Google Reviews Extractor

This Python repository contains a basic web scraper using Selenium to extract Google reviews from a specified URL. The scraper exports the extracted data to an Excel file.

Installation

Install the required dependencies:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Below is an example of how to use the Google Review Scraper in your own Python script.

    from extractor import GoogleReviewExtractor

# Specify the Google search URL for the business or location
url = '.....'
# Create an instance of GoogleReviewExtractor
scrapper = GoogleReviewExtractor(url)
# Run the scraper to extract reviews and save to Excel
scrapper.start_scrapping()

Dependencies

• selenium==4.15.2
• openpyxl==3.1.2

Configuration

• review_extractor.py: Defines the web scraper class (GoogleReviewExtractor) and contains the necessary Selenium selectors.
• example1.py: Example usage of the scraper on a specific Google search URL.
• requirements.txt: Lists the required Python packages.

Notes

• The scraper is designed to extract Google reviews for a given business or location.
• The extracted data is saved in an Excel file named reviews.xlsx.
• Make sure to have the appropriate web driver for Selenium installed.
• Extracted Image Uls for each review joined using || seperator e.g :
  https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMqsDo9zi3fELhMKkHSi6-ysvOjePH-llH4nruk=w100-h100-p-n-k-no || https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipOD0hYt6bbEWwFHTAV-tZ62NHDK51HBV_bvlcym=w100-h100-p-n-k-no