# Goodreads Review Scraper 📖 - Faster & Cheaper (`scrapestorm/goodreads-review-scraper---faster-cheaper`) Actor

Collect Goodreads book reviews by URL 📚. Access detailed review data with user names, ratings ⭐, review text, and profile links 🌐. Ideal for analyzing book feedback, researching titles, and gathering data for projects or studies 📊. Perfect for book lovers, researchers, and literary professionals.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapestorm/goodreads-review-scraper---faster-cheaper.md
- **Developed by:** [Storm_Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapestorm) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Other
- **Stats:** 33 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 3 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $0.00005 / actor start

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

### Goodreads Review Scraper 📖

The Goodreads Review Scraper allows you to gather detailed reviews from Goodreads, including ratings, comments, review text, and more. Perfect for exploring book feedback or analyzing opinions on specific titles!

### How Many Results Can You Extract Using This Tool? 🔍

There's no limit to the number of results you can extract 📊!

Customize your search parameters to collect as many reviews as needed.

### Use Cases:

- Analyze reviews for book research.

- Discover user opinions on specific genres or titles.

- Gather ratings and comments for book marketing or recommendations.

### Key Features ✨

- Unlimited Results 📈: Extract as many reviews as needed.

- Customizable Filters 🔧: Search reviews by URL, max items, and more.

- Detailed Review Info 📝: Get review ID, user details, rating, review text, and more.

- Export Options 💾: Download data in JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML.

### 💸 Pricing

This scraper operates on a monthly subscription basis, priced at $18.99/month.

### How to Use 📲

Using the Dribbble Designer Scraper is straightforward:

```
Sign up for an account on Apify 🔑.

Provide the Goodreads book URL.

Set the number of reviews to extract.

Start the scraper and download your results in your preferred format.

Once scraping is done, download the data in your preferred format: JSON 📄, CSV 📊, XML 📑, Excel 📈, or HTML 🌐.
```

### Example Input 📲 👌

The scraper accepts various parameters for customization. Here’s an example of how to structure your input:

```
url_link = "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1137215"
maxitems = 210

```

### Example Output from Dribbble Scraper 👌

Once the extraction is complete, the data will be saved in a dataset. You can download this data in multiple formats (JSON, CSV, XML, RSS, HTML Table).

```
{
  "review_id": "kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.RNDBp8w45i5aErLE3Wf0Mg",
  "user_name": "Nancy",
  "user_id": 763271,
  "user_profile": "https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/763271-nancy",
  "rating": 4,
  "review_text": "Dazzling inventions, air pirates, evil bad guys, underground vaults, goggles, daring rescues, gold, Blight gas, a one-armed bartender, a princess, zombies. Oh, what fun! The setting was vividly described and rich in details. The main characters were well developed and fascinating. Briar Wilkes, widow of Leviticus Blue, eccentric inventor"
}


```

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***

### Can I Use This Goodreads Review Scraper 📖 API in Python? 🎓

Yes, you can use the Apify API with Python.

To access the Goodreads Review Scraper 📖 via Python, you can use the apify-client Python package. You can find more details about how to use the client in our Python Client Documentation.

### 📫 Support

😊 Leave us a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ if you are satisfied with the product!
🌍 For any questions, specific needs or issues, please reach out through Apify's platform or via email - [Storm_Scraper 🌪️🌩️](https://apify.com/scrapestorm)
Happy scraping! 😊

# Actor input Schema

## `url_links` (type: `array`):

URLs of the books to scrape reviews from. Add one URL per line.

## `maxitems` (type: `integer`):

The maximum number of reviews to fetch per book URL

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url_links": [
    "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17408897",
    "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052"
  ],
  "maxitems": 70
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (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 = {
    "url_links": [
        "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17408897",
        "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052"
    ],
    "maxitems": 70
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapestorm/goodreads-review-scraper---faster-cheaper").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 = {
    "url_links": [
        "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17408897",
        "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052",
    ],
    "maxitems": 70,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapestorm/goodreads-review-scraper---faster-cheaper").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 '{
  "url_links": [
    "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17408897",
    "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052"
  ],
  "maxitems": 70
}' |
apify call scrapestorm/goodreads-review-scraper---faster-cheaper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapestorm/goodreads-review-scraper---faster-cheaper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/xGwUF0zm6yKdkfadf/builds/WiIPnFATevfnBi51n/openapi.json