Freelancer.com Jobs Scraper

Collect active Freelancer.com job listings with clean structured output for lead generation, market monitoring, and freelance opportunity tracking. Capture job titles, summaries, skills, pricing ranges, bid activity, timing, and location signals in a dataset that is ready for analysis.

Features

• Structured job datasets — Collect normalized records with project IDs, skill names, budget ranges, bid counts, and listing links.
• Keyword and category targeting — Search by free-text keyword, category slug, or a direct Freelancer jobs URL.
• Budget and job-type filtering — Narrow results to fixed-price or hourly opportunities and apply budget constraints.
• Duplicate-safe output — Repeated listings are skipped automatically so the dataset stays clean.
• Location-aware records — Capture country, vicinity, and coordinates when Freelancer exposes local listing details.
• Fast pagination — Gather multiple pages of active jobs with predictable result limits.

Use Cases

Freelance Opportunity Monitoring

Track new work in your niche without manually browsing job boards. Build saved searches for SEO, web development, design, writing, or location-specific opportunities.

Agency Prospecting

Identify companies and buyers actively posting work. Use budget ranges, bid counts, and skill demand to prioritize high-value opportunities.

Market Intelligence

Analyze which services are in demand, what pricing bands appear most often, and how competitive a category is based on bid activity.

Pricing Research

Compare fixed-price and hourly opportunities across categories. Use the dataset to benchmark offers before preparing proposals.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
startUrl	String	No	—	Direct Freelancer jobs URL to start from. Useful for reusing an existing filtered search page.
keyword	String	No	seo	Free-text keyword used to search active jobs.
category	String	No	seo	Category slug such as seo, web-development, or graphic-design.
jobType	String	No	all	Filter by all, fixed, or hourly.
minBudget	Integer	No	—	Minimum budget threshold in USD.
maxBudget	Integer	No	—	Maximum budget threshold in USD.
sortBy	String	No	relevance	Sort mode. newest returns the newest listings first. budget sorts by highest budget first.
results_wanted	Integer	No	20	Maximum number of listings to save.
max_pages	Integer	No	20	Safety cap on listing pages requested during a run.
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Apify Proxy	Proxy settings for reliable collection.

Output Data

Each dataset item may contain the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
project_id	Number	Freelancer project identifier.
project_name	String	Listing title shown on Freelancer.
project_desc	String	Rich listing summary with decoded text.
project_desc_text	String	Plain-text version of the listing summary.
bid_count	Number	Number of bids or entries on the listing.
skill_ids	Array	Raw Freelancer skill identifiers attached to the job.
skills	Array	Human-readable skill names mapped from Freelancer skill IDs.
skills_info	Array	Structured skill records with Freelancer skill IDs, names, and SEO slugs.
budget_range	String	Pricing mode shown by Freelancer, such as fixed or unspecified.
budget_min	String	Minimum displayed budget value.
budget_max	String	Maximum displayed budget value.
bid_avg	String	Displayed bid or pricing figure shown on the card.
time_left	String	Human-readable time left until the listing closes.
highlight	Boolean	Whether Freelancer marks the listing as highlighted.
featured	Boolean	Whether the listing is marked as featured.
urgent	Boolean	Whether the listing is marked as urgent.
sealed	Boolean	Whether the listing is sealed.
guaranteed	Boolean	Whether the listing has a guarantee badge.
fulltime	Boolean	Whether the listing is marked as full-time.
top	Boolean	Whether the listing is marked as top.
payment_verified	Boolean	Whether payment verification is shown for the buyer.
nda	Boolean	Whether the listing is marked with an NDA requirement.
local	Boolean	Whether the listing is marked as local.
is_contest	Boolean	Whether the listing is marked as a contest.
seo_url	String	Relative Freelancer path for the job listing.
url	String	Absolute job listing URL.
has_upgrades	Boolean	Whether premium listing upgrades are present.
source	String	Source website identifier.

Usage Examples

Basic Category Search

{
    "category": "seo",
    "results_wanted": 20
}

Keyword Search With Budget Filter

{
    "keyword": "wordpress developer",
    "jobType": "fixed",
    "minBudget": 100,
    "maxBudget": 1000,
    "results_wanted": 50
}

Reuse a Saved Freelancer URL

{
    "startUrl": "https://www.freelancer.com/jobs/seo?fixed=true&fixed_min=250",
    "results_wanted": 30,
    "max_pages": 5
}

Sample Output

{
    "project_id": 40278015,
    "project_name": "E-commerce Site Development",
    "project_desc": "I need a website developer to create an e-commerce site for selling physical products.",
    "project_desc_text": "I need a website developer to create an e-commerce site for selling physical products.",
    "bid_count": 62,
    "skill_ids": ["3", "17", "56", "137", "289", "335", "1031", "1832"],
    "skills": ["AJAX", "Article Rewriting", "eCommerce", "HTML", "PHP", "Shopping Carts", "Website Design", "WooCommerce"],
    "skills_info": [
        { "id": 3, "name": "AJAX", "seo_url": "ajax" },
        { "id": 1031, "name": "Website Design", "seo_url": "website-design" }
    ],
    "budget_range": "Fixed",
    "budget_min": "$30",
    "budget_max": "$250",
    "bid_avg": "$74",
    "time_left": "6 days left",
    "highlight": false,
    "featured": false,
    "urgent": false,
    "sealed": false,
    "guaranteed": false,
    "fulltime": false,
    "top": false,
    "payment_verified": false,
    "nda": false,
    "local": false,
    "is_contest": false,
    "has_upgrades": false,
    "seo_url": "/projects/web-development/commerce-site-development-40278015",
    "url": "https://www.freelancer.com/projects/web-development/commerce-site-development-40278015",
    "source": "freelancer.com"
}

Tips for Best Results

Start Small

• Begin with results_wanted: 20 to validate your filters.
• Increase the limit once the search is returning the right category or keyword.

Use Specific Searches

• Combine a category with a focused keyword to narrow the dataset.
• Reuse a working Freelancer search URL in startUrl when you already know the exact search you want.

Use Proxies for Reliability

• Residential proxies are recommended for steady collection.
• Avoid running too many large searches in parallel against the same niche.

Integrations

• Google Sheets — Build searchable lead lists and reporting dashboards.
• Airtable — Create recruiting, outreach, or market-monitoring databases.
• Make — Trigger alerts when new jobs appear in a target niche.
• Zapier — Route fresh listings into CRMs, email flows, or task tools.
• Webhooks — Send new dataset items to internal systems automatically.

Export Formats

• JSON — For backend systems and custom workflows.
• CSV — For spreadsheet-based research and reporting.
• Excel — For business reviews and stakeholder sharing.
• XML — For systems that require structured imports.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many jobs can I collect in one run?

You can request as many listings as you need through results_wanted, subject to the available jobs in the selected niche and the max_pages safety limit.

Can I search by a direct Freelancer URL?

Yes. Provide a filtered jobs URL in startUrl and the actor will reuse that search context.

Will duplicate listings be saved?

No. The actor skips repeated project IDs so the output dataset stays clean.

Why are some location fields missing?

Freelancer does not expose location data for every listing. Local fields are only present when the source listing includes them.

Does every record include skill names?

Yes, when Freelancer exposes skill IDs for a listing, they are translated into readable skill names in the skills field.

Support

For issues or feature requests, use the Apify Console to manage actor runs and review logs.

Resources

• Apify Documentation
• Apify API Reference
• Apify Schedules

Legal Notice

This actor is intended for legitimate data collection, research, monitoring, and business workflow automation. Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with Freelancer terms and applicable laws.