Infobel Business Search Scraper

Overview

This actor scrapes business listings from Infobel.com, a global directory with over 100 million listings across 70+ countries. It automates data extraction for market research, lead generation, and competitor analysis, outputting structured data ready for use.

Key Features

• Global Coverage: Extracts data from Infobel's network in 70+ countries.
• Proxy Support: Integrates with Apify residential proxies to avoid bot detection.
• Configurable Limits: Control the number of items scraped per URL (max_items_per_url).
• Error Handling: Includes a retry mechanism for failed requests (max_retries_per_url).
• Structured Output: Returns clean, organized JSON data.

How to Use

Configure the actor using a JSON input object. The core task is to provide the urls array containing Infobel search or category pages. Configure proxy settings and scraping limits as needed.

Input/Output

Input Specification

Provide input as a JSON object. Here is the structure with explanations:

{
  "max_retries_per_url": 2,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "SG"
  },
  "max_items_per_url": 20,
  "urls": [
    "https://www.infobel.com/en/australia/business/10000/food_restaurants/haymarket",
    "https://www.infobel.com/fr/germany/Search/BusinessResults"
  ]
}

Parameter Details:
* urls (Required): Array of Infobel listing page URLs to scrape.
* max_items_per_url: Limits the number of business listings extracted per URL. A value between 10-50 is typical.
* max_retries_per_url: Number of retry attempts for a failed URL (2-3 is recommended).
* proxy: Configuration for Apify Proxy.
* useApifyProxy: Set to true.
* apifyProxyGroups: Use ["RESIDENTIAL"] for best results.
* apifyProxyCountry: Use the country code (e.g., "AU", "US") matching your target data location.

Output

The actor outputs a dataset of items, where each item is a JSON object representing a scraped business. The data includes fields such as business name, address, phone number, category, and the source URL.

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