JobSpy is a simple, yet comprehensive, job scraping library.

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Features

• Scrapes job postings from LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, Google, & ZipRecruiter simultaneously
• Aggregates the job postings in a Pandas DataFrame
• Proxies support

Installation

pip install -U python-jobspy

Python version >= 3.10 required

Usage

import csv
from jobspy import scrape_jobs

jobs = scrape_jobs(
    site_name=["indeed", "linkedin", "zip_recruiter", "glassdoor", "google"],
    search_term="software engineer",
    google_search_term="software engineer jobs near San Francisco, CA since yesterday",
    location="San Francisco, CA",
    results_wanted=20,
    hours_old=72, # (only Linkedin/Indeed is hour specific, others round up to days old)
    country_indeed='USA',  # only needed for indeed / glassdoor
    
    # linkedin_fetch_description=True # get more info such as full description, direct job url for linkedin (slower)
    # proxies=["208.195.175.46:65095", "208.195.175.45:65095", "localhost"],
    
)
print(f"Found {len(jobs)} jobs")
print(jobs.head())
jobs.to_csv("jobs.csv", quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC, escapechar="\\", index=False) # to_excel

Output

SITE           TITLE                             COMPANY           CITY          STATE  JOB_TYPE  INTERVAL  MIN_AMOUNT  MAX_AMOUNT  JOB_URL                                            DESCRIPTION
indeed         Software Engineer                 AMERICAN SYSTEMS  Arlington     VA     None      yearly    200000      150000      https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=5e409e577046...  THIS POSITION COMES WITH A 10K SIGNING BONUS!...
indeed         Senior Software Engineer          TherapyNotes.com  Philadelphia  PA     fulltime  yearly    135000      110000      https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=da39574a40cb...  About Us TherapyNotes is the national leader i...
linkedin       Software Engineer - Early Career  Lockheed Martin   Sunnyvale     CA     fulltime  yearly    None        None        https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3693012711      Description:By bringing together people that u...
linkedin       Full-Stack Software Engineer      Rain              New York      NY     fulltime  yearly    None        None        https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3696158877      Rain’s mission is to create the fastest and ea...
zip_recruiter Software Engineer - New Grad       ZipRecruiter      Santa Monica  CA     fulltime  yearly    130000      150000      https://www.ziprecruiter.com/jobs/ziprecruiter...  We offer a hybrid work environment. Most US-ba...
zip_recruiter Software Developer                 TEKsystems        Phoenix       AZ     fulltime  hourly    65          75          https://www.ziprecruiter.com/jobs/teksystems-0...  Top Skills' Details• 6 years of Java developme...

Parameters for scrape_jobs()

Optional
├── site_name (list|str): 
|    linkedin, zip_recruiter, indeed, glassdoor, google
|    (default is all)
│
├── search_term (str)
|
├── google_search_term (str)
|     search term for google jobs. This is is only param for filtering google jobs.
│
├── location (str)
│
├── distance (int): 
|    in miles, default 50
│
├── job_type (str): 
|    fulltime, parttime, internship, contract
│
├── proxies (list): 
|    in format ['user:pass@host:port', 'localhost']
|    each job board scraper will round robin through the proxies
|
├── is_remote (bool)
│
├── results_wanted (int): 
|    number of job results to retrieve for each site specified in 'site_name'
│
├── easy_apply (bool): 
|    filters for jobs that are hosted on the job board site
│
├── description_format (str): 
|    markdown, html (Format type of the job descriptions. Default is markdown.)
│
├── offset (int): 
|    starts the search from an offset (e.g. 25 will start the search from the 25th result)
│
├── hours_old (int): 
|    filters jobs by the number of hours since the job was posted 
|    (ZipRecruiter and Glassdoor round up to next day.)
│
├── verbose (int) {0, 1, 2}: 
|    Controls the verbosity of the runtime printouts 
|    (0 prints only errors, 1 is errors+warnings, 2 is all logs. Default is 2.)

├── linkedin_fetch_description (bool): 
|    fetches full description and direct job url for LinkedIn (Increases requests by O(n))
│
├── linkedin_company_ids (list[int]): 
|    searches for linkedin jobs with specific company ids
|
├── country_indeed (str): 
|    filters the country on Indeed & Glassdoor (see below for correct spelling)
|
├── enforce_annual_salary (bool): 
|    converts wages to annual salary
|
├── ca_cert (str)
|    path to CA Certificate file for proxies

├── Indeed limitations:
|    Only one from this list can be used in a search:
|    - hours_old
|    - job_type & is_remote
|    - easy_apply
│
└── LinkedIn limitations:
|    Only one from this list can be used in a search:
|    - hours_old
|    - easy_apply

JobPost Schema

JobPost
├── title
├── company
├── company_url
├── job_url
├── location
│   ├── country
│   ├── city
│   ├── state
├── description
├── job_type: fulltime, parttime, internship, contract
├── job_function
│   ├── interval: yearly, monthly, weekly, daily, hourly
│   ├── min_amount
│   ├── max_amount
│   ├── currency
│   └── salary_source: direct_data, description (parsed from posting)
├── date_posted
├── emails
└── is_remote

Linkedin specific
└── job_level

Linkedin & Indeed specific
└── company_industry

Indeed specific
├── company_country
├── company_addresses
├── company_employees_label
├── company_revenue_label
├── company_description
└── company_logo

Supported Countries for Job Searching

LinkedIn

LinkedIn searches globally & uses only the location parameter.

ZipRecruiter

ZipRecruiter searches for jobs in US/Canada & uses only the location parameter.

Indeed / Glassdoor

Indeed & Glassdoor supports most countries, but the country_indeed parameter is required. Additionally, use the location parameter to narrow down the location, e.g. city & state if necessary.

You can specify the following countries when searching on Indeed (use the exact name, * indicates support for Glassdoor):

Argentina	Australia*	Austria*	Bahrain
Belgium*	Brazil*	Canada*	Chile
China	Colombia	Costa Rica	Czech Republic
Denmark	Ecuador	Egypt	Finland
France*	Germany*	Greece	Hong Kong*
Hungary	India*	Indonesia	Ireland*
Israel	Italy*	Japan	Kuwait
Luxembourg	Malaysia	Mexico*	Morocco
Netherlands*	New Zealand*	Nigeria	Norway
Oman	Pakistan	Panama	Peru
Philippines	Poland	Portugal	Qatar
Romania	Saudi Arabia	Singapore*	South Africa
South Korea	Spain*	Sweden	Switzerland*
Taiwan	Thailand	Turkey	Ukraine
United Arab Emirates	UK*	USA*	Uruguay
Venezuela	Vietnam*

Notes

• Indeed is the best scraper currently with no rate limiting.
• All the job board endpoints are capped at around 1000 jobs on a given search.
• LinkedIn is the most restrictive and usually rate limits around the 10th page with one ip. Proxies are a must basically.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Q: Why is Indeed giving unrelated roles?
A: Indeed is searching each one of your terms e.g. software intern, it searches software OR intern. Try search_term='"software intern"' in quotes for stricter searching

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Q: Received a response code 429?
A: This indicates that you have been blocked by the job board site for sending too many requests. All of the job board sites are aggressive with blocking. We recommend:

• Wait some time between scrapes (site-dependent).
• Try using the proxies param to change your IP address.

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Q: Encountering issues with your queries?
A: Try reducing the number of results_wanted and/or broadening the filters. If problems persist, submit an issue.

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