TimesJobs Scraper — Native REST API, No Proxy Required

Extract job listings from TimesJobs.com — India's #1 job board with 40M+ candidates — via the official mobile REST API. No residential proxy. No browser. Structured JSON output with 22 fields per job (29 with enrichment).

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Why choose this actor?

	This actor	Competitors
Proxy required	✅ None	❌ Residential proxy required
Data source	Native mobile REST API	HTML scraping
Output fields	22 fields (29 enriched)	~6–8 scraped fields
Salary data	Exact integers (Lakh)	Raw text string
Date filter	✅ any / last 7 days / last 30 days	❌ Not available
applicationCount	✅ Yes	❌ Not available via HTML
companyLogo	✅ URL included	❌ Not available via HTML
Skills	Typed array	Comma string
Memory	256 MB	1024 MB
Pricing	$1.99/1k results	Higher (proxy costs)

This actor calls https://tjapi.timesjobs.com/ — the same endpoint used by the TimesJobs Android app (v11.4.4, reverse-engineered from com.timesgroup.timesjobs). No proxy required because the API accepts anonymous requests with a standard User-Agent: timesjobs android header.

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Output fields (22 per job, 29 with enrichDetails)

Standard fields (22)

Field	Type	Description
jobId	string	Unique job identifier
title	string	Job title
company	string	Company name (hfCompany preferred)
companyId	string	Company identifier
companyLogo	string	Logo image URL
location	string	City / region
experienceFrom	integer	Min experience (years)
experienceTo	integer	Max experience (years)
experience	string	Formatted range e.g. 3 - 7 Yrs
salaryLow	integer	Min salary (Lakh PA)
salaryHigh	integer	Max salary (Lakh PA)
salary	string	Formatted e.g. 12 - 20 Lakh PA
skills	string[]	Array of required skills
jobFunction	string	Functional area
jobType	string	e.g. Permanent Job, Full Time
description	string	Job description excerpt
postDate	string	ISO date posted
expiryDate	string	ISO expiry date
applicationCount	integer	Number of applications received
jobUrl	string	Direct link to job posting
source	string	Listing source
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 scrape timestamp

Enrichment fields (7 extra, only when enrichDetails: true)

Field	Type	Description
fullDescription	string	Complete job description from detail page
functionalArea	string	Detailed functional area
industry	string	Industry sector
role	string	Specific role within function
employmentType	string	Employment type (Full Time, Contract, etc.)
aboutCompany	string	Company description
keySkills	string[]	Key skills from detail page (may differ from listing skills)

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Input parameters

{
  "keywords": "python developer",
  "location": "Bangalore",
  "experience": "3",
  "industry": "IT-Software",
  "jobFunction": "IT Software - Application Programming",
  "salaryMin": "10",
  "salaryMax": "30",
  "datePosted": "week",
  "maxJobs": 500,
  "pageSize": 10,
  "startPage": 1,
  "enrichDetails": false,
  "requestsPerSecond": 3
}

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
keywords	string	(required)	Job title, skills, or role
location	string	""	City or region. Empty = all India
experience	string	""	Years e.g. "3" or "3-7"
industry	string	""	Industry filter e.g. "IT-Software"
jobFunction	string	""	Functional area filter
salaryMin	string	""	Min salary (Lakh PA)
salaryMax	string	""	Max salary (Lakh PA)
datePosted	string	"any"	"any" | "week" (last 7 days) | "month" (last 30 days)
maxJobs	integer	100	Max results (up to 10,000+)
pageSize	integer	10	Results per API page (10–50)
startPage	integer	1	Start from this page (for offset scraping)
enrichDetails	boolean	false	Fetch detail page for 7 additional fields
requestsPerSecond	integer	3	Rate limit (1–10)

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Pricing

$1.99 per 1,000 job listings

• ~0.003 CU per 1,000 jobs (256 MB, pure HTTP, no browser)
• No residential proxy cost
• Enriched mode: ~2x CU (one extra request per job for detail page)

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API endpoint details (reverse-engineered)

Base URL:  https://tjapi.timesjobs.com/
Search:    POST /search/api/v1/search/jobs/list
Detail:    GET  /job-api/api/jobs/public/{jobId}
Auth:      Authorization: Bearer  (empty = anonymous)
UA:        User-Agent: timesjobs android

Discovered by downloading APK com.timesgroup.timesjobs v11.4.4 from Google Play and decompiling with jadx. Source: com.timesgroup.retrofit.domain.ApiService + BuildConfig.WEBSERVICE_SERVER_BASE_URL.

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Example output

{
  "jobId": "97654321",
  "title": "Senior Python Developer",
  "company": "TechCorp India Pvt Ltd",
  "companyLogo": "https://static.timesjobs.com/logos/techcorp.png",
  "location": "Bangalore",
  "experienceFrom": 3,
  "experienceTo": 7,
  "experience": "3 - 7 Yrs",
  "salaryLow": 12,
  "salaryHigh": 20,
  "salary": "12 - 20 Lakh PA",
  "skills": ["Python", "Django", "REST API", "PostgreSQL", "AWS"],
  "jobFunction": "IT Software - Application Programming",
  "jobType": "Permanent Job, Full Time",
  "description": "We are looking for an experienced Python developer...",
  "postDate": "2026-04-28",
  "expiryDate": "2026-05-28",
  "applicationCount": 142,
  "jobUrl": "https://www.timesjobs.com/job-detail/97654321-senior-python-developer.html",
  "source": "timesjobs",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-06T10:00:00.000Z"
}

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Changelog

v1.1.0

• Fixed datePosted filter: now correctly filters results by last 7 or last 30 days (was ignored in v1.0.0)
• Fixed startPage input now correctly starts pagination from the given page number
• Added pageSize to input schema (was missing, defaulted internally to 10)
• Added experience, industry, jobFunction, salaryMin, salaryMax to input schema (were accepted but not exposed in UI)
• Fixed actor.json dataset view referenced posted instead of postDate (broken column display)
• Added output_schema.json for correct Output tab rendering in Apify Console
• Removed unused cheerio dependency from package.json

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Part of a portfolio of 148 Apify actors covering job boards across India, Europe, and international markets.