Shopify App Reviews

Introduction

The Shopify App Reviews Actor is a powerful web scraping tool designed to extract detailed reviews from Shopify app pages. It automates the collection of user feedback, ratings, and reviewer information, enabling businesses and researchers to gain valuable insights into app performance and user sentiment. This Actor simplifies data gathering, saving time and effort while ensuring high-quality, structured output for analysis.

Features

• Comprehensive Data Extraction: Scrapes review IDs, ratings, dates, texts, reviewer names, countries, and experience levels.
• Multi-URL Support: Processes multiple Shopify app URLs in a single run for efficient batch scraping.
• Configurable Limits: Set item limits to control the number of reviews extracted per URL.
• Proxy Integration: Uses residential proxies to avoid IP blocks and ensure reliable scraping.
• Structured Output: Delivers clean JSON data, ready for export to CSV, Excel, or databases.
• High Performance: Built with Python Scrapy for fast and scalable scraping operations.
• Error Handling: Includes robust mechanisms to manage failed requests and retries.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
urls	array	Yes	A list of URLs of Shopify app pages to scrape reviews from.	["https://apps.shopify.com/mailchimp?ot=6dd0cb80-f948-429b-ac61-7c99a8dcbfe9&surface_detail=homepage-ads&surface_intra_position=1&surface_type=home&surface_version=redesign"]
itemLimit	integer	No	Specifies the maximum number of reviews to process per URL.	100
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Configures proxy servers to hide the scraper's origin and avoid blocks.	{"useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]}

Example Usage

Input JSON

{
  "urls": [
    "https://apps.shopify.com/mailchimp?ot=6dd0cb80-f948-429b-ac61-7c99a8dcbfe9&surface_detail=homepage-ads&surface_intra_position=1&surface_type=home&surface_version=redesign"
  ],
  "itemLimit": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

Output JSON

[
  {
    "review_id": "1925676",
    "rating": 5,
    "review_date": "October 21, 2025",
    "review_text": "I have been using the app for many years! Today Brain Helped me with setting up on my collection page to show only a product reviews. Very happy with this result! thanks again Brian !",
    "reviewer_name": "Pet ID Tags",
    "reviewer_country": "Australia",
    "reviewer_experience": "Almost 8 years using the app",
    "review_url": "https://apps.shopify.com/reviews/1925676"
  }
]

Use Cases

• Market Research: Analyze trends in app reviews to understand user preferences and market demands.
• Competitive Intelligence: Compare reviews across similar apps to identify strengths and weaknesses.
• Customer Feedback Analysis: Aggregate reviewer sentiments for product improvement insights.
• Content Aggregation: Collect reviews for blogs, reports, or dashboards.
• Academic Research: Study user behavior and app adoption patterns in e-commerce.
• Business Automation: Automate review monitoring for ongoing performance tracking.

Installation and Usage

1. Search for "Shopify App Reviews" 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 Actor outputs an array of JSON objects, each representing a single review. Key fields include:

• review_id: Unique identifier for the review.
• rating: Numerical rating (e.g., 1-5).
• review_date: Date of the review.
• review_text: Full text of the review.
• reviewer_name: Name of the reviewer.
• reviewer_country: Country of the reviewer.
• reviewer_experience: Reviewer's usage duration.
• review_url: Direct link to the review.

Data is structured for easy integration into databases or analysis tools.

Support

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

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

We're here to help you get the most out of this Actor!

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