# Qatar Business Directory Scraper (`nickslam/qataryello-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes business directory data from QatarYello (qataryello.com) including company information, reviews, products, and more

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nickslam/qataryello-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Nick](https://apify.com/nickslam) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 base results

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?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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- **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

## Qatar Business Directory Scraper

### Why use this Qatar business directory scraper?

- Build prospect lists for Doha and surrounding municipalities
- Track hospitality and construction-related directory categories
- Export clean datasets for outreach and market sizing

### 🎯 What this Qatar directory Actor does

Need structured leads from [QatarYello](https://www.qataryello.com)? This Apify Actor turns Qatari directory pages into a clean dataset—ideal when you want Qatar company contacts without manual browsing.

QatarYello organizes businesses around Doha-area municipalities. Ideal when your territory is Qatar-only and you care about Al Rayyan, Al Wakrah, Al Khor, and similar slugs.

Because it runs on **Apify**, you can schedule scrapes, call the Actor via API, stream results to Sheets/Make/Zapier, and rotate proxies when pages are protected.

**Highlights**

- Category + keyword discovery on qataryello.com
- Multi-city filters (Doha area listings via Al Rayyan and more)
- Tiered pay-per-event pricing aligned with how much detail you request
- Exports and integrations through Apify (Sheets, Make, Zapier, API)

### How do I use QatarYello Scraper?

1. Open this Actor on Apify and go to the **Input** tab.
2. Add **categories**, **search keywords**, and/or **locations** relevant to Qatar (see schema enums).
3. Set **Max Results** (for example 20) for a first test run.
4. Enable only the data add-ons you need — more fields can move you into a higher pay-per-event tier.
5. Click **Start**, then download the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel when the run succeeds.

### ⚙️ Input options

Use the **Input** tab for full field help. Quick reference:

#### Search & filters

| Option | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| **Categories** | Business type slugs (e.g. restaurants, consultants, estate-agents) |
| **Search Keywords** | Free-text search (e.g. "engineering", "catering", "real estate") |
| **Locations** | Limit to Qatari cities/areas: Doha area listings via Al Rayyan, Al Wakrah, Al Khor, Al Ruwais, and related locations |

#### Scope & limits

| Option | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| **Max Results** | Cap on companies to collect (start small while testing) |
| **Max Pages** | Cap on listing pages crawled |
| **Start Page** | Resume from a later listing page if a previous run stopped early |

#### Optional data add-ons

| Option | What it adds |
|--------|---------------|
| **Include Contact & Details** | Hours, year established, employees, contact person |
| **Include Extended Company Information** | Website, description, maps coordinates |
| **Include Registration & Legal** | Registration / tax identifiers when shown |
| **Include Metadata** | Listing type, verified flag, years with platform, tags |
| **Include Media & Content** | Photos, logo, products/services |
| **Include Review Summary** | Rating average and review count |
| **Include Individual Reviews** | Full review text (slower; extra pages) |

### 📋 What data you get

Core fields:

- **Company name**
- **Company URL** – profile on QatarYello
- **Phone number**
- **Address**
- **Categories**
- **Location**

Sample output:

```json
[
  {
    "companyName": "Pearl Engineering Co",
    "companyUrl": "https://www.qataryello.com/company/example-profile",
    "phoneNumber": "+974 4444 5566",
    "address": "Example Street 1, Al Rayyan",
    "categories": ["Engineering"],
    "location": "Al Rayyan"
  }
]
```

### How much does it cost to scrape QatarYello?

| Tier | Price per 1,000 results | When it applies |
|------|--------------------------|-----------------|
| **Base** | $0.50 | Core fields only; no search keywords; no individual reviews |
| **Extended** | $1.00 | Any extended / contact / registration / media / review-summary / metadata options |
| **Premium** | $2.00 | Search keywords **or** Include Individual Reviews |

You can cap spend per run with Apify’s max total charge setting.

### 💡 Tips for better runs

- **Rate limiting** – keep enabled to reduce blocking risk.
- **Individual reviews** – enable only when you truly need review text.
- **Start page** – useful to continue a large crawl.
- Pick municipality Locations that match your territory — QatarYello organizes listings by area slug.

### Other directory scrapers

| Actor | Link |
|-------|------|
| UAE (Yello.ae) | [Open on Apify](https://apify.com/nickslam/yello-ae-scraper) |
| Kuwait (KuwaitYello) | [Open on Apify](https://apify.com/nickslam/kuwaityello-scraper) |
| Singapore (Yelu.sg) | [Open on Apify](https://apify.com/nickslam/yelu-sg-scraper) |
| Hong Kong (Yelo.hk) | [Open on Apify](https://apify.com/nickslam/yelo-hk-scraper) |

### FAQ & legality

This Actor collects information that businesses have published on QatarYello. Results may include personal data (for example a contact person). You are responsible for using the data in line with applicable laws (including GDPR where relevant) and QatarYello’s terms. Use the scraper only for legitimate purposes; if unsure, consult legal counsel. For feedback or bugs, use the Actor’s **Issues** tab on Apify.

# Actor input Schema

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Optional: Filter by business categories.

Example: For category page like `https://www.qataryello.com/category/Estate_agents` enter only `Estate_agents`.

## `searchKeywords` (type: `string`):

Optional: Search for specific companies or keywords. Enables premium pricing.

## `locations` (type: `array`):

Optional: Filter by Qatar cities/regions. If not provided, all cities will be scraped.

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

Maximum number of companies to scrape

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

Page number to start scraping from. Useful for resuming previous searches.

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

Maximum number of pages to scrape. Each page usually contains around 20 companies.

## `enableRateLimiting` (type: `boolean`):

Enable rate limiting (2 seconds delay) or disable (0.5 seconds delay)

## `hybridStrategy` (type: `string`):

`fast` = Cheerio + Impit HTTP (default). `browser` = Playwright (fallback).

## `includeContactDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Include business hours, year established, employees, contact person

## `includeExtendedCompanyInfo` (type: `boolean`):

Include website, description, and maps coordinates

## `includeRegistrationLegal` (type: `boolean`):

Include registration number and VAT number

## `includeMetadata` (type: `boolean`):

Include listing type, verified status, years with platform, tags

## `includeMediaContent` (type: `boolean`):

Include photos, logo, products

## `includeReviewSummary` (type: `boolean`):

Include review summary (rating and count) - Fast extraction

## `includeIndividualReviews` (type: `boolean`):

Include individual reviews - Slower (requires additional pages). Enables premium pricing.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Select proxies to be used by the crawler. Recommended: Use Apify Proxy with Residential proxies for better Cloudflare bypass.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "Restaurants",
    "Lawyers"
  ],
  "searchKeywords": "restaurant, IT services",
  "locations": [
    "Doha",
    "Al_Rayyan"
  ],
  "maxResults": 20,
  "startPage": 1,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "enableRateLimiting": true,
  "hybridStrategy": "fast",
  "includeContactDetails": false,
  "includeExtendedCompanyInfo": false,
  "includeRegistrationLegal": false,
  "includeMetadata": false,
  "includeMediaContent": false,
  "includeReviewSummary": false,
  "includeIndividualReviews": false,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "QA"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `companyData` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all scraped company information

# 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 = {
    "categories": [
        "Restaurants"
    ],
    "locations": [
        "Doha"
    ],
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "QA"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nickslam/qataryello-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 = {
    "categories": ["Restaurants"],
    "locations": ["Doha"],
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "QA",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nickslam/qataryello-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 '{
  "categories": [
    "Restaurants"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Doha"
  ],
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "QA"
  }
}' |
apify call nickslam/qataryello-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nickslam/qataryello-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/ZHq57V6WnqzSQXaWr/builds/fu2ygcpFqZI1qqWex/openapi.json