Goodreads Scraper
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Goodreads Scraper
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Scrape goodreads.com for data on millions of books. Crawl book details for images, ISBN, author, description, title, buy links, number of reviews, page number, language, and all other details. You can specify search terms, filters, and much more.
You can access the Goodreads Scraper programmatically from your own Python applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9 "search": "harry potter",
10 "startUrls": [
11 "https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=game+of+thrones&qid=",
12 "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59576065-acceptance",
13 "https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1362.Best_History_Books_",
14 "https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/fiction",
15 "https://www.goodreads.com/genres/business",
16 "https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/1221698.Neil_Gaiman",
17 ],
18 "maxItems": 1,
19 "endPage": 1,
20 "extendOutputFunction": "($) => { return {} }",
21 "customMapFunction": "(object) => { return {...object} }",
22 "proxy": {
23 "useApifyProxy": True,
24 "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
25 },
26}
27
28# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
29run = client.actor("epctex/goodreads-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
30
31# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
32print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
33for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
34 print(item)
35
36# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startGoodreads Scraper 📚 API in Python
The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Goodreads Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
pip install apify-clientOther API clients include:
epctex- 9 monthly users
- 3 stars
- 100.0% runs succeeded
- 19 hours response time
- Created in Mar 2021
- Modified about 19 hours ago
