Egypt Forasna Jobs Scraper

Collect public job listings from Forasna, an Egyptian jobs platform. The Actor reads public search result pages and can optionally visit public job detail pages. It does not create accounts, submit applications, or collect job-seeker profiles.

Features

• Collects unique listings across Forasna search pagination.
• Extracts Arabic and English titles, employer, location, category, experience, job type, salary text, benefits, and posting date when present.
• Optionally enriches each listing with detail-page requirements and description.
• Preserves the Forasna job ID, source URLs, and collection timestamp.
• Stores run metrics in the default key-value store under STATS.
• Uses one browser request at a time and respects robots.txt. It does not bypass anti-bot challenges; a challenge or denied page fails visibly.

Scope and limitations

This is a snapshot of Forasna's visible listings, not a census of Egyptian jobs or employment. The site's displayed total may include listings beyond the configured maxItems; listing counts and available fields change over time. Salary values are reported as advertised in EGP and may be missing or ranges. A location can include multiple areas. Do not infer that every listing remains open based only on its presence in search results.

Input

{
  "maxItems": 100,
  "includeDetails": true
}

Field	Default	Meaning
maxItems	100	Maximum unique jobs to save, from 1 to 20,000. Search pages contain at least 20 listings and may include extra cards.
includeDetails	true	Visit each selected public job page for requirements and description. Disable for a quicker index-only collection.

The prefilled input collects 10 jobs to keep automated test runs short. Increase maxItems for a larger snapshot.

Output

One dataset item per unique Forasna job. Missing values are null; the Actor does not guess omitted details. detail_status is complete, index_only, or failed.

{
  "job_id": "442809",
  "job_title": "فني صيانة مرافق",
  "company_name": "جلاس روك",
  "location": "مدينة السادات، المنوفية",
  "country": "Egypt",
  "experience_level": "خبرة متوسطة",
  "experience_years": "3 سنوات",
  "education_level": "مؤهل متوسط",
  "job_type": "يوم كامل",
  "job_category": "حرف",
  "job_specialty": "سباكة",
  "salary_raw": "10000 - 15000 جنيه مصري",
  "salary_min_egp": 10000,
  "salary_max_egp": 15000,
  "benefits": "تأمينات اجتماعية، توفير سكن",
  "posted_date": "2026-10-05",
  "detail_status": "complete",
  "job_url": "https://forasna.com/job/p/example-442809",
  "source_search_url": "https://forasna.com/job/search?start=0",
  "scraped_at": "2026-10-05T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Local development

npm ci
npm test
apify run --input='{"maxItems":2,"includeDetails":true}'

If the site presents an anti-bot challenge or denies access, the Actor reports the failure. Do not disable the challenge checks or use evasion techniques.

FAQ

Does this represent the whole Egyptian job market? No. It represents only the Forasna listings visible during that run.

Why can salary or requirements be missing? Employers may omit them. Missing data is left empty rather than inferred.

What happens when a detail page fails? The Actor saves the search-page record with detail_status: "failed" and increments the failure metrics.

Can I compare runs? Yes. Deduplicate on job_id and retain scraped_at; changes in the site's listing inventory and pagination mean totals are snapshots, not historical counts.