Goodreads Scraper - Search, Books, Genres & Authors
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from $2.00 / 1,000 book details
Scrape Goodreads book search results, book details (ratings, ISBN, genres, series, sample reviews), genre/shelf listings, and author profiles & bibliographies.
You can access the Goodreads Scraper - Search, Books, Genres & Authors programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = {9 "startUrls": [10 { "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44767458-dune" },11 { "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/58.Frank_Herbert" },12 ],13 "searchQueries": ["dune frank herbert"],14 "maxSearchPages": 3,15 "maxAuthorBookPages": 3,16 "maxReviews": 10,17}18
19# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish20run = client.actor("one_house/goodreads-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)21
22# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)23print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])24for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():25 print(item)26
27# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startThe Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Goodreads Scraper - Search, Books, Genres & Authors API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include: