Freelancer Projects, Budgets & Bids Scraper

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns (the description is trimmed here for readability; the actor returns the full brief):

{
  "projectId": 40641387,
  "title": "Part Time Business Development Executive Needed for Performance Marketing Agency",
  "description": "Company Description\n\nVitrix is a data-driven, AI-powered growth company ... [full project brief returned in the actual record] ... Additional earning potential based on performance",
  "type": "Fixed",
  "budgetMin": 37500,
  "budgetMax": 75000,
  "currency": "INR",
  "currencyName": "Indian Rupee",
  "budgetMinUsd": 392.96,
  "budgetMaxUsd": 785.93,
  "avgBidUsd": 599.68,
  "bidCount": 4,
  "avgBid": 57227.27,
  "skills": ["Telemarketing", "Sales", "Telephone Handling", "Digital Agency Sales", "Sales Management", "Business Development", "Cold Calling"],
  "hourlyHours": null,
  "hourlyInterval": null,
  "bidPeriodDays": 7,
  "sealed": false,
  "featured": false,
  "urgent": false,
  "nda": false,
  "fulltime": false,
  "recruiter": false,
  "hireMe": false,
  "status": "open",
  "language": "en",
  "postedAt": "2026-08-11T18:35:41.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-14T11:47:31.000Z",
  "url": "https://www.freelancer.com/projects/business-development/Part-Time-Business-Development-Executive-40641387",
  "aiSummary": "Vitrix is seeking a part-time Telecaller to make outbound calls to potential clients, introduce their services, and convert leads into sales. The role requires a minimum commitment of 3 hours per day, with compensation including a fixed pay and commission on closed deals.",
  "aiSkills": ["Telemarketing", "Sales", "Telephone Handling", "Digital Agency Sales", "Sales Management", "Business Development", "Cold Calling", "Verbal Communication", "Active Listening", "Persuasion", "Customer Requirements Understanding", "Time Management", "Organizational Skills", "Remote Work", "Digital Marketing", "Social Media", "Website Development", "Technology Services"],
  "aiCategory": "Sales",
  "aiSubcategory": "Business Development",
  "aiSeniority": "junior",
  "aiTags": ["Telemarketing", "Sales", "Cold Calling", "Digital Marketing", "Lead Generation"],
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T07:49:27.015Z",
  "error": null
}

The most complete Freelancer.com project scraper available. It returns every field the public Freelancer.com projects feed exposes for each posting, plus derived fields (budgets and average bids normalized to USD for cross-currency comparison) and optional AI enrichment, and gives you filters for keyword, project type, skill ID and budget to target exactly the projects you need.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor queries the public Freelancer.com projects API, applies the filters you pass as input, pages through the matching active projects fifty at a time, and writes one normalized record per project to the run's dataset. Each project's budget and average bid are converted to USD (budgetMinUsd, budgetMaxUsd, avgBidUsd) using the project's own exchange rate so you can compare across currencies, dates are normalized to ISO 8601, and missing source values are returned as null. Optional AI add-ons (summary, skills extraction, categorization) run per project when enabled on a paid plan.

Data covers active public project listings from Freelancer.com worldwide. Freelancer.com withholds the project owner (employer) identity on public unauthenticated reads, so the employer field stays null even when requested.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns 3 active projects matching react website, with all three AI add-ons enabled.

{
  "query": "react website",
  "maxProjects": 3,
  "withAiSummary": true,
  "withAiSkills": true,
  "withAiCategorize": true,
  "withEmployer": false
}

Leave query empty to browse the newest active projects across all categories. Every input field is optional; with an empty input the actor returns the newest active projects (default maxProjects prefill is 10).

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
maxProjects	integer	no	10	Maximum number of projects to collect. Also accepts maxItems.
query	string	no	(empty)	Keyword matched against active projects, for example python, logo design, wordpress. Empty browses the newest projects across all categories.
projectTypes	string[]	no	(both)	Limit to fixed and/or hourly projects. Empty returns both.
jobs	string[]	no	(none)	Freelancer.com numeric skill (job) IDs to filter by, for example 13 (Python), 95 (Web Scraping), 3 (PHP).
minBudget	integer	no	(none)	Only return projects whose average budget is at least this amount, in the project's own currency.
withEmployer	boolean	no	false	Attempt to include the project owner profile. Freelancer.com withholds this on public reads, so employer is returned as null.
withAiSummary	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. Adds aiSummary, a plain-English summary of the posting. Charged only on usable output. Requires a paid Apify plan.
withAiSkills	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. Adds aiSkills, AI-extracted skills and technologies. Charged only on usable output. Requires a paid Apify plan.
withAiCategorize	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. Adds aiCategory, aiSubcategory, aiSeniority and aiTags. Charged only on usable output. Requires a paid Apify plan.
proxyConfiguration	object	no	(none)	Standard Apify proxy configuration. Not required; the source is not bot protected.

Filters combine with logical AND. Empty filters are ignored.

Output reference

One dataset item per project. Types: string, integer, number, boolean, string[], or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
projectId	integer	Freelancer.com numeric project ID (unique per project).
title	string	Project title.
description	string	Full project brief.
type	string	Fixed or Hourly.
budgetMin	integer	Minimum budget in the project's own currency, or null.
budgetMax	integer	Maximum budget in the project's own currency, or null when the client set no upper bound.
currency	string	Currency code of the budget, for example INR, USD, EUR.
currencyName	string	Full currency name.
budgetMinUsd	number	budgetMin converted to USD using the project exchange rate.
budgetMaxUsd	number	budgetMax converted to USD.
avgBidUsd	number	Average bid converted to USD.
bidCount	integer	Number of bids placed on the project.
avgBid	number	Average bid in the project's own currency.
skills	string[]	Tagged skills for the project, or null.
hourlyHours	integer	Committed hours for hourly projects, else null.
hourlyInterval	string	Commitment interval for hourly projects (for example week), else null.
bidPeriodDays	integer	Number of days the project accepts bids.
sealed	boolean	true when bids are sealed (hidden from other bidders).
featured	boolean	true when the client paid to feature the project.
urgent	boolean	true when marked urgent.
nda	boolean	true when an NDA is required.
fulltime	boolean	true when marked as full-time work.
recruiter	boolean	true when a recruiter upgrade is set.
hireMe	boolean	true when the project is a direct hire-me offer.
status	string	Project status, for example open.
language	string	Language code of the posting.
postedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp the project was submitted.
updatedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp the project was last updated.
url	string	Public URL of the project on Freelancer.com.
employer	object	Present only when withEmployer is set; returned as null (withheld by the source).
aiSummary	string	AI plain-English summary. null unless withAiSummary produced output.
aiSkills	string[]	AI-extracted skills and technologies. null unless withAiSkills produced output.
aiCategory	string	AI main category. null unless withAiCategorize produced output.
aiSubcategory	string	AI subcategory. null unless withAiCategorize produced output.
aiSeniority	string	AI seniority estimate (junior, mid, senior, unspecified). null unless enabled.
aiTags	string[]	AI keyword tags. null unless withAiCategorize produced output.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	null on success. On a failed run, a single item with a populated error field is written instead.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"query": "react website", "maxProjects": 3, "withAiSummary": true, "withAiSkills": true, "withAiCategorize": true}). The description is trimmed here with an explicit note; all values are real:

{
  "projectId": 40641387,
  "title": "Part Time Business Development Executive Needed for Performance Marketing Agency",
  "description": "[full project brief returned in the actual record]",
  "type": "Fixed",
  "budgetMin": 37500,
  "budgetMax": 75000,
  "currency": "INR",
  "currencyName": "Indian Rupee",
  "budgetMinUsd": 392.96,
  "budgetMaxUsd": 785.93,
  "avgBidUsd": 599.68,
  "bidCount": 4,
  "avgBid": 57227.27,
  "skills": ["Telemarketing", "Sales", "Telephone Handling", "Digital Agency Sales", "Sales Management", "Business Development", "Cold Calling"],
  "hourlyHours": null,
  "hourlyInterval": null,
  "bidPeriodDays": 7,
  "sealed": false,
  "featured": false,
  "urgent": false,
  "nda": false,
  "fulltime": false,
  "recruiter": false,
  "hireMe": false,
  "status": "open",
  "language": "en",
  "postedAt": "2026-08-11T18:35:41.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-14T11:47:31.000Z",
  "url": "https://www.freelancer.com/projects/business-development/Part-Time-Business-Development-Executive-40641387",
  "aiSummary": "Vitrix is seeking a part-time Telecaller to make outbound calls to potential clients, introduce their services, and convert leads into sales. The role requires a minimum commitment of 3 hours per day, with compensation including a fixed pay and commission on closed deals.",
  "aiSkills": ["Telemarketing", "Sales", "Telephone Handling", "Digital Agency Sales", "Sales Management", "Business Development", "Cold Calling", "Verbal Communication", "Active Listening", "Persuasion", "Customer Requirements Understanding", "Time Management", "Organizational Skills", "Remote Work", "Digital Marketing", "Social Media", "Website Development", "Technology Services"],
  "aiCategory": "Sales",
  "aiSubcategory": "Business Development",
  "aiSeniority": "junior",
  "aiTags": ["Telemarketing", "Sales", "Cold Calling", "Digital Marketing", "Lead Generation"],
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T07:49:27.015Z",
  "error": null
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~freelancer-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"react website","projectTypes":["fixed"],"maxProjects":25}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~freelancer-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"wordpress","minBudget":250,"maxProjects":100}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/freelancer-scraper \
  --input '{"query":"python","jobs":["13"],"maxProjects":50}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per project record returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• Optional AI add-ons (ai_summary, ai_skills, ai_categorize) are billed separately and only when they produce usable output, and only on paid Apify plans.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor writes a single item with a populated error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 records per run. Upgrade for higher maxProjects.

FAQ and troubleshooting

A run returned 0 records. Why? No active projects matched the filter combination. Loosen filters (remove minBudget or jobs, or broaden query). Zero-result runs are not charged.

Why is the employer or client name missing? Freelancer.com withholds the project owner identity on public unauthenticated reads. The employer field is returned as null by design; the actor never invents it.

How are budgets in different currencies compared? Each project keeps its native currency, budgetMin and budgetMax, and the actor also returns budgetMinUsd, budgetMaxUsd and avgBidUsd converted to USD using the project's own exchange rate.

Why are the hourly fields null? hourlyHours and hourlyInterval only apply to hourly projects. On fixed-price projects they are null.

Do the AI fields cost extra? Yes. They are opt-in paid add-ons, billed only when they return usable output, and disabled on free Apify plans.

Is this an official Freelancer.com tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with Freelancer.com. It reads only data that is publicly available on the platform. Use it in accordance with Freelancer.com's terms of service.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with Freelancer.com. Accesses only publicly available data. Use in accordance with Freelancer.com's terms of service.