SensCritique Scraper

Scrape reviews, ratings, and metadata from SensCritique.com -- France's leading multi-media review and rating platform covering films, TV series, books, music albums, video games, and comics/BD/manga.

What does SensCritique Scraper do?

This Actor searches SensCritique by title name and extracts structured data including:

• Title and original title (French and original language)
• Rating (community average on a 1-10 scale)
• Rating count, wish count, review count
• Year of production
• Genre(s) (e.g., Action, Drame, Thriller)
• Country/countries of origin
• Director/Creator (contextual: directors for films, authors for books, developers for games, artists for music)
• Cast with character roles (for films and TV)
• Duration (formatted and in seconds)
• Synopsis/description
• Cover image and backdrop URLs
• Media type and category
• Release dates (original and French)
• SensCritique ID for unique identification

Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
searchQueries	string[]	Title names to search for	["The Dark Knight"]
maxListings	integer	Maximum total results to scrape	100
scrapeDetails	boolean	Fetch full details (synopsis, cast, genres, stats)	true
mediaType	enum	Filter by media type: film, serie, jeuvideo, livre, musique, bd	film
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings (optional)	{}

Media Type Options

Value	Description	Creator Field
film	Films and movies	Directors
serie	TV series and cartoons	Creators / Directors
jeuvideo	Video games	Developers
livre	Books	Authors
musique	Music albums	Artists
bd	Comics, BD, Manga	Authors

Output Example

{
    "title": "The Dark Knight - Le Chevalier noir",
    "originalTitle": "The Dark Knight",
    "year": 2008,
    "rating": 8,
    "ratingCount": 86529,
    "wishCount": 2107,
    "reviewCount": 1042,
    "genre": "Action, Policier, Thriller",
    "country": "Etats-Unis, Royaume-Uni",
    "director": "Christopher Nolan",
    "cast": [
        "Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne / Batman)",
        "Heath Ledger (Le Joker)",
        "Aaron Eckhart (Harvey Dent / Double-Face)"
    ],
    "duration": "2h 32min",
    "durationSeconds": 9120,
    "description": "Batman aborde une nouvelle phase...",
    "coverImageUrl": "https://media.senscritique.com/media/.../the_dark_knight.png",
    "url": "https://www.senscritique.com/film/the_dark_knight_le_chevalier_noir/419456",
    "mediaType": "film",
    "category": "Film",
    "sensCritiqueId": 419456,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-25T12:00:00.000Z"
}

How it works

The scraper uses SensCritique's GraphQL API (Apollo) directly rather than parsing HTML pages. This approach is:

1. Fast -- No browser rendering needed, pure API calls
2. Reliable -- Structured JSON data, no HTML selector fragility
3. Comprehensive -- Access to all product metadata including stats, cast, and media URLs

The scraper first searches for titles using the autocomplete endpoint, then optionally fetches full details for each result via the product query.

Use cases

• Film research -- Compare ratings and reviews across French and international audiences
• Media analytics -- Track popularity, ratings, and engagement metrics
• Content databases -- Build comprehensive media catalogs with French metadata
• Market research -- Understand French entertainment preferences and trends
• Academic research -- Analyze cultural reception of media across categories

Cost

This Actor uses pay-per-event (PPE) pricing. Each result in the dataset is charged at $0.005. For example:

• 100 results = $0.50
• 1,000 results = $5.00

Limitations

• The autocomplete search returns up to ~50 results per query. Use multiple specific search queries for broader coverage.
• SensCritique is a French-language platform. Titles are typically in French with original titles available when different.
• Rate limits are respected with built-in delays between API calls.

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