HiPages Business Scraper

Instantly discover the highest rated tradespeople in your area with our powerful HiPages scraper. This specialized tool extracts comprehensive business profiles, genuine customer reviews, and contact details from Australia's leading home improvement marketplace. Perfect for homeowners seeking reliable contractors, businesses researching competition, or marketers building targeted lead lists across 120+ service categories. Stop wasting hours manually searching - get organized, filterable data on the best local professionals in seconds!

Features

• Category Selection: Search across 120+ service categories (plumbers, electricians, builders, etc.)
• Location Targeting: Find businesses in specific suburbs using postcodes
• Sorting Options: Arrange results by star rating, number of times hired, or total recommendations
• Comprehensive Business Data: Get detailed business information including:
  • Business name and contact details
  • Service area and license information
  • Customer recommendations and reviews
  • Star ratings and engagement metrics
  • Business highlights and specialties

Example Usage

1{
2  "category": "Air Conditioning",
3  "postcode": 2213,
4  "sortBy": "Total Hired"
5}

Example Output

1{
2  "name": "Frost Tech",
3  "hasLicense": 1,
4  "hasValidAbn": 1,
5  "serviceArea": "EAST HILLS",
6  "totalRecommendations": 4,
7  "phone": "0420616337",
8  "mobile": "0420616337",
9  "headline": "Professional local Air Conditioning business with over a decades experience.",
10  "highlights": [
11    "Quality Workmanship Guaranteed",
12    "Commercial & Residential",
13    "Competitive Quotes"
14  ],
15  "recommendations": {
16    "comment": "Tradie best price and did extra services without charge. Easy to deal with too. His work was amazing. You cannot tell that someone changed the aircon unit. He left the place clean, treated everyone with respect and my agent is so impressed by his work. He's now my agent's preferred air con supplier. He also was on time and finish the work on time.",
17    "jobPostcode": 2017,
18    "userName": "Han"
19  },
20  "starRating": {
21    "rating": 5,
22    "totalHired": 4,
23    "totalRatings": 3
24  },
25  "profilePageFullUrl": "https://hipages.com.au/connect/frosttech2"
26}

Limitations

• Maximum of 110 businesses per search (limited by Hipages)
• Some business details may be incomplete if not provided on hipages

Error Handling

The actor handles several common error scenarios:

• Invalid Postcode: Falls back to default Sydney suburb
• Invalid Category: Defaults to "Air Conditioning" category
• API Changes: Gracefully handles missing fields in API responses
• Network Issues: Will retry failed requests and log errors

Support

For issues, feature requests, or questions about this actor, please create an issue.