Barnes & Noble Scraper

This actor scrapes book and product data from Barnes & Noble, a leading retailer of books and digital media.

Issues and feature requests

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Output Example (simplified)

The actor provides a convenient overview mode that displays the most important book information in a tabular format. Here's an example of how the data looks in the overview mode:

Image	Product URL	Product Name	Current Price	Regular Price	Currency	Description	Scraped At
	https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-first-gentleman-james-patterson/1146664728	The First Gentleman: A Thri...	22.40	32	USD	Notes From Your Bookseller ...	2025-07-21
	https://www.barnesandnoble.com/noresults/the-running-grave-robert-galbraith/1144250924	BN No Results Page	0.00	0			2025-07-21
	https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/murder-by-cheesecake-rachel-ekstrom-courage/1146010256?ean=9781368102988	Murder by Cheesecake: A Gol...	16.99	16.99	USD	Notes From Your Bookseller ...	2025-07-21

Features

• Scrapes detailed book and product information from Barnes & Noble pages
• Extracts data from both individual product URLs and category pages
• Follows pagination links on category pages with custom pagination logic (optional)
• Preserves all URL parameters like 'Nrpp' (items per page) and 'Ns' (sorting)
• Captures book-specific information such as ISBN, authors, publisher, and publication date

Input

The actor accepts the following input parameters:

Field	Type	Description
productUrls	array	List of Barnes & Noble product URLs to scrape
categoryUrls	array	List of Barnes & Noble category URLs to scrape
maxResultsPerScrape	integer	Maximum number of results to extract (default: 1000)
usePagination	boolean	Whether to follow pagination links on category pages (default: true)

Output Example (full)

The actor outputs data in the following structure:

{
	"url": "https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-first-gentleman-james-patterson/1146664728",
	"name": "The First Gentleman: A Thriller",
	"price": 22.4,
	"regular_price": 32,
	"currency": "USD",
	"in_stock": true,
	"sku": "0316565105",
	"mpn": null,
	"gtin": "9780316565103",
	"brand": "Little, Brown and Company",
	"breadcrumbs": [
		"Home",
		"1",
		"Books",
		"2"
	],
	"main_image": "https://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/9780316565103_p0_v1_s600x595.jpg",
	"images": [
		"https://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/9780316565103_p0_v1_s600x595.jpg"
	],
	"description": "Notes From Your Bookseller\n\nThere’s a killer at large and all eyes are looking to the White House. With unrelenting tension, political intrigue and insight into the presidency you can only get from a former commander-in-chief, The First Gentleman is a thrilling, action-packed ride.\n\nInstant New York Times Bestseller!\n“Bill Clinton reveals key White House details in murderous new political thriller… It's a twisty thriller with plenty of inside jobs, political sabotage and many, many deaths.” – USA Today\n\nAmerica has a powerful new president... And her husband's on trial for murder.\nClinton and Patterson are back. And they’re better than ever.\nThe President of the United States is up for reelection.\nHer husband is on trial for murder.\nIs the First Gentleman a killer?\nA pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question about the NFL star-turned-political spouse.\nThe First Gentleman has all the twists and turns, and the authenticity, one expects from the #1 bestselling authors of The President Is Missing and The President’s Daughter.",
	"color": null,
	"size": "6.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.70(d)",
	"material": null,
	"style": null,
	"features": [],
	"attributes": {
		"isbn-13": "9780316565103",
		"publisher": "Little, Brown and Company",
		"publication date": "06/02/2025",
		"pages": "480",
		"product dimensions": "6.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.70(d)",
		"hometown": "Palm Beach, Florida",
		"date of birth": "March 22, 1947",
		"place of birth": "Newburgh, New York",
		"education": "B.A., Manhattan College, 1969; M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1971",
		"website": "http://www.jamespatterson.com"
	},
	"rating_value": null,
	"review_count": null,
	"canonical_url": "https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-first-gentleman-james-patterson/1146664728",
	"scraped_at": "2025-07-21T12:10:50.339Z"
}