# Tripadvisor UK Reviews Scraper — Geo Reviews API (`noahadler/tripadvisor-uk-reviews`) Actor

Scrape attraction, restaurant, and hotel reviews from tripadvisor.co.uk via GraphQL. UK/.co.uk geo SEO niche. HTTP + curl\_cffi only — no Playwright. Clean schema export for research, pricing and lead workflows.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/noahadler/tripadvisor-uk-reviews.md
- **Developed by:** [Noah Adler](https://apify.com/noahadler) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 reviews

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Tripadvisor UK Reviews Scraper

**Tripadvisor.co.uk reviews scraper** for UK attractions, hotels, and restaurants — rating, title, text, author, language, and publish date in one Dataset row per review.

Built for **UK/.co.uk geo SEO**, reputation monitoring, and travel-product research. **No HTML scraping** (DataDome 403) and **no Playwright** — reviews come from Tripadvisor’s GraphQL `ids` endpoint via `curl_cffi`.

> Primary path: `POST https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/data/graphql/ids` with `preRegisteredQueryId` + `locationId` from the URL (`-dNNNNN-`). **Residential proxy recommended.**

**Why this Actor:** tripadvisor.co.uk niche · GraphQL not HTML · Hotels / attractions / restaurants · Paginated reviews · HTTP-only Chrome fingerprint

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### Table of contents

1. [What this Actor does](#what-this-actor-does)
2. [What you get](#what-you-get)
3. [Features](#features)
4. [Input](#input)
5. [Output example](#output-example)
6. [Output fields](#output-fields)
7. [Quick start (API)](#quick-start-api)
8. [Use cases](#use-cases)
9. [Limitations](#limitations)
10. [FAQ](#faq)
11. [Keywords](#keywords)

***

### What this Actor does

| Step | Action |
|------|--------|
| 1 | Parse `locationId` from each tripadvisor.co.uk entity URL (`-d(\\d+)-`) |
| 2 | Call GraphQL `ReviewsProxy_getReviewListPageForLocation` (pre-registered query) |
| 3 | Paginate `offset` / `limit` until `maxReviews` |
| 4 | Push **one Dataset row per review** |

**Input:** entity URLs + max reviews.\
**Output:** review rows with location metadata.

***

### What you get

**Location**

- `locationId`, `locationName`, `locationUrl`

**Each review**

- `reviewId`, `rating`, `title`, `text`
- `language`, `publishedAt`, `authorName`
- `scrapedAt`, `error`, `errorMessage`

***

### Features

| Capability | Detail |
|------------|--------|
| **UK .co.uk niche** | Targets tripadvisor.co.uk entity pages |
| **GraphQL path** | Skips HTML / DataDome page blocks |
| **Entity types** | Attraction, hotel, restaurant URLs with `-d{id}-` |
| **Pagination** | Up to `maxReviews` (default 50, max 500) |
| **No browser** | HTTP + `curl_cffi` Chrome impersonation |
| **Query override** | Optional `graphqlQueryId` if Tripadvisor rotates the registered query |
| **Proxy-aware** | Defaults to Apify RESIDENTIAL |

***

### Input

| Field | Required | Description |
|-------|----------|-------------|
| `startUrls` | Yes | tripadvisor.co.uk entity URLs (`requestListSources`) |
| `maxReviews` | No | Cap per URL (default 50, max 500) |
| `graphqlQueryId` | No | Override `preRegisteredQueryId` (default `ef1a9f94012220d3` — may need refresh) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | No | Prefer RESIDENTIAL |

#### Example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186338-d187555-Reviews-The_British_Museum-London_England.html"
    }
  ],
  "maxReviews": 50,
  "graphqlQueryId": "ef1a9f94012220d3",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}
```

***

### Output example

```json
{
  "locationId": "187555",
  "locationName": "The British Museum",
  "locationUrl": "https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186338-d187555-Reviews-The_British_Museum-London_England.html",
  "reviewId": "987654321",
  "rating": 5,
  "title": "World-class collection",
  "text": "Spent a full day exploring…",
  "language": "en",
  "publishedAt": "2025-11-02",
  "authorName": "Traveller123",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-20T12:00:00Z",
  "error": false,
  "errorMessage": null
}
```

***

### Output fields

| Field | Notes |
|-------|--------|
| `locationId` | From URL `-dNNNNN-` |
| `locationName` | From GraphQL `location.name` or URL slug hint |
| `locationUrl` | Canonical entity URL |
| `reviewId`, `rating`, `title`, `text` | Review body |
| `language`, `publishedAt`, `authorName` | Meta |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO UTC |
| `error`, `errorMessage` | Per-URL failure rows |

***

### Quick start (API)

```bash
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_USERNAME~tripadvisor-uk-reviews/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "startUrls": [{"url":"https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186338-d187555-Reviews-The_British_Museum-London_England.html"}],
    "maxReviews": 20
  }'
```

***

### Use cases

- **UK SEO / geo content** — review signals for London and UK destinations on `.co.uk`
- **Reputation & sentiment** — hotel / attraction / restaurant monitoring
- **Product research** — competitor listing review volume and ratings
- **AI / NLP pipelines** — training or scoring on public guest text

***

### Limitations

- HTML listing pages are **not** scraped (DataDome); GraphQL only
- `preRegisteredQueryId` may rotate — use `graphqlQueryId` to override
- Deep history capped at `maxReviews` (500)
- Private / removed reviews are not available
- Strong WAF may still require residential proxy

***

### FAQ

**Why GraphQL instead of HTML?**\
Tripadvisor.co.uk entity HTML is commonly blocked by DataDome (403). The probed GraphQL `ids` endpoint returns the review list when called with the right headers and `TAUnique` / `X-Requested-By` token.

**Which URLs work?**\
Any tripadvisor.co.uk (or redirected) Attraction / Hotel / Restaurant review URL whose path contains `-d{locationId}-`.

**Do I need a proxy?**\
Residential is recommended. Datacenter IPs are often blocked.

**What is `graphqlQueryId`?**\
Tripadvisor’s `extensions.preRegisteredQueryId`. Default `ef1a9f94012220d3` was working at probe time; if responses break, refresh it from a browser network capture and pass the new value.

***

### Keywords

tripadvisor uk, tripadvisor.co.uk scraper, tripadvisor reviews api, uk attraction reviews, london hotel reviews scraper, tripadvisor restaurant reviews uk, travel review dataset, tripadvisor graphql, geo seo tripadvisor, uk tourism reviews, hotel reputation scraper, attraction sentiment uk

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Full tripadvisor.co.uk entity pages, e.g. Attraction\_Review-g…-d187555-… or Hotel\_Review / Restaurant\_Review. locationId is parsed from -d(\d+)-.

## `maxReviews` (type: `integer`):

Maximum reviews to collect per entity URL (1–500).

## `graphqlQueryId` (type: `string`):

Optional override for Tripadvisor's preRegisteredQueryId. Default ef1a9f94012220d3 — may need refresh if Tripadvisor rotates the registered query.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify RESIDENTIAL proxy is recommended — Tripadvisor often blocks datacenter IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186338-d187555-Reviews-The_British_Museum-London_England.html"
    }
  ],
  "maxReviews": 50,
  "graphqlQueryId": "ef1a9f94012220d3",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `reviews` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186338-d187555-Reviews-The_British_Museum-London_England.html"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("noahadler/tripadvisor-uk-reviews").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186338-d187555-Reviews-The_British_Museum-London_England.html" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("noahadler/tripadvisor-uk-reviews").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186338-d187555-Reviews-The_British_Museum-London_England.html"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call noahadler/tripadvisor-uk-reviews --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,noahadler/tripadvisor-uk-reviews"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/jevv3ZSaJRwAbB5tx/builds/huyRFt4V7EWZ7811Z/openapi.json