Upwork jobs search API reference

Upwork's own signed-out search page (/nx/search/jobs/). Each row carries the job ciphertext (its public id) and job_id, the title with Upwork's match highlighting removed, the full description, the payment type (fixed/hourly) with the fixed budget or hourly range, the contractor tier, duration and engagement, the skill list, the publish time, and the client block Upwork prints on search (country — often null there — payment-verified flag, total spent, reviews, feedback). total is Upwork's own result count; page with page.

Give query or an Upwork search url (its filters take priority). A one-value job_types/experience_levels rides Upwork's own URL filters (verified); several values, min_fixed_budget and max_age_days filter the fetched page instead, so a filtered page can return fewer than 10 rows. An empty page is not billed. A block or a spent time budget is 503 with Retry-After and is not billed.

Request

POSThttps://api.scrapercompany.com/v1/upwork/jobs

Authenticate with your API key in the x-api-key header (see Authentication).

Run this request on your own API key from this page, with the values you type. Signed out? Sign in or get an API key.

Body

JSON object. Unknown fields are rejected with 422.

querystring | nullmin length 1, max length 200
Job keywords, as typed into Upwork search.
urlstring | nullmin length 12, max length 2000
An Upwork jobs search URL instead of query (upwork.com/nx/search/jobs/?…); its own filters take priority.
sortstringdefault recency
Upwork's sort: newest first (recency) or Upwork's relevance order.
One ofrecencyrelevance
pageintegerdefault 1min 1, max 100
Result page, 10 jobs each (Upwork's page).
job_typesarray of stringmax items 2
Payment type. One value rides Upwork's t filter; both values filter the fetched page.
experience_levelsarray of stringmax items 3
Contractor tier. One value rides Upwork's contractor_tier filter; several filter the fetched page.
min_fixed_budgetnumber | nullmin 0
Only fixed-price jobs with a budget of at least this many USD. Filters the fetched page.
max_age_daysinteger | nullmin 1, max 365
Only jobs published within the last N days. Filters the fetched page.

Example request

curl -X POST "https://api.scrapercompany.com/v1/upwork/jobs" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SCRAPERCOMPANY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "job_types": [
      "fixed"
    ],
    "min_fixed_budget": 200,
    "query": "web scraping"
  }'

Response

200 — One page of Upwork jobs matching the query. Metered responses carry x-credits-charged and x-credits-remaining headers (see credit headers).

200 response

{
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "upwork_jobs",
    "query": "python",
    "page": 1,
    "sort": "recency",
    "source_url": "https://www.upwork.com/nx/search/jobs/?q=python&sort=recency"
  },
  "jobs_results": [
    {
      "job_id": "2118540488998101506",
      "ciphertext": "~022118540488998101506",
      "title": "Python Pipeline Data Engineer: Build Sports Analytics Database & API (Punting Form Data)",
      "description": "I am looking for an expert Backend Data Engineer to design and build a private, cloud-hosted data harvesting pipeline and relational database model for a custom sports analytics platform.",
      "url": "https://www.upwork.com/freelance-jobs/apply/~022118540488998101506/",
      "type": "hourly",
      "hourly_min": 50,
      "hourly_max": 90,
      "tier": "expert",
      "duration_label": "1 to 3 months",
      "engagement": "part_time",
      "skills": [
        "Python",
        "API"
      ],
      "published_at": "2026-11-06T06:55:17.989Z",
      "created_at": "2026-11-06T03:06:28.280Z",
      "client_payment_verified": false
    }
  ],
  "total": 1732,
  "total_on_page": 1,
  "next_page": 2,
  "meta": {
    "source": "upwork",
    "elapsed_s": 1.32
  }
}

Arrays are shortened to their first items.

Errors

Errors return a JSON body with a detail field. Failed requests are not charged. See Errors for the full list and retry advice.

Status	Meaning	Retry?
`401`Unauthorized	Missing or invalid API key. `{"detail":"missing or invalid API key"}`	No, fix the request
`402`Payment Required	Not enough credits for this request: the account's credits mode is `enforce` (`mode` in `GET /v1/billing`) and the request costs more than the available credits. Nothing is run or charged. `{"detail":"insufficient credits: this request costs 5, 0 available. Credits renew 2026-11-01."}`	No, fix the request
`422`Unprocessable Content	Request validation failed. `detail` is a list of problems for schema errors, or a string for semantic checks performed by the endpoint. `{"detail":[{"loc":["body","name"],"msg":"Field required","type":"missing"}]}`	No, fix the request
`429`Too Many Requests	Too many requests: the key's requests-per-minute limit was exceeded, or (in `enforce` credits mode) the plan's concurrent-request limit. No rate-limit or Retry-After headers are sent; back off and retry. `{"detail":"rate limit 60/min exceeded"}`	Yes, with backoff
`503`Service Unavailable	Temporarily unavailable: a dependency of this endpoint is down, or the upstream source changed its contract. Retry later. `{"detail":"database unavailable: OperationalError"}`	Yes, with backoff

Try it

Press Try it above to run this request on your own key, with the values you type (sign in first). For a no-code walkthrough, use the workspace’s guided Try it.

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Copy the cURL example above and run it in a terminal.

Credits

2 credits per successful call (2 (an empty page and failed requests are free)). Failed, blocked and empty results are free.

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