Yellow Pages US Scraper

Yellow Pages Scraper

Yellow Pages Scraper is an Apify actor for scraping information from Yellow Pages listings. It allows you to search records based on a combination of search term and location or a list of URLs. It is build on top of Apify SDK and you can run it both on Apify platform and locally.

• Features
• What Data Can You Extract
• Usage and Cost
• Getting Started
• Input
• Output

Features

Yellow Pages Scraper empowers you to:

• Scrape Yellow Pages Listings: Extract detailed information from Yellow Pages listings.
• Search by Term and Location: Customize your search by specifying search terms and locations.
• Deep Crawling: Scrape data from Yellow Pages record list pages.
• Proxy Support: Use Apify Proxy for efficient scraping.

What Data Can You Extract?

Yellow Pages Scraper allows you to extract a variety of data from Yellow Pages listings, including:

• Business Name
• Address
• Phone Number
• Ratings and Review Counts
• Additional Information Snippets
• Images
• Categories

Please note that the availability of these attributes may vary based on the data source.

Usage and Cost

Keep in mind that it is much more efficient to run one longer scrape (at least one minute) than more shorter ones because of the startup time.

The average consumption is about 0.04 Compute unit per 2000 results scraped. Running Yellow Pages Scraper on the Apify platform offers great value. For pricing details and cost estimates, refer to the Apify pricing page.

Getting Started

Using Yellow Pages Scraper is easy and doesn't require coding skills. Here's a quick guide:

1. Create a free Apify account using your email.
2. Access the YOUR_ACTOR_LINK.
3. Configure your search terms, locations, and other parameters.
4. Click "Start" and let the scraper do its job.
5. Download the scraped data in JSON, XML, CSV, Excel, or HTML format.

Input

Field	Type	Description	Default value
search	string	Query string to be searched on the site	"Dentist"
location	string	Location string to search the records in	"Los Angeles"
startUrls	array	List of Request objects that will be deeply crawled. The URL can be any Yellowpages.com record list page	none
maxItems	number	Maximum number of pages that will be scraped	200
extendOutputFunction	string	Function that takes a Cheerio object and a Cheerio representation of the record element ($, record) as arguments and returns data that will be merged with the default output. More information in Extend output function	($, record) => { return {}; }

Either the search and location attributes or the startUrls atrribute has to be set.

Output

Output is stored in a dataset. Each item is information about a record.

1{
2  "isAd": true,
3  "url": "https://www.yellowpages.com/compton-ca/mip/golden-state-dental-group-18768214?lid=1001760866489",
4  "name": "Golden State Dental Group",
5  "address": "1601 N Long Beach Blvd, Compton, CA 90221",
6  "phone": "(310) 507-7718",
7  "rating": 4,
8  "ratingCount": 6,
9  "infoSnippet": "*Please contact us for more information",
10  "image": "https://i4.ypcdn.com/blob/00a40d49e577606be9d82ced5404696022a7e2a0",
11  "categories": [
12    "Dentists",
13    "Implant Dentistry",
14    "Pediatric Dentistry",
15    "Periodontists",
16    "Cosmetic Dentistry"
17  ]
18}

Please note that not all of the attributes will be present with all the results.