VDAB is the public employment service for Flanders (Belgium). This Actor collects structured fields from public vacancy pages.

Do I use query or startUrls?

You must provide at least one: a keyword `query` or one or more VDAB search or job URLs in `startUrls`.

What does maxItems control?

The maximum number of job records to return in a single run.

What optional filters exist?

The input schema includes profession, contract type, diploma, experience, and more—use them to narrow large result sets.

Can I apply for jobs with this Actor?

No. It is read-only extraction for analysis, aggregation, or monitoring—not application automation.

VDAB scraper monthly rental

About

VDAB Scraper

👋 Welcome to the VDAB Scraper! This actor is designed to help you extract job listings and details from VDAB (vdab.be), Belgium's public employment service. With this actor, you can easily gather data about job opportunities, companies, requirements, and more from this comprehensive job portal.

Introduction

The VDAB Scraper is a web scraping tool that extracts job data from vdab.be. It is useful for job market research, competitive analysis, and anyone interested in the Belgian employment market.

Use Cases

Job Market Research: Analyze trends in Belgian job postings and requirements.
Competitive Analysis: Monitor job opportunities and company hiring patterns.
Job Aggregators: Collect and display job listings from VDAB on your own platform.
Salary Monitoring: Track job requirements and employment conditions across different sectors.
Company Analysis: Research companies and their job offerings in Belgium.

Input 📥

To use this actor, provide the following input fields:

startUrls (array, optional): Direct URLs to scrape. Can include search pages or specific job listings.
query (string, optional): Search term or keyword for jobs.
maxItems (integer, required): Maximum number of jobs to extract. Example: 50
proxyConfiguration (object, optional): Apify proxy configuration. Default: { "useApifyProxy": false }
debugMode (boolean, optional): Enable detailed logs. Default: false
NOTE: You must provide either startUrls or query. At least one of them is required for the actor to run.

Example input:

{
  "query": "developer",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Output 📤

The output is a dataset of job objects with the following fields:

{
  "id": 71945910,
  "url": "https://www.vdab.be/vindeenjob/vacatures/71945910/inside-sales-medewerker",
  "status": "ACTIEF",
  "published": true,
  "closed": false,
  "numberOfJobs": 1,
  "name": "Inside sales medewerker",
  "description": "Je komt in een familiaal team terecht dat bestaat uit 4 collega's Je bent de spil tussen de",
  "contract": "Interim met optie \"vast werk\"; Contract van onbepaalde duur; voltijds; Dagwerk",
  "languageSkills": "Nederlands (Medium)",
  "requiredStudies": "Of gelijkwaardig door ervaring; Professionele bachelor: Administratie; Professionele bachelor: Communicatie",
  "workExperiences": "Geen ervaring",
  "employmentCircuitCode": "IV",
  "employmentCircuitLabel": "Interim met optie 'vast werk'",
  "employmentCircuitShortLabel": "Interim met optie \"vast werk\"",
  "employmentType": {
    "code": "IV",
    "label": "Interim met optie 'vast werk'",
    "kortLabel": "Interim met optie \"vast werk\""
  },
  "supplierName": "IMPACT",
  "supplierMunicipality": "PELT",
  "supplierStreet": "Koning Albertlaan",
  "supplierNumber": "5",
  "supplierPostalCode": "3910",
  "supplierStreetNumberMailbox": "Koning Albertlaan 5",
  "supplierAddressLine": "Koning Albertlaan 5 3910 PELT",
  "supplierCountryCode": "BE",
  "supplierCountryLabel": "België",
  "supplierCountryShortLabel": "België",
  "supplierType": "INTERMEDIAIREN",
  "supplierMandated": true,
  "organizationId": 10133725,
  "organizationName": "IMPACT ",
  "organizationDescription": "Impact is een uitzendkantoor gespecialiseerd in de tewerkstelling van personen met een Technics,",
  "organizationWebsite": "http://www.impact.be",
  "organizationPriority": false,
  "workCompanyName": null,
  "workMunicipality": "LOMMEL",
  "workStreet": null,
  "workNumber": null,
  "workMailbox": null,
  "workPostalCode": "3920",
  "workStreetNumberMailbox": null,
  "workAddressLine": "3920 LOMMEL",
  "workCountryCode": "BE",
  "workCountryLabel": "België",
  "workCountryShortLabel": "België",
  "regionCode": "BE222B",
  "regionLabel": "Regio Pelt - Hamont-Achel - Lommel",
  "regionShortLabel": "Regio Pelt - Hamont-Achel - Lommel",
  "regionOrAddress": "LOMMEL",
  "contactEmail": null,
  "contactPhone": null,
  "contactFullName": "Karolien Thys",
  "logicalEmail": null,
  "viaLetter": false,
  "viaVDAB": false,
  "viaVisit": false,
  "offer": "Na een geslaagde interim-periode volgt er een vaste aanwerving Fulltime tewerkstelling Marktconform loon",
  "requirements": "Je bent in het bezit van een bachelor diploma Je kan minstens 3 jaar relevante ervaring voorleggen",
  "contractCode": "ONBEPAALD",
  "contractLabel": "onbepaalde duur",
  "contractShortLabel": "onbepaalde duur",
  "startAsSoonAsPossible": true,
  "contractLine": "onbepaalde duur",
  "professionalCompetencies": "Documenten coderen, klasseren en archiveren; Brieven, tabellen,",
  "workExperience": "Geen ervaring",
  "personalCompetencies": "",
  "studies": "Administratie; Communicatie",
  "studiesEquivalentByExperience": true,
  "jobDomains": "Administratie",
  "certificates": "",
  "jobTitle": "Polyvalent administratief medewerker",
  "managerEmail": null,
  "managerName": null,
  "lastModificationDate": "2025-09-13T12:15:45Z",
  "firstPublicationDate": "2025-09-13T12:15:45Z",
  "lastPublicationDate": null,
  "priority": 1,
  "socialMedia": [
    "http://www.facebook.com/impact.expertise.included",
    "http://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-expertiseincluded"
  ]
}

How many jobs can the VDAB Scraper extract?

The scraper paginates through job listings and will extract up to the number specified in maxItems. If you want all available jobs, set a high value for maxItems.

Why use the VDAB Scraper?

⚡️ Fast: Quickly gather job data for your needs.
🤙 Easy to use: No coding required—just input your search criteria and let the actor do the work.
☑️ Well-Maintained: Maintained by the Lexis Solutions team for reliability and updates.
🎯 Flexible: Support for multiple input methods (URLs, search queries).
🔍 Comprehensive: Extracts both job and company information.
🇧🇪 Belgian Focus: Specialized for the Belgian job market with local requirements and regulations.

FAQ

What is VDAB?: VDAB is the public employment service for Flanders (Belgium). This Actor collects structured fields from public vacancy pages.
Do I use query or startUrls?: You must provide at least one: a keyword `query` or one or more VDAB search or job URLs in `startUrls`.
What does maxItems control?: The maximum number of job records to return in a single run.
What optional filters exist?: The input schema includes profession, contract type, diploma, experience, and more—use them to narrow large result sets.
Can I apply for jobs with this Actor?: No. It is read-only extraction for analysis, aggregation, or monitoring—not application automation.

VDAB scraper price

Start with one monthly volume— 100,000 rows. The chart compares Bytewells (rent plus usage from recent runs, compute and platform proxy) with Apify on each plan. Bars are result charges only; Apify platform fees are in the table below.

100,000 rows a month

Cheaper for high-volume use above 115,000 rows a month. Apify is cheaper under 115,000 rows/mo.

Cost per 1,000 rows

The estimate on the card is about $0.96 per 1,000 rows from recent settled runs (compute at 6.42 CU, or $0.96, plus platform proxy when the Actor uses it). A compute unit is 1 GB of memory for one hour, at $0.15. The curve is the spread of that rate. The median is a typical run. The 99th percentile is a slow one.

Throughput

Throughput from the same recent succeeded runs, counted the other way. Startup stays in the time, so a long run returns rows a little faster than this.

Results per CU: 156
Results per minute: 8.85

Monthly cost against Apify

Bytewells is monthly rental plus usage, with no platform commitment. Apify charges a plan fee plus per-Job usage. The cost column is only that usage at the row count below; commitments are the platform subscription.

VDAB scraper monthly cost at 100,000 rows
100,000 rows a month	Monthly commitment	Usage cost
Bytewells	No commitment	$132.29
Bytewells rental	—	$36
Bytewells usage	—	$96.29
Bytewells compute (est.)	—	$96.30
Apify Free	$0	$194
Apify Starter	$19/mo	$163
Apify Scale	$199/mo	$155
Apify Business	$999/mo	$129

How this estimate is made

The cost per 1,000 rows divides the compute from recent succeeded runs in the last 90 days by the rows those runs returned. Startup time on a short run stays in the rate, so a long month is priced a little high. The median and the 99th percentile are per-run rates from the same window.

Honest verdict

115,000

rows a month

This is the breakeven number.

Occasional user

Under 115,000 rows a month, Apify is cheaper.

See it on Apify

Power users

Power users above 115,000 rows a month cost less here.

API

Bytewells speaks the Apify API. Existing integrations keep working: point apify-client at https://bytewells.com/api and use your Bytewells API token (Console → Settings → API access). The Actor ID is lexis-solutions/vdab-be-scraper (or lexis-solutions~vdab-be-scraper in URLs).

JavaScript · apify-client

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({
  token: process.env.BYTEWELLS_TOKEN,
  baseUrl: 'https://bytewells.com/api',
});

const input = {
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.vdab.be/vindeenjob/vacatures?trefwoord=sales&sort=standaard"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "debugMode": false,
  "since": "0"
};

const run = await client.actor('lexis-solutions/vdab-be-scraper').call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python · apify-client

import os
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(os.environ["BYTEWELLS_TOKEN"], api_url="https://bytewells.com/api")

run_input = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.vdab.be/vindeenjob/vacatures?trefwoord=sales&sort=standaard"
        }
    ],
    "maxItems": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": False
    },
    "debugMode": False,
    "since": "0"
}

run = client.actor("lexis-solutions/vdab-be-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(items)

HTTP · curl

curl -X POST "https://bytewells.com/api/v2/acts/lexis-solutions~vdab-be-scraper/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BYTEWELLS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"startUrls":[{"url":"https://www.vdab.be/vindeenjob/vacatures?trefwoord=sales&sort=standaard"}],"maxItems":10,"proxyConfiguration":{"useApifyProxy":false},"debugMode":false,"since":"0"}'

Runs are billed as compute from your credit balance. Paid Actors need an active rental or trial; otherwise the API answers 402 rental-required.

About

VDAB Scraper

Introduction

Use Cases

Input 📥

Output 📤

How many jobs can the VDAB Scraper extract?

Why use the VDAB Scraper?

FAQ

Cost per 1,000 rows

Throughput

Monthly cost against Apify

How this estimate is made

Honest verdict

Input

Fields

Start URLs

Maximum number of items

Proxy Configuration

Actor configuration13 fields

Debug Mode

Query

Page

Sort

Since

Type of Contract

Job Domain

Profession

Experience

Diploma

Timetable

Full/Part Time

International

API

JavaScript · apify-client

Python · apify-client

HTTP · curl

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