Le Forem Scraper

Extract structured job listings from Le Forem — the public employment service of Wallonia, Belgium. Covers 40,000+ active vacancies across all sectors. No API key required.

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Why this scraper?

🔍 Full-text search with location filtering

Search by keyword and municipality, region, or postal code. Combine both to pinpoint exactly the roles you need.

📄 Rich structured output per listing

Every result includes title, employer, contract type, salary range, work schedule, required education, required skills, and a full job description in plain text, HTML, and Markdown.

🛡️ Built-in deduplication across runs

Jobs seen in previous runs are flagged as reposts so you only process genuinely new listings. Change tracking detects modified postings.

🗂️ Sector, education, and skills data

Detail pages expose required education level, soft skills, office skills, certifications, required driving licenses, and language proficiency levels — ready for structured analysis.

⚙️ Precise volume control

Set a maxItems cap and a daysOld filter to stay within budget and focus on recent listings only.

🔗 Direct URL mode

Pass a list of Le Forem job URLs directly to extract specific listings without a keyword search.

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Input parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
keywords	string	—	Search keywords (job title, skill, etc.)
location	string	—	Municipality, region, or postal code
contractType	string	—	Filter by contract type (e.g. CDI, CDD, Interim)
workSchedule	string	—	Filter by work schedule (e.g. Temps plein, Temps partiel)
daysOld	integer	—	Exclude listings older than N days
maxItems	integer	—	Maximum number of results to return
fetchDetails	boolean	true	Fetch full detail pages (skills, education, description)
skipReposts	boolean	false	Skip listings seen in a previous run
startUrls	array	—	Direct Le Forem job URLs to scrape

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Output schema

Each result contains the following fields.

Always present:

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Le Forem internal vacancy ID
referenceNumber	string	Human-readable reference number
jobTitle	string	Job title
employer	string	Employer name
locations	array	Work location objects (city, postal code)
contractType	string	Contract type (CDI, CDD, Interim, etc.)
workSchedule	string	Work schedule regime
languages	array	Required languages (codes)
sectors	array	Activity sectors
numberOfPositions	integer	Number of open positions
publishDate	string	Publication date (formatted)
publishDateISO	string	Publication date (ISO 8601)
expiresDate	string	Listing expiry date (ISO 8601)
isApplicationEnabled	boolean	Whether online application is available
salaryMin	number	Minimum salary (null if not published)
salaryMax	number	Maximum salary (null if not published)
salaryCurrency	string	Salary currency
salaryPeriod	string	Salary period (monthly, hourly, etc.)
salaryRaw	string	Raw salary string as shown on the site
url	string	Direct URL to the listing
scrapedAt	string	Timestamp of scrape (ISO 8601)
isRepost	boolean	Whether this listing was seen in a previous run
changeStatus	string	Change status: NEW / MODIFIED / UNCHANGED
contentHash	string	Hash for change detection

With fetchDetails: true (default):

Field	Type	Description
description	string	Full job description (HTML)
descriptionText	string	Full job description (plain text)
descriptionMarkdown	string	Full job description (Markdown)
workSchedulePrecision	string	Additional schedule detail
sector	string	Employer sector
metier	string	Job category / métier
isTravelRequired	boolean	Whether the role requires travel
modifiedDate	string	Last modification date
educationLevel	string	Required education level
educationRequired	array	Required education fields with codes
experienceRequired	array	Required experience with levels
softSkills	array	Required soft skills
officeSkills	array	Required IT / office skills
certifications	array	Required certifications
drivingLicenses	array	Required driving license categories
drivingLicensesSummary	string	Simplified driving license summary
languageDetails	array	Language requirements with proficiency levels
benefitsComments	string	Benefits and additional perks (plain text)

Example output record:

{
  "id": "123456",
  "referenceNumber": "REF-2025-123456",
  "jobTitle": "Comptable",
  "employer": "Entreprise Dupont SA",
  "locations": [
    { "city": "Liège", "postalCode": "4000" }
  ],
  "contractType": "CDI",
  "workSchedule": "Temps plein",
  "numberOfPositions": 1,
  "publishDateISO": "2025-04-15",
  "expiresDate": "2025-05-15",
  "isApplicationEnabled": true,
  "salaryMin": 2800,
  "salaryMax": 3400,
  "salaryCurrency": "EUR",
  "salaryPeriod": "monthly",
  "salaryRaw": "2.800 € - 3.400 € par mois",
  "url": "https://www.leforem.be/recherche-offres/offre-detail/123456",
  "scrapedAt": "2025-04-20T09:14:00.000Z",
  "isRepost": false,
  "changeStatus": "NEW",
  "descriptionText": "Nous recherchons un comptable expérimenté pour rejoindre notre équipe...",
  "educationLevel": "Bachelier",
  "educationRequired": [{ "code": "BAC", "field": "Sciences économiques" }],
  "experienceRequired": [{ "code": "EXP3", "title": "Expérience souhaitée", "level": "3 ans" }],
  "softSkills": ["Rigueur", "Organisation", "Travail en équipe"],
  "officeSkills": ["Excel avancé", "SAP"],
  "languages": [{ "code": "fr", "name": "Français" }],
  "languageDetails": [
    { "code": "fr", "name": "Français", "level": "Langue maternelle", "comment": null }
  ],
  "certifications": [],
  "drivingLicenses": ["B"],
  "benefitsComments": "Chèques-repas, assurance groupe, télétravail 2j/semaine",
  "sectors": ["Finance / Comptabilité"],
  "sector": "Services financiers",
  "metier": "Comptabilité – Finance",
  "isTravelRequired": false,
  "workSchedulePrecision": "Horaire de jour"
}

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Examples

Search for IT roles in the Liège area:

{
  "keywords": "développeur",
  "location": "Liège",
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}

Full-time CDI jobs posted in the last 7 days:

{
  "contractType": "CDI",
  "workSchedule": "Temps plein",
  "daysOld": 7,
  "maxItems": 500
}

Scrape specific listings by URL:

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.leforem.be/recherche-offres/offre-detail/123456",
    "https://www.leforem.be/recherche-offres/offre-detail/789012"
  ]
}

Daily new listings feed with deduplication:

{
  "daysOld": 1,
  "skipReposts": true,
  "fetchDetails": true
}

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💰 Pricing

$1.50 per 1,000 results — you only pay for successfully retrieved listings. Failed retries and filtered reposts are never charged.

Results	Cost
100	~$0.15
1,000	~$1.50
10,000	~$15.00
100,000	~$150.00

Flat-rate alternatives typically charge $29–$49/month regardless of usage.

Use the Max results cap in the input to control your spend exactly.

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Performance

Run size	Estimated time
100 listings	~1–2 min
1,000 listings	~5–10 min
10,000 listings	~45–90 min
Full catalogue (~40,000)	~3–5 hours

Times include full detail page fetching (fetchDetails: true). Disable fetchDetails to reduce run time by ~60%.

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Known limitations

• Salary data is not always present — salaryMin/salaryMax will be null when Le Forem does not publish it.
• Skills, education, and description fields require fetchDetails: true (enabled by default).
• Le Forem does not expose employer contact persons — contact fields are not available.

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Technical details

• Source: leforem.be — public employment service of Wallonia, Belgium
• Memory: 256 MB
• Repost storage: KeyValueStore leforem-scraper-job-dedup, 90-day TTL
• Retry: Automatic retry on network errors, exponential backoff, 3 attempts per request

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Additional services

Need a custom actor, additional filters, scheduled runs, or integration support? Send an email to info@unfencedgroup.nl — we build on request.

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