 📥 **Download.** Grab your results in the **Dataset** tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.
### 🔗 Recommended Actors
- [**🔍 Google Search Scraper**](https://apify.com/parseforge/google-search-scraper) - Multi-engine SERP results with country and language targeting
- [**🗺️ Nominatim OSM Scraper**](https://apify.com/parseforge/nominatim-osm-scraper) - Geocode addresses via OpenStreetMap
- [**📊 Indexmundi Scraper**](https://apify.com/parseforge/indexmundi-scraper) - Global demographic and economic indicators
- [**📰 RAG Web Browser**](https://apify.com/parseforge/rag-web-browser) - Crawl and extract clean text from any URL for AI retrieval
- [**🌐 Website Content Crawler**](https://apify.com/parseforge/website-content-crawler) - Crawl entire sites and export structured content
> 💡 **Pro Tip:** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge) for more reference-data scrapers.
### 🆘 Need Help?
If you hit a bug, have questions about setup, or need a scraper we haven't built yet, open our [contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA) or write to parseforge@protonmail.com. We also take on paid custom data projects.
For faster answers, join our [Discord](https://parseforge.co/discord). It's the best place to get support and suggest new actors.
# Actor input Schema
## `location` (type: `string`):
City and state to search for pet care providers (e.g., New York, NY)
## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):
Maximum number of provider listings to collect
## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):
Configure proxies to bypass Cloudflare protection.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"location": "New York, NY",
"maxItems": 100,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"apifyProxyGroups": [
"RESIDENTIAL"
]
}
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `results` (type: `string`):
Complete dataset of all scraped records.
# 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 = {
"location": "New York, NY",
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"apifyProxyGroups": [
"RESIDENTIAL"
]
}
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/rover-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 = {
"location": "New York, NY",
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": True,
"apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
},
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/rover-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 '{
"location": "New York, NY",
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"apifyProxyGroups": [
"RESIDENTIAL"
]
}
}' |
apify call parseforge/rover-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,parseforge/rover-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 ` 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/kd2SY6imcq4s2MEWs/builds/VSuRuLfIn6rIllJ8k/openapi.json