Home Advisor Data Scraping
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This script scrapes data from Home Advisor, focusing on state, city, and service-level pages. It uses Playwright for browser automation and periodically saves the data as JSON files, which are also uploaded to the Apify dataset for further analysis.
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🌟 Home Advisor Data Scraper
Effortlessly collect detailed data from Home Advisor's state, city, and service pages with this robust Apify Actor. Designed for efficiency, accuracy, and reliability, this scraper will save you time and deliver comprehensive data for your needs.
✨ Key Features
🔗 Automated Navigation
- Seamlessly navigates through state, city, and service-level pages to extract relevant data.
⚡ Efficient Performance
- Handles multiple requests in parallel with optimized concurrency, ensuring fast and reliable scraping.
💾 Periodic Data Backup
- Automatically saves data to Apify datasets at regular intervals, ensuring zero data loss during long scraping sessions.
🌐 Browser Automation with Playwright
- Utilizes cutting-edge Playwright technology for precise and dependable web scraping.
🚀 Getting Started
🔧 Input Configuration
The Actor requires a starting URL to begin scraping.
Example Input
1{ 2 "startUrls": [ 3 { 4 "url": "https://www.homeadvisor.com/c.State/" 5 } 6 ] 7}
📊 Output Data
The output contains the following:
- State URL: The link to the state being scraped.
- City URL: The link to the city being scraped.
- Service URL: The link to the service page being scraped.
- Page Data: The extracted
__NEXT_DATA__JSON structure containing detailed information.
Example Output
1{ 2 "State URL": "https://www.homeadvisor.com/c.State/", 3 "City URL": "https://www.homeadvisor.com/c.City/", 4 "Service URL": "https://www.homeadvisor.com/c.Service/", 5 "Page Data": { 6 "key": "value", 7 ... 8 } 9}
All data is stored in Apify datasets, which can be downloaded as JSON files for further analysis.
📋 How to Use
- Deploy the Actor: Upload the script to your Apify account.
- Set the Input: Provide the starting
startUrlsin the configuration. - Run the Actor: Start the scraper, and it will automatically extract the data from the provided URL.
- Download the Data: Access the collected data from the Apify dataset for analysis.
⚠️ Error Handling
- Input Validation: Ensures
startUrlsis provided and correctly formatted. - Page Load Errors: Automatically retries if a page fails to load.
- Backup Save: In case of unexpected issues, partially scraped data is saved locally as a JSON file.
🎯 Why Choose This Scraper?
✅ Time-Saving: Automates a tedious process with minimal setup.
✅ Comprehensive: Captures detailed and structured data.
✅ Fail-Safe: Built-in backups ensure no data is ever lost.
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