OnlineJobs.ph CLI

A command-line tool to automate job applications and scraping on OnlineJobs.ph.

Features

• Login: Authenticate with OnlineJobs.ph and export session cookies
• Apply: Automatically apply to job postings with custom messages and contact info
• Jobs: Search and scrape job listings with descriptions
• Proxy Support: Route requests through HTTP/HTTPS proxies (with optional authentication)

Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.11+

Option 1: Install from PyPI (Recommended)

pip install olj-cli

This will install the olj-cli command-line tool globally.

Option 2: Clone and Install from Source

git clone https://github.com/Kuugang/olj-cli.git
cd olj-cli
pip install -e .

This will install the package in development mode.

Example Usage

1. Login — Get Session Cookies

Authenticate and save your session cookies for use in other commands.

COOKIES=$(olj-cli login --email you@example.com --password secret)

This prints the cookies as JSON to stdout, which you can store in the COOKIES variable.

2. Apply to a Job

Submit an application to a specific job posting.

olj-cli apply \
  --cookies "$COOKIES" \
  --job-url "https://www.onlinejobs.ph/jobseekers/job/1604447" \
  --subject "Applying for Senior Developer" \
  --message "I would like to apply, thank you." \
  --contact-info "Email: you@example.com | GitHub: yourhandle"

Parameters:

• --cookies: JSON cookies string from the login command
• --job-url: Full URL of the job posting
• --subject: Email subject line
• --message: Email message body
• --contact-info: Your contact information
• --apply-points (optional): Points to spend (default: 1)

3. Scrape Jobs

Search and scrape job listings with full descriptions.

olj-cli jobs --filter "python developer"        # Scrape first page only
olj-cli jobs --filter "python developer" --all  # Scrape all pages
olj-cli jobs --all --page 2                     # Start from page 2 and scrape all

Parameters:

• --filter (optional): Keyword filter for search
• --page (optional): Starting page number (default: 1)
• --all (optional): Scrape all pages until no jobs found (default: only first page)

Output: JSON array of jobs with url, title, posted_by, posted_on, rate, and description

Commands

All commands support the --proxy option for routing through proxies.

login

Authenticate with OnlineJobs.ph and output session cookies as JSON.

olj-cli [--proxy <proxy>] login --email <email> --password <password>

Environment Variables:

• OLJ_EMAIL: Account email (alternative to --email)
• OLJ_PASSWORD: Account password (alternative to --password)

apply

Apply to a job posting using authenticated session.

olj-cli [--proxy <proxy>] apply --cookies <JSON> --job-url <url> --subject <subject> --message <message> --contact-info <info>

jobs

Search and scrape job listings.

olj-cli [--proxy <proxy>] jobs [--filter <keyword>] [--page <number>] [--all]

Proxy Configuration

All commands support HTTP/HTTPS proxies. Use the --proxy argument in format:

• Without authentication: host:port
• With authentication: host:port:username:password

Examples

# Login through proxy (no auth)
olj-cli --proxy "proxy.example.com:8080" login --email you@example.com --password secret

# Apply to job through authenticated proxy
olj-cli --proxy "proxy.example.com:8080:user:pass" apply \
  --cookies "$COOKIES" \
  --job-url "https://www.onlinejobs.ph/jobseekers/job/1604447" \
  --subject "Applying for Senior Developer" \
  --message "I would like to apply, thank you." \
  --contact-info "Email: you@example.com | GitHub: yourhandle"

# Scrape jobs through proxy
olj-cli --proxy "10.0.0.1:3128:admin:password123" jobs --filter "python" --all

Debug

Enable debug logging for any command:

olj-cli --debug jobs --filter "react"

Example Workflow

# 1. Search for jobs (no authentication needed)
olj-cli jobs --filter "python developer" --all

# 2. Login to get cookies (if you want to apply)
COOKIES=$(olj-cli login --email you@example.com --password secret)

# 3. Apply to a specific job
olj-cli apply \
  --cookies "$COOKIES" \
  --job-url "https://www.onlinejobs.ph/jobseekers/job/1604447" \
  --subject "Applying for Senior Developer" \
  --message "I would like to apply, thank you." \
  --contact-info "Email: you@example.com | GitHub: yourhandle"

How It Works

Login Flow

1. Fetches the login page to extract CSRF token
2. Submits credentials to authenticate endpoint
3. Stores session cookies for subsequent requests

Apply Flow

1. Fetches the job posting page
2. Extracts CSRF token, job ID, and other metadata
3. Fetches the application form
4. Submits the application with subject, message, and contact info

Jobs Scraping

1. Fetches job listing pages with optional keyword filter
2. Parses job cards to extract title, URL, poster, and date
3. Fetches each job's detail page to extract full description
4. Returns complete job data as JSON