# Yellow Pages Au (`websift/yellow-pages-au`)

Yellow Pages Australia Scraper - Extract AU business listings: contacts, addresses, ratings, hours. Perfect for lead generation, market research & B2B prospecting. Search by location/keyword. Get phone numbers, emails, websites. Automated pagination & filtering.

- **URL**: https://beta-securitybyobscurity.apify.com/websift/yellow-pages-au.md
- **Developed by:** [Jacob](https://beta-securitybyobscurity.apify.com/websift) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 5 total users, 4 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per result. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for dataset items the Actor outputs.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-result

# README

## Yellow Pages Australia Business Scraper

Extract comprehensive business data from **Yellow Pages Australia** for lead generation, market research, and business intelligence.\
This scraper automatically handles pagination and provides structured output with complete contact information.

***

### Features

- **Comprehensive Business Data** – Extract business names, phone numbers, emails, websites, physical addresses with GPS coordinates, and detailed descriptions.
- **Advanced Search Options** – Search by keywords, location, and apply filters like `open now`, `local businesses only`, and `popular listings`.
- **Smart Result Management** – Automatically detects available results and prevents over-scraping when requests exceed available data.
- **Rating & Review Information** – Retrieve customer ratings, review counts, and business accreditations.
- **Operating Hours** – Extract detailed opening hours for each business.
- **Category Classification** – Get business categories and industry classifications.
- **Flexible Sorting** – Sort results by relevance or distance from a specified location.
- **Efficient Pagination** – Concurrent page fetching with intelligent result limiting.
- **Structured Output** – Clean, consistent JSON format ready for CRM import or further processing.

### Input Parameters

- `searchTerm`: Business type or service (e.g., `"plumber"`, `"restaurant"`, `"dentist"`).
- `location`: City, suburb, or region in Australia.
- `maxResults`: Maximum number of results to extract (automatically adjusted to available data).
- `sortBy`: `"relevance"` or `"distance"`.
- `openNow`: Filter for businesses currently open.
- `localBusinesses`: Include only mappable local businesses.
- `popular`: Show only popular/featured listings.

### Example Usage

```json
{
  "searchTerm": "accountant",
  "location": "Melbourne VIC",
  "maxResults": 500,
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "openNow": false,
  "localBusinesses": true,
  "popular": false
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "id": "123456",
  "name": "ABC Accounting Services",
  "phone": "02 9876 5432",
  "email": "info@abcaccounting.com.au",
  "website": "https://www.abcaccounting.com.au",
  "address": {
    "addressLine": "123 Collins Street",
    "suburb": "Melbourne",
    "state": "VIC",
    "postCode": "3000",
    "latitude": -37.8136,
    "longitude": 144.9631
  },
  "rating_score": 4.5,
  "rating_count": 28,
  "category_name": "Accountants",
  "category_id": "accounting-services",
  "opening_hours": {
    "monday": "9:00 AM - 5:00 PM",
    "tuesday": "9:00 AM - 5:00 PM",
    "friday": "9:00 AM - 4:00 PM"
  },
  "description": "Professional accounting services for small to medium businesses...",
  "accreditations": ["CPA Australia", "Certified Tax Agent"],
  "unique_selling_points": ["Free initial consultation", "Same day service"],
  "profile_link": "https://www.yellowpages.com.au/vic/melbourne/abc-accounting-123456",
  "pureMobileBusiness": false,
  "last_updated": "2024-01-15"
}
```

### Limitations

- **Geographic Scope** – Limited to Australian businesses listed on Yellow Pages Australia.
- **Search Dependency** – Results depend on Yellow Pages' search algorithm and available listings.
- **Maximum Results** – Actual results may be fewer than requested if listings are limited.

### Error Handling

- **Automatic Retries** – Failed requests are retried with exponential backoff.
- **Graceful Degradation** – Processing continues even if individual pages fail to load.
- **Input Validation** – All input parameters are validated and sanitised with sensible defaults.

### Support

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

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerm` (type: `string`):

Job title or keyword to search for.

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

The maximum number of job listings to return.

## `allResults` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, every available result will be collected. (this overrides maxResults)

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Sort the job listings by criteria.

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

Location to filter job listings (city, suburb, postcode, etc).

## `openNow` (type: `boolean`):

Filter to only show jobs that are currently open.

## `localBusinesses` (type: `boolean`):

Filter to only show jobs from local businesses.

## `popular` (type: `boolean`):

Filter to only show popular job listings.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerm": "accountant",
  "maxResults": 200,
  "sortBy": "Relevance"
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchTerm": "accountant"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("websift/yellow-pages-au").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 = { "searchTerm": "accountant" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("websift/yellow-pages-au").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchTerm": "accountant"
}' |
apify call websift/yellow-pages-au --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=websift/yellow-pages-au",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Yellow Pages Au",
        "description": "Yellow Pages Australia Scraper - Extract AU business listings: contacts, addresses, ratings, hours. Perfect for lead generation, market research & B2B prospecting. Search by location/keyword. Get phone numbers, emails, websites. Automated pagination & filtering.",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "fH20afF0v4BSmekZD"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/websift~yellow-pages-au/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
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                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
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                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/websift~yellow-pages-au/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-websift-yellow-pages-au",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/websift~yellow-pages-au/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-websift-yellow-pages-au",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "searchTerm": {
                        "title": "🔍 Search term",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Job title or keyword to search for."
                    },
                    "maxResults": {
                        "title": "🔢 Maximum results",
                        "maximum": 550,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "The maximum number of job listings to return.",
                        "default": 200
                    },
                    "allResults": {
                        "title": "📊 Collect All Results",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "When enabled, every available result will be collected. (this overrides maxResults)"
                    },
                    "sortBy": {
                        "title": "⚖️ Sort by",
                        "enum": [
                            "Relevance",
                            "Distance"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Sort the job listings by criteria.",
                        "default": "Relevance"
                    },
                    "location": {
                        "title": "📍 Location",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Location to filter job listings (city, suburb, postcode, etc)."
                    },
                    "openNow": {
                        "title": "🕒 Open now",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Filter to only show jobs that are currently open."
                    },
                    "localBusinesses": {
                        "title": "🏪 Local businesses only",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Filter to only show jobs from local businesses."
                    },
                    "popular": {
                        "title": "🔥 Popular listings",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Filter to only show popular job listings."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
