# Indeed Jobs Scraper (Free, 13 Countries) (`transparent_locket/indeed-jobs-scraper`) Actor Indeed job-listings scraper across 13 country domains (US/UK/CA/AU/IN/DE/FR/JP/BR/MX/ES/IT/NL). Returns title, company, location, salary, snippet, post date, apply URL. NOTE: Indeed blocks datacenter IPs; set proxyGroups=\['RESIDENTIAL']. - **URL**: https://apify.com/transparent\_locket/indeed-jobs-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [casper smartwater](https://apify.com/transparent_locket) (community) - **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation, AI - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## 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 ## Indeed Jobs Scraper — Free, 13 Country Domains **Search Indeed by query + location across US, UK, CA, AU, IN, DE, FR, JP, BR, MX, ES, IT, NL.** Get title, company, location, salary, snippet, post date, apply URL. No login, no API key. ### ✨ Why this Actor - **Free** — paid Indeed scrapers on the Apify Store cost $30-50/mo - **13 country domains** — most scrapers cover just `indeed.com`. This one supports every major regional Indeed - **Structured output** — title, company, location, salary, snippet, posted-when, apply URL, country, search context, all per row ### 🚀 Quick start **Find remote software engineering jobs in the US:** ```json { "query": "software engineer", "location": "Remote", "country": "us", "maxJobs": 100, "proxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } ```` **Marketing roles in London:** ```json { "query": "marketing manager", "location": "London", "country": "gb", "radiusMiles": 25, "maxJobs": 50, "proxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } ``` **Sales positions across Germany:** ```json { "query": "sales B2B", "location": "", "country": "de", "maxJobs": 200, "proxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } ``` ### 📦 Output schema | Field | Type | Notes | |---|---|---| | `jk` | str | Indeed job key (stable ID) | | `title` | str | Job title | | `company` | str | Hiring company | | `location` | str | City / region / "Remote" | | `salary` | str | Pay range if posted (often missing) | | `snippet` | str | First 2-3 lines of job description | | `posted` | str | "1 day ago", "Just posted", "Active 5 days ago" | | `url` | str | Direct apply URL | | `country` | str | Country domain searched | | `search_query` | str | Echo of input query | | `search_location` | str | Echo of input location | ### 🎯 Use cases - **Salary research** — pull all "Senior Engineer" postings in your city, compute median salary range - **Sales prospecting** — companies hiring SDRs / AEs are companies with sales budget - **Investor research** — startups hiring aggressively = growing; track headcount expansion via posting velocity - **Job hunting** — sweep your saved searches daily, dedupe via `jk`, get email-alert-quality results - **Talent intelligence** — find every company hiring `data scientist` in `Berlin` this week - **Recruiting** — see which competitor companies post the most for the roles you fill - **Market timing** — drop in postings = sector downturn (works as a leading indicator for some industries) ### ⚙️ Input parameters | Parameter | Type | Default | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | `query` | str | — | **Required.** Keywords or job title | | `location` | str | `""` | City, ZIP, region, "Remote". Empty = country-wide | | `country` | str | `us` | One of: `us`, `gb`, `ca`, `au`, `in`, `de`, `fr`, `jp`, `br`, `mx`, `es`, `it`, `nl` | | `radiusMiles` | int | 25 | Indeed honours 0, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 | | `maxJobs` | int | 100 | Cap. Indeed paginates 10/page | | `proxyGroups` | array | `[]` | **Recommended: `["RESIDENTIAL"]`** — see proxy note below | | `proxyCountry` | str | — | Optional. Should usually match the `country` field | ### ⚠️ Indeed blocks datacenter IPs — read this Indeed runs aggressive bot detection on **all** datacenter / cloud IPs (AWS, GCP, Azure, Apify default). If you run this Actor without `proxyGroups: ["RESIDENTIAL"]`, you'll likely get HTTP 403 or 0 results. **Fix:** in your input, set: ```json { "proxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } ``` Apify Proxy's residential pool routes through real consumer ISPs, which Indeed treats normally. Free Apify accounts get a small residential proxy allotment per month — enough for hundreds of small runs. This is Indeed's policy, not an Actor bug. ### 🛠️ How it works Indeed deprecated their public RSS in most regions, so this Actor: 1. Routes through your chosen Apify proxy 2. Hits the regional Indeed search HTML (`https://.indeed.com/jobs?q=…&l=…`) 3. Parses the `job_seen_beacon` cards into structured rows 4. Paginates `start=10, 20, 30, …` until cap or no more results Polite 2-3.5 sec sleep between pages to avoid extra throttling. ### 🔗 Related Actors Hiring intelligence stack: - **[Hacker News "Who is Hiring?"](https://apify.com/transparent_locket/hacker-news-hiring-jobs)** — high-signal tech-job board, fully free, no proxy needed - **[Y Combinator Companies](https://apify.com/transparent_locket/y-combinator-companies)** — find every YC company hiring + filter by industry / region - **[Reddit Subreddit + Search](https://apify.com/transparent_locket/reddit-subreddit-search-scraper)** — `r/forhire`, `r/cscareerquestions` for raw founder hiring posts ### 💬 Support Bugs, region requests (Korea? Sweden?), or custom field extraction? Email **caspersmartwater@gmail.com**. ⭐ Star this Actor. # Actor input Schema ## `query` (type: `string`): Keywords or job title. e.g. 'software engineer', 'sales manager remote'. ## `location` (type: `string`): City, ZIP, region, or 'Remote'. Empty = country-wide. ## `country` (type: `string`): Selects the Indeed regional site. ## `radiusMiles` (type: `integer`): Distance from the location. Indeed honours 0, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 — other values snap to the nearest. ## `maxJobs` (type: `integer`): Cap on returned jobs. Indeed paginates 10 per page so requests scale linearly. ## `proxyGroups` (type: `array`): Default = datacenter (free-tier minutes). Use \['RESIDENTIAL'] if Indeed blocks datacenter IPs. ## `proxyCountry` (type: `string`): Optional. e.g. 'US'. Should usually match the 'country' field above. ## Actor input object example ```json { "location": "", "country": "us", "radiusMiles": 25, "maxJobs": 100, "proxyGroups": [] } ``` # 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 = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("transparent_locket/indeed-jobs-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("transparent_locket/indeed-jobs-scraper").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 '{}' | apify call transparent_locket/indeed-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=transparent_locket/indeed-jobs-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Indeed Jobs Scraper (Free, 13 Countries)", "description": "Indeed job-listings scraper across 13 country domains (US/UK/CA/AU/IN/DE/FR/JP/BR/MX/ES/IT/NL). Returns title, company, location, salary, snippet, post date, apply URL. NOTE: Indeed blocks datacenter IPs; set proxyGroups=['RESIDENTIAL'].", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "FelStIkEFkvZhEWXU" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/transparent_locket~indeed-jobs-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-transparent_locket-indeed-jobs-scraper", "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/transparent_locket~indeed-jobs-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-transparent_locket-indeed-jobs-scraper", "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/transparent_locket~indeed-jobs-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-transparent_locket-indeed-jobs-scraper", "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", "required": [ "query" ], "properties": { "query": { "title": "Search query", "type": "string", "description": "Keywords or job title. e.g. 'software engineer', 'sales manager remote'." }, "location": { "title": "Location", "type": "string", "description": "City, ZIP, region, or 'Remote'. Empty = country-wide.", "default": "" }, "country": { "title": "Country", "enum": [ "us", "gb", "ca", "au", "in", "de", "fr", "jp", "br", "mx", "es", "it", "nl" ], "type": "string", "description": "Selects the Indeed regional site.", "default": "us" }, "radiusMiles": { "title": "Radius (miles)", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Distance from the location. Indeed honours 0, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 — other values snap to the nearest.", "default": 25 }, "maxJobs": { "title": "Max jobs", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap on returned jobs. Indeed paginates 10 per page so requests scale linearly.", "default": 100 }, "proxyGroups": { "title": "Apify Proxy groups", "type": "array", "description": "Default = datacenter (free-tier minutes). Use ['RESIDENTIAL'] if Indeed blocks datacenter IPs.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "proxyCountry": { "title": "Proxy country (ISO)", "type": "string", "description": "Optional. e.g. 'US'. Should usually match the 'country' field above." } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```