{"id":1221,"date":"2022-04-19T08:55:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T08:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2022-04-19T08:55:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T08:55:13","slug":"web-scraping-airbnb-listings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/web-scraping-airbnb-listings\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Scraping Airbnb listings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Web Scraping<\/strong> can be employed to extract data from thousands of Airbnb <\/strong>listings to a simple spreadsheet or database table. Details like address, price, rating, reviews, images, owner details, bed\/baths\/area etc. can be easily scraped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Web Scraping<\/a> is the process of automatically copy-pasting (using software) data from websites to a file or database. Usually the data is saved in spreadsheet format (Excel). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which software to use to scrape Airbnb?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WebHarvy <\/a>is a visual web scraping software using which you can scrape data from any website including Airbnb. You can download and install<\/a> the free trial of WebHarvy from our website. Our software allows you to select the data required to be scraped via a simple point and click interface. There is no need to write scripts or perform complicated setup procedure – just click and select data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steps to scrape Airbnb listings using WebHarvy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, load the Airbnb listings page from which you need to scrape data within WebHarvy. (See video below<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Airbnb listings page loaded within WebHarvy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And then, start configuration<\/a>. WebHarvy allows you to click and select any data<\/a> which you would like to scrape. In this example we are selecting only the listing details page URL\/address from the starting page. All other listing details are selected from the details page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since there are multiple pages of results, pagination can be configured by selecting the next page link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Follow this link<\/a> option in the Capture window is used to follow the first listing link to load its details page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Following listing link to load details page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once the details page is loaded, click and select the data which you need. Clicking on any data item (text, link or image) on the page brings up a Capture window with various options. Use the Capture Text option to capture the text of the clicked item. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Selecting data to scrape from Airbnb listings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WebHarvy can scrape multiple images displayed in the listings details page. Once all data has been selected, stop configuration. Click the Start Mine<\/a> button in the menu to start mining data using the configuration created. The scraped data can be saved to a file or to a database<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video : Scraping Airbnb<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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