# (DEPRECATED) Indeed Scraper - use Indeed HTTP Scraper (`santamaria-automations/indeed-scraper`) Actor

Deprecated and no longer maintained. Use Indeed HTTP Scraper (santamaria-automations/indeed-http-scraper) instead: same Indeed job data across 60+ countries, actively maintained. Existing runs keep working but get no fixes.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/indeed-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [NanoScrape](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 108 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 job listings

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## Indeed Scraper (browser fallback)

> **Deprecated.** This actor is deprecated and no longer maintained. Use [Indeed HTTP Scraper](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/indeed-http-scraper) instead. Existing runs and schedules keep working for now, but get no fixes.

#### Input mapping to Indeed HTTP Scraper

| Old input (this actor) | New input (Indeed HTTP Scraper) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| `searchQueries` | `searchQueries` | Same. |
| `searchUrls` | `searchUrls` | Same. |
| `location` | `location` | Same. |
| `country` | `country` | Same country codes. |
| `sortBy` (`date`, `relevance`) | `sortBy` (`newest`, `relevance`) | Rename the value `date` to `newest`. |
| `postedWithinDays` | `postedWithinDays` | Same. |
| `maxResults` | `maxResults` | Same. |
| `maxResultsPerQuery` | `maxResultsPerQuery` | Same. |
| `startPage` | `startPage` | Same. |
| `includeDetails` | `includeJobDetails` | Renamed. Defaults to `true` in the new actor, so set `false` explicitly for SERP-only runs. |
| `includeCompanyDetails` | `includeCompanyDetails` | Same. |
| no equivalent | `directUrls`, `companyUrls`, `startUrls` | New only: scrape specific job or company pages. |
| no equivalent | `employmentType`, `remoteOnly`, `titleFilter` | New only: extra filters. |
| no equivalent | `maxConcurrency`, `forceHTMLPath` | New only: tuning options, safe to leave at defaults. |

Output: common fields keep the same names (`title`, `company`, `location`, `salary_text`, `posted_at_text`, `job_url`, `search_query`, `serp_page`, `serp_position`). The new actor adds many more, such as parsed salary (`salary_min`, `salary_max`, `salary_currency`), `description_md`, `employment_type`, `apply_url` and company enrichment fields. See its dataset schema for the full list.

Extract job listings from [Indeed](https://www.indeed.com) across 60+ country sites: titles, companies, salaries, locations, posted dates, company ratings, benefits and hiring signals, with optional full descriptions and company profiles.

> **This is the browser fallback. For most workloads use the primary actor, [Indeed HTTP Scraper](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/indeed-http-scraper).** It is faster, runs on 128 MB, supports deep pagination and more filters, and is the one we keep tuned first. Use this actor when you specifically want a browser-based path or when you already depend on this input format.

### How it works and what to expect

Indeed sits behind a Cloudflare challenge that blocks most bots. This actor is built to be honest about that instead of burning your credits:

1. It opens a stealth Firefox browser (Camoufox) on a fresh residential proxy session and tries to load the search page. Two attempts at most.
2. If Cloudflare blocks the browser, it automatically loads the search page over Apify's unblocker proxy with plain HTTP. This tier returns the first results page of each search (about 40 to 45 jobs), because Indeed shows anonymous visitors a sign-in wall on later pages.
3. Descriptions and company profiles are fetched with light HTTP requests, never by opening more browser pages.
4. If neither path gets a single results page, the run stops after about two minutes with a clear status message, delivers 0 rows and charges only the platform start fee. It never grinds for minutes producing nothing.

You are billed only for rows that were actually delivered to the dataset.

Need more than about 45 jobs per search? Use [Indeed HTTP Scraper](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/indeed-http-scraper), which paginates with cursors.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `searchQueries` | string\[] | Search keywords. Default: `["software engineer"]`. |
| `searchUrls` | string\[] | Pre-filtered Indeed search URLs from any indeed.\* domain. |
| `country` | enum | Indeed country site (default `us`). |
| `location` | string | City, state, postal code or "remote". |
| `sortBy` | enum | `date` (newest first) or `relevance`. Default `date`. |
| `postedWithinDays` | integer | Only jobs posted within the last N days (snaps to 1, 3, 7 or 14). |
| `maxResults` | integer | Total cap across all queries (default 50). |
| `maxResultsPerQuery` | integer | Cap per query or URL (default 50). |
| `startPage` | integer | Skip N result pages (0-indexed). |
| `includeDetails` | boolean | Add full description (text, HTML, Markdown) and a requirements list. |
| `includeCompanyDetails` | boolean | Add company profile fields, fetched once per unique company. |

All inputs have defaults, so an empty input `{}` runs a US "software engineer" search and finishes in about two minutes.

### Output

Each row has 25+ fields, including `id`, `title`, `company`, `company_name`, `location`, `city`, `state`, `country`, `salary_text`, `salary_min`, `salary_max`, `salary_currency`, `salary_period`, `employment_type`, `posted_at_datetime`, `posted_at_text`, `company_rating`, `company_review_count`, `benefits`, `job_url`, `apply_url`, `external_apply_url`, `is_easy_apply`, `urgently_hiring`, `search_query` and `serp_page`. Field names match [Indeed HTTP Scraper](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/indeed-http-scraper), so the two actors can feed the same pipeline.

With `includeDetails`: `description_full`, `description_html`, `description_md`, `requirements`.

With `includeCompanyDetails`: `company_overview_url`, `company_description`, `company_website`, `company_industry`, `company_size`, `company_revenue`, `company_founded`, `company_headquarters`, `ceo_name`, `ceo_approval`, `company_happiness_score`, `company_social_urls`. Only jobs whose Indeed listing links to a company page get these fields; the rest carry `null`.

### Pricing

Pay per event:

- **Actor start**: $0.001 per GB of memory, once per run.
- **Job listing (`job-item`)**: $0.005 per job delivered.
- **Full description (`job-detail`)**: $0.005 per job that received a description, only when `includeDetails` is on.
- **Company details (`company-enriched`)**: $0.005 per unique company, only when `includeCompanyDetails` is on. Each company is fetched and billed once per run, however many jobs it has.

Blocked runs that deliver nothing cost only the start fee.

### Use with AI agents (MCP)

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=santamaria-automations/indeed-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

For per-tool schemas see the [MCP tab](https://console.apify.com/actors/DcNRjqpfo7uDHUnwh/info/api/mcp?build=latest) and for API access in any language see the [API tab](https://console.apify.com/actors/DcNRjqpfo7uDHUnwh/info/api).

### Example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["nurse", "data analyst"],
  "country": "us",
  "maxResults": 40,
  "includeDetails": true
}
```

### Limits and honest notes

- Anonymous Indeed results beyond the first page are behind a sign-in wall on the HTTP tier. Expect up to about 45 jobs per query.
- Indeed changes its protection often. If a run stops with a "blocked" status message, retry later or switch to the primary actor.
- Company details are only available for employers that have an Indeed company page.

### Related actors

- [Indeed HTTP Scraper](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/indeed-http-scraper): the primary Indeed actor
- [Website Job Extractor](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/website-job-extractor): extract jobs from any company career page
- [Glassdoor Scraper](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/glassdoor-scraper): jobs and company reviews
- [LinkedIn Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/linkedin-scraper): LinkedIn job postings
- [Website Email Scraper](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/website-email-scraper) and [Website Contact Extractor](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/website-contact-extractor): turn `company_website` into contacts

Questions or bugs? [Open an issue](https://console.apify.com/actors/DcNRjqpfo7uDHUnwh/issues).

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

One or more job search terms, e.g. \['software engineer', 'data analyst']. Combined with 'location' and 'country' below.

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

Optional: pre-built Indeed search URLs (any indeed.\* domain, any filters). Overrides 'location' and 'country' - use this to preserve advanced filters like salary range, job type, date posted, radius, etc. Example: https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=Software+Engineer\&l=San+Francisco\&sort=date\&fromage=3

## `location` (type: `string`):

Location text (e.g. 'New York, NY'). Leave empty for all locations.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Which Indeed country domain to scrape (us → indeed.com, uk → uk.indeed.com, de → de.indeed.com, etc.).

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

'date' = newest first, 'relevance' = Indeed's default ranking.

## `postedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Only return jobs posted within the last N days. 1=24h, 7=one week, 14=two weeks, etc. Default: 0 (no age filter). Server-side filter via Indeed's fromage param. Note: Indeed buckets to 1/3/7/14 - values between buckets snap up to the next bucket.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap on total jobs pushed to dataset across all queries.

## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Cap on jobs pushed per individual search query.

## `startPage` (type: `integer`):

Skip N pages before returning results. Useful for pagination.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Add the full job description (plain text, HTML and Markdown) and an extracted requirements list to every row. Fetched with one bulk request per 35 jobs, no extra browser pages. Billed as a separate 'job-detail' event per job that got a description.

## `includeCompanyDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Add company profile fields (description, website, industry, size, revenue, founded, headquarters, CEO name and approval, happiness score, social links) from the Indeed company page. Fetched once per unique company per run. Billed as a separate 'company-enriched' event per unique company.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "software engineer"
  ],
  "searchUrls": [],
  "location": "",
  "country": "us",
  "sortBy": "date",
  "postedWithinDays": 0,
  "maxResults": 50,
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 50,
  "startPage": 0,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "includeCompanyDetails": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `jobListings` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all scraped job listings. Each record represents one Indeed job with 25+ SERP-mode fields plus optional description and company fields. Deduplicated across queries by Indeed's jk (job key). See the Dataset tab for the tabular preview, or use the JSON export for full fidelity.

# 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("santamaria-automations/indeed-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("santamaria-automations/indeed-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 santamaria-automations/indeed-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,santamaria-automations/indeed-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/DcNRjqpfo7uDHUnwh/builds/VxcccOKOBgbU5lxI7/openapi.json