NVA Latvia Job Scraper

Scrape all active job listings from the Latvian State Employment Agency (NVA) public vacancy portal — structured JSON output including job descriptions, salary ranges, work conditions, and ESCO skills. No API key required.

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Why this scraper?

📋 Complete vacancy data

Every active listing from the official Latvian government job portal, including full job descriptions, required qualifications, and salary information.

💶 Salary extraction

Salary range parsed into structured salaryMin / salaryMax fields (EUR) with automatic period detection (monthly or hourly).

🎯 ESCO skill tags

Captures structured ESCO competency links attached to each vacancy — useful for labour market analysis and skills-gap research.

🔁 Repost detection

Cross-run deduplication (90-day memory) via skipReposts — run daily to get only genuinely new listings.

🗓️ Date filtering

Filter by daysOld to limit results to recently published vacancies. Combine with skipReposts: true for a daily incremental feed.

🔗 Direct URL mode

Pass specific vacancy URLs via startUrls to scrape individual listings on demand.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
maxResults	integer	9999	Maximum number of vacancies to return
fetchDetails	boolean	true	Fetch full vacancy detail (description, work conditions, skills, education)
skipReposts	boolean	false	Skip vacancies already seen in previous runs (90-day memory)
daysOld	integer	—	Only return vacancies published within this many days
startUrls	array	[]	Specific NVA vacancy URLs to scrape directly

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Output schema

Always present

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique NVA vacancy ID
url	string	Public URL to the vacancy on cvvp.nva.gov.lv
title	string	Job title / profession name (in Latvian)
company	string	Employer name
location	string	Work location address
vacancyNumber	string|null	NVA vacancy reference number (e.g. "260424-146")
salaryText	string|null	Raw salary string as published (e.g. "900-1450")
salaryMin	number|null	Minimum salary (null if not published)
salaryMax	number|null	Maximum salary (null if single value or not published)
salaryCurrency	string	Always "EUR"
salaryPeriod	string|null	"MONTH" for monthly, "HOUR" for hourly rates
validUntil	string|null	Application deadline (YYYY-MM-DD)
publishDate	string|null	Publication date (YYYY-MM-DD)
publishDateISO	string|null	Publication timestamp in ISO 8601 format
isRepost	boolean	Whether this vacancy was seen in a previous run
originalPublishDate	string|null	First-seen publish date if repost
originalUrl	string|null	Original URL if repost
contentHash	string	16-char MD5 fingerprint for change detection
source	string	Always "cvvp.nva.gov.lv"
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of when this record was scraped

With fetchDetails: true

Field	Type	Description
descriptionHtml	string|null	Full job description as HTML (base64 images stripped)
descriptionText	string|null	Plain text version of the job description
descriptionMarkdown	string|null	Markdown version of the job description
summary	string|null	First 200 characters of the description (plain text)
jobArea	string|null	Industry / occupation area (e.g. "Tirdzniecība / Mārketings")
contractType	string|null	Contract type (e.g. "Darbinieka amats uz nenoteiktu laiku")
workSchedule	string|null	Work schedule (e.g. "Maiņu darbs")
workload	string|null	Full-time or part-time (e.g. "Viena vesela slodze")
vacancyCount	integer|null	Number of open positions
startDate	string|null	Planned start date if specified
isRemote	boolean|null	Whether fully remote work is possible
isPartialRemote	boolean|null	Whether partial remote work is possible
isSeasonal	boolean|null	Whether this is a seasonal position
hasTravelRequired	boolean|null	Whether business travel is required
hasAccommodation	boolean|null	Whether accommodation is provided
educationLevel	string|null	Required education level (null if not specified)
educationField	string|null	Required education field (null if not specified)
languageRequirements	array	Language requirements (empty array if none specified)
computerSkills	array	Computer skill requirements (empty array if none)
escoSkills	array	ESCO competency objects: {name, uri} (empty if none)
driverLicenseCategories	string|null	Required driving licence categories (null if none)
certifications	string|null	Required certifications (null if none)

Example record

{
  "id": "448829929",
  "url": "https://cvvp.nva.gov.lv/#/pub/vakances/448829929",
  "title": "MAZUMTIRDZNIECĪBAS VEIKALA PĀRDEVĒJS",
  "company": "\"FIRMA MADARA 89\" SIA",
  "location": "LATVIJA, Selgas iela 1B, Roja, Rojas pag., Talsu nov.",
  "vacancyNumber": "260424-146",
  "salaryText": "900",
  "salaryMin": 900,
  "salaryMax": null,
  "salaryCurrency": "EUR",
  "salaryPeriod": "MONTH",
  "validUntil": "2026-05-08",
  "publishDate": "2026-04-24",
  "publishDateISO": "2026-04-24T14:47:57.090Z",
  "descriptionHtml": "<p><b>Galvenie darba pienākumi:</b></p><ul><li>Pārtikas un nepārtikas preču tirdzniecība</li></ul>",
  "descriptionText": "Galvenie darba pienākumi: Pārtikas un nepārtikas preču tirdzniecība...",
  "descriptionMarkdown": "**Galvenie darba pienākumi:**\n\n- Pārtikas un nepārtikas preču tirdzniecība",
  "summary": "Galvenie darba pienākumi: Pārtikas un nepārtikas preču tirdzniecība; Pircēju apkalpošana pie kases; Preču pieņemšana, pasūtīšana...",
  "jobArea": "Tirdzniecība / Mārketings",
  "contractType": "Darbinieka amats uz nenoteiktu laiku",
  "workSchedule": "Maiņu darbs",
  "workload": "Viena vesela slodze",
  "vacancyCount": 1,
  "startDate": null,
  "isRemote": null,
  "isPartialRemote": null,
  "isSeasonal": null,
  "hasTravelRequired": null,
  "hasAccommodation": null,
  "educationLevel": null,
  "educationField": null,
  "languageRequirements": [],
  "computerSkills": [],
  "escoSkills": [],
  "driverLicenseCategories": null,
  "certifications": null,
  "isRepost": false,
  "originalPublishDate": null,
  "originalUrl": null,
  "contentHash": "a3f8c1d2e4b9f7a1",
  "source": "cvvp.nva.gov.lv",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-24T17:30:00.000Z"
}

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Examples

Fetch all active NVA vacancies with full details:

{
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "maxResults": 9999
}

Get only new vacancies published in the last 7 days:

{
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "daysOld": 7
}

Direct URL — scrape a specific vacancy:

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://cvvp.nva.gov.lv/#/pub/vakances/448829929" }
  ],
  "fetchDetails": true
}

Daily incremental feed — new listings only:

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

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💰 Pricing

$1.49 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	~$1.49
10,000	~$14.90

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 type	Approx. time	Memory
Full feed, fetchDetails: true (~100 listings)	30–90 seconds	512 MB
Full feed, fetchDetails: false	5–15 seconds	512 MB
startUrls (1 listing)	3–8 seconds	512 MB

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Known limitations

• The NVA public vacancy portal (cvvp.nva.gov.lv) typically lists 50–200 active vacancies at any time — this is a curated government portal, not a commercial aggregator.
• Job descriptions are published in Latvian. No translation is performed.
• Salary data is published at the employer's discretion; salaryMin and salaryMax may be null for listings without salary information.
• Contact person details are excluded from output in compliance with GDPR / PII policy.
• educationLevel, educationField, and language requirements are null for many listings.

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Technical details

• Source: cvvp.nva.gov.lv — Latvian State Employment Agency public vacancy portal (NVA CVVP)
• Memory: 512 MB
• Repost storage: KeyValueStore nva-lv-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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