Hipages Business Directory Scraper 🚀 The Hipages Business Directory Scraper is an Apify actor designed to extract in-depth information about businesses listed on hipages.com.au. This actor efficiently retrieves data across categories, including business names, contact details, ratings, and other relevant information for market research or lead generation. ## ✨ Features - 🏢 Comprehensive Business Details: Extracts data like business name, location, contact number, ratings, total hires, recommendations, and other details. - 📄 Pagination Support: Automatically handles pagination to capture all relevant business listings across multiple pages. - 🔐 Proxy Support: Allows the specification of a custom proxy URL to avoid IP bans or restrictions. ## 💡 Why Use Hipages Business Directory Scraper? This actor is ideal for: - Market Research: Gather insights into business offerings across various industries and regions. - Lead Generation: Build a robust contact database for potential outreach. - Data Enrichment: Enhance your datasets with comprehensive business details. ## 🚀 How to Use Hipages Scraper 1. Prepare Your Input: Supply the starting URLs of the business categories or regions you want to scrape.Provide a proxy URL to avoid IP blocks. Example Input: json { "startUrl": [ { "url": "https://hipages.com.au/find/electricians/nsw/sydney" }, { "url": "https://hipages.com.au/find/door_installation/act" } ], "proxyUrl": "http://username:password@proxyserver:port" } 2. **Run the Actor**: - Use the Apify platform to execute the actor with your prepared input. - **Monitor Progress**: Track real-time updates and request logs in the Apify console. 3. **Retrieve Results**: - After the actor completes, the extracted data is stored in a dataset. - **Download Options**: Access results in formats like JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Apify console or configure automated exports. ## 📊 Example Output Below is a sample output structure, available in formats like JSON, CSV, or Excel: ### JSONjson [{ "URL": "https://hipages.com.au/connect/greatersydneyelectrical2", "name": "Greater Sydney Electrical", "location": "Based in Sydney NSW 2000", "website": "http://greatersydneyelectrical.com.au/", "email": "andrewhadi@outlook.com", "telephone": "0490 514 537", "headline": "WE ARE REPUTABLE WITHIN THE MARKETPLACE AND OUR BUSINESS CONTINUES TO GROW BY\nREFERRALS FROM OUR CLIENTS.", "rating": 5, "totalRatings": 56, "totalHired": 74, "totalRecommendations": 60 }, { "URL": "https://hipages.com.au/connect/jcgelectricalservicesaustraliaptyltd", "name": "JCG Electrical Services Australia Pty Ltd", "location": "Based in Sydney NSW 2145", "website": "", "email": "george@jcgelec.com.au", "telephone": "0421 679 993", "headline": "Licensed and insured electricians with over 10 years of industrial experience.\nHonest and provide quality service. When we perform work on your property, we\ntreat it like its ours.", "rating": 5, "totalRatings": 20, "totalHired": 32, "totalRecommendations": 22 }]