# Changelog of Douban Book Scraper 豆瓣读书: Top 250, Tags, New Releases, Changes (`getascraper/douban-book-rankings-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/getascraper/douban-book-rankings-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/getascraper/douban-book-rankings-scraper.md

## Changelog

### \[0.3] - 2026-10-11

#### Added

- 💰 Pay-per-event pricing: a Book row for every book, plus a Book detail extra only when the book page is read for full details, author biography, table of contents or a book link.
- 🛑 Runs stop cleanly when your maximum cost per run is reached, keeping the books already delivered.

### \[0.2] - 2026-10-10

#### Added

- ✨ Topic tag lists (any Douban tag, ordered by default, rating or newest) and new releases by category, alongside the Top 250.
- 🔎 Filters for minimum rating, minimum rating count, publication year range, maximum price, publisher, author and keyword.
- 📖 Optional full book details: ISBN, page count, binding, translators, original title, series, star-by-star rating split, reader counts and full description.
- 👤 Optional author biography and chapter list.
- 📈 Change tracking between runs: rank movement, new entries, rating changes and books that dropped off, with an option to return only changed books.
- 🔗 Collect specific books by link or ID.
- 🧮 Publication year and price as numbers, with currency when Douban states one.
- 🗂️ Dataset views for rankings, full details and movers, and a run summary.

#### Improved

- 🧹 Publication lines with missing publisher, date or price are now read correctly instead of being dropped.
- ✅ Duplicate books across lists are returned once by default.
- ⚡ The default run stays small: 25 books from the Top 250, full details off.

### \[0.1] - 2026-10-10

#### Added

- ✨ Public Douban Book Top 250 ranking extraction with ratings and visible publication metadata.
- ➕ Bounded pagination, source links, and collection timestamps for repeatable research exports.