# Whitepages People & Phone Lookup Scraper (`equanimous_jynx/whitepages-scraper`) Actor

Scrape contact information from Whitepages.com — people search, reverse phone lookup, and reverse address lookup. Returns structured JSON with names, phone numbers, addresses, relatives, and age.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/equanimous\_jynx/whitepages-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Deivydas Vengercevas](https://apify.com/equanimous_jynx) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 8 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $30.00 / 1,000 contact records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Whitepages People & Phone Lookup Scraper

An [Apify Actor](https://apify.com) that scrapes contact information from Whitepages.com — the largest US people-search directory with 350M+ identity records.

### 🔍 What It Does

- **People search**: Find phone numbers, addresses, age, and relatives for any name
- **Reverse phone lookup**: Identify who owns a phone number, carrier info, spam score
- **Reverse address lookup**: Find all residents at an address, property details
- Built-in Cloudflare bypass via Apify residential proxies
- Optional detail-page following for richer data

### 📥 Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `searchType` | enum | `people`, `reverse_phone`, or `reverse_address` |
| `query` | string | Name, phone number, or address to search |
| `location` | string | Optional city/state/ZIP filter (people search) |
| `maxResults` | integer | Max results to return (1-100, default 20) |
| `followDetailPages` | boolean | Visit detail pages for richer data (slower) |

### 📤 Output (JSON)

```json
{
  "name": "John A Smith",
  "detailUrl": "https://www.whitepages.com/name/John-Smith/Seattle-WA/abc123",
  "age": 45,
  "location": "Seattle, WA 98101",
  "phoneNumbers": ["(206) 555-0147"],
  "relatives": ["Jane Smith", "Robert Smith"],
  "_metadata": {
    "searchType": "people",
    "query": "John Smith",
    "scrapedAt": "2025-01-15T14:30:00Z"
  }
}
```

### 🚀 Deploy to Apify

1. Install the Apify CLI: `npm install -g apify-cli`
2. From this directory: `apify push`
3. Set the `APIFY_PROXY_PASSWORD` secret in the Actor's environment
4. Run!

### 💰 Pricing Strategy

Charge **per result** ($0.01-0.05/result) or **per lookup** ($0.05-0.25/lookup). This mirrors what data brokers charge — but with no minimums and built-in automation.

### ⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is for legitimate use cases: identity verification, fraud prevention, skip tracing, people search. Respect Whitepages.com Terms of Service and applicable laws (FCRA, CCPA, GDPR). Not for consumer reporting or employment screening without FCRA compliance.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

What kind of lookup to perform

## `query` (type: `string`):

For people search: full name (e.g. 'John Smith'). For reverse phone: 10-digit number (e.g. '2065550100'). For reverse address: street address (e.g. '123 Main St, Seattle, WA')

## `location` (type: `string`):

Optional: City, State, or ZIP to narrow results (people search only)

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of results to return (1-100)

## `followDetailPages` (type: `boolean`):

Whether to visit each result's detail page for phone numbers and full address.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings for bypassing Cloudflare protection

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchType": "people",
  "query": "John Smith",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "followDetailPages": false,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "John Smith",
    "location": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("equanimous_jynx/whitepages-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "query": "John Smith",
    "location": "",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("equanimous_jynx/whitepages-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "John Smith",
  "location": ""
}' |
apify call equanimous_jynx/whitepages-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=equanimous_jynx/whitepages-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Olbine5ODGAU9iezY/builds/XLOCDvMPQfMFheef9/openapi.json