TripAdvisor Review Scraper

Overview

This Apify actor scrapes detailed review data from TripAdvisor based on a location query. It extracts structured information from establishments, including ratings, full review text, and category-specific scores. Common use cases include restaurant management, market analysis, and business intelligence.

Key Features

• Extracts comprehensive review data: Collects review text, overall ratings (1-5), and granular ratings for categories like Value, Service, and Food.
• Captures metadata: Gets establishment names, TripAdvisor URLs, reviewer usernames, review dates, and language.
• Structured output: Returns data in a clean JSON format, with options for CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML export.
• Built-in reliability: Includes automatic rate limiting, proxy support, error handling, and retry mechanisms.
• Data processing: Handles language detection, date standardization, and data validation.

How to Use

Provide a location query as input. The actor will search TripAdvisor for establishments in that area and scrape all available review data.

Input/Output

Input:
Configure the actor with a simple JSON object containing a location query.

{
  "query": "kathmandu"
}

Output:
The actor returns an array of items, each representing a review with the following structure:

{
  "name": "Chez Caroline",
  "url": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/...",
  "username": "SeattleSal",
  "title": "What happened to our server??",
  "text": "I had heard and read...",
  "language": "en",
  "rating": 2,
  "createdDate": "2021-10-29",
  "publishedDate": "2021-10-28",
  "additionalRating": [
    { "rating": 2, "ratingLabel": "Value" },
    { "rating": 1, "ratingLabel": "Service" },
    { "rating": 3, "ratingLabel": "Food" }
  ]
}

Notes

• Best Practices: Use specific location names for optimal results and schedule regular runs for trend analysis.
• Legal Compliance: This tool scrapes publicly available data. You are responsible for complying with TripAdvisor's Terms of Service, GDPR, and other local data protection regulations. Use the data ethically.
• Support: The actor is maintained for compatibility and performance. For support or customization, contact the team via the Apify platform.