GameSpot Search Scraper 🎮
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GameSpot Search Scraper 🎮
2 hours trial then $19.99/month - No credit card required now
A powerful scraper for GameSpot content that lets you extract games, articles, videos, and reviews based on keywords. Perfect for gaming industry research, content aggregation, and market analysis. Supports multiple content types with clean JSON output. 🎮
GameSpot Content Scraper 🎮
🎯 Features
- Scrapes content from GameSpot based on keywords
- Supports multiple content types (games, videos, articles, reviews, etc.)
- Handles pagination automatically
- Respects rate limiting with built-in delays
- Clean JSON output with detailed metadata
🔧 Use Cases
- Game researchers and analysts
- Content aggregators
- Media monitoring
- Gaming industry insights
- Market research
💡 Input Configuration
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| keywords | Array | List of keywords to search for (e.g., ["war", "rpg"]) |
| searchType | String | Type of content to search for (games/videos/articles/reviews/features/galleries/users) |
| maxItems | Integer | Maximum number of items to scrape |
📊 Output
The actor outputs detailed JSON data for each item found, including:
- Title
- Description
- Publication date
- Content type
- URL
- Associated metadata
⚙️ Technical Details
- Built on Apify SDK
- Respects GameSpot's rate limiting
- Handles errors gracefully
- Memory efficient processing
- Real-time progress logging
📝 Limitations
- Respects GameSpot's terms of service
- Maximum of 2000ms delay between requests
- Public content only
Input Example
A full explanation of an input example in JSON.
1{ 2 "keywords": [ 3 "war" 4 ], 5 "maxItems": 30, 6 "searchType": "videos" 7}
Output sample
The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the Storage tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:
And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.
1[ 2 { 3 "id": "6465558", 4 "typeId": 2300, 5 "typeName": "Video", 6 "title": "The War in Chiapas - Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer", 7 "url": "/videos/the-war-in-chiapas-official-gameplay-reveal-trailer/2300-6465558/", 8 "image": "https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/square_mini/1574/15746725/4412479-66.jpg", 9 "label": "Video published Dec 10, 2024", 10 "deck": "Take a look at this trailer for The War in Chiapas that was revealed at The Latin American Games Showcase 2024!", 11 "datePrefix": "Published", 12 "embargoed": false, 13 "dateDisplay": "Dec 10, 2024", 14 "_score": 0.42938137 15 }, 16 { 17 "id": "6464985", 18 "typeId": 2300, 19 "typeName": "Video", 20 "title": "World of Warcraft: The War Within - Launch Trailer", 21 "url": "/videos/world-of-warcraft-the-war-within-launch-trailer/2300-6464985/", 22 "image": "https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/square_mini/1574/15746725/4357708-22.jpg", 23 "label": "Video published Aug 27, 2024", 24 "deck": "Azeroth calls and you must answer. Witness the beginning of The Worldsoul Saga in the World of Warcraft: The War Within launch trailer. \n\nGet back in the fight and play World of Warcraft: The War Within now!", 25 "datePrefix": "Published", 26 "embargoed": false, 27 "dateDisplay": "Aug 27, 2024", 28 "_score": 0.42005864 29 }, 30 ... 31]
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