# Eluta.ca Scraper (`seifi/eluta-scraper`) Actor
Scrape Canadian jobs from Eluta.ca with full job descriptions, direct employer apply URLs (Workday, Greenhouse, Rippling, ...), structured salary, employment type, remote/hybrid signal, and 90-day repost dedup for cron jobs.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/seifi/eluta-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Majid Seifi Kashani](https://apify.com/seifi) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
from $1.99 / 1,000 enriched results
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
```
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````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash
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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.
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# README
## Eluta.ca Scraper
Scrapes Canadian job listings from [Eluta.ca](https://www.eluta.ca) and returns clean, structured records ready for ATS automation, AI scoring, resume matching, or a personal job feed.
For each posting you get the **full job description** (markdown / HTML / text), the **direct employer apply URL** (Workday, Greenhouse, Rippling, Deloitte's portal, etc.), and structured fields including **salary when published**, employment type, remote/hybrid/onsite signal, employer URL, and city/province/country. Built-in 90-day repost memory means cron jobs only pay for genuinely new postings.
### Input
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `searchQueries` | string[] | _required_ | Job-title keywords. One paginated fetch per query. |
| `location` | string | `""` | City (e.g. `"Toronto"`). |
| `province` | enum | `""` | Two-letter province code (`ON`, `BC`, `QC` …). |
| `daysOld` | integer | _none_ | Only return jobs posted within N days. |
| `maxResultsPerQuery` | integer | `100` | Stop after N results per query. |
| `fetchFullDescription` | bool | `true` | Visit each detail page to extract the full ~5k-char description and structured fields. Turn off for cheaper listing-only mode. |
| `resolveApplyUrl` | bool | `true` | Resolve Eluta's redirect to the real employer ATS URL. |
| `skipReposts` | bool | `false` | Skip jobs returned by any run in the last 90 days. Use for daily/weekly cron jobs. |
| `useApifyProxy` | bool | `false` | Route through Apify Proxy. Requires proxy access on your plan. |
| `maxConcurrency` | integer | `3` | Maximum parallel HTTP requests. |
### Output
Each dataset record:
```json
{
"id": "a8f19b4597790c697c01a2b86c751eda",
"title": "Lead Backend Developer",
"company": "Royal Bank of Canada",
"location": "Toronto, ON",
"city": "Toronto",
"province": "ON",
"country": "Canada",
"url": "https://www.eluta.ca/spl/lead-backend-developer-…",
"applyUrl": "https://rbc.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/RBCGLOBAL1/job/…",
"applyUrlSource": "resolved",
"descriptionText": "What is the opportunity?\nWe are seeking a Lead Backend Developer …",
"descriptionHtml": "What is the opportunity?
…",
"descriptionMarkdown": "What is the opportunity?\n\nWe are seeking …",
"descriptionSnippet": "Royal Bank of Canada (Toronto, ON): What is the opportunity? …",
"salary": { "min": 95000, "max": 125000, "currency": "CAD", "unit": "ANNUAL" },
"employmentType": "FULL_TIME",
"industry": "Computing - Software & Web Development",
"remoteType": "HYBRID",
"companyUrl": "http://www.rbc.com/",
"validThrough": "2026-06-17T00:00:00",
"publishDate": "2026-05-13",
"publishDateISO": "2026-05-13T22:55:28.000Z",
"postedAtRaw": "Wed, 13 May 2026 22:55:28 GMT",
"isRepost": false,
"originalFirstSeen": null,
"contentHash": "b99af4ba832dec6d",
"source": "eluta.ca",
"countryCode": "CA",
"scrapedAt": "2026-05-14T00:02:31.725Z"
}
````
Use `id` (Eluta's stable guid) for primary deduplication and `contentHash` to detect when an employer edits a posting.
`salary`, `validThrough`, `companyUrl`, and `industry` are populated when the employer provides them on Eluta (typically via schema.org JSON-LD); otherwise `null`. `remoteType` is `ONSITE` / `HYBRID` / `REMOTE` / `UNKNOWN` based on a conservative heuristic over the description text.
### Examples
**Daily cron feed of new software roles in Toronto:**
```json
{
"searchQueries": ["Software Developer", "Full-stack Developer"],
"location": "Toronto",
"province": "ON",
"daysOld": 1,
"maxResultsPerQuery": 50,
"skipReposts": true
}
```
**One-shot bulk scrape with full details:**
```json
{
"searchQueries": ["Data Scientist"],
"province": "ON",
"maxResultsPerQuery": 500,
"fetchFullDescription": true,
"resolveApplyUrl": true
}
```
**Cheap listings-only sweep (no detail-page fetches):**
```json
{
"searchQueries": ["Marketing Manager"],
"location": "Vancouver",
"maxResultsPerQuery": 200,
"fetchFullDescription": false
}
```
### Pricing
Pay-per-event:
| Event | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `actor-start` | $0.00005 | Once per run. |
| `result-listing` | $0.00099 | Per listing when `fetchFullDescription: false`. |
| `result-full` | $0.00199 | Per enriched record (full description + applyUrl + structured fields). |
Indicative cost: **$1.99 per 1,000 enriched jobs**, **$0.99 per 1,000 listings-only**.
### Notes
- One LIST page = 10 listings (Eluta's pagination is fixed).
- Pagination stops at `maxResultsPerQuery` or when a result older than `daysOld` is found.
- `descriptionSnippet` is the ~500-char Eluta RSS snippet; `descriptionText` is the full extracted description (typical ~5,000 chars).
- For research and personal job-search use. Respect Eluta's terms of service.
# Actor input Schema
## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):
Job-title keywords. Each query runs as a separate listing fetch (paginated, newest first).
## `location` (type: `string`):
Optional city or region (e.g. 'Toronto', 'Vancouver'). Leave empty for all of Canada.
## `province` (type: `string`):
Optional province filter.
## `daysOld` (type: `integer`):
Only return jobs posted within this many days. Leave empty for all available results.
## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):
Stop after this many results for each search query.
## `fetchFullDescription` (type: `boolean`):
Visit each job's detail page to extract the full ~5,000-char description, structured salary, employment type, company URL, and city/province/country from schema.org JSON-LD. When off, only the lighter RSS snippet fields are returned (cheaper).
## `resolveApplyUrl` (type: `boolean`):
Follow Eluta's apply redirect to extract the real employer ATS URL (Workday, Greenhouse, Rippling, etc.). If the redirect can't be resolved, the Eluta direct URL is returned as a fallback. Only takes effect when 'Fetch full job details' is on.
## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):
Maximum parallel HTTP requests. Keep low to be polite to Eluta.
## `useApifyProxy` (type: `boolean`):
Route requests through Apify Proxy for IP rotation. Requires proxy access on your Apify plan. Leave OFF if you are on the Free plan or if you see proxy 407 errors — Eluta works fine from direct connections.
## `skipReposts` (type: `boolean`):
Skip jobs that were already returned by any previous run within the last 90 days. Useful for daily/weekly cron jobs so you only pay for genuinely new postings. When OFF, all matching jobs are returned with an isRepost flag.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"searchQueries": [
"Software Developer",
"Full-stack Developer"
],
"location": "Toronto",
"province": "ON",
"daysOld": 7,
"maxResultsPerQuery": 10,
"fetchFullDescription": true,
"resolveApplyUrl": true,
"maxConcurrency": 3,
"useApifyProxy": false,
"skipReposts": false
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `results` (type: `string`):
All scraped job postings, one item per record.
# 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 = {
"searchQueries": [
"Software Developer",
"Full-stack Developer"
],
"location": "Toronto",
"province": "ON",
"daysOld": 7,
"maxResultsPerQuery": 10
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seifi/eluta-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 = {
"searchQueries": [
"Software Developer",
"Full-stack Developer",
],
"location": "Toronto",
"province": "ON",
"daysOld": 7,
"maxResultsPerQuery": 10,
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seifi/eluta-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 '{
"searchQueries": [
"Software Developer",
"Full-stack Developer"
],
"location": "Toronto",
"province": "ON",
"daysOld": 7,
"maxResultsPerQuery": 10
}' |
apify call seifi/eluta-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=seifi/eluta-scraper",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
{
"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "Eluta.ca Scraper",
"description": "Scrape Canadian jobs from Eluta.ca with full job descriptions, direct employer apply URLs (Workday, Greenhouse, Rippling, ...), structured salary, employment type, remote/hybrid signal, and 90-day repost dedup for cron jobs.",
"version": "0.0",
"x-build-id": "R4KqqTSsVtfBvgTVm"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/seifi~eluta-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-seifi-eluta-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": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
"/acts/seifi~eluta-scraper/runs": {
"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-seifi-eluta-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$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": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/acts/seifi~eluta-scraper/run-sync": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-seifi-eluta-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$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": [
"searchQueries"
],
"properties": {
"searchQueries": {
"title": "Search queries",
"type": "array",
"description": "Job-title keywords. Each query runs as a separate listing fetch (paginated, newest first).",
"default": [],
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"location": {
"title": "Location (city)",
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional city or region (e.g. 'Toronto', 'Vancouver'). Leave empty for all of Canada.",
"default": ""
},
"province": {
"title": "Province",
"enum": [
"",
"AB",
"BC",
"MB",
"NB",
"NL",
"NS",
"NT",
"NU",
"ON",
"PE",
"QC",
"SK",
"YT"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional province filter.",
"default": ""
},
"daysOld": {
"title": "Max age (days)",
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Only return jobs posted within this many days. Leave empty for all available results."
},
"maxResultsPerQuery": {
"title": "Max results per query",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 1000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Stop after this many results for each search query.",
"default": 100
},
"fetchFullDescription": {
"title": "Fetch full job details",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Visit each job's detail page to extract the full ~5,000-char description, structured salary, employment type, company URL, and city/province/country from schema.org JSON-LD. When off, only the lighter RSS snippet fields are returned (cheaper).",
"default": true
},
"resolveApplyUrl": {
"title": "Resolve direct apply URL",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Follow Eluta's apply redirect to extract the real employer ATS URL (Workday, Greenhouse, Rippling, etc.). If the redirect can't be resolved, the Eluta direct URL is returned as a fallback. Only takes effect when 'Fetch full job details' is on.",
"default": true
},
"maxConcurrency": {
"title": "Max concurrency (advanced)",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 10,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum parallel HTTP requests. Keep low to be polite to Eluta.",
"default": 3
},
"useApifyProxy": {
"title": "Use Apify Proxy (advanced)",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Route requests through Apify Proxy for IP rotation. Requires proxy access on your Apify plan. Leave OFF if you are on the Free plan or if you see proxy 407 errors — Eluta works fine from direct connections.",
"default": false
},
"skipReposts": {
"title": "Skip reposts (cron-friendly)",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Skip jobs that were already returned by any previous run within the last 90 days. Useful for daily/weekly cron jobs so you only pay for genuinely new postings. When OFF, all matching jobs are returned with an isRepost flag.",
"default": false
}
}
},
"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
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```