Indeed Scraper

Scrape Indeed job listings by keyword and location. Returns structured job card data extracted directly from Indeed's internal page state — no secondary page loads required.

What you get

Each record contains:

Field	Description
jobKey	Indeed internal job ID
jobUrl	Direct link to the job posting
title	Job title
company	Hiring company name
companyRating	Company star rating on Indeed
location	City, state, or "Remote"
salary	Pay range if shown on the listing
jobType	Full-time, Part-time, Contract, etc.
remoteWorkModel	Remote / Hybrid / On-site label
isSponsored	Whether the listing is a sponsored ad
postedAt	Posting date or recency label
query	Search keyword used
searchLocation	Location filter used
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp of when the record was scraped

Note: Full job description text is not included. Indeed's listing page does not expose description content in its page state — only the job card metadata above is available without loading each individual job page.

How it works

Indeed is a React SPA protected by Cloudflare. This actor uses a Playwright browser with a US residential proxy to load the search results page and read job data directly from window.mosaic — Indeed's internal React state object. This avoids brittle DOM selectors and provides clean, structured data on the first page load.

Pagination is handled automatically: the actor enqueues subsequent pages (?start=10, ?start=20, ...) until maxItems is reached or results run out.

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
query	string	Yes	Search keywords (e.g. software engineer, registered nurse)
location	string	Yes	Location (e.g. New York, NY, Remote, London)
maxItems	integer	Yes	Maximum number of job listings to return

Example:

{
  "query": "data analyst",
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Limits and best practices

• Keep maxItems at 15 or below for test runs to stay within free-tier limits.
• Indeed shows approximately 15 listings per page; each page requires a fresh browser render.
• Sponsored listings are included and flagged with isSponsored: true.
• Results reflect Indeed's current live index — the same search run twice may return different ordering due to Indeed's personalization and freshness ranking.

Use cases

• Job market research — track salary ranges and demand for specific roles across cities
• Recruiting intelligence — monitor competitor hiring activity
• Hiring trend analysis — compare job volume across industries and locations over time
• Lead generation — identify companies actively hiring in a given domain