# Thumbtack Pro Listing Scraper 🔍 (`easyapi/thumbtack-pro-listing-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Thumbtack pro listings with detailed business information, reviews, and pricing. Extract professional service providers' data including ratings, reviews, business facts, and contact details for market research and lead generation.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/thumbtack-pro-listing-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 141 total users, 6 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 5 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Thumbtack Pro Listing Scraper 🔍

Extract detailed business information from Thumbtack professional service providers. This powerful scraper helps you gather comprehensive data about service professionals, their ratings, reviews, and business details.

### 🎯 Use Cases

- Market research and competitive analysis
- Lead generation for B2B services
- Analyze pricing trends in different service categories
- Monitor service provider ratings and reviews
- Build databases of professional service providers

### ✨ Features

- Extracts comprehensive business profiles including:
  - Business name and avatar URL
  - Rating and number of reviews
  - Review qualifications and testimonials
  - Business facts (hires, service area, response time)
  - Pricing information
  - Service categories
  - Top Pro status
  - Direct Thumbtack profile URLs

- Advanced capabilities:
  - Handles dynamic loading and pagination
  - Respects rate limits and implements random delays
  - Supports multiple search URLs
  - Configurable maximum items limit
  - Built-in anti-detection mechanisms

### 💎 Output

The actor provides structured JSON output containing:

- Detailed business information
- Rating and review metrics
- Service categories and pricing
- Customer testimonials
- Business facts and achievements
- Profile URLs and contact information

### 🔧 Input Parameters

- `searchUrls`: Array of Thumbtack search result URLs to scrape
- `maxItems`: Maximum number of items to scrape (optional, default: unlimited)

### 💡 Tips

- Use specific search URLs for targeted results
- Adjust maxItems based on your needs
- Consider rate limits and fair usage policies
- Results are saved automatically to your dataset

### 📌 Limitations

- Respects Thumbtack's terms of service
- Implements reasonable delays between requests
- Some data might be unavailable for certain listings

#### Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

```json
{
    "searchUrls": [
        "https://www.thumbtack.com/instant-results/?keyword_pk=231799879315213182&zip_code=94040&ir_referrer=FRONT_DOOR_SEARCH&encoded_answers=eyJzZl9wayI6IjUyNDUyOTk3NzYxMDEwODkzMyIsImFucyI6e319&project_pk=538563623991009300"
    ],
    "maxItems": 30
}
```

#### Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the **Storage** tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

```json
[
    {
        "businessName": "Bunnies Plumbing & Trenchless Technology",
        "avatarURL": "https://production-next-images-cdn.thumbtack.com/i/514014220101730313/desktop/standard/400square-legacy",
        "rating": 5,
        "numReviews": 237,
        "reviewQualifier": "Exceptional",
        "businessFacts": [
            "486 hires on Thumbtack",
            "Serves Mountain View, CA",
            "Responds in about "
        ],
        "price": "Free service call",
        "serviceCategories": "Plumbing Drain Repair, Plumbing Pipe Repair",
        "reviewText": "JAIME A. says, \"I can’t thank Bunnies Plumbing enough for their incredible service. When our water heater broke, they responded to my call immediately and Adhemar came out to our home within 2 hours and at 8pm!  Adhemar was professional, friendly, knowledgeable, and fixed the issue quickly. He even showed us how to restart the pilot and made sure we knew where our gas shut off valves were located in our rental home. \n\nTheir commitment to customer care and urgency is unmatched. I’ll definitely be using their services again in the future. Thank you!!\"",
        "url": "https://www.thumbtack.com//ca/morgan-hill/affordable-plumbing-services/bunnies-plumbing-trenchless-technology/service/485922512040411162?category_pk=124332799881036214&category_pks%5B0%5D=124332799881036214&category_pks%5B1%5D=150850272033989083&ir_referrer=FRONT_DOOR_SEARCH&is_near_me_page=false&keyword_pk=231799879315213182&lp_request_pk=538566192307503121&project_pk=538563623991009300&service_pk=485922512040411162&zipCode=94040&zip_code=94040",
        "isTopPro": true
    },
    ...
]
```

# Actor input Schema

## `searchUrls` (type: `array`):

List of Thumbtack search result URLs to scrape

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of items to scrape (optional)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://www.thumbtack.com/instant-results/?keyword_pk=231799879315213182&zip_code=94040&ir_referrer=FRONT_DOOR_SEARCH&encoded_answers=eyJzZl9wayI6IjUyNDUyOTk3NzYxMDEwODkzMyIsImFucyI6e319&project_pk=538563623991009300"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("easyapi/thumbtack-pro-listing-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("easyapi/thumbtack-pro-listing-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call easyapi/thumbtack-pro-listing-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,easyapi/thumbtack-pro-listing-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/sdEQOYtC7tQV1f62g/builds/vGTXekfOzUVfMm3AT/openapi.json