German Imprint Scraper + Email Validation

An AI-powered Apify Actor that scrapes and extracts contact details from German website Impressum pages.

It automatically detects imprint links, navigates pages reliably, and returns structured JSON with company name, contact person, address, phone, email (with optional validation), VAT ID, and register numbers - perfect for lead generation or compliance checks.

Optimized for German website structures, supports batch processing, smart retries, and robust error handling for consistent results.

Features

🤖 AI-Powered Link Detection: Uses AI to find imprint page links when traditional parsing fails

🧠 Smart Contact Extraction: Extracts comprehensive contact and company information

🇩🇪 German Website Optimization: Specifically optimized for German website structures and imprint pages

🛡️ Robust Error Handling: Built-in retry mechanisms and comprehensive error handling

📊 Detailed Output: Structured data with contact person, company details, and legal information

🌐 Proxy Support: Optional proxy configuration for enhanced reliability

🔍 Advanced Email Validation

When enabled, the Actor performs comprehensive email validation using multiple verification methods:

• Syntax validation - Ensures proper email format
• Domain existence check - Verifies the domain is active and reachable
• MX record validation - Confirms the domain can receive emails
• Disposable email detection - Filters out temporary/disposable email addresses
• Role-based email detection - Identifies generic addresses (info@, admin@, etc.)
• Email alias detection - Detects aliases for major providers (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook/Hotmail)
• Typo suggestions - Provides corrections for common email typos
• Real-time monitoring - Live validation status tracking

This ensures you only get high-quality, deliverable email addresses for your lead generation campaigns.

Input

The Actor accepts the following input parameters:

• targetUrls (required): Array of URLs to scrape for contact information
• skipResultsWithoutEmail (optional): When enabled, results without an email address will not be saved to the dataset (default: false)
• maxRetries (optional): Maximum number of retry attempts for failed requests (default: 3)
• timeout (optional): Request timeout in seconds (default: 5)
• proxyConfiguration (optional): Configure proxy settings for your crawler
• validateEmail (optional): Enable email validation to ensure deliverability (default: false)

Input Example

{
  "targetUrls": [
    {"url": "https://example.de"},
    {"url": "https://another-site.de"}
  ],
  "skipResultsWithoutEmail": false,
  "maxRetries": 3,
  "timeout": 5,
  "validateEmail": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}

Output Structure

The Actor returns structured data for each processed URL. Here's the complete output schema:

Field	Type	Description	Example Value
imprint_url	string	Found impressum page URL	"https://example.de/impressum"
contact_person.first_name	string	First name of the contact person	"Max"
contact_person.last_name	string	Last name of the contact person	"Mustermann"
contact_person.salutation	string	Salutation (Herr/Frau/Dr.)	"Herr"
company_name	string	Full official company name	"Example GmbH"
company_address.street	string	Street name	"Musterstraße"
company_address.house_number	string	House number	"123"
company_address.postalcode	string	Postal code	"12345"
company_address.city	string	City name	"Musterstadt"
phone_number	string	Contact phone number	"+49 123 456789"
email	string	Contact email address	"info@example.de"
email_status	string	Email validation status (only if validation enabled)	"DELIVERABLE"
register_number	string	Commercial register number / Handelsregisternummer	"HRB 12345"
vat_id	string	VAT ID number / Umsatzsteuer-Id	"DE123456789"
retryTriggered	boolean	Whether retry was triggered during scraping	false
retryReasons	array	Array of reasons why retry was triggered (optional)	["email is empty"]
_metadata.websiteProcessed	boolean	Whether the website was successfully processed	true
_metadata.resultCharged	boolean	Whether this result was charged	true
_metadata.emailValidated	boolean	Whether email validation was performed	true
_metadata.limitReached	boolean	Whether usage limit was reached	false

Output Example

{
  "imprint_url": "https://example.de/impressum",
  "contact_person": {
    "first_name": "Max",
    "last_name": "Mustermann",
    "salutation": "Herr"
  },
  "company_name": "Example GmbH",
  "company_address": {
    "street": "Musterstraße",
    "house_number": "123",
    "postalcode": "12345",
    "city": "Musterstadt"
  },
  "phone_number": "+49 123 456789",
  "email": "info@example.de",
  "email_status": "DELIVERABLE",
  "register_number": "HRB 12345",
  "vat_id": "DE123456789",
  "retryTriggered": false,
  "retryReasons": [],
  "_metadata": {
    "websiteProcessed": true,
    "resultCharged": true,
    "emailValidated": true,
    "limitReached": false
  }
}