Indeed-job-scraper NPM

Indeed Job Scraper :flashlight:

A node.js application to scrape jobs from Indeed website

Install

npm install indeed-job-scraper

:warning: Please be sure the browser executable is downloaded at ~/.cache/puppeteer/ after the installation process, otherwise you can download it directly by running node node_modules/indeed-job-scraper/node_modules/puppeteer/ from your working package, or simply run: npm run browser-install

How to use ?

//import the required modules
let { getJobsList , getJobsPDF, release, config } = require("indeed-job-scraper");
let fs   = require("fs");
let path = require("path");


//get job list data
getJobsList({
	query : "php",
	fromdays : 1,
	sitetype: "employer",
	sort     : "date",
	maxperpage : 20,
	level      : "senior_level",
})
.then(console.log)
.then(release);




//get job list as a PDF report
getJobsPDF({
	query      : "Android Developer",
	fromdays   : 2,
	sort       : "date",
	maxperpage : 20,
	level      : "senior_level",
}).then((pdfBuffer) => {
	fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname , "./jobs.pdf") , pdfBuffer);
}).then(release);

Pagination

The application is designed to follow the next pages, but the user can limit the number of visited pages

URL paramters

The params object contains 17 properties denoting the search criteria, this number is expected to be change in the future

Paramter	Indeed Default value	Description
query	""	search query
hireType	any	`directhire` to fetch jobs directly from companies only
level	any	`entry_level` , `mid_level` or `senior_level`
salary	any	salary per year i.e `45K` , `30000` or salary range `45K - 90K`
radius	0	radius to search with i.e `30` miles or in exact location
location	any	city , state , zip code or 'remote'
sort	relevance	should be `relevance` or `date`
siteType	any	should be `jobsite` or `employer`
jobType	any	should be one of `fulltime`, `parttime`, `contract`, `internship`, `temporary` or `commission`
fromDays	all	number of days since a job was published
duplicate	unique	`unique` to filter duplication or `all` to enable them
maxPerPage	10	maximum number of jobs per page

configurations

You can change app configurations based on your needs i.e locality domain

let { config } = require("indeed-job-scraper");

config["max-pages"] = 4 //the maximum number of visited pages
config["base-URL"]  = "https://uk.indeed.com/"; //change the locality domain to restrict the search results to your country
config["verbose"]   = true;  //to deliver information about current processing