# Booking.com Reviews Scraper (`dami_studio/booking-reviews-scraper`) Actor Extract publicly visible Booking.com accommodation reviews with ratings, guest feedback, stay details, and review dates. Direct requests are attempted first; one residential retry is optional when Booking blocks a page. - **URL**: https://apify.com/dami\_studio/booking-reviews-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Dami's Studio](https://apify.com/dami_studio) (community) - **Categories:** Travel, Integrations, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $1.50 / 1,000 successful guest reviews This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Booking.com Reviews Scraper Extract currently visible public Booking.com guest-review highlights for hotel, apartment, and other accommodation URLs. Each real result is one visible review card with the property score, reviewer details, and review text Booking.com exposes without sign-in. ### Input | Field | Required | Description | |---|---|---| | `propertyUrls` | No | One or more Booking.com property URLs. Empty input returns an uncharged sample row. | | `maxReviewsPerProperty` | No | Maximum currently visible featured review rows per property, from 1 to 10. Default: 10. | | `enableResidentialFallback` | No | Retry a page once with an Apify Residential proxy only after direct traffic is blocked or rate-limited. Default: off. | | `proxyConfiguration` | No | Apify proxy settings used only by the optional residential fallback. | Example: ```json { "propertyUrls": ["https://www.booking.com/hotel/ca/fairmont-royal-york.en-gb.html"], "maxReviewsPerProperty": 10, "enableResidentialFallback": false } ```` ### Output Each successful row contains: - `propertyName`, `propertyUrl`, `reviewUrl`, and `rating` - `positiveText`, plus `reviewTitle` and `negativeText` when Booking.com exposes them - `reviewerName`, `reviewerCountry`, and other visible fields when Booking.com displays them - `reviewKind` (`featured_public_review`), `transport` (`direct_browser` or `residential_browser_fallback`), and `scrapedAt` An empty input returns one clearly labelled sample row. A blocked, invalid, or empty target returns a diagnostic row. Neither is charged. Only genuine review rows call `Actor.charge({ eventName: "review" })`. ### Proxy and Cost Control The actor attempts direct Booking.com review-page HTTP first. When Booking renders only an empty static shell, it loads the public property page directly to read its visible featured review cards. It makes at most one residential browser retry only after a `BLOCKED` or `RATE_LIMITED` browser response and only when `enableResidentialFallback` is enabled. Keep review limits small while validating a target because browser compute and residential transfer have separate costs. ### Pricing Provisional private pricing is **$0.0015 per successful review** with no run-start fee. This is below the observed $0.002/review price of the closest marketplace competitor. Publication requires a successful real cloud probe and a settled cost that retains a positive margin after Apify fees, compute, and any residential transfer. ### Scope This actor extracts public featured reviews displayed on Booking.com property pages. It does not bypass logins or CAPTCHAs, access private guest data, guarantee full historical pagination, or promise that Booking.com will preserve the current page markup. # Actor input Schema ## `propertyUrls` (type: `array`): Booking.com hotel, apartment, or property URLs. The actor converts property pages to their public guest-review pages. Empty input returns one uncharged sample row. ## `maxReviewsPerProperty` (type: `integer`): Maximum currently visible featured guest review rows returned for each property. The actor stops early to keep browser compute and proxy use bounded. ## `enableResidentialFallback` (type: `boolean`): When direct Booking.com traffic is blocked or rate-limited, retry that page once using the supplied Apify Residential proxy. Leave off for the lowest cost. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Used only after a blocked or rate-limited direct request when residential fallback is enabled. Residential traffic adds transfer cost and can make small runs unprofitable. ## Actor input object example ```json { "propertyUrls": [], "maxReviewsPerProperty": 10, "enableResidentialFallback": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): One dataset row per successful public guest review. Empty input and failures produce an uncharged sample or diagnostic row. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("dami_studio/booking-reviews-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("dami_studio/booking-reviews-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call dami_studio/booking-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=dami_studio/booking-reviews-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Booking.com Reviews Scraper", "description": "Extract publicly visible Booking.com accommodation reviews with ratings, guest feedback, stay details, and review dates. Direct requests are attempted first; one residential retry is optional when Booking blocks a page.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "fZTGqKNLAgLHHEbGY" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/dami_studio~booking-reviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-dami_studio-booking-reviews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/dami_studio~booking-reviews-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-dami_studio-booking-reviews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/dami_studio~booking-reviews-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-dami_studio-booking-reviews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "propertyUrls": { "title": "Booking.com property review URLs", "minItems": 0, "maxItems": 10, "type": "array", "description": "Booking.com hotel, apartment, or property URLs. The actor converts property pages to their public guest-review pages. Empty input returns one uncharged sample row.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "default": [] }, "maxReviewsPerProperty": { "title": "Maximum reviews per property", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum currently visible featured guest review rows returned for each property. The actor stops early to keep browser compute and proxy use bounded.", "default": 10 }, "enableResidentialFallback": { "title": "Retry blocked pages with residential proxy", "type": "boolean", "description": "When direct Booking.com traffic is blocked or rate-limited, retry that page once using the supplied Apify Residential proxy. Leave off for the lowest cost.", "default": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Residential proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Used only after a blocked or rate-limited direct request when residential fallback is enabled. Residential traffic adds transfer cost and can make small runs unprofitable.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```