# RemoteOK Jobs Scraper (`plantane/remoteok-scraper`) Actor

Scrape remote job listings from RemoteOK — positions, companies, salaries, tags, and descriptions. Filter by keyword, tag, salary, or location.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/plantane/remoteok-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Daniel](https://apify.com/plantane) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 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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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?

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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`.
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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

## RemoteOK Jobs Scraper

Apify actor that scrapes remote job listings from [RemoteOK](https://remoteok.com) using their public JSON API.

### Features

- **All mode** — fetches all available remote job listings
- **Search mode** — filter by keyword query and/or tags
- **Salary filter** — only return jobs above a minimum salary
- **Location filter** — match jobs by location string
- **Clean output** — HTML descriptions are also provided as plain text

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `mode` | string | `all` | `all` or `search` |
| `query` | string | `""` | Keyword filter (position, company, description). Search mode only. |
| `tags` | string | `""` | Comma-separated tag filter (e.g. `python,react`). Search mode only. |
| `max_items` | integer | `10` | Maximum number of results |
| `min_salary` | integer | `0` | Minimum salary filter (0 = disabled) |
| `location_filter` | string | `""` | Location string match |

### Output

Each result contains:

- `id`, `date`, `epoch` — job identifiers and timing
- `company`, `company_logo` — company info
- `position` — job title
- `tags` — array of job tags
- `description` — original HTML description
- `plain_text_description` — cleaned plain text description
- `location` — job location
- `salary_min`, `salary_max` — salary range
- `url` — job URL from API
- `apply_url` — direct application URL
- `original_url` — constructed RemoteOK job page URL

### API Notes

- RemoteOK returns all jobs in a single API call (no pagination)
- First element in the response array is metadata (skipped automatically)
- Rate limit: max 1 request per 5 seconds

# Actor input Schema

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

Scraping mode: 'all' to list all jobs, 'search' to filter by keyword/tag.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Keyword to filter jobs by (matched against position, company, description). Only used in 'search' mode.

## `tags` (type: `string`):

Comma-separated list of tags to filter by (e.g. 'python,react'). Only used in 'search' mode.

## `max_items` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of jobs to return.

## `min_salary` (type: `integer`):

Filter jobs with salary\_min >= this value. Set to 0 to disable.

## `location_filter` (type: `string`):

Filter jobs by location (case-insensitive string match).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "all",
  "query": "",
  "tags": "",
  "max_items": 10,
  "min_salary": 0,
  "location_filter": ""
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all scraped RemoteOK job records.

# 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 = {
    "mode": "all",
    "max_items": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("plantane/remoteok-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 = {
    "mode": "all",
    "max_items": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("plantane/remoteok-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 '{
  "mode": "all",
  "max_items": 10
}' |
apify call plantane/remoteok-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,plantane/remoteok-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/dU5wFkic7H6VrwcTh/builds/QAvtw99l46pXsjz2f/openapi.json