# Xing Job Scraper — DACH Jobs, Salary & Company Data (`unfenced-group/xing-scraper`) Actor

Scrape job listings from Xing.com across the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Extract title, company, industry, employee count, location, salary ranges, employment type and full job descriptions, with change tracking. No API key required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/unfenced-group/xing-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Unfenced Group](https://apify.com/unfenced-group) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 19 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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.
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".

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

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# README

## Xing.com Job Scraper

![Xing.com Job Scraper](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/ClElVyZWvQgPQIuDL/records/xing-scraper)

Extract job listings from Xing.com, the leading professional network in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), in a clean, consistent structure ready for analysis, job boards, recruiting tools and market research. Structured salary ranges, company data, full job descriptions and change tracking on every record. No API key required.

***

### Why this scraper?

#### 🎯 Built for DACH

A dedicated Xing scraper, tuned for German-language job data and Xing's own taxonomy. Search by keyword and location across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

#### 💶 Structured salary

Minimum, maximum, median and currency, parsed from the listing where Xing publishes them. Salary is present on the majority of records.

#### 🏢 Company data

Company name, industry, employee-count band, company ID and logo, taken from Xing's company profiles where available.

#### 📄 Full descriptions

Enable `fetchDetails` to add the complete job description in HTML and plain text, taken from each listing's detail page.

#### 🔁 Change tracking built in

Every record is tagged NEW, UPDATED, UNCHANGED or REAPPEARED across runs, with a stable content hash. Ideal for scheduled monitoring of a search.

#### ⚡ Fast and cheap

Runs against Xing's own data API, not a browser. Low compute cost, high reliability, no login required.

***

### Input parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `keywords` | string | (empty) | Job title or skill to search for, e.g. `software engineer`. Leave empty to return all jobs for the location. |
| `location` | string | (empty) | City or region in the DACH area, e.g. `Berlin`, `Hamburg`, `Wien`, `Zurich`. Leave empty to search all locations. |
| `fetchDetails` | boolean | `false` | Fetch the full job description (HTML and plain text) from each listing. Adds roughly half a second per job. Disable for faster list-only runs. |
| `maxItems` | integer | `5` | Maximum number of job listings to return. |

***

### Output schema

Every field below is present on every record. Fields Xing does not publish for a given job are returned as `null` rather than omitted.

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `id` | string | Unique Xing job ID. |
| `url` | string | Canonical Xing job listing URL. |
| `title` | string | Job title. |
| `company` | string | Company display name as shown on the listing. |
| `companyNameOfficial` | string | Registered company name (null if not published). |
| `companyId` | string | Xing company ID (null if the employer has no Xing company page). |
| `companyIndustry` | string | Company industry (null if not published). |
| `companySizeMin` | number | Lower bound of the employer's employee-count band (null if not published). |
| `companySizeMax` | number | Upper bound of the employer's employee-count band (null if not published). |
| `logoUrl` | string | Company logo URL (null if not published). |
| `location` | string | Primary city of the position. |
| `locations` | array | All cities listed for the position. |
| `region` | string | Region of the position (null unless `fetchDetails` is enabled). |
| `country` | string | Country code of the position, e.g. DE (null unless `fetchDetails` is enabled). |
| `postalCode` | string | Postal code of the position. Xing publishes this on a minority of listings, so it is often null. |
| `employmentType` | string | Employment type as published (e.g. Vollzeit, Teilzeit). |
| `salaryMin` | number | Minimum salary (null if not published). |
| `salaryMax` | number | Maximum salary (null if not published). |
| `salaryMedian` | number | Median salary estimate (null if not published). |
| `salaryCurrency` | string | Salary currency (null if not published). |
| `applyUrl` | string | External application URL (null if applying is on Xing). |
| `activeUntil` | string | Date the listing stays active until. |
| `refreshedAt` | string | Timestamp the listing was last refreshed on Xing. |
| `paid` | boolean | Whether the listing is a paid posting. |
| `topJob` | boolean | Whether Xing flags the listing as a top job. |
| `redirectsToThirdParty` | boolean | Whether applying redirects to a third-party site. |
| `position` | number | Rank of the listing within the search results. |
| `source` | string | Always `xing.com`. |
| `scrapedAt` | string | ISO 8601 timestamp of extraction. |
| `changeStatus` | string | `NEW`, `UPDATED`, `UNCHANGED` or `REAPPEARED` relative to previous runs. |
| `contentHash` | string | Stable content hash used for change detection. |

#### With `fetchDetails: true`

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `descriptionHtml` | string | Full job description as HTML. |
| `descriptionText` | string | Full job description as plain text. |
| `snippet` | string | First 180 characters of the description, for previews. |
| `region` | string | Region of the position. |
| `country` | string | Country code, e.g. DE. |
| `postalCode` | string | Postal code (published on a minority of listings). |
| `salaryPeriod` | string | Salary period where published, e.g. YEAR, MONTH, HOUR. |
| `salaryText` | string | Human-readable salary, e.g. "EUR 50,000–78,500 per year", built from the salary parts. |

When `fetchDetails` is `false`, all of the above are `null`.

#### Example record

```json
{
  "id": "156130169",
  "url": "https://www.xing.com/jobs/berlin-full-stack-developer-156130169",
  "title": "Full Stack Developer (m/w/d)",
  "company": "XING TalentService",
  "companyNameOfficial": "New Work SE",
  "companyId": "1234567",
  "companyIndustry": "IT-Dienstleister",
  "companySizeMin": 11,
  "companySizeMax": 50,
  "logoUrl": "https://www.xing.com/image/logo96px.png",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "locations": ["Berlin"],
  "employmentType": "Vollzeit",
  "descriptionHtml": "<p>Wir suchen einen Full Stack Developer ...</p>",
  "descriptionText": "Wir suchen einen Full Stack Developer ...",
  "snippet": "Wir suchen einen Full Stack Developer fuer unser Team in Berlin ...",
  "region": "Berlin",
  "country": "DE",
  "postalCode": "10115",
  "salaryPeriod": "YEAR",
  "salaryText": "EUR 55,000–75,000 per year",
  "salaryMin": 55000,
  "salaryMax": 75000,
  "salaryMedian": 65000,
  "salaryCurrency": "EUR",
  "applyUrl": "https://www.example.com/apply/full-stack-developer",
  "activeUntil": "2026-08-15",
  "refreshedAt": "2026-07-05T09:12:00Z",
  "paid": true,
  "topJob": false,
  "redirectsToThirdParty": false,
  "position": 1,
  "source": "xing.com",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-07T18:00:00.000Z",
  "changeStatus": "NEW",
  "contentHash": "a1b2c3d4e5f60718"
}
```

***

### Examples

**Search for developer roles in Berlin:**

```json
{
  "keywords": "developer",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

**All jobs in a city:**

```json
{
  "keywords": "",
  "location": "Hamburg",
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

**Marketing roles across the DACH region:**

```json
{
  "keywords": "marketing manager",
  "location": "München",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

**Daily monitoring of a search:**

```json
{
  "keywords": "data engineer",
  "location": "Wien",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

Run this on a schedule and use the `changeStatus` field to process only NEW and UPDATED listings.

***

### 💰 Pricing

**$1.50 per 1,000 results** — you only pay for successfully retrieved listings. Failed retries are never charged.

| Results | Cost |
|---|---|
| 100 | ~$0.15 |
| 1,000 | ~$1.50 |
| 10,000 | ~$15.00 |
| 100,000 | ~$150.00 |

> Flat-rate alternatives typically charge $29–$49/month regardless of usage.

Subscription tiers lower the rate further at higher volumes. Use the **Max results** cap in the input to control your spend exactly.

***

### Performance

| Run size | Typical time |
|---|---|
| 100 results | under 1 minute |
| 1,000 results | 2–4 minutes |
| 10,000 results | 20–35 minutes |

***

### Known limitations

- Salary is published on the majority of listings but not all; salary fields are null where Xing does not publish them.
- Company industry, size and logo depend on the employer having a Xing company page and are null otherwise.
- Xing's guest-browsing limit is roughly 200 jobs per individual search. To collect more, split the work across multiple keyword or location searches.
- Full job descriptions are included only when `fetchDetails` is enabled, which fetches each listing's detail page and adds roughly half a second per job.

***

### Technical details

- **Source:** xing.com — DACH job listings
- **Coverage:** Germany, Austria, Switzerland, filterable by keyword and location
- **Change tracking:** NEW / UPDATED / UNCHANGED / REAPPEARED across runs, 90-day window
- **Retry:** automatic retry on network errors

***

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# Actor input Schema

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

Job title or skill to search for, e.g. 'software engineer', 'marketing manager'. Leave empty to return all jobs for the location.

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

City or region in the DACH area, e.g. 'Berlin', 'Hamburg', 'Wien', 'Zurich'. Leave empty to search all locations.

## `fetchDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch the full job description (HTML and plain text) from each listing's detail page. Adds roughly half a second per job. Disable for faster list-only runs.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of job listings to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": "software engineer",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "fetchDetails": false,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Scraped results

# 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": "Berlin",
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("unfenced-group/xing-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": "Berlin",
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("unfenced-group/xing-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": "Berlin",
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call unfenced-group/xing-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,unfenced-group/xing-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/RUfaBAuhoaZEMBai2/builds/15OTnfTobDEDJsVf4/openapi.json