# RemoteOK Jobs Scraper (`rocketapi/remoteok-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes remote job listings from RemoteOK's public API. Filter by search keyword, tags and minimum salary. Each job includes position, company, tags, location, apply URL, salary range and a formatted salary text.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rocketapi/remoteok-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Antony Zaikin](https://apify.com/rocketapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$4.00 / 1,000 job scrapeds

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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).
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## RemoteOK Jobs Scraper

Apify actor that scrapes job listings from the public RemoteOK API (`https://remoteok.com/api`).

### How it works

- Sends a single GET request to the RemoteOK API with a browser‑like `User-Agent`.
- The API returns a JSON array where the first element is a service record (contains `legal`).\
  This record is filtered out.
- Each job object is processed, optionally filtered by:
  - `search` – case‑insensitive substring match in `position` or `description`.
  - `tags` – at least one tag must intersect with the provided list (case‑insensitive).
  - `minSalary` – keeps jobs where `salary_max >= minSalary` (if `minSalary > 0`).
- The actor stops after pushing `maxItems` jobs (default 100) or after processing all available jobs.
- For every successfully pushed record the actor charges the `job-scraped` event (`$0.004` per record).
- Each output record includes a `source` field set to `"RemoteOK"` to satisfy attribution requirements.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `maxItems` | integer | 100 | Maximum number of job records to output. |
| `search` | string | "" | Substring to look for in `position` or `description` (case‑insensitive). |
| `tags` | array of string | \[] | Keep only jobs that have at least one matching tag (case‑insensitive). |
| `minSalary` | integer | 0 | Minimum `salary_max` to keep a job. Ignored when `0`. |
| `includeDescription` | boolean | true | If `false`, the `description` field is omitted from output. |

All fields have editors as required by the platform.

### Output

Each record contains the following fields (types as defined in the output schema):

- `slug` – string
- `id` – string | number
- `epoch` – string | number
- `date` – string
- `company` – string
- `company_logo` – string | null
- `position` – string
- `tags` – array of strings
- `location` – string | null
- `apply_url` – string
- `url` – string
- `salary_min` – string | number
- `salary_max` – string | number
- `description` – string | null (only if `includeDescription !== false`)
- `salaryText` – formatted salary range, e.g. `"$150,000 – $200,000"`, or `null` when RemoteOK doesn't list a salary (true for ~96% of jobs).
- `scrapedAt` – ISO‑8601 timestamp of when the record was processed.
- `source` – constant string `"RemoteOK"` (attribution).

### Attribution / Source of Data

The data is obtained from RemoteOK’s public API at `https://remoteok.com/api`.\
According to RemoteOK’s terms of use, any usage of this data must:

- Include a **dofollow** link to `https://remoteok.com`.
- Mention **“Remote OK”** as the source of the data.

The RemoteOK logo may **not** be used without explicit permission.\
This actor complies by adding a `source: "RemoteOK"` field to every output record. In addition,
this documentation links back to [RemoteOK](https://remoteok.com) as the source of the data —
please keep a similar dofollow link and mention if you republish or build on top of this data.

### Example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 20,
  "search": "developer",
  "tags": ["JavaScript", "Node.js"],
  "minSalary": 60000,
  "includeDescription": true
}
```

The actor will return up to 20 developer‑related jobs that mention JavaScript or Node.js in their tags and have a maximum salary of at least $60 000.

### Notes

- The API does **not** support pagination; additional `?page=` parameters return the same data.\
  The `maxItems` limit simply slices the filtered result.
- Network errors are retried with exponential backoff (up to 3 attempts).\
  Errors on individual job records are logged and skipped without stopping the whole run.
- If the API returns only the service record (or an empty/invalid payload) the actor fails with a clear error message.

# Actor input Schema

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

Maximum number of job records to return.

## `search` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive substring to match against the job position or description.

## `tags` (type: `array`):

Keep only jobs whose tags intersect with this list (case-insensitive).

## `minSalary` (type: `integer`):

Keep only jobs with salary\_max >= minSalary. 0 disables the filter (most RemoteOK jobs don't list a salary).

## `includeDescription` (type: `boolean`):

If disabled, the HTML job description is omitted from the output.

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

Residential proxy is used by default: the source may rate-limit datacenter IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 100,
  "search": "",
  "tags": [],
  "minSalary": 0,
  "includeDescription": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rocketapi/remoteok-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 = { "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    } }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rocketapi/remoteok-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 '{
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call rocketapi/remoteok-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rocketapi/remoteok-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/T1OerHDsILDnU3eAP/builds/kC2dfBRdAeqJTTqGj/openapi.json