Changelog
All notable changes to the Gumtree Multi-Country Company Contact Scraper will be documented in this file.
[10.9.0] - 2025-10-05
Added
Multi-country support for 4 Gumtree markets: UK, Ireland, South Africa, and AustraliaCountry-specific route handlers with optimized selectors for each regionIntelligent breadcrumb filtering to exclude footer/navigation linksMultiple fallback selector strategies for robust data extractionComprehensive dataset schema with 14 structured fieldsProxy support via Apify residential proxies for all countriesEmail extraction from listing descriptions using regex patternsPhone number reveal functionality with click interactionImage gallery extraction with multiple selector strategies
Fixed
Ireland URL pattern correctly filters out navigation pagesBreadcrumb extraction no longer includes footer linksUK selectors updated to work with current CSS class structurePhone number extraction adapted for country-specific implementations
Changed
Updated project name to gumtree-company-contact-scraper
Bumped version to 10.9.0
Enhanced error handling and logging for each country
Improved data extraction reliability with fallback mechanisms
Optimized maxRequestsPerCrawl calculation (maxItems + 20 buffer)
URL, Ad ID, Country, Title, Price
Category (breadcrumb path - filtered)
Location, Date Posted, Seller Name
Attributes (category-specific)
Image URLs (array)
Description, Phone Number, Email
Known Limitations
Local testing without proxy: Only UK works
Cloudflare Protection: Requires Playwright browser automation
Phone numbers: May require login on some listings
Rate limiting: Use proxy rotation on Apify platform
Dependencies
apify: ^3.4.2
crawlee: ^3.13.8
playwright: 1.54.1
