# FreeIndex UK Business Directory Scraper — Trades Leads & Phones (`scrapersdelight/freeindex-uk-scraper`) Actor Turn any FreeIndex UK category into a clean trades lead list — business name, phone, website, full postal address, geo, star rating and review count. One row per business, from the site's public LocalBusiness schema. No login. - **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapersdelight/freeindex-uk-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Scrapers Delight](https://apify.com/scrapersdelight) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $5.00 / 1,000 per business returneds 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? 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 ## FreeIndex UK Business Directory Scraper **Turn any FreeIndex category into a clean UK trades lead list — in one run.** Paste a FreeIndex category URL (plumbers, electricians, builders, driving schools, anything) and get back one row per business: company name, phone, website, full postal address, geo-coordinates, star rating and review count — ready for outbound, enrichment, or your CRM. ### What you get (one row per business) | Field | Example | |---|---| | `businessName` | PJM Plumbing & Gas Ltd | | `phone` | 07814 385292 | | `website` | https://idrivemanchester.co.uk | | `streetAddress` | 22 Alexandra Road | | `locality` / `region` | Sale / Greater Manchester | | `postalCode` | M33 3FE | | `latitude` / `longitude` | 53.4195664 / -2.3091702 | | `ratingValue` / `reviewCount` | 5.0 / 382 | | `priceRange` | £ | | `category` | Plumbers | | `description` | Welcome to … | | `profileUrl` / `profileId` | …/profile(pjm-plumbing-gas-ltd)_608625.htm / 608625 | | `scrapedAt` | ISO-8601 timestamp | ### Use cases - **UK trades lead generation** — plumber, electrician, builder, roofer contact lists - **Home-services outbound** — dialer / SMS lists with real phone numbers - **Local SEO & prospecting** — a Checkatrade / Yell alternative data source - **Lead resale & enrichment** — feed names + websites into an email-finder ### How to use 1. Open a FreeIndex category, e.g. `https://www.freeindex.co.uk/categories/property/construction/plumbing_services/` 2. Paste one or more such category URLs into **Category listing URLs**. 3. Set **Max businesses** (default 200; `0` = the whole category). 4. Leave **Only keep leads with a phone** on for a dial-ready list. 5. Run. Pagination is fully automatic — the actor walks every result page for you. ### Honesty box Phone, website, full postal address, geo and rating are pulled from the site's **public LocalBusiness schema** (JSON-LD) and public HTML — the same data any visitor sees. **Email is not published by FreeIndex, so email is not included** (you can enrich names + websites with a separate email-finder). No login, no personal data beyond public business listings. ### FAQ - **Do I need to handle pagination?** No — it's automatic. The actor reads the category's pagination keys and walks every result page until the last one. - **Are ratings and reviews included?** Yes, when the business has them (`ratingValue` + `reviewCount`). - **Which proxy should I use?** FreeIndex is a UK site and a full run makes thousands of requests, so **Apify Proxy RESIDENTIAL, country GB** is the default and recommended setting. - **How is it priced?** Pay-per-result: you're charged per business lead returned. Cap the run with **Max businesses**. # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): FreeIndex category pages, e.g. https://www.freeindex.co.uk/categories/property/construction/plumbing_services/ ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Stop after this many leads (0 = all). ## `onlyWithPhone` (type: `boolean`): Drop any business that does not publish a phone number. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings. FreeIndex is a UK site and a full run makes thousands of requests, so Apify Proxy RESIDENTIAL (country GB) is the reliable default. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.freeindex.co.uk/categories/property/construction/plumbing_services/" } ], "maxItems": 200, "onlyWithPhone": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "GB" } } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `records` (type: `string`): The dataset of scraped FreeIndex businesses (one item per business/lead). # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.freeindex.co.uk/categories/property/construction/plumbing_services/" } ], "maxItems": 200, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "GB" } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("scrapersdelight/freeindex-uk-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.freeindex.co.uk/categories/property/construction/plumbing_services/" }], "maxItems": 200, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "GB", }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("scrapersdelight/freeindex-uk-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 '{ "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.freeindex.co.uk/categories/property/construction/plumbing_services/" } ], "maxItems": 200, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "GB" } }' | apify call scrapersdelight/freeindex-uk-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapersdelight/freeindex-uk-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "FreeIndex UK Business Directory Scraper — Trades Leads & Phones", "description": "Turn any FreeIndex UK category into a clean trades lead list — business name, phone, website, full postal address, geo, star rating and review count. One row per business, from the site's public LocalBusiness schema. No login.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "m1tJnZshJCSLuWT4Y" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/scrapersdelight~freeindex-uk-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapersdelight-freeindex-uk-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/scrapersdelight~freeindex-uk-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapersdelight-freeindex-uk-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/scrapersdelight~freeindex-uk-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-scrapersdelight-freeindex-uk-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "startUrls" ], "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Category listing URLs", "type": "array", "description": "FreeIndex category pages, e.g. https://www.freeindex.co.uk/categories/property/construction/plumbing_services/", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max businesses", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Stop after this many leads (0 = all).", "default": 200 }, "onlyWithPhone": { "title": "Only keep leads with a phone", "type": "boolean", "description": "Drop any business that does not publish a phone number.", "default": true }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings. FreeIndex is a UK site and a full run makes thousands of requests, so Apify Proxy RESIDENTIAL (country GB) is the reliable default.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "GB" } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```