Jobs & careers
Seek Scraper
seek.com.au
Seek is the leading job board in Australia and New Zealand and gates its listings behind bot detection. ScrapeUnblocker renders the search pages as a candidate would see them and returns the title, company, salary and location for each role, holding a clean 100% across a spread of role searches.
What you can extract
- Job title, company and location
- Salary range where listed
- Work type and classification
- Posting date and listing age
- Job description snippet and apply URL
How to scrape it
curl -X POST \
-H "X-ScrapeUnblocker-Key: $SU_API_KEY" \
"https://api.scrapeunblocker.com/getPageSource?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seek.com.au%2Fsoftware-engineer-jobs&parsed_data=true"import requests
resp = requests.post(
"https://api.scrapeunblocker.com/getPageSource",
headers={"X-ScrapeUnblocker-Key": SU_API_KEY},
params={"url": "https://www.seek.com.au/software-engineer-jobs", "parsed_data": True},
)
print(resp.text)import { ScrapeUnblockerClient } from 'scrapeunblocker';
const su = new ScrapeUnblockerClient({ apiKey: process.env.SU_API_KEY });
const results = await su.getPageSource({
url: 'https://www.seek.com.au/software-engineer-jobs',
parsedData: true,
});
console.log(results);Requests are POST and take their parameters in the query string. Browser rendering always happens - there is no flag to enable.
Frequently asked questions
Is it legal to scrape Seek?
Collecting publicly available Seek data such as job titles, salary ranges and employer names is lawful in many jurisdictions, but the rules depend on your country, the data you collect and how you use it. Some of it can be personal data, so follow the privacy rules that apply to you. ScrapeUnblocker returns the public page; what you collect and how you use it is your responsibility.
How do I scrape Seek without getting blocked?
Seek uses bot detection and rate limiting. ScrapeUnblocker renders the page in a real browser, rotates residential and ISP exits and handles challenges, so you get the page a visitor sees rather than a block page. In ScrapeUnblocker's benchmark it returned real content on 100% of 1,000 calls, about 9.8s per call.
What Seek data can I get?
Seek search pages give you each role's job title, company and location, the salary range where one is listed, work type and classification, posting date and listing age, a job description snippet and the apply URL. Take the rendered HTML, or pass parsed_data=true for structured JSON.
Do I need a Seek API or account?
No. ScrapeUnblocker returns the public Seek page as HTML, or structured JSON with parsed_data=true, so you do not need a Seek API account. Send a Seek search URL such as a role search to /getPageSource with your ScrapeUnblocker key. Use steps for clicks, typing or scrolling when a page needs them.
Can I monitor Seek at scale?
Yes. Calls run in parallel up to your plan's concurrency limit: 20 to 100 concurrent requests on Pay as you go, Starter and Pro, and 200 to 400 on Business, Scale and Ultimate. Send many role searches at once to follow Australian and New Zealand job postings and salary ranges over time.
How much does it cost to scrape Seek?
Each Seek request costs 1 credit, from EUR 1.00 per 1,000 on pay as you go to about EUR 0.55 per 1,000 on the Ultimate plan. Delivered pages are billed, including a site's own 404 or 410 page. A 403 block, a timeout, a 523 origin unreachable, a 429 and errors on ScrapeUnblocker's side are not billed. The free trial includes 500 requests, no card.
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