serviceseeking.com.au APIserviceseeking.com.au ↗
Access Australian service provider listings, business profiles, ratings, ABNs, and service categories from ServiceSeeking.com.au via a structured REST API.
curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/dbbe9d2e-8349-4f4e-bfb7-9d069ada3a5b/get_category_listings?page=1&category=cleaners' \ -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY'
Search for service providers in a specific category. Returns paginated business listings with name, location, rating, and pricing.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| page | integer | Page number for pagination. |
| category | string | The category slug (e.g. 'removalists', 'cleaners', 'electricians', 'plumbers'). Use get_all_categories to discover valid slugs. |
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"page": "integer indicating the current page",
"businesses": "array of business objects with name, profile_url, location, rating, review_count, price, description"
},
"sample": {
"data": {
"page": 1,
"businesses": [
{
"name": "CarlosRed Fox Removals",
"price": "$179/hour",
"rating": 5,
"location": "Forestville, NSW",
"description": null,
"profile_url": "https://www.serviceseeking.com.au/profile/183267?source='business_directory",
"review_count": 49
}
]
},
"status": "success"
}
}About the serviceseeking.com.au API
The ServiceSeeking.com.au API exposes 3 endpoints covering Australia's service provider marketplace, returning business profiles with up to 9 fields each — including ABN, rating, location, and reviews. Use get_category_listings to paginate providers by trade or service category, get_business_profile to retrieve full business detail by URL, and get_all_categories to enumerate every available category slug.
What the API Covers
The API surfaces structured data from ServiceSeeking.com.au, Australia's marketplace for local trades and services. Three endpoints cover category browsing, paginated provider search, and individual business profiles. All geographic coverage is Australia-wide, and data includes trades (electricians, plumbers, removalists), home services (cleaners), and hundreds of other categories discoverable via get_all_categories.
Endpoints and Response Fields
get_all_categories takes no inputs and returns an array of category objects, each with a name and slug. Those slugs feed directly into get_category_listings as the category parameter. That endpoint accepts an optional page integer for pagination and returns a businesses array — each entry includes name, profile_url, location, rating, review_count, price, and description.
get_business_profile accepts a required profile_url (obtainable from get_category_listings results) and returns a richer object: abn (Australian Business Number), name, image, rating, website, location, services (array of service names), description, review_count, and a reviews_preview array containing sample review objects. The ABN field is particularly useful for business verification and cross-referencing against the Australian Business Register.
Pagination and Workflow
The recommended workflow is: call get_all_categories once to build a slug reference, then use those slugs with get_category_listings and increment the page parameter to walk through results. Each listing's profile_url can then be passed to get_business_profile for full detail. There is no bulk profile endpoint; profiles must be fetched individually by URL.
- Build a directory of Australian tradespeople filtered by category slug and location field
- Aggregate ABNs from business profiles for verification or enrichment pipelines
- Monitor rating and review_count changes over time for competitive analysis in a service category
- Extract the services array from profiles to map which businesses offer overlapping trades
- Compile lead lists of electricians, plumbers, or cleaners in specific suburbs using the location field
- Feed category and pricing data into a cost-comparison tool for Australian home services
- Populate a CRM with business name, website, and contact context from ServiceSeeking profiles
| Tier | Price | Credits/month | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 100 | 5 req/min |
| Hobby | $30/mo | 1,000 | 20 req/min |
| Developer | $100/mo | 5,000 | 250 req/min |
One credit = one API call regardless of which marketplace API you call. Exceeding the rate limit returns a 429 response. Authenticate with the X-API-Key header.