# Seek Job Scraper (Australia & New Zealand) (`codingfrontend/seek-job-scraper`) Actor

Scrape job listings from Seek (seek.com.au / seek.co.nz) with advanced filtering. Extract job titles, companies, salaries, locations, work types, and full descriptions. Perfect for job market research and salary benchmarking.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/codingfrontend/seek-job-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Coding Frontned](https://apify.com/codingfrontend) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 93.5% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.99 / 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?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## 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.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## SEEK Job Scraper

Extract verified public job listings from SEEK Australia or New Zealand. The Actor supports bounded keyword searches and direct job URLs, canonicalizes every listing to `/job/{id}`, merges promoted/standard duplicates, and stores only records with a genuine job ID, title, company, and matching SEEK country domain.

### Input

- `mode`: `search` or `jobUrl`.
- `keywords`, `location`, `country`: define an AU or NZ search.
- `jobType`, `salaryMin`, `datePosted`: optional SEEK filters.
- `startUrls`: 1–20 matching SEEK job URLs in `jobUrl` mode.
- `maxJobs`: 1–100 records.
- `maxPages`: 1–5 search pages.
- `proxyConfiguration`: optional proxy override. Residential routing for the selected country is used by default because SEEK normally rejects datacenter traffic.

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "keywords": "software engineer",
  "location": "Sydney NSW",
  "country": "au",
  "maxJobs": 20,
  "maxPages": 2
}
```

### Output

Every record contains its canonical job ID/URL, title, company, country, source page, result page, mode, and scrape timestamp. Available listing evidence can add location, classification, work arrangement, salary, description, highlights, company/logo URLs, and posted date. Missing optional values are omitted, never padded with placeholders.

The run fails without storing a partial dataset when bounded requests fail or when no verified jobs are found. Live availability and ordering depend on SEEK, and users remain responsible for applicable terms and laws.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Search by keyword or scrape specific job URLs

## `keywords` (type: `string`):

Job title or keywords to search for (e.g. 'software engineer', 'nurse', 'project manager')

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

City or region to search in (e.g. Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Brisbane). Leave empty for all locations.

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

Seek country site to use

## `jobType` (type: `string`):

Filter by work type

## `salaryMin` (type: `integer`):

Minimum annual salary in local currency (AUD or NZD)

## `datePosted` (type: `integer`):

Filter by jobs posted in the last N days (1, 3, 7, 14, 30)

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Direct Seek job listing URLs. Used when mode is 'jobUrl'.

## `maxJobs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of job listings to extract

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of search result pages to visit.

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

Proxy settings. Seek works well without proxy but residential is recommended for high volume.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "keywords": "software engineer",
  "location": "Sydney NSW",
  "country": "au",
  "jobType": "",
  "datePosted": 0,
  "maxJobs": 50,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "AU"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `output` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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": "software engineer",
    "location": "Sydney NSW",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "AU"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("codingfrontend/seek-job-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": "software engineer",
    "location": "Sydney NSW",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "AU",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("codingfrontend/seek-job-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": "software engineer",
  "location": "Sydney NSW",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "AU"
  }
}' |
apify call codingfrontend/seek-job-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,codingfrontend/seek-job-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/gFn9fJPFRaxbPx6lS/builds/lFVk8OfGi5UATSghh/openapi.json