# Upwork Scraper - Jobs & Freelancer Profiles, No API Key (`scrapers_lat/upwork-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Upwork jobs and freelancer profiles without an API key or login. Get job budgets, hourly ranges, skills, experience level and client country, spend and payment-verified status; plus freelancer rates, job success, earnings, hours and location. Filter and export JSON, CSV, Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/upwork-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Lat](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation, Automation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 10 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $26.15 / 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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

[![Upwork Scraper - Jobs & Freelancer Profiles](https://scrapers.lat/banners/upwork-scraper.png)](https://console.apify.com/actors/dJPfxLTQBSBNjOQa7/input)

## Upwork Scraper - Jobs & Freelancer Profiles (No API Key)

Scrape **Upwork jobs** and **Upwork freelancer profiles** from public search without an API key, cookies, or login. Point it at a keyword or paste Upwork search URLs, and get clean, structured JSON: job budgets and hourly ranges, required skills, experience level and client details in **jobs mode**, or rates, job success, earnings, hours, skills and location in **freelancer mode**. Built for freelance lead generation, gig-economy market research, rate benchmarking, and job-feed monitoring.

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns in freelancer mode:

```json
{
  "imageUrl": "https://www.upwork.com/profile-portraits/c1FlM2Ga-T6Nhk3pTJRFZi_I33TuSwJzppERyc8VcpYvwGbrqAmXEb2lShZoqZhv8P",
  "name": "Ronald T.",
  "title": "Python Developer",
  "url": "https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01d699cdd471617458",
  "hourlyRate": 30,
  "currency": "USD",
  "jobSuccess": 100,
  "totalEarned": 182073.96,
  "topRatedStatus": "Top Rated",
  "totalHours": 8938,
  "totalJobs": 14,
  "completedJobs": 1,
  "country": "Philippines",
  "state": null,
  "city": "San Jose Del Monte Bulacan",
  "timezone": "UTC+08:00 Hong Kong SAR, Perth, Singapore, Taipei",
  "offerConsultations": false,
  "description": "I specialize in API development and web scraping using Python...",
  "portfolioItemCount": 2,
  "skills": ["Data Scraping", "Django", "Python", "Data Extraction", "TypeScript", "API Development", "RESTful API", "React", "Docker", "PostgreSQL", "MySQL"],
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:42:24.214Z",
  "error": null
}
```

**📥 [Input](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/upwork-scraper/input-schema) · 📤 [Output](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/upwork-scraper/output-schema) · 💰 [Pricing](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/upwork-scraper/pricing) · ▶️ [Examples](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/upwork-scraper/examples)**

![Apify](https://img.shields.io/badge/Platform-Apify-1CE1CE?logo=apify\&logoColor=white)
![Coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/Coverage-Upwork-blue)
![Output](https://img.shields.io/badge/Output-JSON%20%7C%20CSV%20%7C%20Excel-orange)
![Billing](https://img.shields.io/badge/Billing-Pay%20per%20result-brightgreen)

### Table of contents

- [What it does](#what-it-does)
- [Why this Upwork scraper](#why-this-upwork-scraper)
- [Quickstart](#quickstart)
- [Input reference](#input-reference)
- [Output reference](#output-reference)
- [How it compares](#how-it-compares)
- [Run via API and CLI](#run-via-api-and-cli)
- [Fetch results](#fetch-results)
- [Billing and limits](#billing-and-limits)
- [FAQ and troubleshooting](#faq-and-troubleshooting)

### What it does

This **Upwork scraper** searches Upwork's public talent or job search for a keyword (or a search URL you supply), paginates the matching results, and writes one normalized record per result to the run's dataset. No official Upwork API, developer key, or account is required.

- **Jobs mode** returns job posts: id and URL, title and description, fixed budget or hourly range, weekly budget, project type, duration, engagement, experience level, category and subcategory, skills, proposals range, connects required, premium flag, posting dates, plus client details shown on the public job card (country, total spent, hires, rating, reviews, payment-verified status).
- **Freelancer mode** returns talent profiles: name, headline, profile URL and portrait, hourly rate and currency, job success score, total earned and hours, top-rated status, job counts, location and timezone, whether the freelancer offers consultations, profile description, portfolio item count, and skills.

Missing source values are returned as `null`, never invented.

### Why this Upwork scraper

- **No API key, no login, no proxy setup.** Upwork does not offer a public jobs/talent data API, so this actor reads the same public search pages a visitor sees. You paste a keyword and press Run.
- **Both surfaces, one actor.** Freelancer leads and job-feed data from a single input.
- **Rich client data in jobs mode.** Client country, total spent, hires, rating and payment-verified status for freelance lead scoring and outreach.
- **Native filters.** Job type, experience level, budget, hourly rate, payment-verified, and recency sort, forwarded to Upwork's own search.
- **Pay per result.** You are billed per record returned, never for failed runs.

**Popular searches this actor serves:** Upwork scraper, Upwork API alternative, Upwork jobs data, freelance jobs scraper, Upwork job feed, freelancer leads, gig economy data, Upwork talent search export, no API key.

### Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns 10 freelancer profiles for the keyword "python developer".

```json
{
  "searchType": "freelancers",
  "searchQuery": "python developer",
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

Search job posts instead, newest first, hourly and expert only:

```json
{
  "searchType": "jobs",
  "searchQuery": "react developer",
  "sortBy": "recency",
  "jobType": "hourly",
  "experienceLevel": ["expert"],
  "maxResults": 25
}
```

Because Upwork's search sits behind a heavy Cloudflare challenge that clears on a warm session, set the run timeout to **600s or more** (Input, then Run options) for reliable runs. See [Billing and limits](#billing-and-limits) for details on throughput.

### Input reference

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `searchType` | enum | no | `freelancers` | `freelancers` for talent profiles, or `jobs` for job posts. |
| `searchQuery` | string | yes\* | (none) | Keyword to search, e.g. `python developer`, `logo design`, `virtual assistant`. Required unless `startUrls` is set. |
| `startUrls` | string\[] | no | `[]` | One or more Upwork search URLs (job or talent) to scrape directly. Overrides `searchQuery`; `searchType` is auto-detected from each URL path. |
| `maxResults` | integer | no | `10` | Maximum number of freelancers or jobs to collect. Free plans capped at 10. |
| `sortBy` | enum | no | `relevance` | `relevance` or `recency` (newest first). |
| `jobType` | enum | no | `any` | Jobs mode: `hourly`, `fixed`, or `any`. |
| `experienceLevel` | array | no | `[]` | Jobs mode: any of `entry`, `intermediate`, `expert`. |
| `minHourlyRate` / `maxHourlyRate` | integer | no | (none) | Hourly-rate range (USD). Applies to hourly jobs and freelancer rates. |
| `minBudget` / `maxBudget` | integer | no | (none) | Jobs mode: fixed-price budget range (USD). |
| `paymentVerified` | boolean | no | `false` | Jobs mode: return only clients with a verified payment method. |

Filters are forwarded to Upwork's native search parameters. Results are drawn 10 per page.

### Output reference

#### Jobs mode

One dataset item per job post.

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `jobId` | string | Upwork job identifier (ciphertext). |
| `ciphertext` | string | Raw ciphertext id. |
| `title` | string | Job title. |
| `url` | string | Direct link to the job post. |
| `type` | string | `Hourly` or `Fixed`. |
| `description` | string | Job description (HTML stripped). |
| `category` / `subcategory` | string | Job category and subcategory, or `null`. |
| `budgetAmount` | number | Fixed-price budget in USD (fixed jobs), else `null`. |
| `hourlyMin` / `hourlyMax` | number | Hourly-rate range (hourly jobs), else `null`. |
| `weeklyBudget` | number | Weekly budget for hourly contracts, or `null`. |
| `currency` | string | Currency, typically `USD`. |
| `duration` | string | Estimated project duration, or `null`. |
| `engagement` | string | Engagement, e.g. `Part Time`, or `null`. |
| `experienceLevel` | string | Required tier, e.g. `Expert`, or `null`. |
| `proposalsRange` | string | Number-of-proposals band, or `null`. |
| `connectsRequired` | integer | Connects required to apply, or `null`. |
| `freelancersToHire` | integer | Openings on the post, or `null`. |
| `enterpriseJob` | boolean | Whether it is an Enterprise post, or `null`. |
| `premium` | boolean | Whether the post is premium. |
| `skills` | string\[] | Skills requested on the job. |
| `clientCountry` | string | Client country, or `null`. |
| `clientCity` | string | Client city, or `null`. |
| `clientTotalSpent` | number | Client lifetime spend in USD, or `null`. |
| `clientTotalHires` | integer | Client total hires, or `null`. |
| `clientTotalPostedJobs` | integer | Jobs the client has posted, or `null`. |
| `clientRating` | number | Client average feedback (0 to 5), or `null`. |
| `clientReviewsCount` | integer | Client review count, or `null`. |
| `clientPaymentVerified` | boolean | Whether the client's payment method is verified, or `null`. |
| `clientCompany` | string | Client company name, or `null`. |
| `createdOn` / `postedAt` | string | Creation and published timestamps, or `null`. |
| `observedAt` | string | ISO 8601 timestamp of collection. |
| `error` | string | `null` on success; populated on a failed run. |

Client fields reflect what Upwork exposes on the public job card; a field Upwork omits for a given post is returned as `null`.

#### Freelancer mode

One dataset item per freelancer profile. Types: `string`, `number`, `integer`, `boolean`, `string[]`, or `null`.

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `imageUrl` | string | Profile portrait URL, or `null`. |
| `name` | string | Freelancer display name. |
| `title` | string | Profile headline. |
| `url` | string | Direct link to the freelancer profile. |
| `hourlyRate` | number | Advertised hourly rate, or `null`. |
| `currency` | string | Currency of the rate, typically `USD`. |
| `jobSuccess` | integer | Job Success Score (0 to 100), or `null`. |
| `totalEarned` | number | Total earned on Upwork in USD, or `null`. |
| `topRatedStatus` | string | `Top Rated`, `Top Rated Plus`, `Rising Talent`, or `null`. |
| `totalHours` | integer | Total hours worked, or `null`. |
| `totalJobs` | integer | Total hourly plus fixed-price jobs, or `null`. |
| `completedJobs` | integer | Completed jobs, or `null`. |
| `country` / `state` / `city` | string | Location fields (some may be `null`). |
| `timezone` | string | Freelancer timezone. |
| `offerConsultations` | boolean | Whether the freelancer offers paid consultations. |
| `description` | string | Full profile description. |
| `portfolioItemCount` | integer | Number of portfolio items. |
| `skills` | string\[] | Skills listed on the profile. |
| `observedAt` | string | ISO 8601 timestamp of collection. |
| `error` | string | `null` on success; populated on a failed run. |

### How it compares

Feature comparison against other Upwork actors on Apify (as of 2026-09).

| Capability | This actor | thirdwatch/upwork-jobs-scraper | junipr/upwork-jobs | sovereigntaylor/upwork-scraper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freelancer (talent) mode | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Jobs mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Keyword search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Start URL input | Yes | No | No | Partial |
| Sort by recency | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Job type filter | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Experience-level filter | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Budget / hourly-rate filter | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Payment-verified filter | Yes | No | No | No |
| Job skills | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Proposals + connects | Yes | Yes (details) | Yes | Partial |
| Client country / spend / hires / rating | Yes | Yes (details add-on) | Yes | Partial |
| Freelancer earnings / job success / hours | Yes | n/a | n/a | Yes |
| Pay per result (no per-run/per-page fees) | Yes | Yes | No (per-page) | Yes |

Notes, stated honestly: some competitors pull client history from per-job **detail** pages, which lets them show fields even when a search card hides them; this actor reads client fields from the public search card and returns `null` where Upwork omits them. Upwork's search is Cloudflare-gated (see below), so throughput is the trade-off across every actor in this category.

### Run via API and CLI

Start a run and read the dataset. Replace `<TOKEN>` with your Apify API token. Give Upwork runs a long timeout.

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~upwork-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>&timeout=600" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchType":"freelancers","searchQuery":"python developer","maxResults":10}'
```

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~upwork-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>&timeout=600" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchType":"jobs","searchQuery":"logo design","sortBy":"recency","maxResults":25}'
```

```bash
apify call scrapers_lat/upwork-scraper \
  --input '{"searchType":"freelancers","searchQuery":"virtual assistant"}'
```

### Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing `format`:

```bash
## JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

## CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

## Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"
```

`<DATASET_ID>` is returned as `defaultDatasetId` in the run object. `clean=true` drops empty and internal fields.

### Billing and limits

- **Pay per result.** You are charged per freelancer or job returned (`result` event). See the [pricing tab](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/upwork-scraper/pricing) for the current per-result price.
- **No charge on failure.** If a run cannot clear the challenge in time or matches nothing, the actor writes a single item with an `error` field (and a hint) and does not charge for it.
- **Spend cap respected.** Set `maxTotalChargeUsd` on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
- **Free Apify plans** are capped at 10 records per run. Upgrade for a higher `maxResults`.
- **Cloudflare-gated source, honest throughput.** Upwork's public search sits behind a heavy Cloudflare challenge. The actor is HTTP-only and clears each page through a hosted solver service (you configure no proxy or browser). A fresh, cold session can take a few minutes to warm, and some runs time out before the first page clears; when that happens you get an unbilled `error` record. Set the run timeout to 600s or more and retry; warm sessions are cached, so a retry shortly after a timeout usually succeeds. During periods when Upwork tightens the challenge, expect lower success rates and retries.

### FAQ and troubleshooting

**Do I need an Upwork API key or account?**
No. Upwork has no public jobs/talent data API. This actor reads the same public search pages a logged-out visitor sees. No key, cookie, or login is required.

**A run returned only an `error` record. Why?**
The run could not warm a session and clear Cloudflare in the time available, or the search matched nothing. Raise the run timeout to 600s or more and retry. Error records are not charged.

**How do I search job posts instead of freelancers?**
Set `searchType` to `jobs`, or paste a `https://www.upwork.com/nx/search/jobs/...` URL into `startUrls`. The output switches to job fields (budget, type, experience level, skills, client details).

**Can I filter results?**
Yes. In jobs mode use `jobType`, `experienceLevel`, `minBudget`/`maxBudget`, `minHourlyRate`/`maxHourlyRate`, `paymentVerified`, and `sortBy`. Filters are forwarded to Upwork's native search.

**Why are some fields null?**
Upwork does not expose every field for every result in public search (for example a client's exact spend, or a freelancer's `state`). Missing source values are returned as `null`, never invented.

**Is this an official Upwork tool?**
No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with Upwork. It reads only data available through Upwork's public search. Use it in accordance with Upwork's terms.

### Related scrapers

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- [Ashby Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ashby-jobs-scraper): Jobs from Ashby-powered career pages.
- [Greenhouse Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/greenhouse-jobs-scraper): Jobs from Greenhouse boards.
- [Indeed Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/indeed-jobs-scraper): Indeed job listings.
- [GitHub Contributor Contacts Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/github-contributor-contacts-scraper): Developer contacts from GitHub.

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***

> Independent tool, not affiliated with Upwork. Accesses only data available through Upwork's public search. Use in accordance with Upwork's terms.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

Choose what to scrape: Upwork freelancer profiles (talent search) or job posts (job search).

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Keyword to search, e.g. "python developer", "logo design", "virtual assistant". Required unless you supply Start URLs.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Paste one or more Upwork search URLs (job or talent search) to scrape directly, e.g. https://www.upwork.com/nx/search/jobs/?q=react\&sort=recency. Overrides Search Query when set; searchType is auto-detected from the URL path.

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

Maximum number of freelancers or jobs to collect. Free Apify plans are capped at 10 per run.

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

Result ordering. "recency" returns newest first (jobs), "relevance" returns best keyword match.

## `jobType` (type: `string`):

Restrict job posts to hourly or fixed-price contracts. Ignored in freelancer mode.

## `experienceLevel` (type: `array`):

Filter job posts by required experience tier. Select one or more.

## `minHourlyRate` (type: `integer`):

Lower bound of the hourly-rate filter. Applies to hourly jobs and to freelancer rates.

## `maxHourlyRate` (type: `integer`):

Upper bound of the hourly-rate filter. Applies to hourly jobs and to freelancer rates.

## `minBudget` (type: `integer`):

Lower bound of the fixed-price budget filter for job posts.

## `maxBudget` (type: `integer`):

Upper bound of the fixed-price budget filter for job posts.

## `paymentVerified` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, return only job posts from clients with a verified payment method.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchType": "freelancers",
  "searchQuery": "python developer",
  "startUrls": [],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "jobType": "any",
  "experienceLevel": [],
  "paymentVerified": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {
    "searchQuery": "python developer",
    "startUrls": [],
    "maxResults": 10,
    "experienceLevel": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapers_lat/upwork-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 = {
    "searchQuery": "python developer",
    "startUrls": [],
    "maxResults": 10,
    "experienceLevel": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapers_lat/upwork-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 '{
  "searchQuery": "python developer",
  "startUrls": [],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "experienceLevel": []
}' |
apify call scrapers_lat/upwork-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapers_lat/upwork-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/dJPfxLTQBSBNjOQa7/builds/ZrNs3LkEcsWNAQlsX/openapi.json