# Website Email & Contact Scraper - Find Emails, Phones & Socials (`whoareyouanas/website-link-scraper`) Actor Feed any list of website URLs and get clean CSV/JSON of public emails, phone numbers, and social links from each contact page. Skip the $1,250/mo ZoomInfo bills and 50% bounce rates - **URL**: https://apify.com/whoareyouanas/website-link-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Anas Nadeem](https://apify.com/whoareyouanas) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation - **Stats:** 27 total users, 8 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $4.00 / 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 ## Website Email & Contact Scraper — Find Emails, Phones, Socials (CSV) **Skip ZoomInfo's $15K/year subscription.** Feed any list of website URLs to this actor and get clean CSV/JSON of public emails, phone numbers, and social profile links — pulled from each site's contact page. Built for cold-email teams, lead-gen agencies, and bulk-prospecting workflows that need real contact data without per-credit pricing or 50% bounce rates. **Why this scraper, not Hunter.io or Apollo?** Hunter.io charges $49/mo for 2,000 lookups by domain — and only finds emails, not phones or socials. Apollo's per-credit pricing burns through monthly limits in two weeks of multi-vertical prospecting. This actor takes any list of website URLs (1 or 10,000), crawls each site's pages, and returns every public email, phone, and social link found — at $0.004/row, no monthly minimum, no credit system. **Pricing:** $0.004 per page-row in `full` mode or $0.004 per unique email in `emails_only` mode. Example: a 1,000-domain crawl with avg 5 pages each = ~5,000 rows = $20. Compare to Hunter.io's $49/mo for 2,000 lookups, ZoomInfo's $1,250/mo, Apollo's $49+/mo. ### Who is this scraper for? - **Cold-email agencies replacing ZoomInfo** — Canceled a $15K/year ZoomInfo subscription and built your own pipeline? Feed the domain list to this actor and get fresh, live-extracted contacts at a fraction of the cost ([r/Entrepreneur](https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/1ozrnc3/canceled_my_15kyear_zoominfo_subscription_built/)). - **Sales reps doing manual contact-page lookups** — "open website → scroll → contact page → copy email → repeat 300 times." This actor automates that exact loop across any number of domains ([r/SaaS](https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1ra6pmt/not_another_apollo_just_a_stupidly_fast_website/)). - **GTM engineers building n8n + email-finder pipelines** — Wire this actor into an n8n or Make.com workflow after a Google Maps or LinkedIn scrape to hydrate each result with direct-site contact data ([r/automation](https://www.reddit.com/r/automation/comments/1ly544y/how_i_used_n8n_google_maps_api_and_anymail_finder/)). - **microSaaS founders building lead-gen products on Apify** — Build a full lead gen pipeline across 4 platforms (Google Maps, Yellow Pages, BBB, email finder) — all on Apify ([r/microsaas](https://www.reddit.com/r/microsaas/comments/1sqabyz/built_a_full_lead_gen_pipeline_across_4_platforms/)). - **Sourcing and recruiting teams enriching CRM lists** — Bulk-crawl company websites to surface direct email formats, LinkedIn handles, and Twitter/X profiles for candidate outreach. ### Why this Actor - HTTP-first crawling (`crawlerType: "http"`) for cheaper runs - optional browser mode (`crawlerType: "browser"`) for JS-heavy pages - shallow crawling with `maxDepth` and `maxPages` to keep spend predictable - include/exclude URL globs for crawl control ### Input Core fields: - `startUrls` (required) - `mode` (`full` | `emails_only`) - `crawlerType` (`http` | `browser`) - `maxPages`, `maxDepth` - `sameDomainOnly`, `includeSubdomains` - `includeUrlGlobs`, `excludeUrlGlobs` - `extractEmails`, `extractPhones`, `extractSocial`, `extractImages`, `extractFiles`, `extractLinks` See `.actor/input_schema.json` for the full schema. ### Output examples #### Full mode row ```json { "recordType": "page", "seedUrl": "https://example.com/", "pageUrl": "https://example.com/contact", "depth": 1, "statusCode": 200, "title": "Contact", "emails": ["hello@example.com"], "phoneNumbers": ["+12025550123"], "socialLinks": { "linkedin": [], "x": [], "facebook": [], "instagram": [], "youtube": [], "tiktok": [], "threads": [], "telegram": [], "whatsapp": [], "discord": [], "pinterest": [], "reddit": [], "github": [] }, "internalLinks": [], "externalLinks": [], "images": [], "files": [], "counts": { "emails": 1, "phoneNumbers": 1, "socialLinks": 0, "internalLinks": 0, "externalLinks": 0, "images": 0, "files": 0 } } ```` #### Emails-only row ````json { "recordType": "email", "seedUrl": "https://example.com/", "url": "https://example.com/contact", "email": "hello@example.com", "depth": 1, "statusCode": 200 } #### Seed summary row ```json { "recordType": "seed_summary", "seedUrl": "https://example.com/", "mode": "full", "crawlerType": "http", "pagesCrawled": 14, "failedRequests": 1, "uniqueEmails": 6, "statusCodeHistogram": { "200": 13, "404": 1 }, "totals": { "emails": 9, "phoneNumbers": 4, "socialLinks": 11, "internalLinks": 173, "externalLinks": 42, "images": 88, "files": 7 } } ```` #### Run summary row ```json { "recordType": "run_summary", "mode": "full", "crawlerType": "http", "seedsTotal": 3, "pagesCrawled": 39, "failedRequests": 2, "uniqueEmails": 15, "totals": { "emails": 24, "phoneNumbers": 11, "socialLinks": 29, "internalLinks": 513, "externalLinks": 126, "images": 244, "files": 19 }, "durationMs": 5841 } ``` ```` ### Integrations & Code Examples #### bash (curl) ```bash curl -X POST \ "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/whoareyouanas~website-link-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"startUrls":[{"url":"https://example.com"},{"url":"https://acme.com"},{"url":"https://startup.io"}],"mode":"emails_only","maxPages":5}' ```` #### Python SDK ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN") run = client.actor("whoareyouanas/website-link-scraper").call(run_input={ "startUrls": [{"url": "https://example.com"}], "mode": "emails_only", "maxPages": 5, }) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item.get("email")) ``` #### Node.js SDK ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' }); const run = await client.actor('whoareyouanas/website-link-scraper').call({ startUrls: [{ url: 'https://example.com' }], mode: 'emails_only', maxPages: 5, }); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); console.log(items.map(i => i.email)); ``` #### n8n / Make.com pipeline recipe **4-step lead-gen pipeline:** 1. Google Maps scraper → extracts business website URLs 2. This actor (`website-link-scraper`) → crawls each site for emails, phones, socials 3. MillionVerifier or NeverBounce API → validates emails before sending 4. Instantly / Smartlead → pushes verified contacts to cold-email campaign Use the **Apify** node in n8n and connect the output directly to an email-verification step. Full integration docs: [Apify integrations](https://apify.com/integrations). ### Local development ```bash npm install npm run build npm run dev npm test ``` ### Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) **Does this work on JS-heavy sites (React, Vue, Next.js)?** Yes. Set `crawlerType: "browser"` to switch from the default HTTP crawler to a full Chromium browser. HTTP mode is faster and cheaper; browser mode handles sites that load content via client-side JavaScript. **How fast is bulk extraction?** HTTP mode runs 25 concurrent requests by default. On a 1,000-domain list with avg 3 pages each, expect ~5 minutes per run at default settings. **Will sites block me?** The HTTP-first crawler sends standard User-Agent headers and is fast enough to stay under most rate limits. For sites that enforce Cloudflare or similar bot protection, use Apify proxy (`proxyConfiguration: { useApifyProxy: true }`) or switch to browser mode. **Does this validate emails?** No — extraction only. The actor finds any string matching an email pattern on each page; it does not ping SMTP or run deliverability checks. Pair with MillionVerifier or NeverBounce in your pipeline to cut bounce rates before sending. **Is this CAN-SPAM / GDPR compliant?** Extracting publicly available contact information from a website is generally legal in most jurisdictions. Sending marketing email to extracted addresses is your responsibility — follow CAN-SPAM (US) and GDPR (EU) requirements. **How is this different from ZoomInfo / Apollo / Hunter.io?** ZoomInfo and Apollo are pre-built databases — they're expensive ($49–$1,250+/mo) and reflect data that was last crawled months ago. Hunter.io is per-domain-lookup and email-only. This actor crawls the live site right now and returns whatever public contact information is on the page — phones, socials, and emails — at $0.004/row with no monthly minimum. **Can I exclude specific URL patterns?** Yes. Use `excludeUrlGlobs: ["**/blog/**", "**/news/**"]` to skip sections of the site you don't need. **Can I scrape only contact pages?** Yes. Use `includeUrlGlobs: ["**/contact**", "**/about**", "**/team**"]` to restrict crawling to those paths. This dramatically reduces cost on large sites. ### Notes - Invalid start URLs are skipped with a warning. - 4xx/5xx pages may produce no data but do not crash the whole run. - Use `sameDomainOnly: true` for cost-efficient, controlled crawls. ### Was this scraper useful? If this actor saved you time on lead extraction or email prospecting, please leave a review on the [Apify Store](https://apify.com/whoareyouanas/website-link-scraper#reviews). Reviews are the single biggest visibility lever in the Apify Store. # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Seed URLs to crawl. ## `mode` (type: `string`): Use `full` for page-wise link intelligence or `emails_only` for one row per email. ## `crawlerType` (type: `string`): HTTP is cheaper and faster. Browser handles heavy JS websites. ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of pages to process. ## `maxDepth` (type: `integer`): How deep to follow links from each start URL. ## `sameDomainOnly` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, crawler follows only links from the same domain as each seed URL. ## `includeSubdomains` (type: `boolean`): Treat subdomains as internal when same-domain crawling is enabled. ## `includeUrlGlobs` (type: `array`): If non-empty, only URLs matching at least one glob are crawled. ## `excludeUrlGlobs` (type: `array`): URLs matching any glob are skipped. ## `extractLinks` (type: `boolean`): Extract and classify internal and external page links. ## `extractEmails` (type: `boolean`): Extract email addresses from page content and mailto links. ## `extractPhones` (type: `boolean`): Extract phone numbers from tel links and page text. ## `extractSocial` (type: `boolean`): Extract profile links for major social platforms. ## `extractImages` (type: `boolean`): Extract image URLs from page markup and metadata. ## `extractFiles` (type: `boolean`): Extract downloadable file links such as PDFs, docs, and archives. ## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of parallel requests while crawling. ## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`): Timeout in seconds for each page request. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional proxy settings. Leave empty for direct connections. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://whoareyouanas.com/" } ], "mode": "full", "crawlerType": "http", "maxPages": 200, "maxDepth": 2, "sameDomainOnly": true, "includeSubdomains": false, "includeUrlGlobs": [], "excludeUrlGlobs": [], "extractLinks": true, "extractEmails": true, "extractPhones": true, "extractSocial": true, "extractImages": true, "extractFiles": true, "maxConcurrency": 25, "requestTimeoutSecs": 20 } ``` # 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 = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://whoareyouanas.com/" } ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("whoareyouanas/website-link-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://whoareyouanas.com/" }] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("whoareyouanas/website-link-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://whoareyouanas.com/" } ] }' | apify call whoareyouanas/website-link-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=whoareyouanas/website-link-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Website Email & Contact Scraper - Find Emails, Phones & Socials", "description": "Feed any list of website URLs and get clean CSV/JSON of public emails, phone numbers, and social links from each contact page. Skip the $1,250/mo ZoomInfo bills and 50% bounce rates", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "9E3fD97Hgu1HSUgDC" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/whoareyouanas~website-link-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-whoareyouanas-website-link-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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/whoareyouanas~website-link-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-whoareyouanas-website-link-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/whoareyouanas~website-link-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-whoareyouanas-website-link-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": [ "startUrls" ], "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Seed URLs to crawl.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "mode": { "title": "Output mode", "enum": [ "full", "emails_only" ], "type": "string", "description": "Use `full` for page-wise link intelligence or `emails_only` for one row per email.", "default": "full" }, "crawlerType": { "title": "Crawler type", "enum": [ "http", "browser" ], "type": "string", "description": "HTTP is cheaper and faster. Browser handles heavy JS websites.", "default": "http" }, "maxPages": { "title": "Max pages", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of pages to process.", "default": 200 }, "maxDepth": { "title": "Max depth", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "How deep to follow links from each start URL.", "default": 2 }, "sameDomainOnly": { "title": "Same domain only", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, crawler follows only links from the same domain as each seed URL.", "default": true }, "includeSubdomains": { "title": "Include subdomains", "type": "boolean", "description": "Treat subdomains as internal when same-domain crawling is enabled.", "default": false }, "includeUrlGlobs": { "title": "Include URL globs", "type": "array", "description": "If non-empty, only URLs matching at least one glob are crawled.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "excludeUrlGlobs": { "title": "Exclude URL globs", "type": "array", "description": "URLs matching any glob are skipped.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "extractLinks": { "title": "Extract links", "type": "boolean", "description": "Extract and classify internal and external page links.", "default": true }, "extractEmails": { "title": "Extract emails", "type": "boolean", "description": "Extract email addresses from page content and mailto links.", "default": true }, "extractPhones": { "title": "Extract phone numbers", "type": "boolean", "description": "Extract phone numbers from tel links and page text.", "default": true }, "extractSocial": { "title": "Extract social links", "type": "boolean", "description": "Extract profile links for major social platforms.", "default": true }, "extractImages": { "title": "Extract image URLs", "type": "boolean", "description": "Extract image URLs from page markup and metadata.", "default": true }, "extractFiles": { "title": "Extract file URLs", "type": "boolean", "description": "Extract downloadable file links such as PDFs, docs, and archives.", "default": true }, "maxConcurrency": { "title": "Max concurrency", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of parallel requests while crawling.", "default": 25 }, "requestTimeoutSecs": { "title": "Request timeout (secs)", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Timeout in seconds for each page request.", "default": 20 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional proxy settings. 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