# Hipages Lead Extractor (`websift/hipages-lead-extractor`) Actor

Discover the highest rated tradespeople in your area instantly with our HiPages scraper. Extract comprehensive business profiles, genuine reviews, and phone numbers. Search across 120+ service categories and filter by location to find the perfect professionals for any job.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/websift/hipages-lead-extractor.md
- **Developed by:** [Jacob](https://apify.com/websift) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Integrations
- **Stats:** 60 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 4 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 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 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).
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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.

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

## HiPages Business Scraper

Instantly discover the highest rated tradespeople in your area with our powerful HiPages scraper. This specialized tool extracts comprehensive business profiles, genuine customer reviews, and contact details from Australia's leading home improvement marketplace. Perfect for homeowners seeking reliable contractors, businesses researching competition, or marketers building targeted lead lists across 120+ service categories. Stop wasting hours manually searching - get organized, filterable data on the best local professionals in seconds!

### Features

- **Category Selection**: Search across 120+ service categories (plumbers, electricians, builders, etc.)
- **Location Targeting**: Find businesses in specific suburbs using postcodes
- **Sorting Options**: Arrange results by star rating, number of times hired, or total recommendations
- **Comprehensive Business Data**: Get detailed business information including:
  - Business name and contact details
  - Service area and license information
  - Customer recommendations and reviews
  - Star ratings and engagement metrics
  - Business highlights and specialties

### Example Usage

```json
{
  "category": "Air Conditioning",
  "postcode": 2213,
  "sortBy": "Total Hired"
}
```

### Example Output

```json
{
  "name": "Frost Tech",
  "hasLicense": 1,
  "hasValidAbn": 1,
  "serviceArea": "EAST HILLS",
  "totalRecommendations": 4,
  "phone": "0420616337",
  "mobile": "0420616337",
  "headline": "Professional local Air Conditioning business with over a decades experience.",
  "highlights": [
    "Quality Workmanship Guaranteed",
    "Commercial & Residential",
    "Competitive Quotes"
  ],
  "recommendations": {
    "comment": "Tradie best price and did extra services without charge. Easy to deal with too. His work was amazing. You cannot tell that someone changed the aircon unit. He left the place clean, treated everyone with respect and my agent is so impressed by his work. He's now my agent's preferred air con supplier. He also was on time and finish the work on time.",
    "jobPostcode": 2017,
    "userName": "Han"
  },
  "starRating": {
    "rating": 5,
    "totalHired": 4,
    "totalRatings": 3
  },
  "profilePageFullUrl": "https://hipages.com.au/connect/frosttech2"
}
```

### Limitations

- Maximum of 110 businesses per search (limited by Hipages)
- Some business details may be incomplete if not provided on hipages

### Error Handling

The actor handles several common error scenarios:

- **Invalid Postcode**: Falls back to default Sydney suburb
- **Invalid Category**: Defaults to "Air Conditioning" category
- **API Changes**: Gracefully handles missing fields in API responses
- **Network Issues**: Will retry failed requests and log errors

### Support

For issues, feature requests, or questions about this actor, please create an issue.

# Actor input Schema

## `category` (type: `string`):

Category to search.

## `postcode` (type: `integer`):

Enter the postcode you want to search for companies in.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Choose how to sort the job listings.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "Air Conditioning",
  "postcode": 2213,
  "sortBy": "Rating"
}
```

# 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 = {
    "category": "Air Conditioning",
    "postcode": 2213
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("websift/hipages-lead-extractor").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 = {
    "category": "Air Conditioning",
    "postcode": 2213,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("websift/hipages-lead-extractor").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 '{
  "category": "Air Conditioning",
  "postcode": 2213
}' |
apify call websift/hipages-lead-extractor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/AMY5ewYvb9wX4FNkc/builds/3rkE0hixNXX6lHnMi/openapi.json