# European Notaries Directory Scraper (`signalflow/notaries-directory-eu`) Actor βš–οΈ Extract ~50,000 EU notaries (notaries-directory.eu) β€” name, office, address, phone, email, languages & GPS β€” from the official European Directory of Notaries. Filter by country and city. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel. - **URL**: https://apify.com/signalflow/notaries-directory-eu.md - **Developed by:** [SignalFlow](https://apify.com/signalflow) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, MCP servers - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 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. 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 ## πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί European Notaries Directory Scraper Extract structured contact data for **~49,900 notaries across the European Union** from the official [European Directory of Notaries](https://www.notaries-directory.eu). Get names, offices, full addresses, phone, email, website, spoken languages and **GPS coordinates** β€” ready for CRM import, mapping, market research or legal-services outreach. --- ### 🎯 Why use this Scraper? The official directory is great for looking up one notary at a time, but there's no way to export the data in bulk. This Actor solves that by: * **Bulk extraction** of every notary in a country β€” or the entire EU. * **Clean, structured output** (JSON / Excel / CSV) instead of one-by-one page lookups. * **GPS coordinates on every record**, so you can map notaries or calculate catchment areas. * **Language data**, so you can find notaries who speak a specific language for cross-border clients. --- ### 🏒 Use Cases * **Legal & financial services:** build territory lists of notaries for partnerships or referrals. * **Cross-border transactions:** find notaries by country **and spoken language**. * **Market research:** analyse notary density and coverage across EU regions. * **Data enrichment:** append verified office addresses and coordinates to an existing contact list. --- ### πŸ“¦ Output Data Each result is a structured record with the following fields: `name`, `office_name`, `country`, `city`, `address`, `postal_code`, `phone`, `fax`, `email`, `website`, `languages_spoken`, `lat`, `lon`, `detail_url`, `google_maps_url`. #### Example output > ℹ️ The values below are **illustrative samples**, not a real person's details. ```json { "name": "Jean EXEMPLE", "office_name": "Γ‰tude Notariale Exemple", "country": "France", "city": "LYON", "address": "12 rue de l'Exemple", "postal_code": "69000", "phone": "+33 4 00 00 00 00", "fax": "+33 4 00 00 00 01", "email": "contact@etude-exemple.fr", "website": "https://www.etude-exemple.fr", "languages_spoken": ["French", "English", "German"], "lat": 45.764043, "lon": 4.835659, "detail_url": "https://www.notaries-directory.eu/en/jean-exemple-000000", "google_maps_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=45.764043,4.835659" } ```` *** ### βš™οΈ Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `country` | `string` | `""` | 2-letter EU country code (e.g. `FR`, `DE`). Empty = all EU countries. | | `city` | `string` | `""` | Optional city filter (case-insensitive). | | `language` | `string` | `"en"` | Interface language (`en`, `fr`, `de`, `es`, `it`, …). | | `max_items` | `integer` | `100` | Maximum notaries to scrape. `0` = the full directory (~50K). | | `concurrency` | `integer` | `5` | How many records to fetch in parallel. Higher = faster. | | `delay_ms` | `integer` | `250` | Pause between page requests in milliseconds. | | `proxyConfiguration` | `object` | `{ "useApifyProxy": true }` | Proxy settings. Recommended on β€” the directory limits requests per IP and the Actor rotates IPs automatically. | *** ### πŸ’‘ Tips - **Target a country** with the `country` filter to get a focused, fast export (e.g. all French notaries). - **Keep the proxy on.** The directory limits how fast a single IP can request pages; the Actor rotates IPs to keep results flowing. If you see slow runs, leave the proxy enabled (or switch its group to **Residential** for the smoothest results). - **Tune speed** with `concurrency` β€” raise it for a faster run. - **City filtering** is most efficient when combined with a `country` filter. - **Full EU export:** set `max_items: 0` and run it on the Apify scheduler to keep the dataset fresh. *** ### πŸ€– Use it as an AI Tool (MCP) This Actor is **Model Context Protocol (MCP) compatible**, so AI assistants like Claude can call it directly through the [Apify MCP Server](https://mcp.apify.com/). The input is described so an assistant can fill it in from a natural-language request, for example: > *"Find 50 notaries in Lyon who speak English and return their office addresses and emails."* The assistant maps that to `country: "FR"`, `city: "Lyon"` and reads the structured results β€” no manual configuration needed. *** ### πŸ“œ Disclaimer This Actor extracts **publicly available professional contact information** from an EU-funded open directory. You are responsible for using the data in compliance with applicable data-protection laws (such as the GDPR). Do not use the data for unsolicited marketing. # Actor input Schema ## `country` (type: `string`): Filter by EU member state (2-letter code). Leave empty to scrape all countries. ## `city` (type: `string`): Optional city name filter (matched case-insensitively after scraping). ## `language` (type: `string`): Language prefix for the site interface. ## `max_items` (type: `integer`): Maximum notaries to scrape. Set 0 for unlimited (full dataset ~50K). ## `concurrency` (type: `integer`): Number of notary detail pages fetched in parallel. Higher = faster but less polite. 5 is a good balance; set to 1 for the most conservative, fully robots-compliant crawl. ## `delay_ms` (type: `integer`): Politeness delay between list-page requests. The site's robots.txt advertises a 10s crawl-delay; for strict compliance set concurrency=1 and delay\_ms=10000. The default favors a reasonable balance of speed and politeness. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings. The directory rate-limits by IP, so a proxy is recommended β€” the actor rotates to a fresh IP on each rate-limit. Defaults to the Apify Proxy (datacenter). If you still see frequent rate-limits, switch to the RESIDENTIAL group. ## Actor input object example ```json { "country": "FR", "city": "", "language": "en", "max_items": 50, "concurrency": 5, "delay_ms": 250, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): All scraped items in a table you can view, filter and export (JSON, CSV, Excel, XML). # 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 = { "country": "FR", "max_items": 50 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("signalflow/notaries-directory-eu").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`πŸ’Ύ 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); }); // πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ 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 = { "country": "FR", "max_items": 50, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("signalflow/notaries-directory-eu").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("πŸ’Ύ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "country": "FR", "max_items": 50 }' | apify call signalflow/notaries-directory-eu --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=signalflow/notaries-directory-eu", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "European Notaries Directory Scraper", "description": "βš–οΈ Extract ~50,000 EU notaries (notaries-directory.eu) β€” name, office, address, phone, email, languages & GPS β€” from the official European Directory of Notaries. Filter by country and city. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "8zW7lFZF1mWrJDrdB" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/signalflow~notaries-directory-eu/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-signalflow-notaries-directory-eu", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/signalflow~notaries-directory-eu/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-signalflow-notaries-directory-eu", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/signalflow~notaries-directory-eu/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-signalflow-notaries-directory-eu", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "properties": { "country": { "title": "Country", "enum": [ "", "AT", "BE", "BG", "HR", "CY", "CZ", "DK", "EE", "FI", "FR", "DE", "GR", "HU", "IE", "IT", "LV", "LT", "LU", "MT", "NL", "PL", "PT", "RO", "SK", "SI", "ES", "SE" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by EU member state (2-letter code). Leave empty to scrape all countries.", "default": "" }, "city": { "title": "City", "type": "string", "description": "Optional city name filter (matched case-insensitively after scraping).", "default": "" }, "language": { "title": "UI Language", "enum": [ "en", "bg", "cs", "da", "de", "et", "el", "es", "fr", "hr", "it", "lv", "lt", "hu", "nl", "pl", "pt", "ro", "sk", "sl", "sv", "mt" ], "type": "string", "description": "Language prefix for the site interface.", "default": "en" }, "max_items": { "title": "Max Items", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum notaries to scrape. Set 0 for unlimited (full dataset ~50K).", "default": 100 }, "concurrency": { "title": "Concurrency (parallel detail requests)", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20, "type": "integer", "description": "Number of notary detail pages fetched in parallel. Higher = faster but less polite. 5 is a good balance; set to 1 for the most conservative, fully robots-compliant crawl.", "default": 5 }, "delay_ms": { "title": "Delay Between List Pages (ms)", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Politeness delay between list-page requests. The site's robots.txt advertises a 10s crawl-delay; for strict compliance set concurrency=1 and delay_ms=10000. The default favors a reasonable balance of speed and politeness.", "default": 250 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings. The directory rate-limits by IP, so a proxy is recommended β€” the actor rotates to a fresh IP on each rate-limit. Defaults to the Apify Proxy (datacenter). If you still see frequent rate-limits, switch to the RESIDENTIAL group.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```