# MeesterBaan.nl Education Jobs Scraper (`rainminer/meesterbaan-nl-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Dutch education job vacancies from MeesterBaan.nl for schools and recruiters. Export vacancy title, school, sector, location, contract type, and apply URL to JSON or CSV. Ideal for teacher hiring pipelines, competitor vacancy monitoring, and education labor-market research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rainminer/meesterbaan-nl-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [rainminer](https://apify.com/rainminer) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.49 / 1,000 vacancies

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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".

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

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# README

### What does MeesterBaan.nl Scraper do?

**MeesterBaan.nl Scraper** extracts **education job vacancies** from [meesterbaan.nl](https://www.meesterbaan.nl/) — a leading Dutch platform for teaching and school staff roles. Paste a search URL (for example `https://www.meesterbaan.nl/vacatures`) or a single vacancy URL and export structured job data — **title, school, sector, location, and apply links** — without writing any code.

Run it on the **Apify platform** to schedule crawls, export JSON/CSV/Excel, rotate proxies, monitor failures, and integrate results via API.

### Why scrape meesterbaan.nl?

- **Teacher recruitment** — Track open education roles across primary, secondary, and vocational schools in the Netherlands.
- **Market monitoring** — Follow demand by sector (basisonderwijs, VO, MBO) and location.
- **School intelligence** — See which schools and foundations are hiring and for which subjects.
- **Lead generation** — Collect public vacancy URLs for outreach or job-board aggregation.
- **Data enrichment** — Feed structured Dutch education-job data into dashboards or HR tools.

### How to use MeesterBaan.nl Scraper

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console.
2. Add one or more **meesterbaan.nl search or vacancy URLs** under **Start URLs**.
3. Set **Maximum items** (vacancies per start URL).
4. Run the Actor and download the results from the **Dataset** tab.

### Input

MeesterBaan.nl Scraper accepts **Start URLs**, **maxItems** (per start URL), and an optional **proxy configuration**. See the **Input** tab in Apify Console for details.

Supported start URLs:

- Search pages: `https://www.meesterbaan.nl/vacatures`
- Vacancy pages: `https://www.meesterbaan.nl/vacature/{id}/{slug}`

### Output

Each result is a structured vacancy object. You can download the dataset in **JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML**.

```json
{
  "id": "364322",
  "title": "Gedragsspecialist (0,4 FTE)",
  "school": "Stichting Epos Onderwijs",
  "sector": "Basisonderwijs",
  "location": "Rotterdam",
  "url": "https://www.meesterbaan.nl/vacature/364322/gedragsspecialist-04-fte",
  "searchUrl": "https://www.meesterbaan.nl/vacatures"
}
```

### What data can you extract from meesterbaan.nl?

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| id | Unique vacancy identifier |
| title | Job / functie title |
| school | School or employer name |
| sector | Education sector (e.g. Basisonderwijs) |
| location | City or place of work |
| url | Public vacancy URL |
| searchUrl | Source search URL when found via search |

### How much does it cost to scrape meesterbaan.nl?

This Actor uses a lightweight **HTTP crawler (no browser)** and **no proxy by default**, keeping compute usage low. A typical test run with a handful of vacancies per URL usually finishes in under a minute on the Apify free tier. Larger crawls scale with the number of vacancies.

### Tips and advanced options

- Start from `https://www.meesterbaan.nl/vacatures` for the full education vacancy feed.
- Increase **maxItems** to collect more roles per search URL.
- Add multiple start URLs if you want separate counters per search.

### FAQ, disclaimers, and support

**Is scraping meesterbaan.nl legal?**\
This Actor collects only **public** vacancy content shown on meesterbaan.nl. You are responsible for complying with applicable laws (including GDPR) when processing any personal data contained in listings.

**Which URLs are supported?**\
Public search result pages under `/vacatures` and individual vacancy pages under `/vacature/{id}/…`.

**Something not working?**\
Use the **Issues** tab to report bugs or request features.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

meesterbaan.nl vacancy search URLs (e.g. https://www.meesterbaan.nl/vacatures) or individual vacancy URLs.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of vacancies to return per start URL.

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

Proxy settings. The scraper works without a proxy in most regions.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.meesterbaan.nl/vacatures"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.meesterbaan.nl/vacatures"
        }
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rainminer/meesterbaan-nl-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 = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.meesterbaan.nl/vacatures" }],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rainminer/meesterbaan-nl-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 '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.meesterbaan.nl/vacatures"
    }
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call rainminer/meesterbaan-nl-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/xIAQbJiEhGchyLqwC/builds/AiqxTaEDLx3z7lthy/openapi.json