# Job Vacancy Scraper – Schema.org JobPosting Export (`signal_lab/job-vacancy-scraper`) Actor

Extract structured job vacancies from public career pages using JobPosting JSON-LD: title, company, location, salary, dates, type, and remote status.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/signal\_lab/job-vacancy-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Signal Lab](https://apify.com/signal_lab) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Business, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.70 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Job Vacancy Scraper – Schema.org JobPosting Export

Turn public career and job-detail pages into normalized vacancy rows for hiring research, labor-market analysis, and downstream company signals.

### Run a verified example

[Export a public job posting to CSV](https://apify.com/signal_lab/job-vacancy-scraper/examples/export-a-public-job-posting-to-csv) opens a ready-to-run public task with a verified `JobPosting` source.

### What you can do

- Collect roles from a bounded set of public career pages.
- Normalize employer, location, remote status, salary, dates, and employment type.
- Export CSV, Excel, or JSON for analysis.
- Pass the dataset to Hiring Signal Intelligence for company-level aggregation.

### JobPosting scraper API alternative

Use this Actor as a lightweight JobPosting scraper API for public employer career pages. Unlike a job-board-specific scraper, it normalizes schema.org `JobPosting` data across company sites and returns consistent JSON, CSV, or Excel rows. Run it through the Apify API, schedule it, or connect it to Make, n8n, Zapier, and downstream hiring-signal workflows.

### Start quickly

Pages with schema.org `JobPosting` JSON-LD provide the most complete and predictable output. Test the built-in fixture before adding your own URLs.

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://signal-lab-tools.vitaxastar.chatgpt.site/fixtures/job-posting"
  ],
  "maxJobs": 5,
  "maxItems": 5
}
```

1. Add public career or job-detail pages to `urls`.
2. Keep `maxJobs` and `maxItems` small for the first run.
3. Inspect the normalized fields and source URLs.
4. Export the dataset or connect it to [Hiring Signal Intelligence](https://apify.com/signal_lab/hiring-signal-intelligence).

### Output

Each successful row can include job title, employer, company URL, location, address, remote status, employment type, salary range and currency, posting and expiry dates, skills, qualifications, source URL, and scrape time.

### Troubleshooting

- **No jobs:** confirm the URL is a public detail or career page with usable `JobPosting` data.
- **Salary missing:** many employers do not publish compensation.
- **Listing page returns one row:** supply individual job-detail URLs when the index does not embed every posting.
- **Need company rankings:** analyze the output with Hiring Signal Intelligence.

### Free workflow guide

See the [job-market research workflow, sample input, output fields, and FAQ](https://signal-lab-tools.vitaxastar.chatgpt.site/workflows/job-market-research).

### Pricing and responsible use

Launch pricing is **$1.00 per 1,000 successful vacancy rows** plus the small start event shown in the Pricing tab. You pay for rows actually produced. Follow the source site’s terms and applicable privacy rules.

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Public career or job detail pages.

## `maxJobs` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap for extracted vacancies.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap for emitted dataset rows and pay-per-event charges.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://signal-lab-tools.vitaxastar.chatgpt.site/fixtures/job-posting"
  ],
  "maxJobs": 5,
  "maxItems": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "urls": [
        "https://signal-lab-tools.vitaxastar.chatgpt.site/fixtures/job-posting"
    ],
    "maxJobs": 5,
    "maxItems": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("signal_lab/job-vacancy-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "urls": ["https://signal-lab-tools.vitaxastar.chatgpt.site/fixtures/job-posting"],
    "maxJobs": 5,
    "maxItems": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("signal_lab/job-vacancy-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "urls": [
    "https://signal-lab-tools.vitaxastar.chatgpt.site/fixtures/job-posting"
  ],
  "maxJobs": 5,
  "maxItems": 5
}' |
apify call signal_lab/job-vacancy-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,signal_lab/job-vacancy-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/2A3Ol2w8UGfRvrEYV/builds/gqiV6KSi8xpWiP0K9/openapi.json