Pchometw Pharser Spider

Introduction

The Pchometw Pharser Spider is a powerful Apify Actor designed to scrape product reviews from PChome, Taiwan's leading e-commerce platform. It extracts detailed review data, including ratings, titles, bodies, and metadata, enabling users to gather valuable insights into customer sentiments and product performance. This tool is ideal for businesses, researchers, and analysts seeking automated, reliable data extraction without manual effort.

Features

• Comprehensive Review Extraction: Scrapes full product reviews, including ratings, titles, bodies, and translations from PChome pages.
• Structured Data Output: Provides clean, JSON-formatted data with fields like Product_Id, Review_Id, Rating, and more for easy integration.
• High Reliability: Built with robust error handling to ensure consistent data retrieval even from dynamic web pages.
• Scalable Performance: Handles multiple URLs efficiently, supporting batch processing for large-scale scraping tasks.
• Translation Support: Includes translated fields (e.g., Title_Trans, Body_Trans) for multilingual analysis.
• Metadata Enrichment: Captures additional details such as brand, country, date, and crawled date for comprehensive insights.
• Apify Integration: Seamlessly runs on the Apify platform with built-in monitoring and export options.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Urls	array	No	A list of PChome product URLs to scrape reviews from. Each URL should point to a specific product page.	["https://24h.pchome.com.tw/prod/DBABDG-1900C2VMQ/"]

Example Usage

Input JSON

{
  "Urls": [
    "https://24h.pchome.com.tw/prod/DBABDG-1900C2VMQ/"
  ]
}

Output JSON

[
  {
    "Product_Id": "DBABDG-1900C2VMQ",
    "Review_Id": "3c79f0b34a279e71c1c0f2a19986a121",
    "Rating": 5,
    "Title": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱)",
    "Body": "一直有在喝,感覺還不錯!!希望買多箱時有效期限能夠長一點",
    "Sentiment": null,
    "Section": "",
    "Higher_Topic": null,
    "Granular_Topic": null,
    "Source": "PChome",
    "Full_Review": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱): 一直有在喝,感覺還不錯!!希望買多箱時有效期限能夠長一點",
    "Review_Type": "Product Review",
    "Title_Trans": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱)",
    "Body_Trans": "一直有在喝,感覺還不錯!!希望買多箱時有效期限能夠長一點",
    "Full_Review_Trans": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱): 一直有在喝,感覺還不錯!!希望買多箱時有效期限能夠長一點",
    "Product_Name_Trans": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱)",
    "Product_Segment": null,
    "Gender": "Unisex",
    "Product_Segment2": null,
    "Year_Quarter": "2025-Q3",
    "Sub_Brand": "源興行銷股份有限公司",
    "Format": null,
    "Country": "Taiwan",
    "Date": "08-03-2025",
    "Product_Name": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱)",
    "Brand": "源興行銷股份有限公司",
    "URL": "https://24h.pchome.com.tw/prod/DBABDG-1900C2VMQ/",
    "Crawled_Date": "01-22-2026"
  },
  {
    "Product_Id": "DBABDG-1900C2VMQ",
    "Review_Id": "5f670d9b5a3482ba5e76650ee653698a",
    "Rating": 5,
    "Title": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱)",
    "Body": "產品優良出貨速度非常快，非常好的購買經驗",
    "Sentiment": null,
    "Section": "",
    "Higher_Topic": null,
    "Granular_Topic": null,
    "Source": "PChome",
    "Full_Review": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱): 產品優良出貨速度非常快，非常好的購買經驗",
    "Review_Type": "Product Review",
    "Title_Trans": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱)",
    "Body_Trans": "產品優良出貨速度非常快，非常好的購買經驗",
    "Full_Review_Trans": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱): 產品優良出貨速度非常快，非常好的購買經驗",
    "Product_Name_Trans": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱)",
    "Product_Segment": null,
    "Gender": "Unisex",
    "Product_Segment2": null,
    "Year_Quarter": "2026-Q1",
    "Sub_Brand": "源興行銷股份有限公司",
    "Format": null,
    "Country": "Taiwan",
    "Date": "01-12-2026",
    "Product_Name": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱)",
    "Brand": "源興行銷股份有限公司",
    "URL": "https://24h.pchome.com.tw/prod/DBABDG-1900C2VMQ/",
    "Crawled_Date": "01-22-2026"
  },
  {
    "Product_Id": "DBABDG-1900C2VMQ",
    "Review_Id": "55bf7e3ed45c4ba109a75d71b52f573e",
    "Rating": 5,
    "Title": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱)",
    "Body": "出貨很快！非常滿意",
    "Sentiment": null,
    "Section": "",
    "Higher_Topic": null,
    "Granular_Topic": null,
    "Source": "PChome",
    "Full_Review": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱): 出貨很快！非常滿意",
    "Review_Type": "Product Review",
    "Title_Trans": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱)",
    "Body_Trans": "出貨很快！非常滿意",
    "Full_Review_Trans": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱): 出貨很快！非常滿意",
    "Product_Name_Trans": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱)",
    "Product_Segment": null,
    "Gender": "Unisex",
    "Product_Segment2": null,
    "Year_Quarter": "2026-Q1",
    "Sub_Brand": "源興行銷股份有限公司",
    "Format": null,
    "Country": "Taiwan",
    "Date": "01-02-2026",
    "Product_Name": "每朝健康綠茶650ml(24入/箱)",
    "Brand": "源興行銷股份有限公司",
    "URL": "https://24h.pchome.com.tw/prod/DBABDG-1900C2VMQ/",
    "Crawled_Date": "01-22-2026"
  }
]

Use Cases

• Market Research and Analysis: Analyze customer feedback to identify trends and preferences in Taiwanese e-commerce.
• Competitive Intelligence: Monitor competitor products on PChome to benchmark performance and pricing.
• Price Monitoring: Track review sentiments alongside product data for dynamic pricing strategies.
• Content Aggregation: Collect and aggregate reviews for content creation, such as blog posts or reports.
• Academic Research: Gather data for studies on consumer behavior in Asian markets.
• Business Automation: Automate data collection for dashboards or CRM systems to enhance decision-making.

Installation and Usage

1. Search for "Pchometw Pharser Spider" in the Apify Store
2. Click "Try for free" or "Run"
3. Configure input parameters
4. Click "Start" to begin extraction
5. Monitor progress in the log
6. Export results in your preferred format (JSON, CSV, Excel)

Output Format

The output is a JSON array of objects, each representing a product review. Key fields include:

• Product_Id: Unique identifier for the product.
• Review_Id: Unique identifier for the review.
• Rating: Numerical rating (e.g., 5 for 5-star).
• Title/Body: Original review content in Chinese.
• Title_Trans/Body_Trans: English translations.
• Source: Always "PChome".
• Date/Crawled_Date: Review date and scraping timestamp.
• Brand/Country: Product metadata. Other fields like Sentiment and Topics are placeholders for future enhancements.

Error Handling

The Actor includes built-in error handling for network issues, invalid URLs, or site changes. If a URL fails, it logs the error and continues with others. Check the run log for details on failures.

Rate Limiting and Best Practices

PChome may have rate limits; the Actor respects delays to avoid bans. Best practices: Limit to 10-20 URLs per run, use proxies if needed, and run during off-peak hours. For large-scale scraping, consider batching runs.

Limitations

• Limited to PChome product pages; does not scrape other sites.
• Translations are pre-processed; accuracy may vary.
• Some fields (e.g., Sentiment) are null and not analyzed.
• Dependent on PChome's site structure; updates may require Actor maintenance.

Support

For custom/simplified outputs or bug reports, please contact:

• Email: support@getdataforme.com
• Subject line: "custom support"
• Contact form: https://getdataforme.com/contact/

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