# Freelancer Jobs Scraper (`getdataforme/freelancer-jobs-scraper`) Actor Scrape freelance job listings from Freelancer.com using keywords like "WordPress" or "React". Get project titles, budget, bids, skills, and more. Ideal for freelancers, analysts, and agencies. Supports proxy configuration and delivers structured JSON results. - **URL**: https://apify.com/getdataforme/freelancer-jobs-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [GetDataForMe](https://apify.com/getdataforme) (community) - **Categories:** Jobs - **Stats:** 63 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 5 bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing from $9.00 / 1,000 results 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 a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use 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 --- ### πŸ“„ Freelancer Jobs Scraper The **Freelancer Jobs Scraper** is an Apify actor that extracts job listings from [freelancer.com] based on your provided search queries. It collects detailed information about freelance projects including title, budget, skills required, bid data, and much moreβ€”perfect for analysts, marketers, developers, and recruiters. --- ### πŸš€ Features * πŸ” Search and scrape jobs using custom keywords (e.g., "WordPress", "React", "Shopify") * πŸ“Š Extracts budget range, bid average, bid count, time left, and more * 🎯 Identifies whether the job is a contest, featured, urgent, full-time, or payment-verified * 🌐 Supports Apify Proxy, including Residential proxies for reliable scraping * ⚑ Fast, efficient, and customizable output --- ### 🧾 Input Example ```json { "item_limit": 30, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] }, "queries": [ "Wordpress" ] } ```` - `item_limit` – Max number of job listings to scrape. - `proxyConfiguration` – Use Apify proxies (including Residential IPs for higher reliability). - `queries` – Array of search terms (e.g., `"WordPress"`, `"React"`, `"Python"`). *** ### πŸ“¦ Output Example ```json [ { "project_id": 39446039, "title": "WordPress App Promo Site Design", "url": "https://www.freelancer.com/projects/wordpress/wordpress-app-promo-site-design", "description": "I'm seeking an experienced WordPress designer...", "bid_avg": "$90", "bid_count": 83, "time_left": "6 days left", "budget_range": "$20 - $163", "minbudget": "$20", "maxbudget": "$163", "skills": [ "Graphic Design", "SEO", "UX / User Experience", "Website Design", "WordPress" ], "payment_verified": true, "is_contest": false, "featured": false, "urgent": false, "fulltime": false, "query": "Wordpress" } ] ``` Each record includes: - βœ… Project details (title, description, URL) - πŸ’΅ Budget info (min, max, bid average, number of bids) - πŸ”§ Required skills - πŸ”’ Payment status and project flags - πŸ” Search query used to find the job *** ### πŸ“š Use Cases - Competitive analysis of freelance projects - Market research for trending skills - Budgeting insights for freelancers - Lead generation for services or products *** ### πŸ› οΈ How It Works 1. Provide your search queries and preferred proxy settings. 2. The actor visits Freelancer and collects job data for each keyword. 3. Results are structured and saved in JSON format. *** ### πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» Actor Settings - Use [Apify Proxy](https://docs.apify.com/proxy) with the `RESIDENTIAL` group for the best results. - Set an `item_limit` to restrict the number of results. *** ### 🧩 Integrations You can use the scraped data in: - Google Sheets or Excel for reporting - Zapier / Make / Pipedream for workflow automation - Custom dashboards via Apify API *** ### πŸ†˜ Support For help, feature requests, or bug reports, feel free to reach out: - πŸ“§ Email: **Subject line**: `Freelancer Jobs Scraper Support` - 🌐 Contact form: We’re here to help! **Ready to automate your freelance job search or market research?** Run the **Freelancer Jobs Scraper** on Apify today! *** # Actor input Schema ## `queries` (type: `array`): A list of URLs of the web pages you want to scrape data from. ## `item_limit` (type: `integer`): The maximum number of items to scrape. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Specifies proxy servers that will be used by the scraper in order to hide its origin. ## Actor input object example ```json { "queries": [ "Wordpress" ], "item_limit": 30, "proxyConfiguration": { "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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "queries": [ "Wordpress" ], "item_limit": 30, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("getdataforme/freelancer-jobs-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`πŸ’Ύ 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); }); // πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ 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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "queries": ["Wordpress"], "item_limit": 30, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("getdataforme/freelancer-jobs-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("πŸ’Ύ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "queries": [ "Wordpress" ], "item_limit": 30, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }' | apify call getdataforme/freelancer-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=getdataforme/freelancer-jobs-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Freelancer Jobs Scraper", "description": "Scrape freelance job listings from Freelancer.com using keywords like \"WordPress\" or \"React\". Get project titles, budget, bids, skills, and more. Ideal for freelancers, analysts, and agencies. Supports proxy configuration and delivers structured JSON results.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "Nm0wUFpUfoUIt9jOa" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/getdataforme~freelancer-jobs-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-getdataforme-freelancer-jobs-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/getdataforme~freelancer-jobs-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-getdataforme-freelancer-jobs-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/getdataforme~freelancer-jobs-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-getdataforme-freelancer-jobs-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "queries" ], "properties": { "queries": { "title": "Search Queries", "type": "array", "description": "A list of URLs of the web pages you want to scrape data from.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "item_limit": { "title": "Max_limit", "type": "integer", "description": "The maximum number of items to scrape.", "default": 30 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Specifies proxy servers that will be used by the scraper in order to hide its origin.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```