Werkzoeken.nl Scraper — Netherlands Jobs

Extract structured job listings from werkzoeken.nl — the Netherlands' largest job aggregator with 195,000+ listings from hundreds of boards, staffing agencies, and employer sites. Filter by keyword, location, contract type, salary, and more. No API key required.

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What you get

Every result includes title, company, location, salary range, contract type, working hours, publication date, repost detection, and a direct link. Enable fetchDetails to add full job descriptions (HTML, plain text, and Markdown) and apply URLs. Enable incrementalMode for daily change feeds — only new, updated, and reappeared listings are returned.

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Input parameters

Search & filters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	—	Job title or keyword — e.g. developer, verpleegkundige, chauffeur
location	string	—	City or region — e.g. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag
radius	string	—	Search radius in km — e.g. 10, 25, 50
contractType	string	—	Contract type — e.g. fulltime, parttime, freelance, temporary
hoursPerWeek	string	—	Working hours filter — e.g. 32, 40
educationLevel	string	—	Required education — e.g. MBO, HBO, WO
employerType	string	—	Employer type — e.g. direct, uitzendbureau
minSalary	string	—	Minimum monthly salary — e.g. 2500
daysOld	string	—	Only jobs posted within N days — 7 for this week, 1 for today
sortBy	select	—	date (newest first) or relevance
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum results to return. 0 = unlimited
fetchDetails	boolean	false	Fetch full descriptions and apply URL from each listing page
skipReposts	boolean	false	Exclude reposts of already-seen listings

Incremental mode

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
incrementalMode	boolean	false	Only return NEW, UPDATED, and REAPPEARED listings compared to the previous run
stateKey	string	—	Optional stable identifier for the tracked search state. Leave empty to auto-derive

Output shaping

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
compact	boolean	false	Return core fields only — ideal for AI agents and LLM pipelines
descriptionFormat	select	all	Keep all variants, or pick text, html, or markdown
descriptionMaxLength	integer	0	Truncate description to N characters. 0 = no truncation
excludeEmptyFields	boolean	false	Strip null and empty fields from each record

Notifications

Parameter	Type	Description
telegramToken	string	Telegram bot token from @BotFather
telegramChatId	string	Telegram chat or channel ID
discordWebhookUrl	string	Discord incoming webhook URL
slackWebhookUrl	string	Slack incoming webhook URL
webhookUrl	string	Generic POST webhook — works with n8n, Make, Zapier
webhookHeaders	object	Optional auth headers for the webhook
notificationLimit	integer	Max jobs per notification message (default 5)
notifyOnlyChanges	boolean	With incremental mode: only notify for NEW / UPDATED / REAPPEARED

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Output fields

Always present

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique job ID (wznl prefix + vacancy ID)
vacancyId	string	Raw vacancy ID from werkzoeken.nl
title	string	Job title
url	string	Direct link to the listing
company	string	Hiring company or recruiter name
companyType	string	Employer type (e.g. direct, uitzendbureau)
city	string	City or region
contractType	string	Contract type (e.g. fulltime, parttime)
hoursType	string	Working hours type
experience	array	Required experience levels
education	string	Required education level
salaryMin	number	Minimum monthly salary (€)
salaryMax	number	Maximum monthly salary (€)
salaryType	string	Salary period — always monthly
publishDate	string	ISO date the listing was published
ageLabel	string	Original age label from the site (e.g. vandaag, 3 dagen geleden)
fingerprint	string	Cross-run dedup hash (from site's data-hash attribute)
contentHash	string	MD5 of title + company + salary + location — stable content identifier
changeStatus	string	NEW, UPDATED, UNCHANGED, or REAPPEARED (only with incrementalMode)
isRepost	boolean	Whether this listing has been seen before under the same fingerprint
originalPublishDate	string	Publication date of the first-seen version (reposts only)
originalUrl	string	URL of the first-seen version (reposts only)
extractedEmails	array	Email addresses extracted from the job description
extractedPhones	array	Phone numbers extracted from the job description
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when this record was scraped
source	string	Always werkzoeken.nl
latitude	number	Geocoded latitude of the job location
longitude	number	Geocoded longitude of the job location

With fetchDetails: true

Field	Type	Description
description	string	Full job description as HTML
descriptionText	string	Full job description as plain text
descriptionMarkdown	string	Full job description as Markdown
applyUrl	string	Direct application URL

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Sample output

{
  "id": "wznl12345678",
  "vacancyId": "12345678",
  "title": "Senior Software Engineer",
  "company": "Tech Startup BV",
  "companyType": "direct",
  "city": "Amsterdam",
  "contractType": "fulltime",
  "hoursType": "40 uur",
  "experience": ["senior"],
  "education": "HBO",
  "salaryMin": 4500,
  "salaryMax": 6000,
  "salaryType": "monthly",
  "publishDate": "2026-06-09",
  "ageLabel": "vandaag",
  "changeStatus": "NEW",
  "isRepost": false,
  "extractedEmails": ["jobs@techstartup.nl"],
  "extractedPhones": [],
  "url": "https://www.werkzoeken.nl/vacature/senior-software-engineer-amsterdam-12345678/",
  "applyUrl": "https://www.techstartup.nl/apply/senior-engineer",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-09T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": "werkzoeken.nl"
}

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Examples

Developer jobs in Amsterdam

{
  "searchQuery": "developer",
  "location": "Amsterdam",
  "radius": "25",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Daily feed of new IT jobs (incremental mode)

{
  "searchQuery": "software engineer",
  "contractType": "fulltime",
  "incrementalMode": true,
  "notifyOnlyChanges": true,
  "telegramToken": "your-bot-token",
  "telegramChatId": "-100123456789"
}

Part-time admin roles in Rotterdam with full descriptions

{
  "searchQuery": "administratief medewerker",
  "location": "Rotterdam",
  "contractType": "parttime",
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "descriptionFormat": "text"
}

Logistics jobs with minimum salary, this week only

{
  "searchQuery": "chauffeur",
  "location": "Utrecht",
  "minSalary": "2500",
  "daysOld": "7",
  "sortBy": "date"
}

Compact output for AI/LLM pipelines

{
  "searchQuery": "data analyst",
  "location": "Rotterdam",
  "compact": true,
  "excludeEmptyFields": true,
  "descriptionFormat": "text",
  "descriptionMaxLength": 500
}

n8n / Zapier webhook on new jobs

{
  "searchQuery": "marketing manager",
  "location": "Amsterdam",
  "incrementalMode": true,
  "webhookUrl": "https://your-n8n.com/webhook/abc123",
  "notifyOnlyChanges": true,
  "notificationLimit": 10
}

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Pricing

Pay-per-result — you are charged only for items pushed to the dataset. Compute and proxy costs are absorbed by Unfenced Group.

Related scrapers

Other scrapers in our Jobs — Netherlands collection:

• Adzuna NL API Scraper
• Freelancer.nl Opdrachten Scraper
• Intermediair.nl Vacatures Scraper
• Jobbird.com Vacatures Scraper
• Nationale Vacaturebank Scraper

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