# ZipRecruiter Scraper | $1 / 1k | Fast & Reliable (`scrapers-hub/ziprecruiter-scraper`) Actor

ZipRecruiter scraper extracts publicly available job listings, company names, job titles, locations, salaries (when available), posting dates, and job details 💼📊 Perfect for recruitment, talent sourcing, job market research, and employment trend analysis.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapers-hub/ziprecruiter-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Hub](https://apify.com/scrapers-hub) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.99 / 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/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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/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

## ZipRecruiter Search Scraper (Actor)

Scrapes ZipRecruiter job-search results into structured job objects. Built with
**requests → curl_cffi fallback**, **parsel** (CSS selectors), **regex**, and an
optional **proxy** path for Cloudflare.

### Input

```json
{
  "queries": ["software engineer", "data analyst"],
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "radius": 25,
  "location_remote": true,
  "days": "10",
  "refineByApplyType": true,
  "limit": 1500,
  "proxy_url": null,
  "max_pages_per_query": 40
}
````

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `queries` | One ZipRecruiter search per term. |
| `location` / `radius` | Base location and search radius (miles). |
| `location_remote` | `true` → `refine_by_location_type=remote`. |
| `days` | Only jobs posted in the last N days (`""` = any time). |
| `refineByApplyType` | Enables ZipRecruiter's apply-type refinement. |
| `limit` | Max jobs across all queries (deduped by listing key). |
| `proxy_url` | Residential/unblocker proxy — **required in production** (see below). |

### Output

One object per job, matching the reference schema:

```
{ job, source, company, location, compensation, employment, descriptions, application }
```

- `application.apply_url` carries a base64 `match_token`; the scraper decodes it
  to recover `listing_key`, `match_id`, `bid_tracking_data`, and the external
  apply URL.
- `source` records the search URL, page index, scrape time, and seed.

### How it fetches (requests → curl\_cffi → proxy)

1. Plain `requests` GET (cheapest).
2. On a block signature (403/429/503 or a Cloudflare interstitial), retry with
   `curl_cffi` impersonating real Chrome/Safari TLS fingerprints, cycling
   profiles.
3. All requests can route through `proxy_url`.

Extraction is layered so it survives markup changes:
embedded application-state JSON → `application/ld+json` JobPosting → parsel CSS
job cards.

### ⚠️ Cloudflare note

ZipRecruiter is behind a Cloudflare **managed challenge** (`cf-mitigated:
challenge`) on both the web search page and the mobile API. TLS impersonation
alone (curl\_cffi) does **not** solve an active JS challenge — verified live, it
returns the "Just a moment…" page. To collect real data you must supply a
`proxy_url` that clears the challenge (residential proxy or a
Cloudflare-solving unblocker/scraping API). Without it the actor runs cleanly
and returns an empty dataset instead of crashing.

### Run

```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt

## Standalone (reads ./INPUT.json, writes ./output/dataset.json)
python main.py
python main.py path/to/input.json

## As an Apify Actor
apify run
```

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Free-text job keywords such as software engineer, data analyst, or marketing manager. One search runs per keyword.

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

Optional location applied to every query. Leave empty for a nationwide search.

## `location_remote` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, forces ZipRecruiter remote search mode (overrides location to US and work arrangement to remote-only).

## `radius` (type: `string`):

Optional distance filter in miles.

## `remote_options` (type: `string`):

Optional work arrangement filter.

## `days` (type: `string`):

Optional date-posted filter.

## `refineByEmployment` (type: `string`):

Optional employment type filter.

## `refineBySalary` (type: `integer`):

Optional minimum salary floor.

## `refineBySalaryCeil` (type: `integer`):

Optional maximum salary ceiling.

## `refineByApplyType` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, only listings where Quick Apply is available are returned.

## `refineByExperienceLevel` (type: `array`):

Optional experience level filter. Provide one or more values.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of listings to save for each query. Pagination stops early when ZipRecruiter runs out of results.

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

Apify Proxy or custom proxy URLs.

## `proxy_url` (type: `string`):

Optional explicit proxy (http://user:pass@host:port). Overrides the proxy configuration above.

## `max_pages_per_query` (type: `integer`):

Safety cap on result pages paginated per keyword (20 jobs per page).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "software engineer",
    "data analyst"
  ],
  "location_remote": false,
  "remote_options": "",
  "days": "",
  "refineByEmployment": "",
  "refineByApplyType": false,
  "limit": 50000,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "max_pages_per_query": 100
}
```

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "software engineer",
        "data analyst"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapers-hub/ziprecruiter-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 = {
    "queries": [
        "software engineer",
        "data analyst",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapers-hub/ziprecruiter-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 '{
  "queries": [
    "software engineer",
    "data analyst"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call scrapers-hub/ziprecruiter-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "ZipRecruiter Scraper | $1 / 1k | Fast & Reliable",
        "description": "ZipRecruiter scraper extracts publicly available job listings, company names, job titles, locations, salaries (when available), posting dates, and job details 💼📊 Perfect for recruitment, talent sourcing, job market research, and employment trend analysis.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "KfMMlxv2FewZPTQ2p"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/scrapers-hub~ziprecruiter-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapers-hub-ziprecruiter-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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/scrapers-hub~ziprecruiter-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapers-hub-ziprecruiter-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/scrapers-hub~ziprecruiter-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-scrapers-hub-ziprecruiter-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",
                "properties": {
                    "queries": {
                        "title": "Add Job Keywords",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Free-text job keywords such as software engineer, data analyst, or marketing manager. One search runs per keyword.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "location": {
                        "title": "Choose Search Location",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional location applied to every query. Leave empty for a nationwide search."
                    },
                    "location_remote": {
                        "title": "Remote-only search mode",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "When enabled, forces ZipRecruiter remote search mode (overrides location to US and work arrangement to remote-only).",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "radius": {
                        "title": "Set Search Radius",
                        "enum": [
                            "5",
                            "10",
                            "25",
                            "50",
                            "100"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional distance filter in miles."
                    },
                    "remote_options": {
                        "title": "Choose Work Arrangement",
                        "enum": [
                            "",
                            "no_remote",
                            "hybrid",
                            "only_remote"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional work arrangement filter.",
                        "default": ""
                    },
                    "days": {
                        "title": "Choose Posting Window",
                        "enum": [
                            "",
                            "30",
                            "10",
                            "5",
                            "1"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional date-posted filter.",
                        "default": ""
                    },
                    "refineByEmployment": {
                        "title": "Choose Employment Type",
                        "enum": [
                            "",
                            "employment_type:full_time",
                            "employment_type:part_time",
                            "employment_type:contract",
                            "employment_type:temporary",
                            "employment_type:other"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional employment type filter.",
                        "default": ""
                    },
                    "refineBySalary": {
                        "title": "Set Minimum Salary",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Optional minimum salary floor."
                    },
                    "refineBySalaryCeil": {
                        "title": "Set Maximum Salary",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Optional maximum salary ceiling."
                    },
                    "refineByApplyType": {
                        "title": "Include Quick Apply Jobs Only",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "When enabled, only listings where Quick Apply is available are returned.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "refineByExperienceLevel": {
                        "title": "Choose Experience Levels",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Optional experience level filter. Provide one or more values.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "enum": [
                                "no_experience",
                                "junior",
                                "mid",
                                "senior"
                            ],
                            "enumTitles": [
                                "No experience",
                                "Junior",
                                "Mid",
                                "Senior"
                            ]
                        }
                    },
                    "limit": {
                        "title": "Set Maximum Listings per Search",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of listings to save for each query. Pagination stops early when ZipRecruiter runs out of results.",
                        "default": 50000
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Apify Proxy or custom proxy URLs.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": true,
                            "apifyProxyGroups": [
                                "RESIDENTIAL"
                            ]
                        }
                    },
                    "proxy_url": {
                        "title": "Proxy URL (advanced)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional explicit proxy (http://user:pass@host:port). Overrides the proxy configuration above."
                    },
                    "max_pages_per_query": {
                        "title": "Max pages per query (advanced)",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Safety cap on result pages paginated per keyword (20 jobs per page).",
                        "default": 100
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```