Remote OK Scraper

Extract structured remote job listings from RemoteOK — the largest remote-only job board. Filter by job category tags, posting age, and result count. Returns salary ranges, apply URLs, tags, and full job descriptions in HTML, plain text, and Markdown.

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Features

• Tag-based filtering — target specific skills or categories (e.g. python, react, devops, marketing)
• Age filter — limit results to jobs posted within N days
• Salary data — min/max salary in USD where published by the employer
• Full descriptions — HTML, plain text, and Markdown formats
• No duplicates — cross-tag deduplication on job ID
• Lightweight — fast run times, no browser required

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
tags	string[]	[]	Job category tags to filter on (e.g. ["python", "devops"]). Leave empty for all recent remote jobs.
maxResults	integer	500	Maximum number of results to return. Set to 0 for no limit.
daysOld	integer	0	Only return jobs posted within this many days. Set to 0 to disable.

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Output schema

Every result item contains the following fields:

Always present

Field	Type	Description
jobId	string	Unique job identifier from RemoteOK
url	string	Direct URL to the job posting on RemoteOK
applyUrl	string | null	Direct application URL (null if not published)
source	string	Always "remoteok.com"
title	string	Job position title
company	string	Employer name
location	string	Location string (typically "Worldwide" or "US Remote")
tags	string[]	Job category tags assigned by the employer
salaryMin	number | null	Minimum annual salary in USD (null if not published)
salaryMax	number | null	Maximum annual salary in USD (null if not published)
currency	string | null	Currency code — "USD" when salary is present, otherwise null
publishDate	string | null	Publication date in YYYY-MM-DD format
publishDateISO	string | null	Publication date in ISO 8601 format
descriptionHtml	string | null	Full job description as raw HTML
descriptionText	string | null	Full job description as plain text
descriptionMarkdown	string | null	Full job description converted to Markdown
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the item was scraped
contentHash	string	16-character MD5 of the job URL — for change detection

Sample output record

{
  "jobId": "1131326",
  "url": "https://remoteok.com/remote-jobs/remote-senior-backend-engineer-python-1131326",
  "applyUrl": "https://boards.greenhouse.io/example/jobs/12345",
  "source": "remoteok.com",
  "title": "Senior Backend Engineer",
  "company": "Acme Corp",
  "location": "Worldwide",
  "tags": ["python", "backend", "senior", "engineering", "aws"],
  "salaryMin": 120000,
  "salaryMax": 160000,
  "currency": "USD",
  "publishDate": "2026-04-25",
  "publishDateISO": "2026-04-25T08:00:26+00:00",
  "descriptionHtml": "<p>We are looking for a <strong>Senior Backend Engineer</strong>...</p>",
  "descriptionText": "We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer...",
  "descriptionMarkdown": "We are looking for a **Senior Backend Engineer**...",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-26T09:15:00.000Z",
  "contentHash": "a3f2b91c08d4e7f1"
}

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Examples

Fetch all recent remote jobs:

{
  "maxResults": 100
}

Filter by tags — Python and DevOps roles:

{
  "tags": ["python", "devops"],
  "maxResults": 200
}

Jobs posted in the last 7 days only:

{
  "daysOld": 7,
  "maxResults": 500
}

Daily feed — scheduled runs for fresh listings:

{
  "tags": ["engineering", "backend", "frontend"],
  "daysOld": 1,
  "maxResults": 0
}

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Performance

Scenario	Items	Run time	Memory
All recent jobs (no filter)	~99	~5s	256 MB
3 tags combined	~150–250	~10s	256 MB
10 tags combined	~300–600	~25s	256 MB

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Pricing

$0.99 per 1,000 results — flat rate, no hidden costs.

Volume	Cost
100 results	~$0.10
1,000 results	~$0.99
5,000 results	~$4.95
10,000 results	~$9.90

Compared to building and maintaining your own scraper — no infrastructure, no maintenance, no blocks.

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Known limitations

• RemoteOK's public API returns the most recent ~99 jobs per endpoint. For broader coverage, combine multiple tags.
• Salary data is only present when explicitly published by the employer (~20% of listings).
• The API does not support keyword search — filtering is tag-based only.

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Additional services

Need a custom scraper, scheduled data delivery, or integration support? Contact us at info@unfencedgroup.nl.

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Built and maintained by Unfenced Group — European job data specialists.