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Upwork Scraper

Capture freelance job postings, client budgets, and skill requirements from Upwork marketplace listings. Built on spider-browser .

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target
upwork.com
success rate
99.9%
latency
~4ms
Quick start

Extract data in minutes.

upwork-scraper.ts
import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";

const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
  apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
  stealth: 2,
  captcha: "solve",
});

await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.upwork.com/nx/search/jobs/?q=react+developer&sort=recency");
await page.content(12000);

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const jobs = [];
  document.querySelectorAll("[data-test='job-tile-list'] section").forEach(el => {
    const title = el.querySelector("[data-test='job-tile-title'] a")?.textContent?.trim();
    const budget = el.querySelector("[data-test='budget']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const skills = [...el.querySelectorAll("[data-test='token'] span")].map(s => s.textContent?.trim());
    const posted = el.querySelector("[data-test='posted-on']")?.textContent?.trim();
    if (title) jobs.push({ title, budget, skills, posted });
  });
  return JSON.stringify({ total: jobs.length, jobs: jobs.slice(0, 15) });
})()`);

console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();
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Fetch API

One endpoint for upwork.com.

Structured JSON from upwork.com with a single POST. AI-resolved selectors, cached on the first call.

POST /fetch/upwork.com/
Job titleBudgetHourly rateSkillsClient ratingPosted date
cURL
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/upwork.com/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"return_format": "json"}'
Python
import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/upwork.com/",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"return_format": "json"},
)
print(resp.json())
Node.js
const resp = await fetch("https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/upwork.com/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ return_format: "json" }),
});
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);
Extraction

Fields you can pull.

Job titleBudgetHourly rateSkillsClient ratingPosted dateProposalsDescription
Listings

Job data aggregation

Extract titles, salaries, and requirements from upwork.com search results.

Stealth

Access gated content

Stealth browsing handles login walls and bot detection on job platforms.

Freshness

Scheduled monitoring

Track new postings and salary changes with recurring scrape jobs.

Related

More Jobs scrapers.

Start

Start scraping upwork.com.

Grab an API key and call the endpoint above. The first request resolves the config; every request after hits cache.