# Changelog of Upwork Jobs & Freelancer Scraper - API & Data Export (`sian.agency/upwork-jobs-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sian.agency/upwork-jobs-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/sian.agency/upwork-jobs-scraper.md

## Changelog

All notable changes to Upwork Jobs & Freelancer Scraper will be documented in this file.

### \[2026-07-24]

#### 🛡️ Reliability

- More resilient handling of temporary rate limits — runs now back off and recover automatically instead of failing, so large multi-page pulls complete reliably.

### \[2026-06-21]

#### 🎉 Upwork Jobs & Freelancer Scraper - Launch!

- **Search Jobs** - Find open Upwork jobs by keyword with title, budget, type, skills, posted date, and link, across multiple pages
- **Job Detail with Client Intelligence** - Pull the full job record plus client total spend, hire rate, payment-verified status, and applicant counts to qualify leads before you pitch
- **Search Freelancers** - Source talent by keyword with hourly rate, Job Success Score, badge, location, and skills
- **Freelancer Profile** - Get full freelancer profiles with stats, portfolios, and skills for recruiting and vendor sourcing
- **Unified Clean Export** - Jobs and freelancers in one schema, split by record type, exportable to JSON, CSV, and Excel

#### 💎 User Benefits

- One actor covers both sides of the marketplace — who's hiring and who's available
- Client spend and hire-rate intelligence built in, not a hidden paid add-on
- Freelancer trust signals (JSS, Top Rated badges) for confident sourcing decisions
- No Upwork account or API key required — paste a term or URL and run

#### 🎯 Use Cases

- Agencies building qualified lead lists from clients actively hiring on Upwork
- Recruiters sourcing Top Rated freelancers for roles and subcontracting
- Analysts benchmarking freelancer rates and gig-economy demand by skill and region