Simplyhired Jobs Search Scraper

Scrapes job listings from SimplyHired.com, extracting detailed data into a structured format for analysis and automation.

Overview

This actor automates data collection from SimplyHired job search results. It's designed for developers, recruiters, and researchers who need to systematically gather job market data—like listings, salaries, and company info—without manual browsing.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Data Extraction: Pulls job title, company, location, salary estimates, job type, company rating, job description, and geographic coordinates.
• Structured Output: Returns clean, consistent JSON or CSV for easy integration into databases, spreadsheets, or analysis tools.
• Configurable Scraping: Control the number of jobs scraped per search URL and set retry logic for reliability.
• Proxy Support: Built-in integration with Apify Proxy (including residential proxies) to help avoid bot detection and blocking.
• Bulk URL Processing: Accepts multiple SimplyHired search URLs in a single run.

How to Use

Configure the actor using a JSON input object. The core requirement is providing one or more SimplyHired search result URLs.

Input Format

{
  "max_retries_per_url": 2,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  },
  "max_items_per_url": 20,
  "urls": [
    "https://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=it+manager&l=Washington%2C+DC",
    "https://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=developer&l=Texas"
  ],
  "ignore_url_failures": true
}

Key Parameters

• urls (Required): An array of SimplyHired search URLs to scrape. You can add these individually or via bulk edit.
• max_items_per_url: Limits the total number of job listings scraped from each provided URL.
• proxy: Configure Apify Proxy. Using residential proxies (RESIDENTIAL) and setting the country (e.g., "US") is recommended for this target site.
• ignore_url_failures: If true, the actor will continue processing other URLs if one fails.

Input/Output

Input: A JSON configuration object, as shown above.

Output: The actor outputs a dataset containing items for each scraped job. Each item includes fields such as:
* jobTitle
* company
* location
* salary
* jobType (e.g., Full-time)
* companyRating
* description
* latitude / longitude
* jobUrl (link to the listing on SimplyHired)

Data is available in Apify platform formats (JSON, CSV, etc.) for download or via API.

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