VK Email Scraper

Overview

This actor scrapes VK (VKontakte) for email addresses based on search keywords. It's designed for lead generation, market research, and data aggregation, outputting structured contact data.

Key Features

• Keyword Search: Finds VK profiles and pages containing specified keywords.
• Location Filtering: Optionally narrows results by geographic location.
• Domain Targeting: Filters results to include only emails from specified domains (defaults to @gmail.com).
• Proxy Support: Configurable proxy usage to handle rate-limiting during large-scale scraping.
• Structured Output: Returns consistent JSON data with profile links and extracted emails.

Input Parameters

Configure the actor using the following input fields in a JSON structure:

{
  "keywords": ["example", "search terms"],
  "location": "City Name",
  "platform": "VK",
  "customDomains": ["@gmail.com", "@domain.com"],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

• keywords (required): Array of search terms.
• location (optional): String to filter results by location.
• platform: Fixed as "VK".
• customDomains: Array of email domains to target.
• proxyConfiguration: Optional proxy settings for larger jobs.

Output Structure

The actor outputs an array of objects. Each result contains:
* keyword: The search term that produced this result.
* name: The name of the VK profile or page.
* description: The text snippet where the email was found.
* url: Link to the VK profile.
* email: The extracted email address.

Example output:

[
  {
    "keyword": "marketing",
    "name": "Digital Marketing Pro",
    "description": "Reach me at contact@example.com",
    "url": "https://vk.com/marketing_pro",
    "email": "contact@example.com"
  }
]

Results can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

How to Use

1. Set the keywords array with your search terms.
2. Optionally, set location and customDomains to filter results.
3. For extended runs, configure proxyConfiguration to use Apify Proxy.
4. Run the actor. It will scrape VK for profiles matching your criteria and extract email addresses.
5. Download the dataset from the actor run for use in your CRM, outreach tools, or analysis.