# Actiris Scraper — Brussels Public Employment Listings (`studio-amba/actiris-scraper`) Actor

Scrape job listings from Actiris, the Brussels-Capital Region public employment service. Search by keyword in French or Dutch. No login or cookies required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/studio-amba/actiris-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Studio Amba](https://apify.com/studio-amba) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 1,000 result scrapeds

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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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Actiris Scraper

Extract job listings from [Actiris](https://www.actiris.brussels), the Brussels-Capital Region's public employment service, as clean structured JSON. Search by keyword in French or Dutch, and get job titles, employers, locations, contract type, posting dates and description excerpts in one run.

No login. No cookies. No browser automation. The actor talks to the same public JSON API the Actiris website uses.

Actiris completes the Belgian public-employment trio alongside **VDAB** (Flanders) and **Le Forem** (Wallonia) — together they cover all three of Belgium's regional public employment services.

### What this actor does

Given a search keyword, this actor collects the matching job listings from Actiris and returns one row per job with:

- Job title
- Employer name, when disclosed (Actiris aggregates its own curated offers, VDAB/Forem shared offers, and direct employer postings — only the last kind names the employer)
- Location (commune, postal code)
- Contract type and work regime (full-time / part-time)
- Posting date
- A 300–400 character description excerpt
- The Belgian enterprise number (BCE/KBO) of the employer, when disclosed
- The listing's unique reference number and direct URL

Actiris publishes in French and Dutch. Pick the language that matches your target audience — Actiris returns fully localized titles and descriptions for either.

### Why use it

- **Brussels labour market research** — track what roles are open in the Brussels-Capital Region across public, semi-public and private employers.
- **Public-sector completeness** — combine with VDAB and Le Forem for full Belgian public-employment coverage.
- **Recruitment and sourcing** — build a live feed of open positions for a role or sector.
- **Company enrichment** — the employer's BCE/KBO number lets you join listings against Belgian company registries.

### How to scrape Actiris data

1. Open the actor and set a **Search Query** (for example `comptable`, `boekhouder`, `chauffeur` or `infirmier`).
2. Pick a **Language** (`fr` or `nl`) — this selects both the search language and which localized title/description Actiris returns.
3. Optionally set a **Location filter** such as `Ixelles` or a postal code like `1050`.
4. Set **Max Results** — each result triggers one extra request to fetch its full description.
5. Leave the proxy on the default Belgian residential setting and click **Start**.

The actor pages through the Actiris search API (20 results per page) until it reaches your Max Results or runs out of listings, fetches the description for each selected job from its detail page, applies your location filter, and writes everything to the dataset.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `searchQuery` | string | Keyword to search for, in French or Dutch. Empty = most recent listings. |
| `location` | string | Optional commune or postal code filter, applied client-side. |
| `language` | string | Search and content language: `fr` or `nl`. Default: `fr`. |
| `maxResults` | integer | Maximum number of listings to return (max 500). Default: `50`. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify proxy settings. Default: Belgian residential. |

#### Example input

```json
{
    "searchQuery": "comptable",
    "location": "",
    "language": "fr",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "BE"
    }
}
```

### Output

Each dataset item looks like this:

```json
{
    "title": "Comptable Senior - Groupe Anthony Martin H/F/X",
    "company": "ES99",
    "locationRaw": "1332 Genval",
    "locationParsed": { "city": "Genval", "postalCode": "1332", "country": "Belgium" },
    "language": "fr",
    "postedAt": "2026-08-04T14:13:27+02:00",
    "descriptionSnippet": "Tu travailles sous la supervision de l'Accounting Manager au sein d'une équipe de 3 personnes. Tu seras amené à effectuer les tâches suivantes...",
    "url": "https://www.actiris.brussels/fr/citoyens/detail-offre-d-emploi/?reference=5917177&type=DirectOnline",
    "employmentType": "Durée indéterminée, Full-time",
    "source": "actiris.brussels",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-04T17:24:27.356Z",
    "reference": "5917177",
    "employerNumber": "0736672042"
}
```

#### Output fields

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `title` | string | Job title |
| `company` | string | Employer name when disclosed, else `Actiris` |
| `locationRaw` | string | Location as shown on the listing |
| `locationParsed` | object | `{ city, postalCode, country }` |
| `language` | string | ISO 639-1 language code of the returned content |
| `postedAt` | string | ISO 8601 creation timestamp |
| `descriptionSnippet` | string | 300–400 character plain-text excerpt |
| `url` | string | Full job listing URL |
| `employmentType` | string | Contract type and work regime |
| `salaryRaw` | string | Raw salary information, when disclosed (rare) |
| `source` | string | Source site identifier (`actiris.brussels`) |
| `scrapedAt` | string | ISO 8601 timestamp of collection |
| `reference` | string | Unique Actiris offer reference number |
| `employerNumber` | string | Employer's Belgian enterprise number (BCE/KBO), when disclosed |

### Cost estimate

Each run makes one listing-page request per 20 results plus one detail-page request per result (to fetch the full description). Both are lightweight, no browser — a 50-result run is around 55 requests total plus proxy traffic. Usage is only charged after a run finishes with status SUCCEEDED — a failed or aborted run doesn't bill for partial results.

### Limitations

- **Employer name is often unavailable.** Actiris aggregates its own curated ("Select") offers, VDAB/Forem shared offers, and direct employer postings. Only the last category discloses the employer; the rest return `company: "Actiris"`.
- **Salary is rarely disclosed** on Actiris listings; `salaryRaw` is empty for the large majority of jobs.
- **`language` reflects the requested content language, not necessarily the posting's original language.** Actiris returns a localized title/description for either language you request, and doesn't expose a separate "original language" signal at the listing level.
- **Location filtering is client-side** — applied after fetching, against the commune/postal-code text.

### Related scrapers

Building a European public-employment dataset? These sibling actors follow the same clean-JSON approach:

- **VDAB Scraper** — Flemish public employment service
- **Le Forem Scraper** — Walloon public employment service
- **Randstad Belgium Scraper** — the world's largest staffing agency, Belgian market
- **Adecco Scraper** — staffing agency jobs across six European markets
- **StepStone Scraper** — Belgian commercial job board
- [EU Vacancy Feed](https://apify.com/studio-amba/eu-vacancy-feed) — runs this board alongside up to 49 other European job boards (general boards, public employment services, and sector boards), merges everything into one deduplicated feed, and flags vacancies posted on more than one board at once.

### Disclaimer

This actor collects publicly available data from Actiris for legitimate research and aggregation use. Respect Actiris's terms of service and applicable data protection law when using the output.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Keyword to search for (e.g. 'comptable', 'boekhouder', 'chauffeur', 'infirmier'). French or Dutch keywords work depending on the language you pick below. Leave empty to return the most recent listings.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Optional commune or postal code to filter results by (e.g. 'Ixelles', '1050'). Applied client-side after fetching.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language of the search and returned titles/descriptions.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of job listings to return. Each result triggers one extra request to fetch the full description.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. A Belgian residential proxy is recommended for reliability.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "comptable",
  "language": "fr",
  "maxResults": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "BE"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {
    "searchQuery": "comptable",
    "maxResults": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "BE"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/actiris-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 = {
    "searchQuery": "comptable",
    "maxResults": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "BE",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("studio-amba/actiris-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 '{
  "searchQuery": "comptable",
  "maxResults": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "BE"
  }
}' |
apify call studio-amba/actiris-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,studio-amba/actiris-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/hXd4o1ixmwzgPsyZf/builds/zcctBI2UlzEKEtPJE/openapi.json