Temp Number Scraper

Scrape free temporary phone numbers and incoming SMS messages from temp-number.com. Get a list of available countries, browse phone numbers by country, and fetch real-time SMS messages — all in structured JSON output.

What it does

• Get Countries — returns all countries that have temporary numbers available, with their slugs
• Get Numbers — returns all available phone numbers for a given country
• Get Messages — returns all incoming SMS messages for a specific phone number

How to use

The actor works in three steps. You can run each step independently.

Step 1 — Find available countries

Set Action to Get Countries. No other input needed.

Example output:

[
  { "name": "United Kingdom", "slug": "united-kingdom" },
  { "name": "United States",  "slug": "united-states" },
  { "name": "Germany",        "slug": "germany" }
]

Step 2 — Get phone numbers for a country

Set Action to Get Numbers and provide the Country Slug from Step 1.

Example input:

{
  "action": "get-numbers",
  "countrySlug": "united-kingdom"
}

Example output:

[
  { "number": "+447455958594", "is_new": true,  "added_ago": "3 hours ago" },
  { "number": "+447455957202", "is_new": true,  "added_ago": "3 hours ago" },
  { "number": "+447455956416", "is_new": false, "added_ago": "1 day ago" }
]

Step 3 — Read SMS messages for a number

Set Action to Get Messages, provide the Country Slug and the Phone Number (digits only, no +).

Example input:

{
  "action": "get-messages",
  "countrySlug": "united-kingdom",
  "phoneNumber": "447455958594"
}

Example output:

[
  {
    "sender": "business",
    "message": "Your Amazon verification code is 573972",
    "time": "10 seconds ago"
  },
  {
    "sender": "business",
    "message": "Your Uber code is 6627. Never share this.",
    "time": "5 minutes ago"
  }
]

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
action	string	Yes	One of: get-countries, get-numbers, get-messages
countrySlug	string	For numbers/messages	Country identifier, e.g. united-kingdom
phoneNumber	string	For messages only	Phone digits without +, e.g. 447455958594

Output

Results are saved to the default dataset and visible in the Output tab after each run.

Action	Fields returned
get-countries	name, slug
get-numbers	number, is_new, added_ago
get-messages	sender, message, time

Pricing

This actor uses Pay Per Event billing — you are only charged when results are returned:

• Get Countries — charged once per run
• Get Numbers — charged once per run
• Get Messages — charged once per run

You are never charged for failed runs.

Notes

• Phone numbers on temp-number.com are public and shared — anyone can receive SMS to them
• Numbers rotate regularly; run get-numbers fresh before using a number
• SMS messages are real-time — run get-messages repeatedly to check for new ones
• Country slugs match the URL slugs on temp-number.com