Herold Business Details Scraper

An Apify actor for extracting structured business data from Herold.at (Austrian Yellow Pages) listings. It automates the collection of company details for lead generation, market research, or CRM population.

Overview

This tool scrapes detailed business information from provided Herold.at URLs. It handles the page structure, manages request retries, and supports proxy rotation to avoid blocking. Output is structured data ready for export or integration.

Key Features

• Automated Extraction: Fetches comprehensive business details from listing pages.
• Structured Output: Returns clean, standardized JSON data for over 20 fields per business.
• Proxy Support: Configurable proxy settings (including Apify Proxy) to mitigate bot detection.
• Error Handling: Configurable retry logic for failed requests.
• Multi-Format Export: Download results via the Apify platform as JSON, CSV, Excel, etc.

How to Use

Configure the actor via its input settings, then run it. The actor will process each provided URL, extract the data, and store the dataset.

Input/Output

Input Parameters

Configure the run using these parameters in a JSON object:

• urls (Array, Required): List of Herold.at business page URLs to scrape.
  • Example: ["https://www.herold.at/gelbe-seiten/wieselburg/2RWLZ/ahrens-schornsteintechnik-gesmbh/"]
• max_retries_per_url (Number, Optional): Maximum retry attempts for a URL if scraping fails (default: 2).
• proxy (Object, Optional): Proxy configuration. Using a proxy (like Apify Proxy) is recommended.
  json { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "AT" // Use the country of your target data }

Output Data

The actor outputs a dataset where each item is a JSON object containing the scraped fields for one business. Key fields include:

• id, url, name
• address, telephone, email, website
• geo (latitude/longitude)
• openingHoursSpecification, foundingDate
• aggregateRating, reviews
• industries, description, companyDetails
• logo, image, photoAndVideo

Example Output Item:

{
  "url": "https://www.herold.at/gelbe-seiten/innsbruck/K4Ckx/griechische-taverne/",
  "name": "Griechische Taverne",
  "address": "Herrengasse 8, 6020 Innsbruck, Österreich",
  "telephone": "+43 512 1234567",
  "website": "http://www.griechische-taverne-innsbruck.at",
  "openingHoursSpecification": "Mo-Sa 11:00-23:00",
  "industries": ["Restaurant", "Griechisches Restaurant"]
}

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