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📄 Freelancer Jobs Scraper

The Freelancer Jobs Scraper is an Apify actor that extracts job listings from [freelancer.com] based on your provided search queries. It collects detailed information about freelance projects including title, budget, skills required, bid data, and much more—perfect for analysts, marketers, developers, and recruiters.

🚀 Features

• 🔍 Search and scrape jobs using custom keywords (e.g., "WordPress", "React", "Shopify")
• 📊 Extracts budget range, bid average, bid count, time left, and more
• 🎯 Identifies whether the job is a contest, featured, urgent, full-time, or payment-verified
• 🌐 Supports Apify Proxy, including Residential proxies for reliable scraping
• ⚡ Fast, efficient, and customizable output

🧾 Input Example

{
"item_limit":30,
"proxyConfiguration":{
"useApifyProxy":true,
"apifyProxyGroups":[
"RESIDENTIAL"
]
},
"queries":[
"Wordpress"
]
}

• item_limit – Max number of job listings to scrape.
• proxyConfiguration – Use Apify proxies (including Residential IPs for higher reliability).
• queries – Array of search terms (e.g., "WordPress", "React", "Python").

📦 Output Example

[
{
"project_id":39446039,
"title":"WordPress App Promo Site Design",
"url":"https://www.freelancer.com/projects/wordpress/wordpress-app-promo-site-design",
"description":"I'm seeking an experienced WordPress designer...",
"bid_avg":"$90",
"bid_count":83,
"time_left":"6 days left",
"budget_range":"$20 - $163",
"minbudget":"$20",
"maxbudget":"$163",
"skills":[
"Graphic Design",
"SEO",
"UX / User Experience",
"Website Design",
"WordPress"
],
"payment_verified":true,
"is_contest":false,
"featured":false,
"urgent":false,
"fulltime":false,
"query":"Wordpress"
}
]

Each record includes:

• ✅ Project details (title, description, URL)
• 💵 Budget info (min, max, bid average, number of bids)
• 🔧 Required skills
• 🔒 Payment status and project flags
• 🔍 Search query used to find the job

📚 Use Cases

• Competitive analysis of freelance projects
• Market research for trending skills
• Budgeting insights for freelancers
• Lead generation for services or products

🛠️ How It Works

1. Provide your search queries and preferred proxy settings.
2. The actor visits Freelancer and collects job data for each keyword.
3. Results are structured and saved in JSON format.

🧑‍💻 Actor Settings

• Use Apify Proxy with the RESIDENTIAL group for the best results.
• Set an item_limit to restrict the number of results.

🧩 Integrations

You can use the scraped data in:

• Google Sheets or Excel for reporting
• Zapier / Make / Pipedream for workflow automation
• Custom dashboards via Apify API

🆘 Support

For help, feature requests, or bug reports, feel free to reach out:

• 📧 Email: support@getdataforme.com Subject line: Freelancer Jobs Scraper Support
• 🌐 Contact form: https://getdataforme.com/contact/

We’re here to help!

Ready to automate your freelance job search or market research? Run the Freelancer Jobs Scraper on Apify today!