Goodreads Book Scraper
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Goodreads Book Scraper
runtime/goodreads-book-scraper
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Goodreads Book Scraper is an Apify Actor that extracts book details from Goodreads search results. It retrieves the title, author, rating, ratings count, published year, editions count, book URL, and cover image URL, outputting the data in structured JSON format.
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RuntimeMaintained by Community
Actor Metrics
5 monthly users
5.0 / 5 (1)
1 bookmark
>99% runs succeeded
Created in Mar 2025
Modified 22 days ago
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You can access the Goodreads Book Scraper 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.
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391}Goodreads Book Scraper OpenAPI definition
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