Metadata-Version: 2.4
Name: uk-companies-house-bulk-scraper
Version: 1.0.0
Summary: UK Companies House Bulk Scraper — free API client for the Apify platform. No API key setup, thousands of structured results, export to JSON, CSV or Excel.
Author: logiover
License: MIT
Project-URL: Homepage, https://apify.com/logiover/uk-companies-house-bulk-scraper
Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/logiover/uk-companies-house-bulk-scraper
Project-URL: Bug Tracker, https://github.com/logiover/uk-companies-house-bulk-scraper/issues
Keywords: uk,companies,house,bulk,scraper,apify,web scraping,data export,crawler,json,csv,no api key,unofficial api,dataset,data extraction
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Indexing/Search
Requires-Python: >=3.8
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
License-File: LICENSE
Requires-Dist: apify-client>=1.6
Dynamic: license-file

# UK Companies House Bulk Scraper

[![Run on Apify](https://img.shields.io/badge/Apify-Run%20Actor-97D700?logo=apify)](https://apify.com/logiover/uk-companies-house-bulk-scraper) [![Python client](https://img.shields.io/badge/client-py-blue)](https://github.com/logiover/uk-companies-house-bulk-scraper)

**UK Companies House Bulk Scraper** — a Python client for the [Apify Actor](https://apify.com/logiover/uk-companies-house-bulk-scraper). Pull **UK Companies House Bulk** data at scale with no API-key hassle: thousands of clean, structured results you can export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

▶️ **Run it on Apify:** https://apify.com/logiover/uk-companies-house-bulk-scraper

## Install
```bash
pip install uk-companies-house-bulk-scraper
```

## Usage
```python
from uk_companies_house_bulk_scraper import scrape

items = scrape({}, token="YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
print(len(items), "results")
print(items[0])
```

Get your free Apify token at <https://console.apify.com/account/integrations>.

## Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `snapshotMonth` | string | Snapshot month (YYYY-MM) |
| `sicCodePrefixes` | array | SIC code prefixes |
| `sicKeywords` | array | SIC keywords |
| `nameContains` | string | Company name contains |
| `companyStatuses` | array | Company statuses |
| `companyCategories` | array | Company categories |
| `postCodePrefixes` | array | Post-code prefixes |
| `postTowns` | array | Post towns |
| `counties` | array | Counties |
| `countries` | array | Countries |
| `incorporatedSince` | string | Incorporated on or after (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| `incorporatedBefore` | string | Incorporated on or before (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| `maxResults` | integer | Maximum results to save |
| `logEveryNRows` | integer | Progress log frequency (rows) |

*All fields optional — run with empty input `{}` for a broad default result set.*

## Output
Each result item includes fields such as: `companyName`, `companyNumber`, `status`, `category`, `incorporationDate`, `address`, `sicCodes`, `url`, `country_of_origin`, `dissolution_date`, `accounts`, `returns`, `mortgages`, `previousNames`, `confirmationStatement`, `apiUrl`.

## Why use this
- ⚡ Thousands of results per run, auto-paginated
- 🔑 No UK Companies House Bulk login or reverse-engineering — just call the Actor
- 📦 Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, JSONL, XML
- ☁️ Runs on Apify cloud — schedule it, add webhooks, wire into Make / Zapier / n8n

## FAQ
### Do I need an API key?
Only a free Apify token (grab one at https://console.apify.com/account/integrations). No UK Companies House Bulk login and no scraping setup on your side.

### How many results can I get?
Thousands per run. Raise the limit in the input to pull more — the Actor paginates for you.

### What export formats are supported?
Results are plain JSON in code; from the Apify dataset you can export CSV, Excel, JSON, JSONL or XML.

### Is this an official UK Companies House Bulk API?
No. It is an unofficial UK Companies House Bulk data client on the Apify platform — a maintained alternative when there is no official or affordable API.

## Links
- ▶️ Run the Actor: https://apify.com/logiover/uk-companies-house-bulk-scraper
- 📚 Docs & examples: https://github.com/logiover/uk-companies-house-bulk-scraper
- 🧰 More scrapers by logiover: https://apify.com/logiover

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MIT © 2026 logiover · Client library for the hosted Apify Actor. Not affiliated with UK Companies House Bulk.
