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 JavaScript 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.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11 "search": "harry potter",
12 "startUrls": [
13 "https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=game+of+thrones&qid=",
14 "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59576065-acceptance",
15 "https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1362.Best_History_Books_",
16 "https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/fiction",
17 "https://www.goodreads.com/genres/business",
18 "https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/1221698.Neil_Gaiman"
19 ],
20 "maxItems": 1,
21 "endPage": 1,
22 "extendOutputFunction": ($) => { return {} },
23 "customMapFunction": (object) => { return {...object} },
24 "proxy": {
25 "useApifyProxy": true,
26 "apifyProxyGroups": [
27 "RESIDENTIAL"
28 ]
29 }
30};
31
32// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
33const run = await client.actor("epctex/goodreads-scraper").call(input);
34
35// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
36console.log('Results from dataset');
37console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
38const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
39items.forEach((item) => {
40 console.dir(item);
41});
42
43// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs
Goodreads Scraper 📚 API in JavaScript
The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Goodreads Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
npm install apify-client
Other API clients include:
Actor Metrics
10 monthly users
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4 stars
>99% runs succeeded
11 hours response time
Created in Mar 2021
Modified a day ago