# Remote Jobs Scraper: RemoteOK, Remotive, WeWorkRemotely (`scrapemint/remote-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Pull remote job listings from RemoteOK, Remotive, WeWorkRemotely and Himalayas in one normalized JSON feed: title, company, salary, tags, location limits, posted date and apply URL. Filter by keyword and freshness. No login, no API key. Pay per job row.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapemint/remote-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ken M](https://apify.com/scrapemint) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Business
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 51 total users, 4 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 4.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

$3.00 / 1,000 job rows

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

## Remote Jobs Scraper: RemoteOK, Remotive, WeWorkRemotely, Himalayas

Four remote job boards, one clean JSON feed. This actor pulls live listings from RemoteOK, Remotive, WeWorkRemotely, and Himalayas, normalizes them into a single row schema, dedupes across boards, and filters by keyword and freshness. No login, no API key, no browser.

### Why people use it

- **Job alert feeds.** Schedule it hourly with your keywords and pipe new rows into Slack, email, or a database. You see postings across four boards the hour they appear.
- **Lead generation.** A company hiring remotely is a company spending. Filter by role keywords that signal your buyer (e.g. "devops", "growth") and feed the companies into your outreach list.
- **Job board building.** Bootstrap or enrich a niche job site with normalized listings that carry salary, tags, and location limits.
- **Market research.** Track salary ranges, seniority mix, and tag trends for a role across boards over time.

### Input

```json
{
    "keywords": ["engineer"],
    "sources": ["remoteok", "remotive", "weworkremotely", "himalayas"],
    "maxJobsPerSource": 25,
    "postedWithinDays": 14
}
```

Leave `keywords` empty to get the latest listings from every board. `postedWithinDays: 0` disables the freshness filter.

### Output

One row per job:

```json
{
    "source": "Remotive",
    "sourceUrl": "https://remotive.com",
    "jobId": "remotive-1234567",
    "title": "Senior Backend Engineer",
    "company": "Acme Corp",
    "tags": ["python", "aws", "postgres"],
    "category": "Software Development",
    "jobType": "full_time",
    "salaryText": "$120k - $160k",
    "location": "Worldwide",
    "postedAt": "2026-07-03T20:01:13.000Z",
    "applyUrl": "https://remotive.com/remote-jobs/software-dev/senior-backend-engineer-1234567",
    "description": "..."
}
```

Salary appears as `salaryMin`/`salaryMax` numbers where the board provides them (RemoteOK, Himalayas) and as `salaryText` where it is free text (Remotive). Rows are deduped across boards on title plus company.

### Pricing

Pay per job row. The first 2 rows per run are free so you can validate the output shape. A 100 job pull costs $0.30.

### Data sources and attribution

Listings come from the public feeds of [RemoteOK](https://remoteok.com), [Remotive](https://remotive.com), [WeWorkRemotely](https://weworkremotely.com), and [Himalayas](https://himalayas.app). Every row carries its `source` and `sourceUrl`. If you republish listings, keep that attribution and link back to the source board; RemoteOK and Remotive require it as a condition of their public APIs.

### FAQ

**How fresh are the listings?** Feeds are read live at run time. RemoteOK and WeWorkRemotely expose the newest postings; Remotive and Himalayas expose their full current catalog.

**Can I search only one board?** Yes, set `sources` to the boards you want.

**Do I get the full job description?** A cleaned text excerpt up to 1,500 characters, plus the `applyUrl` to the full posting.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Only return jobs whose title, company, tags or category contain any of these words, e.g. \["python", "data engineer"]. Leave empty for the latest jobs from every board.

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Which boards to pull from.

## `maxJobsPerSource` (type: `integer`):

Cap on rows pushed from each board.

## `maxRows` (type: `integer`):

Overall cap on rows pushed in one run.

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

Only return jobs posted in the last N days. 0 disables the filter.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Usually not needed. All four boards serve keyless public feeds.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "engineer"
  ],
  "sources": [
    "remoteok",
    "remotive",
    "weworkremotely",
    "himalayas"
  ],
  "maxJobsPerSource": 25,
  "maxRows": 100,
  "postedWithinDays": 0
}
```

# 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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "engineer"
    ],
    "maxJobsPerSource": 25
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapemint/remote-jobs-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 = {
    "keywords": ["engineer"],
    "maxJobsPerSource": 25,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapemint/remote-jobs-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 '{
  "keywords": [
    "engineer"
  ],
  "maxJobsPerSource": 25
}' |
apify call scrapemint/remote-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapemint/remote-jobs-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/iquQa6mdzbKDRiNpR/builds/g8ZNjkDHrAmd5SYoX/openapi.json