Books.toscrape.com Scraper

Scrape book catalog data from books.toscrape.com - a practice website designed for learning web scraping.

Features

• 📚 Extracts complete book catalog data
• 💰 Captures prices, ratings, and availability
• 🖼️ Includes book images and URLs
• 🔄 Handles pagination automatically
• 🎯 Configurable result limits
• 🔒 Uses residential proxies for reliability

Extracted Data

Each book record includes:

• Title - Full book title
• Price - Current price
• Rating - Star rating (One to Five)
• Availability - Stock status
• Image URL - Book cover image
• Book URL - Link to book detail page
• Page Number - Which catalog page it was found on

Input Configuration

Start URL

The URL to begin scraping from.

• Default: http://books.toscrape.com/
• Example: http://books.toscrape.com/catalogue/category/books/travel_2/index.html

Maximum Results

Maximum number of books to scrape.

• Default: 100
• Range: 1-1000

Usage Example

{
  "startUrl": "http://books.toscrape.com/",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Output Example

{
  "title": "A Light in the Attic",
  "price": "£51.77",
  "rating": "Three",
  "availability": "In stock",
  "image_url": "http://books.toscrape.com/media/cache/2c/da/2cdad67c44b002e7ead0cc35693c0e8b.jpg",
  "book_url": "http://books.toscrape.com/catalogue/a-light-in-the-attic_1000/index.html",
  "scraped_at": "http://books.toscrape.com/",
  "page_number": 1
}

Cost

• Per Result: $0.005
• Per Run: $0.05
• Example: 100 books = $0.05 (run) + $0.50 (results) = $0.55

About books.toscrape.com

This is a sandbox website specifically created for practicing web scraping. It contains 1000 books across 50 pages with no bot protection, making it perfect for testing scrapers.

Notes

• Site has LIGHT protection (scraping-friendly)
• No authentication required
• Respects robots.txt
• Uses Apify residential proxies when available
• Suitable for learning and testing purposes

Support

For issues or questions, please open an issue on the actor's page.