Rottentomatoes.com Scrapers

Description

This repository contains Python-based scrapers that extract data from Rotten Tomatoes Movie Listings and Rotten Tomatoes Movie Details pages. The scrapers use the Crawlbase Crawling API to handle CAPTCHA challenges, pagination, anti-bot protections, and JavaScript-rendered content seamlessly.

The extracted data is parsed and saved in JSON format.

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Scrapers Overview

Rottentomatoes.com Movie Listings Scraper

The Rottentomatoes.com Movie Listings Scraper (rottentomatoes_serp_scraper.py) extracts:

1. Movie Title
2. Critics score
3. Audience Score
4. Movie Page Link

It also automatically handles pagination, ensuring comprehensive data extraction. It saves the extracted data in a JSON file.

Rottentomatoes.com Movie Details Page Scraper

The Rottentomatoes.com Movie Details Page Scraper (rottentomatoes_movie_page_scraper.py) extracts detailed movie information, including:

1. Movie Title
2. Synopsis
3. Movie Details like Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Distributor, rating etc

It saves the extracted data in a JSON file.

Environment Setup

Ensure that Python is installed on your system. Check the version using:

# Use python3 if you're on Linux with Python 3 installed
python --version

Next, install the required dependencies:

pip install crawlbase beautifulsoup4

• Crawlbase – Handles JavaScript rendering and bypasses bot protections.
• BeautifulSoup – Parses and extracts structured data from HTML.

Running the Scrapers

1. Get Your Crawlbase Access Token

   • Sign up for Crawlbase here to get an API token.
   • Use the JS token for Rottentomatoes.com scraping, as the site uses JavaScript-rendered content.

2. Update the Scraper with Your Token

   • Replace "CRAWLBASE_JS_TOKEN" in the script with your Crawlbase JS Token.

3. Run the Scraper

# Use python3 if required (for Linux/macOS)
python SCRAPER_FILE_NAME.py

Replace "SCRAPER_FILE_NAME.py" with the actual script name (rottentomatoes_serp_scraper.py or rottentomatoes_movie_page_scraper.py).

To-Do List

• Expand scrapers to extract additional movie details.
• Optimize data storage and export formats (e.g., CSV, database integration).
• Enhance scraper efficiency and speed.

Why Use These Scrapers?

• Extracts Rotten Tomatoes Data efficiently.
• Bypasses CAPTCHAs and anti-bot protections with Crawlbase.
• Handles JavaScript-rendered content seamlessly.
• Supports easy pagination for scraping multiple pages.