goodreads-user-scraper 0.0.8

Scrape user data from Goodreads

Goodreads User Scraper

Contents

• Usage
• Arguments
  • --user-id
  • --output-dir
• Troubleshooting
• Development

Usage

Using pip:

pip install goodreads-user-scraper
goodreads-user-scraper --user_id 54739262 --output_dir books

Using pipx:

pipx run goodreads-user-scraper --user_id 54739262 --output_dir books

Arguments

--user-id

• Description: The user whose data should be scraped. Find your user id using these directions.
• Required: Yes

--output-dir

• Description: The directory where all scraped data will be output.
• Required: No
• Default: goodreads-data

Troubleshooting

Ensure that your profile is viewable by anyone:

1. Navigate to the Goodreads Account Settings page
2. Click on the Settings tab
3. In the Privacy section, under the Who Can View My Profile question, select "anyone"

Development

1. Clone the GitHub repository

git clone https://github.com/YashTotale/goodreads-user-scraper.git

2. Run the install script

sh scripts/install.sh

3. Make changes

4. Run the test script

sh scripts/test.sh