Does Seek have an API? Australian job ads as JSON

export TOOLZERHUB_API_KEY=your_key
curl -G -H "x-api-key: $TOOLZERHUB_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "query=data analyst" --data-urlencode "location=Sydney NSW" \
  "https://api.toolzerhub.com/v1/seek/search"

{
  "job_id": "95364041",
  "title": "Reporting Analyst",
  "advertiser": { "id": "25502044", "name": "Perigon Group Pty Limited" },
  "locations": [{ "country_code": "AU", "label": "Sydney NSW" }],
  "classifications": [{ "id": "6143", "name": "Analysis & Reporting", "parent_id": "1200", "parent_name": "Accounting" }],
  "ad_type": "SPONSORED",
  "listed_at": "2026-10-19T23:41:17.000Z",
  "salary_label": "$140k-$170k+Super",
  "work_types": ["Contract/Temp"]
}

import csv
import os
import re
import sys
import time

import requests

URL = "https://api.toolzerhub.com/v1/seek/search"
HEADERS = {"x-api-key": os.environ.get("TOOLZERHUB_API_KEY", "")}
FIELDS = ["job_id", "title", "advertiser", "location", "salary", "work_type", "classification",
          "listed_at", "ad_type", "url"]


def search(query, location, page, tries=3):
    # 429, 5xx and dropped connections are retried; failed calls cost no credits.
    params = {"query": query, "page": page, **({"location": location} if location else {})}
    for attempt in range(tries):
        last = attempt == tries - 1
        try:
            r = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS, params=params, timeout=120)
        except requests.RequestException:
            if last:
                raise
            time.sleep(10 * (attempt + 1))
            continue
        if r.status_code in (429, 500, 502, 503, 504) and not last:
            time.sleep(10 * (attempt + 1))
            continue
        if r.status_code == 402:
            sys.exit("out of credits: the CSV keeps the pages written so far")
        r.raise_for_status()
        return r.json()["data"]


def main(query, location="", pages="5", out=None):
    name = re.sub(r"\W+", "_", query)
    out = out or f"seek_{name}.csv"
    seen, repeats, fetched = set(), 0, 0
    with open(out, "w", newline="", encoding="utf-8-sig") as f:  # -sig: Excel reads UTF-8
        writer = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=FIELDS)
        writer.writeheader()
        for page in range(1, int(pages) + 1):
            data = search(query, location, page)
            if not data:  # an empty page; stop here
                break
            fetched += 1
            if page == 1:
                print(f"{data['total_count']} jobs on Seek for {query!r} {location}".rstrip())
            for job in data["results"]:
                if job["job_id"] in seen:  # a job can repeat, even on the same page
                    repeats += 1
                    continue
                seen.add(job["job_id"])
                writer.writerow({
                    "job_id": job["job_id"], "title": job["title"],
                    "advertiser": (job.get("advertiser") or {}).get("name"),
                    "location": ", ".join(x.get("label", "") for x in job.get("locations") or []),
                    "salary": job.get("salary_label") or "",
                    "work_type": ", ".join(job.get("work_types") or []),
                    "classification": ", ".join(
                        c["name"] for c in job.get("classifications") or []),
                    "listed_at": (job.get("listed_at") or "")[:10], "ad_type": job.get("ad_type"),
                    "url": f"https://au.seek.com/job/{job['job_id']}",
                })
            if not data.get("has_more"):
                break
    print(f"{len(seen)} jobs from {fetched} page(s) written to {out}, {repeats} repeats skipped")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        sys.exit('usage: python seek_jobs.py "data analyst" ["Sydney NSW"] [pages] [file.csv]')
    if not HEADERS["x-api-key"]:
        sys.exit("set TOOLZERHUB_API_KEY first")
    main(*sys.argv[1:])