# Hostelworld Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/hostelworld-scraper`) Actor

Hostelworld Hostels Scraper extracts hostel listings from Hostelworld search results by destination, returning names, prices, ratings, reviews, images, and links with support for pagination, JSON-LD fallback, and residential proxies.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/hostelworld-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $9.99 / 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?

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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".

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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`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

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# README

## Hostelworld Scraper

An [Apify actor](https://apify.com/actors) that scrapes **Hostelworld** search
results for a destination and returns hostel listings — name, starting price,
rating, review count, distance, image, and link.

It fetches the public search-result pages directly (parsing the property cards,
with a JSON‑LD fallback), can paginate across multiple pages, and routes through
**Apify Proxy** (residential by default).

### Input

The destination is given as **URL slugs**, exactly as they appear in a Hostelworld
address like `https://www.hostelworld.com/st/hostels/europe/spain/barcelona`.

| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `city` | string | `barcelona` | City slug, e.g. `new-york`, `bangkok`. **Required.** |
| `country` | string | `spain` | Country slug, e.g. `usa`, `thailand`. **Required.** |
| `continent` | select | `europe` | Must match the country/city path. |
| `maxPages` | integer | `3` | Result pages to crawl (~30 hostels/page). |
| `requestDelaySecs` | integer | `2` | Delay between page requests. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | proxy | Residential | Recommended. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "continent": "europe",
  "country": "spain",
  "city": "barcelona",
  "maxPages": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "name": "Kabul Party Hostel Barcelona",
  "url": "https://www.hostelworld.com/hostels/p/722/kabul-party-hostel-barcelona/",
  "description": "Please note that breakfast is included in all our rates...",
  "star_rating": null,
  "keyword_rating": "Superb",
  "review_count": null,
  "distance_km": null,
  "price_from": "36.42",
  "currency": "US",
  "image": "https://..."
}
```

Some fields can be `null` depending on what a given card exposes; when Hostelworld
serves the JSON‑LD list instead of full cards, the actor falls back to it and fills
`name`, `url`, `star_rating`, `review_count`, and `locality`/`country`.

### Finding the right slugs

Open Hostelworld, search your city, and copy the three path segments after
`/st/hostels/` — that's `continent/country/city`. Use those exact values here.

# Actor input Schema

## `city` (type: `string`):

City slug exactly as it appears in the Hostelworld URL, e.g. "barcelona", "new-york", "bangkok".

## `country` (type: `string`):

Country slug as it appears in the Hostelworld URL, e.g. "spain", "usa", "thailand".

## `continent` (type: `string`):

Continent segment of the Hostelworld URL. Must match the country/city path.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of result pages to crawl (roughly 30 hostels per page).

## `requestDelaySecs` (type: `integer`):

Politeness delay between paginated requests.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Route requests through Apify Proxy. Defaults to residential proxies, which are the most reliable against Hostelworld's blocking; you can switch to datacenter here if you prefer.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "city": "barcelona",
  "country": "spain",
  "continent": "europe",
  "maxPages": 3,
  "requestDelaySecs": 2,
  "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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "city": "barcelona",
    "country": "spain"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/hostelworld-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 = {
    "city": "barcelona",
    "country": "spain",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/hostelworld-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 '{
  "city": "barcelona",
  "country": "spain"
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/hostelworld-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=moving_beacon-owner1/hostelworld-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/OxrQftmUe3pj24lft/builds/aUhdiV3iZ6ucBcSbU/openapi.json