JustDial Business Scraper

Note: This scraper has been migrated from Playwright to Puppeteer for improved performance and compatibility.

Features

• Complete Business Information: Extracts comprehensive business details including name, unique identifiers, business type, and category classifications
• Location & Address Data: Captures precise geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude), city, area, locality, pincode, and detailed business addresses
• Contact Information: Scrapes phone numbers, WhatsApp numbers, website URLs, email contacts, and call preferences
• Business Ratings & Reviews: Extracts composite ratings, total review counts, individual rating components, and detailed rating tags with descriptions
• Operating Hours: Captures business timing information, current open/closed status, and operating schedules
• Business Categories: Extracts primary business type, vertical classification, category hierarchy, and related business tags
• Images & Media: Collects business thumbnails, photo galleries, logo URLs, and image metadata with tags
• SEO & Business Metadata: Includes establishment year, services offered, amenities, website information, and search optimization data
• Payment & Verification: Captures payment options, verification status, trust indicators, and business credibility metrics
• Response Analytics: Extracts lead response rates, enquiry counts, average response times, and business engagement statistics
• Event Data: Comprehensive business metadata including position rankings, search visibility, and performance indicators
• Display Information: Card-based information for ratings, addresses, timings, and other business highlights

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
searchUrls	Array	Yes	["https://www.justdial.com/Dindigul/Restaurants/nct-10408936"]	Array of JustDial search page URLs to scrape business listings from
maxCrawlPerSearch	Integer	No	100	Maximum number of businesses to crawl per search URL
headless	Boolean	No	true	Run browser in headless mode (no visible UI). Set to false for debugging
proxyConfiguration	Object	Yes	See below	Proxy configuration for avoiding IP-based blocking (required)

Input Schema Example

{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://www.justdial.com/Dindigul/Restaurants/nct-10408936",
    "https://www.justdial.com/Dindigul/Hotels/nct-10408937"
  ],
  "maxCrawlPerSearch": 100,
  "headless": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "IN"
  }
}

Proxy Configuration (Required)

The proxyConfiguration object is required for successful scraping and supports the following properties:

Property	Type	Default	Description
useApifyProxy	Boolean	false	Whether to use Apify Proxy service
apifyProxyGroups	Array	["RESIDENTIAL"]	Array of proxy groups to use
apifyProxyCountry	String	"IN"	Country code for proxy location

Available Proxy Groups:

• "RESIDENTIAL" - Residential IP addresses (recommended for scraping)
• "DATACENTER" - Datacenter IP addresses
• "GOOGLE_SERP" - Google SERP specific proxies

Note: For scraping JustDial (Indian website), it is recommended to use Indian proxies ("IN") with residential proxy groups for better success rates and to avoid geo-blocking.

Output Schema

The scraper outputs comprehensive structured JSON data for each business. The complete output includes all available information from JustDial's API.

Main Fields

Field	Type	Description
docid	String	Unique JustDial document identifier
name	String	Business name
distance	String	Distance from search location
NewAddress	String	Business address
lat, lon	String	Geographic coordinates
paidStatus	String/Integer	Business paid listing status
compRating	String	Composite rating (e.g., "3.7")
verified	String	Verification status
rateThis	Integer	Rating indicator
totalReviews	String	Total number of reviews (e.g., "1,161 Ratings")
VNumber	String	Contact phone number
opstring	Object	Operating hours and status
area	String	Business area/locality
city	String	City name
thumbnail	String	Business thumbnail image URL
totJdReviews	String	Total JustDial reviews
favflag	Integer	Favorite flag
attr_data	Object	Business attributes and metadata
event_data	Object	Comprehensive business event data
resp_rate	Object	Response rate information
pincode	String	Postal code
seo_info	Object	SEO and business information
card_info	Array	Card display information
dimages	Array	Business image URLs
tag	Array	Business tags
ratingtag	Array	Rating tags
hcatarr	Object	Category information
bd_params	Object	Business parameters

Business Listing Example

{
  "docid": "9999PX451.X451.161005151012.H5M8",
  "name": "Aachis Biryani Kadai",
  "distance": "",
  "NewAddress": " Collectorate",
  "lat": "10.365041666667",
  "lon": "77.982369444444",
  "paidStatus": "6",
  "compRating": "3.7",
  "verified": "1",
  "rateThis": 1,
  "mappointer": "1",
  "opstring": {
    "status": "<span class=\"font14 fw400 els color339\">Opens at </span><span class=\"font14 fw400 color111\">11:00 AM</span>",
    "timing": "11:00 am - 11:30 pm"
  },
  "area": "TRICHY BYE PASS ROAD Collectorate",
  "opennow": 0,
  "type": "Restaurants, Biryani Restaurants",
  "VNumber": "07383550385",
  "totalReviews": "1,161 Ratings",
  "video": "",
  "city": "Dindigul",
  "thumbnail": "https://content.jdmagicbox.com/comp/dindigul/m8/9999px451.x451.161005151012.h5m8/catalogue/aachis-biryani-kadai-collectorate-dindigul-multicuisine-restaurants-1o1xt04avr-250.jpg",
  "totJdReviews": "1,161",
  "favflag": 0,
  "attr_data": {
    "node1": "",
    "node2": "",
    "node3": ["<span class=\"font14 fw400 color111\">40 Years in Business</span>", 0, 0],
    "node1color": []
  },
  "an": {},
  "shopfront": 0,
  "ishotel": 0,
  "vertical": [],
  "vertical_name": "restaurant",
  "discount_Offer": "",
  "vertical_data": [],
  "position_flag": "1",
  "Jadoopic": "https://content2.jdmagicbox.com/checkin/dindigul/9999PX451.X451.161005151012.H5M8.jpg",
  "sharedt_url": "https://www.justdial.com/DT-996EMAQI6I6",
  "cancall": 1,
  "wpnumber": [],
  "action_node": "",
  "idxno": 1,
  "linefive": "",
  "newadd": "",
  "newaddcolor": "",
  "dimages": [
    "https://content.jdmagicbox.com/comp/dindigul/m8/9999px451.x451.161005151012.h5m8/catalogue/aachis-biryani-kadai-collectorate-dindigul-multicuisine-restaurants-1o1xt04avr.jpg",
    "https://content.jdmagicbox.com/comp/dindigul/m8/9999px451.x451.161005151012.h5m8/catalogue/aachis-biryani-kadai-collectorate-dindigul-restaurants-11xvpuemp6.jpg",
    "https://content.jdmagicbox.com/comp/dindigul/m8/9999px451.x451.161005151012.h5m8/catalogue/aachis-biryani-kadai-collectorate-dindigul-restaurants-ptjuv7mupj.jpg",
    "https://content.jdmagicbox.com/comp/dindigul/m8/9999px451.x451.161005151012.h5m8/catalogue/aachis-biryani-kadai-collectorate-dindigul-restaurants-sr6h14dgku.jpg",
    "https://content.jdmagicbox.com/comp/dindigul/m8/9999px451.x451.161005151012.h5m8/catalogue/aachis-biryani-kadai-collectorate-dindigul-restaurants-tmmrie28u3.jpg"
  ],
  "viewchange": [0, 2, 0],
  "photocnt": "229",
  "pdg": "P",
  "nameln": "Aachis Biryani Kadai",
  "NewAddressln": " Collectorate",
  "address_flg": 1,
  "ask_mobile": 0,
  "hcatarr": {
    "id": 10332161,
    "nid": 10332161,
    "name": "Multicuisine Restaurants",
    "lin": ""
  },
  "callalocation": "Ni%2BtYKyPU76gmlfnNKhLvYh%2BiC5xc%2FOkQ%2FKQGvNOHD61%2BAGSxtgI8Z80iwhieaQn",
  "compRatingln": "3.7",
  "catalog_flag": 0,
  "jdpay": {
    "img": "https://akam.cdn.jdmagicbox.com/images/icontent/newwap/newprot/ctlgjdpay2x.png",
    "redirection_url": ""
  },
  "ratecard": {},
  "ds": "0",
  "inapp": 1,
  "bd_params": {
    "did": "9999PX451.X451.161005151012.H5M8",
    "cmp_params": {
      "bcity": "Dindigul",
      "barea": "Collectorate",
      "bpncdbd": "624004",
      "paidstatus": "6",
      "misc": "8589946880",
      "ask_mobile": 0
    },
    "bilang": ""
  },
  "jtkr": "J%2F34PsSRkR%2Fyd8NUuJXjpcs0Pae9r8xltQrzSDXPzHw%3D",
  "useshare": 0,
  "weburl": "Dindigul/Aachis-Biryani-Kadai-Collectorate/9999PX451-X451-161005151012-H5M8_BZDET",
  "rev": "",
  "nwtaglin": ["Chinese", "South Indian", "Multicuisine"],
  "tag": [
    {
      "tag_name": "Most searched",
      "bg_colour": "#5271dd",
      "txt_colour": "#FFFFFF",
      "tag_image": "https://akam.cdn.jdmagicbox.com/images/icontent/newwap/web2022/topsearch.svg"
    }
  ],
  "starhotel": "",
  "revarr": [],
  "offertag": {},
  "ratingtag": [
    {
      "lnKey": -99,
      "tagText": "Tasty food",
      "desc": " 19 Suggestions",
      "icon": "https://akam.cdn.jdmagicbox.com/images/icons/iphone/nd-Like-comments.png",
      "tagTextColor": "#111111"
    }
  ],
  "resp_rate": {
    "lead": "73",
    "lead_resp": "16",
    "avg_resp_time_sec": "",
    "tformat": "",
    "color": "#339D3A",
    "lead_txt": "73 people recently enquired",
    "resp_txt": ""
  },
  "pincode": "624004",
  "guarantee": "",
  "event_data": {
    "cname": "Aachis Biryani Kadai",
    "docid": "9999PX451.X451.161005151012.H5M8",
    "rating": "3.7",
    "rating_cnt": "1161",
    "city": "Dindigul",
    "dcity": "Dindigul",
    "area": "Collectorate",
    "pin": "624004",
    "ds": "0",
    "pdg": "P",
    "paid": "6",
    "jd_verified": "1",
    "guarantee": "",
    "trust": "0",
    "verified": "0",
    "pos": 1,
    "tag": "Most searched",
    "cta_name": "",
    "call_cta": "3",
    "deals": "",
    "jd_cash": "",
    "isb2b": "0",
    "miscellaneous_flag": "18875656",
    "distance": "",
    "core_distance": "0.4909872578951556",
    "search_type": "P",
    "services": 0,
    "jdm_eligible": 0,
    "b2b_flag": "0",
    "opt": null,
    "price_count": 0
  },
  "msg_pop": 1,
  "scd": "996EMAQI6I6",
  "loccity": "Dindigul",
  "docatt": [
    {
      "h": "1",
      "d": "<span class=\"font14 fw400 els color339\">Opens at </span><span class=\"font14 fw400 color111\">11:00 AM</span>"
    },
    {
      "h": 1,
      "d": 0
    }
  ],
  "catarray": [],
  "arealn": "Collectorate",
  "service_catalog": [],
  "is_lawyer": 0,
  "price_tagline": [],
  "rateColor": "#009A18",
  "seo_info": {
    "year": "1985",
    "amenities": "",
    "services": "Home Delivery",
    "top_cat": [
      {
        "catname": "Restaurants",
        "catid": 10408936,
        "ncatid": 10408936,
        "url": "/Dindigul/Restaurants/nct-10408936"
      },
      {
        "catname": "Biryani Restaurants",
        "catid": 10047018,
        "ncatid": 10047018,
        "url": "/Dindigul/Biryani-Restaurants/nct-10047018"
      },
      {
        "catname": "Non Veg Restaurants",
        "catid": 10338914,
        "ncatid": 10338914,
        "url": "/Dindigul/Non-Veg-Restaurants/nct-10338914"
      }
    ],
    "website": "www.dindigulaachies.com,www.aachies.in",
    "addr": "ANJALI ROUNDANA, TRICHY BYE PASS ROAD, Collectorate, Dindigul - 624004"
  },
  "logo": "",
  "ad_listing": 0,
  "card_info": [
    {
      "t": "rating",
      "d": [
        {
          "tag_key": "rating",
          "tagText": "3.7",
          "desc": "",
          "icon": "",
          "link": "",
          "html": 0,
          "bg": "#009A18"
        },
        {
          "tag_key": "reviews",
          "tagText": "1,161 Ratings",
          "desc": "",
          "icon": "",
          "link": "",
          "html": 0
        },
        {
          "tag_key": "tag",
          "tagText": "",
          "desc": "",
          "icon": "https://akam.cdn.jdmagicbox.com/images/icontent/newwap/web2022/topsearch.svg",
          "link": "",
          "html": 0
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "t": "address",
      "d": [
        {
          "tag_key": "address",
          "tagText": "TRICHY BYE PASS ROAD Collectorate, Dindigul",
          "desc": "",
          "icon": "https://akam.cdn.jdmagicbox.com/images/icontent/newwap/web2022/results_locat_icon.svg",
          "link": "",
          "html": 0
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "t": "oth",
      "d": [
        {
          "tag_key": "timings",
          "tagText": "<span class=\"font14 fw400 els color339\">Opens at </span><span class=\"font14 fw400 color111\">11:00 AM</span>",
          "desc": "",
          "icon": "",
          "link": "",
          "html": 1
        },
        {
          "tag_key": "ratingtag",
          "tagText": "Tasty food",
          "desc": "19 Suggestions",
          "icon": "https://akam.cdn.jdmagicbox.com/images/icons/iphone/nd-Like-comments.png",
          "link": "",
          "html": 0
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "dimages_tag": [
    "1o1xt04avr",
    "11xvpuemp6",
    "ptjuv7mupj",
    "sr6h14dgku",
    "tmmrie28u3"
  ],
  "apiprm": "",
  "success": true
}

Support

For issues and questions:

• Review the Apify Actor logs in the platform
• Ensure search URLs are valid JustDial.com URLs
• Verify business listings are active and accessible
• Email : lakshmanan.w3dev@gmail.com