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/**
* UK Visa Jobs Extractor
*
* Fetches job listings from my.ukvisajobs.com that may sponsor work visas.
* Outputs JSON to stdout for the orchestrator to consume.
*
* Environment variables:
* UKVISAJOBS_TOKEN - JWT token (required)
* UKVISAJOBS_AUTH_TOKEN - Auth cookie token (defaults to UKVISAJOBS_TOKEN)
* UKVISAJOBS_CSRF_TOKEN - CSRF token cookie
* UKVISAJOBS_CI_SESSION - CI session cookie
* UKVISAJOBS_MAX_JOBS - Maximum jobs to fetch (default: 50, max: 200)
* UKVISAJOBS_SEARCH_KEYWORD - Optional search filter
*/
import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
import { join, dirname } from 'path';
import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
const API_URL = 'https://my.ukvisajobs.com/ukvisa-api/api/fetch-jobs-data';
const JOBS_PER_PAGE = 15;
const DEFAULT_MAX_JOBS = 50;
const MAX_ALLOWED_JOBS = 200;
interface UkVisaJobsApiJob {
id: string;
title: string;
company_name: string;
company_link?: string;
job_link: string;
city: string;
created_date: string;
job_expire: string;
description?: string;
min_salary?: string;
max_salary?: string;
salary_interval?: string;
salary_method?: string;
degree_requirement?: string;
job_type?: string;
job_level?: string;
job_industry?: string;
visa_acceptance?: string;
applicants_outside_uk?: string;
likely_to_sponsor?: string;
definitely_sponsored?: string;
new_entrant?: string;
student_graduate?: string;
image?: string;
computed_cos_total?: string;
}
interface UkVisaJobsApiResponse {
status: number;
totalJobs: number;
query?: string;
jobs: UkVisaJobsApiJob[];
}
interface ExtractedJob {
source: 'ukvisajobs';
sourceJobId: string;
title: string;
employer: string;
employerUrl?: string;
jobUrl: string;
applicationLink: string;
location?: string;
deadline?: string;
salary?: string;
jobDescription?: string;
datePosted?: string;
degreeRequired?: string;
jobType?: string;
jobLevel?: string;
}
function toStringOrNull(value: unknown): string | null {
if (value === null || value === undefined) return null;
if (typeof value === 'string') {
const trimmed = value.trim();
return trimmed.length > 0 ? trimmed : null;
}
if (typeof value === 'number' || typeof value === 'boolean') return String(value);
return null;
}
function toNumberOrNull(value: unknown): number | null {
if (value === null || value === undefined) return null;
if (typeof value === 'number') return Number.isFinite(value) ? value : null;
if (typeof value === 'string') {
const trimmed = value.trim();
if (!trimmed) return null;
const parsed = Number(trimmed);
return Number.isFinite(parsed) ? parsed : null;
}
return null;
}
async function fetchPage(
pageNo: number,
token: string,
cookies: string,
options: { searchKeyword?: string } = {}
): Promise<UkVisaJobsApiResponse> {
// Use native FormData API (Node.js 18+)
const formData = new FormData();
formData.append('is_global', '0');
formData.append('sortBy', 'desc');
formData.append('pageNo', String(pageNo));
formData.append('visaAcceptance', 'false');
formData.append('applicants_outside_uk', 'false');
formData.append('searchKeyword', options.searchKeyword || 'null');
formData.append('token', token);
const response = await fetch(API_URL, {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'accept': 'application/json, text/plain, */*',
'accept-language': 'en-US,en;q=0.9',
'cookie': cookies,
'origin': 'https://my.ukvisajobs.com',
'referer': `https://my.ukvisajobs.com/open-jobs/1?is_global=0&sortBy=desc&pageNo=${pageNo}&visaAcceptance=false&applicants_outside_uk=false`,
'user-agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 13; Pixel 7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/143.0.0.0 Mobile Safari/537.36',
},
body: formData,
});
if (!response.ok) {
const text = await response.text();
throw new Error(`UKVisaJobs API returned ${response.status}: ${response.statusText} - ${text}`);
}
return response.json() as Promise<UkVisaJobsApiResponse>;
}
function mapJob(raw: UkVisaJobsApiJob): ExtractedJob {
// Build salary string from min/max
let salary: string | undefined = undefined;
const minSalary = toNumberOrNull(raw.min_salary);
const maxSalary = toNumberOrNull(raw.max_salary);
if (minSalary !== null && minSalary > 0 && maxSalary !== null && maxSalary > 0) {
salary = `£${minSalary.toLocaleString()}-${maxSalary.toLocaleString()}`;
if (raw.salary_interval) {
salary += ` / ${raw.salary_interval}`;
}
} else if (maxSalary !== null && maxSalary > 0) {
salary = `£${maxSalary.toLocaleString()}`;
if (raw.salary_interval) {
salary += ` / ${raw.salary_interval}`;
}
}
// Build a description from visa sponsorship fields
const visaInfo: string[] = [];
if (raw.visa_acceptance?.toLowerCase() === 'yes') visaInfo.push('Visa acceptance: Yes');
if (raw.applicants_outside_uk?.toLowerCase() === 'yes') visaInfo.push('Accepts applicants outside UK');
if (raw.likely_to_sponsor?.toLowerCase() === 'yes') visaInfo.push('Likely to sponsor');
if (raw.definitely_sponsored?.toLowerCase() === 'yes') visaInfo.push('Definitely sponsored');
if (raw.new_entrant?.toLowerCase() === 'yes') visaInfo.push('New entrant friendly');
if (raw.student_graduate?.toLowerCase() === 'yes') visaInfo.push('Student/Graduate friendly');
const description = raw.description
? raw.description
: visaInfo.length > 0
? `Visa sponsorship info: ${visaInfo.join(', ')}`
: undefined;
return {
source: 'ukvisajobs',
sourceJobId: raw.id,
title: raw.title || 'Unknown Title',
employer: raw.company_name || 'Unknown Employer',
employerUrl: toStringOrNull(raw.company_link) ?? undefined,
jobUrl: raw.job_link,
applicationLink: raw.job_link,
location: raw.city || undefined,
deadline: raw.job_expire || undefined,
salary,
jobDescription: description,
datePosted: raw.created_date || undefined,
degreeRequired: toStringOrNull(raw.degree_requirement) ?? undefined,
jobType: toStringOrNull(raw.job_type) ?? undefined,
jobLevel: toStringOrNull(raw.job_level) ?? undefined,
};
}
async function main(): Promise<void> {
console.log('🇬🇧 UK Visa Jobs Extractor starting...');
// Get credentials from environment
const token = process.env.UKVISAJOBS_TOKEN;
const authToken = process.env.UKVISAJOBS_AUTH_TOKEN || token;
const csrfToken = process.env.UKVISAJOBS_CSRF_TOKEN || '';
const ciSession = process.env.UKVISAJOBS_CI_SESSION || '';
const searchKeyword = process.env.UKVISAJOBS_SEARCH_KEYWORD || undefined;
if (!token) {
console.error('❌ UKVISAJOBS_TOKEN environment variable is not set');
process.exit(1);
}
// Build cookies string
const cookieParts: string[] = [];
if (csrfToken) cookieParts.push(`csrf_token=${csrfToken}`);
if (ciSession) cookieParts.push(`ci_session=${ciSession}`);
if (authToken) cookieParts.push(`authToken=${authToken}`);
const cookies = cookieParts.join('; ');
console.log(` Cookies configured: ${cookieParts.length > 0 ? 'Yes' : 'No'}`);
console.log(` Token length: ${token.length}`);
// Get max jobs from environment
const maxJobsEnv = toNumberOrNull(process.env.UKVISAJOBS_MAX_JOBS);
const maxJobs = Math.min(maxJobsEnv ?? DEFAULT_MAX_JOBS, MAX_ALLOWED_JOBS);
const maxPages = Math.ceil(maxJobs / JOBS_PER_PAGE);
console.log(` Max jobs: ${maxJobs} (${maxPages} pages)`);
if (searchKeyword) {
console.log(` Search keyword: ${searchKeyword}`);
}
const allJobs: ExtractedJob[] = [];
const seenIds = new Set<string>();
let totalAvailable = 0;
let pageNo = 1;
try {
while (pageNo <= maxPages && allJobs.length < maxJobs) {
console.log(` Fetching page ${pageNo}/${maxPages}...`);
const response = await fetchPage(pageNo, token, cookies, { searchKeyword });
if (response.status !== 1) {
console.warn(` ⚠️ API returned status ${response.status} on page ${pageNo}`);
break;
}
if (pageNo === 1) {
totalAvailable = response.totalJobs;
console.log(` Total available: ${totalAvailable} jobs`);
}
if (!response.jobs || response.jobs.length === 0) {
console.log(` No more jobs on page ${pageNo}`);
break;
}
for (const rawJob of response.jobs) {
if (allJobs.length >= maxJobs) break;
// Deduplicate by ID
if (seenIds.has(rawJob.id)) continue;
seenIds.add(rawJob.id);
const mapped = mapJob(rawJob);
allJobs.push(mapped);
}
// If we got fewer jobs than a full page, we're at the end
if (response.jobs.length < JOBS_PER_PAGE) {
break;
}
pageNo++;
// Small delay to be nice to the API
await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500));
}
console.log(`✅ Scraped ${allJobs.length} jobs`);
// Write output to storage directory (similar to Crawlee dataset structure)
const storageDir = join(__dirname, '../storage/datasets/default');
await mkdir(storageDir, { recursive: true });
// Write each job as a separate JSON file (Crawlee dataset format)
for (let i = 0; i < allJobs.length; i++) {
const filename = join(storageDir, `${String(i + 1).padStart(6, '0')}.json`);
await writeFile(filename, JSON.stringify(allJobs[i], null, 2));
}
// Also write a combined output file for easier consumption
const outputFile = join(storageDir, 'jobs.json');
await writeFile(outputFile, JSON.stringify(allJobs, null, 2));
console.log(` Output written to: ${storageDir}`);
console.log(` Jobs file: ${outputFile}`);
} catch (error) {
const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error';
console.error(`❌ Error: ${message}`);
process.exit(1);
}
}
main().catch((error) => {
console.error('Fatal error:', error);
process.exit(1);
});