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Google-Maps-Scrapper

This project provides a set of Python scripts to scrape data from Google Maps using the Playwright library for automated web browsing. The data scraped includes names, addresses, phone numbers, websites, pluscode, longitude / latitude, ratings and other relevant details of listings found on Google Maps.

Table of Contents

Prerequisite

Modules

  • scraper.py: Contains functions to interact with Google Maps through a browser session, scroll through listings, and extract listing details.
  • utils.py: Includes utility functions for reading search terms, saving data to Excel, merging Excel files, adjusting column widths in Excel, and parsing coordinates from URLs.
  • run.py: Orchestrates the scraping process using functions from other modules, handles user inputs, and manages the overall flow of the application.

Key Features

  • Interactive Search: Users can choose to input search terms manually or use predefined terms from a Query.txt file.
  • Data Extraction: Extracts detailed information about each listing, including links, names, types, plus codes, ratings, addresses, websites, phone numbers, and review counts.
  • Data Normalization & Cleansing: Ensures all data lists are of the same length before saving & It cleanses and organizes the scraped data, removing redundant or unnecessary columns.
  • Coordinate Parsing: Extracts latitude and longitude from Google Maps links.
  • Review Analysis: It extracts review counts and average ratings, providing insights into businesses' online reputation.
  • Business Type Detection: The script identifies whether a business offers in-store shopping, in-store pickup, or delivery services.
  • Excel Integration: Saves individual search results into Excel files and can merge multiple results into a single file with adjusted column widths for better readability.

Installation

  1. Clone this repository:

    git clone https://github.com/r7avi/Google-Maps-Scrapper.git
  2. Navigate to the project directory:

    cd google-maps-scraping
  3. Update PIP:

     python -m pip install --upgrade pip
    
  4. Install the required Python packages:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

    or

    pip install playwright pandas openpyxl tqdm playwright install

How to Use:

To use this script, follow these steps:

  1. Start the script run.py.

    python run.py
  2. Choose to input a search term manually or use Query.txt.

    doctors in new york
    dentist in new yersy
  3. Enter the total number of results you want to scrape in run.py Line : 16

    Min: 20 (Default) & Max: 150  ## Recommended 120
  4. The script will navigate to Google Maps, perform searches, scrape data, and save it into Excel files in the output directory.

Debugging

Line 45 in scraper.py & Line 15 in run.py #Change the path of chrome.exe as Required

 executable_path='C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe' : Make sure you have chrome installed in your system and the path is correct

Headless Browser Mode

 headless=False : Set to True if you don't want to see the browser window

Docker :

  1. If you want to run in Docker ,In Docker/app : update Query.txt and Modify Server details in Scrapper.py and add your Linux SSH Details so Scrapped data can be stored in your Linux server else It will be stored Locally in app/output.

    Execute below command in Docker folder . [Note You Must Have Docker Installed in your Win/Linux]

      docker-compose up --build

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