# Cheap JustDial Scraper - India Business Listings & Reviews (`themineworks/justdial-business`) Actor Cheapest JustDial scraper: India business listings, phone & reviews. $2.50/1,000 results, 25 free, pay-per-result, no subscription. Works in Claude, ChatGPT & any MCP-compatible AI agent. - **URL**: https://apify.com/themineworks/justdial-business.md - **Developed by:** [The Mine Works](https://apify.com/themineworks) (community) - **Categories:** Business, Developer tools, MCP servers - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $2.50 / 1,000 businesses 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 ## JustDial Scraper — India Business Listings & Reviews Extract structured business data from **JustDial**, India's largest local business directory. Give it a **city** and a **category** (search term) and the actor returns clean, deduplicated business records — including the **phone number**, the single most valuable field for lead generation and local-market research. Built for analysts, sales teams, lead-gen agencies, and AI agents. **Works in Claude, ChatGPT & any MCP-compatible AI agent.** ### What you get per business | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `name` | Business name | | `phone` | Primary contact number (plain text, ready to dial) | | `address` | Full street address | | `area` | Locality / neighbourhood | | `city` | City | | `category` | JustDial category / business type | | `rating` | Average star rating (0–5) | | `rating_count` | Number of ratings / reviews | | `latitude`, `longitude` | Geo-coordinates for mapping | | `pincode` | Postal code | | `verified` | Whether JustDial marks the listing verified | | `url` | Direct link to the JustDial listing | | `docid` | JustDial's internal listing id (stable key) | | `scraped_at` | ISO timestamp of the scrape | Empty fields are dropped from each record rather than emitted as `null`, so output stays compact. A final `{"_type":"summary", ...}` record reports how many businesses were scraped. ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Notes | |-------|------|---------|-------| | `searchQuery` | string | `Restaurants` | The category or search term (e.g. `Gyms`, `Dentists`, `Hotels`, `Interior Designers`). | | `city` | string | `Mumbai` | Any Indian city — `Mumbai`, `Delhi`, `Bangalore`, `Hyderabad`, `Pune`, `Chennai`, etc. | | `maxResults` | integer | `100` | 1–1000. How many businesses to return. | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Residential / IN | Indian residential proxy. **Strongly recommended** (see below). | #### Example input ```json { "searchQuery": "Restaurants", "city": "Mumbai", "maxResults": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "IN" } } ```` ### How it works JustDial's search pages are a server-rendered Next.js application. This actor fetches the search page over plain HTTP (using a browser-grade request fingerprint), reads the embedded `__NEXT_DATA__` JSON island that JustDial ships in the page, and decodes its columnar results table into clean records. For deeper result sets it then calls JustDial's internal mobile-search endpoint to page through additional listings, reusing the same browser session and signed request header. The actor is a lightweight **512 MB HTTP scraper** — no headless browser, so it is fast and cheap to run. ### Proxy & reliability JustDial is protected by **Akamai Bot Manager**, which throttles by IP reputation: a datacenter IP, or any IP that has made several recent requests, is served an empty stub instead of real data. To get reliable results: - **Use Indian residential proxies** (the prefilled default). The actor opens a **fresh proxy session per attempt** and automatically retries across several rotating residential IPs until one gets through. - If a run returns zero results with a `blocked_by_antibot` note, simply **re-run** — residential IPs rotate and the next attempt usually succeeds. - The first page of results (10 businesses) is the most reliable surface. Larger `maxResults` values depend on the pagination endpoint, which can occasionally be rate-limited on a given session; re-running fills in the rest. The actor **never fails on zero results** — it logs the reason and exits cleanly with an empty summary so it composes safely inside automations and agent workflows. ### Pricing This actor uses **pay-per-result** pricing: - **First 25 businesses are FREE** (per Apify account, lifetime). - After that, **$0.002 per business — i.e. $2 per 1,000 businesses.** You are only ever charged for **real business records** delivered to your dataset. Empty searches, anti-bot blocks, and failed runs are never charged. The summary record is free. ### Use cases - **Lead generation** — pull every gym, salon, clinic, or restaurant in a city with phone numbers ready for outreach. - **Local market research** — map competitor density, ratings, and locations across neighbourhoods. - **Data enrichment** — match and enrich an existing list of businesses with phone, address, and geo. - **AI agents** — wire JustDial lookups into Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client for on-demand local-business answers. ### Notes & limits - JustDial returns roughly the top ~100 results for a typical city + category query; very large `maxResults` values are capped by what JustDial exposes. - Phone numbers come from JustDial's primary contact field; some listings simply do not publish a number, in which case `phone` is omitted for that record. - Respect JustDial's terms and applicable laws when using scraped data, especially for outreach. # Actor input Schema ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): What to search for on JustDial (e.g. Restaurants, Gyms, Dentists, Hotels, Interior Designers). Maps to the JustDial category. ## `city` (type: `string`): Indian city to search in (e.g. Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai). ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of businesses to return. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): JustDial is protected by Akamai Bot Manager and blocks datacenter IPs by reputation. Indian RESIDENTIAL proxy is strongly recommended for reliable results. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQuery": "Restaurants", "city": "Mumbai", "maxResults": 25, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "IN" } } ``` # 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 = { "searchQuery": "Restaurants", "city": "Mumbai", "maxResults": 25, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "IN" } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("themineworks/justdial-business").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchQuery": "Restaurants", "city": "Mumbai", "maxResults": 25, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "IN", }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("themineworks/justdial-business").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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": "Restaurants", "city": "Mumbai", "maxResults": 25, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "IN" } }' | apify call themineworks/justdial-business --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=themineworks/justdial-business", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Cheap JustDial Scraper - India Business Listings & Reviews", "description": "Cheapest JustDial scraper: India business listings, phone & reviews. $2.50/1,000 results, 25 free, pay-per-result, no subscription. Works in Claude, ChatGPT & any MCP-compatible AI agent.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "nwdmnTJOJVGGcGHF3" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/themineworks~justdial-business/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-themineworks-justdial-business", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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/themineworks~justdial-business/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-themineworks-justdial-business", "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/themineworks~justdial-business/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-themineworks-justdial-business", "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": { "searchQuery": { "title": "Category / search term", "type": "string", "description": "What to search for on JustDial (e.g. Restaurants, Gyms, Dentists, Hotels, Interior Designers). Maps to the JustDial category." }, "city": { "title": "City", "type": "string", "description": "Indian city to search in (e.g. Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai)." }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max businesses", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of businesses to return.", "default": 100 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy", "type": "object", "description": "JustDial is protected by Akamai Bot Manager and blocks datacenter IPs by reputation. Indian RESIDENTIAL proxy is strongly recommended for reliable results." } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```