# Stepstone Jobs Scraper (`scrapepilotapi/stepstone-jobs-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapepilotapi/stepstone-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ScrapePilot](https://apify.com/scrapepilotapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## 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

## 🇩🇪✨ StepStone Jobs Scraper

Pull **fresh job listings from StepStone.de** in a clean, structured format — perfect for recruiters, job seekers, market researchers, and data teams.

Just paste a StepStone search URL (or a bunch of them), pick how many jobs you want, and let the Actor do the heavy lifting while you focus on the good stuff. 💼

---

### 🌟 Why Choose Us?

- 🎯 **Bulk-friendly** — drop in as many StepStone search URLs as you like; the Actor paginates through each.
- 🪄 **Smart proxy fallback** — starts **direct**, falls back to **datacenter**, then **residential (Germany)** if Akamai pushes back, and **sticks with residential** for the rest of the run.
- 📡 **Live results** — every job is pushed to your dataset *as soon as it's scraped*, so you never lose work to a mid-run hiccup.
- 🧠 **Akamai-aware** — uses browser-impersonating TLS fingerprints (`curl_cffi`) so StepStone treats requests like a real Chrome browser.
- 🇩🇪 **EU geo-aware** — StepStone geo-blocks non-EU traffic, so the Actor auto-routes through a German residential exit when needed.

---

### ✨ Key Features

- 🔗 Bulk URL input (`searchUrls`)
- 🔢 Configurable `maxItems` (1 – 1000)
- 🌐 Apify Proxy integration with automatic fallback ladder (direct → datacenter → residential 🇩🇪)
- 🔁 Per-page retries with exit-IP rotation on retryable HTTP errors (403/408/425/429/5xx)
- 📦 Rich, normalized output — 35+ fields per job (matches the StepStone unified result schema)
- 🪪 Anonymous identity bootstrapping (extracts `userHashId` from the listing HTML automatically)

---

### 📥 Input

```json
{
  "searchUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/ai?searchOrigin=Homepage_top-search" },
    { "url": "https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/data-engineer/in-berlin" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 200,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "DE"
  }
}
````

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `searchUrls` | array of `{ url }` | ✅ | One or more StepStone listing URLs. |
| `maxItems` | integer | ❌ | Total jobs to collect across all URLs. Default **200**, max **1000**. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | ❌ | Apify Proxy config. Recommended: `RESIDENTIAL` + country `DE`. |

***

### 📤 Output

Each row in the dataset matches the StepStone unified result schema. Example:

```json
{
  "searchUrl": "https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/ai?searchOrigin=Homepage_top-search",
  "id": 14030765,
  "title": "Junior Software Engineer AI (w|m|d)",
  "companyName": "ADAC",
  "companyUrl": "https://www.stepstone.de/cmp/de/adac-173906/jobs",
  "location": "München",
  "datePosted": "2026-05-18T09:21:06+02:00",
  "salary": "",
  "unifiedSalary": {
    "min": null, "max": null, "currency": null, "period": null,
    "salaryAvailable": true, "salaryType": null
  },
  "workFromHome": "2",
  "url": "/stellenangebote--Junior-Software-Engineer-AI-wmd-Muenchen-ADAC--14030765-inline.html",
  "jobUrlAbsolute": "https://www.stepstone.de/stellenangebote--Junior-Software-Engineer-AI-wmd-Muenchen-ADAC--14030765-inline.html",
  "skills": [],
  "textSnippet": "Du setzt AI- und Agent-Use-Cases gemäß fachlichen und technischen Vorgaben um...",
  "isHighlighted": false,
  "isSponsored": false,
  "isTopJob": false
}
```

Every field from the StepStone `unifiedResultlist` response is preserved (labels, partnership, metaData, harmonisedId, etc.), plus a derived `jobUrlAbsolute` for convenience.

***

### 🚀 How to Use (Apify Console)

1. Log in at [console.apify.com](https://console.apify.com) → **Actors**.
2. Open **StepStone Jobs Scraper**.
3. Paste one or more StepStone search URLs into **Search URLs**.
4. Pick a **max items** budget (e.g. 200).
5. Leave the proxy on **Apify Proxy → Residential → DE** (recommended) or pick your own.
6. Click **Start** and watch the live log roll. 🍿
7. When the run finishes, open the **Output** tab — export to JSON / CSV / XLSX.

***

### 🤖 Use via API

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/<ACTOR_ID>/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "searchUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/ai" }],
    "maxItems": 100,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
      "useApifyProxy": true,
      "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
      "apifyProxyCountry": "DE"
    }
  }'
```

***

### 🎯 Best Use Cases

- 📊 Building a German job-market dashboard
- 🧑‍💼 Sourcing for recruiters & talent agencies
- 🛠️ Feeding ATS / CRM tooling with fresh listings
- 🔬 Academic / market research on hiring trends in DACH

***

### 💸 Pricing

This Actor uses the **Pay-Per-Result** model (Apify PPE):

| Event | What it bills for |
|-------|-------------------|
| `apify-actor-start` | Run startup (synthetic — billed automatically) |
| `apify-default-dataset-item` | Each scraped job pushed to the default dataset |

Configure exact USD amounts in the Console **Monetization** tab. The Actor stops gracefully when the user's spend limit is reached — no crashes, no half-runs.

***

### ❓ FAQ

**Q: Why does StepStone block my requests?**
A: StepStone is fronted by **Akamai Bot Manager** which geo-blocks non-EU traffic. The Actor handles this automatically by falling back to a German residential proxy when it sees a 403.

**Q: Can I use my own proxy?**
A: Yes — set `proxyConfiguration` to your custom URL list in the input. The Actor still applies its escalation logic if your proxy gets blocked.

**Q: How fresh is the data?**
A: It's whatever StepStone shows on their search results page at the time of the run — i.e. **real-time** as of the request.

**Q: What's `userHashId`?**
A: An anonymous client token that StepStone embeds in its listing HTML. The Actor extracts it on cold-start so its API calls look identical to a real browser session.

***

### 🛟 Support & Feedback

Found a bug? Have a feature idea? Drop a line:

📧 **dev.scraperengine@gmail.com**

***

### ⚖️ Legal

- Data is collected only from **publicly available** StepStone listing pages.
- You — the user — are responsible for compliance with GDPR, StepStone's Terms of Service, and your local laws.
- Be a good citizen: respect rate limits and don't republish scraped data in ways that violate the source's terms.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchUrls` (type: `array`):

💼✨ Paste one or many **StepStone listing URLs** — e.g. `https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/ai?searchOrigin=Homepage_top-search` or any filtered search you built on StepStone. Each URL is paginated until your **max items** budget is filled.

🇩🇪 **Tip:** Build the perfect search on `stepstone.de` (keyword, location, filters), then copy the URL from your browser bar straight into here. 🪄

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

🎁✨ Set your **sweet spot** — from a tiny taste 🧁 to a **big harvest** 🌾! Higher = more rows in your dataset. **Max 1000** per run for power users. 📈🚀

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

🛡️ **Smart by default.** StepStone is fronted by Akamai Bot Manager and **geo-blocks non-EU traffic** at the edge. The Actor starts with **no proxy** and automatically **falls back to datacenter, then residential (Germany)** if requests get blocked — and **sticks** with residential for the rest of the run. ✨

🇩🇪 **Recommended:** Leave on **Apify Proxy → residential** with country **DE** for the smoothest run. We'll handle the rotation, retries, and session pinning for you! 🚀💫

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/ai?searchOrigin=Homepage_top-search"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "DE"
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/ai?searchOrigin=Homepage_top-search"
        }
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "DE"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapepilotapi/stepstone-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 = {
    "searchUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/ai?searchOrigin=Homepage_top-search" }],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "DE",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapepilotapi/stepstone-jobs-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 '{
  "searchUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/ai?searchOrigin=Homepage_top-search"
    }
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "DE"
  }
}' |
apify call scrapepilotapi/stepstone-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapepilotapi/stepstone-jobs-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Stepstone Jobs Scraper",
        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "AGPjtmxhQ1RCw4ez4"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/scrapepilotapi~stepstone-jobs-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapepilotapi-stepstone-jobs-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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapepilotapi~stepstone-jobs-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapepilotapi-stepstone-jobs-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapepilotapi~stepstone-jobs-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-scrapepilotapi-stepstone-jobs-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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",
                "required": [
                    "searchUrls"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "searchUrls": {
                        "title": "🔗🔎 StepStone search URLs (bulk supported)",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "💼✨ Paste one or many **StepStone listing URLs** — e.g. `https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/ai?searchOrigin=Homepage_top-search` or any filtered search you built on StepStone. Each URL is paginated until your **max items** budget is filled.\n\n🇩🇪 **Tip:** Build the perfect search on `stepstone.de` (keyword, location, filters), then copy the URL from your browser bar straight into here. 🪄",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "required": [
                                "url"
                            ],
                            "properties": {
                                "url": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "title": "URL of a web page",
                                    "format": "uri"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "🔢📊 How many jobs should we gather?",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 100000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "🎁✨ Set your **sweet spot** — from a tiny taste 🧁 to a **big harvest** 🌾! Higher = more rows in your dataset. **Max 1000** per run for power users. 📈🚀",
                        "default": 20
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "🌐🔒 Connection & privacy (Apify Proxy)",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "🛡️ **Smart by default.** StepStone is fronted by Akamai Bot Manager and **geo-blocks non-EU traffic** at the edge. The Actor starts with **no proxy** and automatically **falls back to datacenter, then residential (Germany)** if requests get blocked — and **sticks** with residential for the rest of the run. ✨\n\n🇩🇪 **Recommended:** Leave on **Apify Proxy → residential** with country **DE** for the smoothest run. We'll handle the rotation, retries, and session pinning for you! 🚀💫"
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```