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TripAdvisor API limitation

Since TripAdvisor does not provide any consistent open API for 3rd parties, in Apify we decided to make our own!

TripAdvisor Scrapper

Get the data from TripAdvisor fast and straightforward. Scraper is now available for restaurants and hotels. It is suitable for such use cases as scraping TripAdvisor reviews, emails, addresses, awards and many more attributes of hotels and restaurants on TripAdvisor.

Input - TripAdvisor Crawler

You can either enter the location and download the data from the dataset or send a synchronous request to actor endpoint and crawl all the information about a single place (hotel, restaurant) in 15 seconds.

Output TripAdvisor Export

You can extract a variety of data about a single place as well as about a full location including some of the most necessary information such as email, phone, price and reviews. It is possible to download data in various formats such as JSON, CSV, XML and others for more reference see the Apify Docs.

Here is an example of JSON output:

 {
    "id": "672866",
    "type": "HOTEL",
    "name": "Staybridge Suites London",
    "awards": [
        {
            "year": "2018",
            "name": "Certificate of Excellence 2018"
        },
        {
            "year": "2017",
            "name": "Certificate of Excellence 2017"
        },
        {
            "year": "2016",
            "name": "Certificate of Excellence 2016"
        },
        {
            "year": "2015",
            "name": "Certificate of Excellence 2015"
        },
        {
            "year": "2014",
            "name": "Certificate of Excellence 2014"
        },
        {
            "year": "2013",
            "name": "Certificate of Excellence 2013"
        },
        {
            "year": "2012",
            "name": "Certificate of Excellence 2012"
        },
        {
            "year": "2011",
            "name": "Certificate of Excellence 2011"
        }
    ],
    "rankingPosition": "13",
    "priceLevel": "$$",
    "category": "hotel",
    "rating": "4.5",
    "hotelClass": "3.0",
    "hotelClassAttribution": "Star rating provided by Expedia.",
    "phone": "+18778595095",
    "address": "824 Exeter Rd, London, Ontario N6E 1L5 Canada",
    "amenities": [
        "Free Internet",
        "Free Wifi",
        "Fitness center",
        "Kitchenette",
        "Business Center",
        "Suites",
        "Wheelchair access",
        "Pool",
        "Internet",
        "Free Parking",
        "Pets Allowed",
        "Wifi",
        "Public Wifi",
        "Breakfast included",
        "Dry Cleaning",
        "Meeting Rooms",
        "Non-Smoking Rooms",
        "Laundry Service",
        "Air Conditioning",
        "Family Rooms",
        "Multilingual Staff",
        "Self-Serve Laundry",
        "Accessible rooms",
        "Microwave",
        "Refrigerator in room",
        "Conference Facilities",
        "Non-Smoking Hotel",
        "Heated pool",
        "Flatscreen TV",
        "Breakfast Buffet",
        "Indoor pool",
        "Breakfast Available",
        "Parking",
        "Facilities for Disabled Guests",
        "Housekeeping",
        "Smoking rooms available",
        "Baggage Storage",
        "BBQ Facilities",
        "Express Check-in / Check-out",
        "Convenience Store",
        "English",
        "Fax / Photocopying",
        "French",
        "24-Hour Front Desk",
        "Newspaper",
        "Portuguese",
        "Spanish",
        "Vending Machine"
    ],
    "prices": [
        {
            "provider": "Hotels.com",
            "price": "NOT_PROVIDED",
            "isBookable": false,
            "link": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Commerce?p=HotelsCom2&src=35062223&geo=672866&from=HotelDateSearch_api&slot=1&matchID=1&oos=0&cnt=10&silo=6036&bucket=852471&nrank=1&crank=1&clt=D&ttype=DesktopMeta&tm=130320066&managed=true&capped=false&gosox=MufysTB-R25wuTfx3jb5nBKviYJMik4Rkw6kpHnuQ1lssYSQXNaaSAcKPQ_fIVZ_Gr992908wb16jIAKuDhBJ5JMR1I_a8sgznmJwmBAAEV9y1OYGebzThfrFWVPjYeVOX2SZ1zMxfxrx-nx_kUv5yi6gizYezJ0G90kZPJtPB8&hac=INITIALIZED&adults=2&child_rm_ages=&inDay=17&outDay=18&rooms=1&inMonth=2&inYear=2019&outMonth=2&outYear=2019&auid=68d7888d-6b1e-4ece-a0ad-aa926652e9b6&def_d=false&bld=L_1,D_0,G_2,W_7,U_0,C_190217&bh=true&cs=1c26dd999bf8187665f8865c258dfbc6e&area=QC_META_API&mcid=13091&ik=eb0d81a98f2a4c39955c4f95e71dfed7&drv=-1&dated=true&aok=fc14dd5cfff74011b8d53d05d3d53d62&tp=meta_hac"
        },
        {
            "provider": "Booking.com",
            "price": "NOT_PROVIDED",
            "isBookable": false,
            "link": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Commerce?p=BookingCom&src=34398091&geo=672866&from=HotelDateSearch_api&slot=2&matchID=1&oos=0&cnt=10&silo=6208&bucket=892275&nrank=2&crank=2&clt=D&ttype=DesktopMeta&tm=130320066&managed=false&capped=false&gosox=NT-hurSE2i82x52FhPCRQU6U2aqsrjRTAzG_afg1OblqxfYWDcluUREkmAANuKVEBq10W2QlAF86IsUm5hy5MMd7cNuLFdGd_949UCanziFV992IVbALSt7InDMNK5zgRpZvEdKLdU7psgWkvLgLizZNNCkfnD53OKuFJTml7-wYqN88qPEdVXhICcwrX4Kr&hac=INITIALIZED&adults=2&child_rm_ages=&inDay=17&outDay=18&rooms=1&inMonth=2&inYear=2019&outMonth=2&outYear=2019&auid=68d7888d-6b1e-4ece-a0ad-aa926652e9b6&def_d=false&bld=L_1,D_0,G_2,W_7,U_0,C_190217&bh=true&cs=10b22df0a343c609a8dfb9acb29e9de65&area=QC_META_API&mcid=13091&ik=eb0d81a98f2a4c39955c4f95e71dfed7&drv=-1&dated=true&aok=d6795eab0388417083b6772ff4620531&tp=meta_hac"
        },
        {
            "provider": "Expedia.com",
            "price": "NOT_PROVIDED",
            "isBookable": false,
            "link": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Commerce?p=Expedia&src=32708555&geo=672866&from=HotelDateSearch_api&slot=3&matchID=1&oos=0&cnt=10&silo=5621&bucket=850322&nrank=3&crank=3&clt=D&ttype=DesktopMeta&tm=130320066&managed=true&capped=false&gosox=srVNQGoQ5BIVms7GkGUZCPedkKhFc8YyjH3VCyEhZh9H9SftRoZpDOvz5-yyA3VniAvtxFuMEApijePWGDDCbgXYIq7ExCmIQFa0clDv0WxAR2jh2gX_UohQuJ8c1JLTEEKKgvMwoYZrIS9Pza9yPwdOUaTeO4UbWVj93NlclL8&hac=INITIALIZED&adults=2&child_rm_ages=&inDay=17&outDay=18&rooms=1&inMonth=2&inYear=2019&outMonth=2&outYear=2019&auid=68d7888d-6b1e-4ece-a0ad-aa926652e9b6&def_d=false&bld=L_1,D_0,G_2,W_7,U_0,C_190217&bh=true&cs=1c7100d0337ef66a191bb1790d92218e2&area=QC_META_API&mcid=13091&ik=eb0d81a98f2a4c39955c4f95e71dfed7&drv=-1&dated=true&aok=5caf26ac491c463981dbba7832e268b2&tp=meta_hac"
        },
        {
            "provider": "Staybridge.com",
            "price": "91",
            "isBookable": false,
            "link": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Commerce?p=IHG&src=40794971&geo=672866&from=HotelDateSearch_api&slot=4&matchID=1&oos=0&cnt=10&silo=7269&bucket=902709&nrank=4&crank=4&clt=D&ttype=DesktopMeta&tm=130320066&managed=false&capped=false&gosox=CqirHZ5IRfcZ-qne9IaWbimW_2uruboIcKhN--kLBnVujO-F-H-2PY8yrXnOyMnPRiz9zlsf2fPHOUhIfxRcN8AP1IauKOxABPjbzomB2lFyhnRg0vQPaNRTOpAGJ9rcr2wD3yTNtEC3cve-QQRLDt-UsilRGvSHksAad1nliEvYGFKGw_EdD4mD6lYEBAbt_PPnqGkxZv1uKE8uBXfbDliLAPKF5Xp8riAl5MkmnjY&priceShown=91&hac=AVAILABLE&mbl=BEAT&mbldelta=0&rate=90.59&fees=15.87&cur=USD&adults=2&child_rm_ages=&inDay=17&outDay=18&rooms=1&inMonth=2&inYear=2019&outMonth=2&outYear=2019&auid=68d7888d-6b1e-4ece-a0ad-aa926652e9b6&def_d=false&bld=L_1,D_0,G_2,W_7,U_0,C_190217&bh=true&cs=1170638232be5be29eed412d7d4c3b00e&area=QC_META_API&mcid=13091&ik=eb0d81a98f2a4c39955c4f95e71dfed7&drv=-1&dated=true&aok=a27f9f4ad41746c1b34a4ae933b20ac0&tp=meta_hac"
        },
        {
            "provider": "Orbitz.com",
            "price": "NOT_PROVIDED",
            "isBookable": false,
            "link": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Commerce?p=OrbitzEWS&src=78908133&geo=672866&from=HotelDateSearch_api&slot=5&matchID=1&oos=0&cnt=10&silo=20426&bucket=856023&nrank=6&crank=5&clt=D&ttype=DesktopMeta&tm=130320066&managed=true&capped=false&gosox=WAEnaIm3XZerv1kKXfL_qCzcXtFa7Dtuu-qoyRzx2u300xINNqHuZYD_xw77AmW5WxjCKEOXlngaowYXEp5e290TbwGaDIW8k4o3fhYKkZzcSaTDGPNcBOEy2APvvxauef-99ZsKZ1boi790hr9nFiL-qlR2VVIusPyj-S87vAs&hac=INITIALIZED&adults=2&child_rm_ages=&inDay=17&outDay=18&rooms=1&inMonth=2&inYear=2019&outMonth=2&outYear=2019&auid=68d7888d-6b1e-4ece-a0ad-aa926652e9b6&def_d=false&bld=L_1,D_0,G_2,W_7,U_0,C_190217&bh=true&cs=106550175937a50b33593670c6196a576&area=QC_META_API&mcid=13091&ik=eb0d81a98f2a4c39955c4f95e71dfed7&drv=-1&dated=true&aok=b78fd026343249e8b8d1a91f59e359c2&tp=meta_hac"
        },
        {
            "provider": "Agoda.com",
            "price": "NOT_PROVIDED",
            "isBookable": false,
            "link": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Commerce?p=Agoda&src=35835215&geo=672866&from=HotelDateSearch_api&slot=6&matchID=1&oos=0&cnt=10&silo=6414&bucket=895084&nrank=5&crank=6&clt=D&ttype=DesktopMeta&tm=130320066&managed=false&capped=false&gosox=sxibuF7CP5CXu_QydqP_TMLAX9W9PleZyIAR9sRE54xu1cpvxeTc1iwwCG6TdyzPYmadIlLKqtDrSK_2glylRNu_MPXBkaHom_QptO2A0IZUHP7LH-jlkqdV_eRe4BP1mO-n9qP6LZe9M6p6CGPS9fV4RMPdMjfnFGLSoRZLE8E&hac=INITIALIZED&adults=2&child_rm_ages=&inDay=17&outDay=18&rooms=1&inMonth=2&inYear=2019&outMonth=2&outYear=2019&auid=68d7888d-6b1e-4ece-a0ad-aa926652e9b6&def_d=false&bld=L_1,D_0,G_2,W_7,U_0,C_190217&bh=true&cs=15af4cda469bddc8f1caa323ccbc7c15a&area=QC_META_API&mcid=13091&ik=eb0d81a98f2a4c39955c4f95e71dfed7&drv=-1&dated=true&aok=2be5c060d37249dea37083e2ca9aa7ad&tp=meta_hac"
        },
        {
            "provider": "Travelocity",
            "price": "NOT_PROVIDED",
            "isBookable": false,
            "link": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Commerce?p=TravelocityEWS&src=53947708&geo=672866&from=HotelDateSearch_api&slot=7&matchID=1&oos=0&cnt=10&silo=11450&bucket=855746&nrank=6&crank=7&clt=D&ttype=DesktopMeta&tm=130320066&managed=true&capped=false&gosox=WAEnaIm3XZerv1kKXfL_qNhNCxbyV5AUGwGE_Xl2rciQ6z9XDBZeVyEKGvyVoglMlxwcz5pqr_279XLNEQRsJp3zl4RIa50HwVPcojmYlYT53ckwz1HuynEq-Pl80yIPVhVTRhEGKT46LPhrpdrYhg&hac=INITIALIZED&adults=2&child_rm_ages=&inDay=17&outDay=18&rooms=1&inMonth=2&inYear=2019&outMonth=2&outYear=2019&auid=68d7888d-6b1e-4ece-a0ad-aa926652e9b6&def_d=false&bld=L_1,D_0,G_2,W_7,U_0,C_190217&bh=true&cs=1b9b411d1a23e2fe9fb1f159bab99341a&area=QC_META_API&mcid=13091&ik=eb0d81a98f2a4c39955c4f95e71dfed7&drv=-1&dated=true&aok=955ae9e2778f463787360a8882ad3fdf&tp=meta_hac"
        },
        {
            "provider": "ZenHotels.com",
            "price": "NOT_PROVIDED",
            "isBookable": false,
            "link": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Commerce?p=ZenHotels&src=106110254&geo=672866&from=HotelDateSearch_api&slot=8&matchID=1&oos=0&cnt=10&silo=33011&bucket=891571&nrank=8&crank=8&clt=D&ttype=DesktopMeta&tm=130320066&managed=true&capped=false&gosox=A3P1mIdM3dEZOoOzqLbm1c2BsywDRpv3wbvYjI1_vCGfR6xM_-RXamyImBb1WqVcAdxm4CY_LRj6Q1m3XgkZRSOkW0Vr2T2HnHSLIZQsJWz53ckwz1HuynEq-Pl80yIPVhVTRhEGKT46LPhrpdrYhg&hac=INITIALIZED&adults=2&child_rm_ages=&inDay=17&outDay=18&rooms=1&inMonth=2&inYear=2019&outMonth=2&outYear=2019&auid=68d7888d-6b1e-4ece-a0ad-aa926652e9b6&def_d=false&bld=L_1,D_0,G_2,W_7,U_0,C_190217&bh=true&cs=17feb4523c3dbaeb00193ceaef07e3c03&area=QC_META_API&mcid=13091&ik=eb0d81a98f2a4c39955c4f95e71dfed7&drv=-1&dated=true&aok=b853c0cf066b4f5aa2ee687f0c69e6c0&tp=meta_hac"
        },
        {
            "provider": "Priceline",
            "price": "NOT_PROVIDED",
            "isBookable": false,
            "link": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Commerce?p=Priceline&src=38608736&geo=672866&from=HotelDateSearch_api&slot=9&matchID=1&oos=0&cnt=10&silo=17376&bucket=855815&nrank=9&crank=9&clt=D&ttype=DesktopMeta&tm=130320066&managed=true&capped=false&gosox=YyOngmNEqhxZ_JSWu9Ud5bGLteRs47v6-Q5DNcOcO0klblir4t7bOp2OHjylhUWqngJ3menxIfxxMeNyAXAlboTIqbE0mYqhV6ENqX-KtZX53ckwz1HuynEq-Pl80yIPVhVTRhEGKT46LPhrpdrYhg&hac=INITIALIZED&adults=2&child_rm_ages=&inDay=17&outDay=18&rooms=1&inMonth=2&inYear=2019&outMonth=2&outYear=2019&auid=68d7888d-6b1e-4ece-a0ad-aa926652e9b6&def_d=false&bld=L_1,D_0,G_2,W_7,U_0,C_190217&bh=true&cs=13f14907b1bf1dcd9c57ba1b0143549c5&area=QC_META_API&mcid=13091&ik=eb0d81a98f2a4c39955c4f95e71dfed7&drv=-1&dated=true&aok=d39ee811bea64984a23cdf8e3eed7b91&tp=meta_hac"
        },
        {
            "provider": "Hotwire.com",
            "price": "NOT_PROVIDED",
            "isBookable": false,
            "link": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Commerce?p=Hotwire&src=65711793&geo=672866&from=HotelDateSearch_api&slot=10&matchID=1&oos=0&cnt=10&silo=15790&bucket=872448&nrank=9&crank=10&clt=D&ttype=DesktopMeta&tm=130320066&managed=true&capped=false&gosox=YyOngmNEqhxZ_JSWu9Ud5WT8Sb-ZNqlN7bCZQwIXwl0lblir4t7bOp2OHjylhUWqE3OgZg5BfRiKt1FK_O5IwH3LU5gZ5vNOF-sVZU-Nh5U5fZJnXMzF_GvH6fH-RS_nKLqCLNh7MnQb3SRk8m08Hw&hac=INITIALIZED&adults=2&child_rm_ages=&inDay=17&outDay=18&rooms=1&inMonth=2&inYear=2019&outMonth=2&outYear=2019&auid=68d7888d-6b1e-4ece-a0ad-aa926652e9b6&def_d=false&bld=L_1,D_0,G_2,W_7,U_0,C_190217&bh=true&cs=170ce52556dd1d7ca25b459e6f72e89d9&area=QC_META_API&mcid=13091&ik=eb0d81a98f2a4c39955c4f95e71dfed7&drv=-1&dated=true&aok=d36f1bfa7d94482091dfabdac994aa04&tp=meta_hac"
        }
    ],
    "reviews": [
        {
            "text": "We traveled to London for a sledge tournament, we had a two bedroom suite for me and 4 children was perfect more then enough space for wheelchair and our equipment, complementary breakfast kids enjoyed very much I loved having the kitchen for all other meals in room \nWas like a mini home, the pool was on the small side but we where only ones using it so worked out well \nWe will be back next year for our 3rd stay ",
            "title": "Great space ",
            "rating": 4,
            "stayDate": "2019-01-31",
            "publishedDate": "2019-02-09",
            "userLocation": "Ontario, Canada",
            "userContributions": 25
        }
    ]
}

How Does TripAdvisor Scraper Work ?

The whole project is made by the web scrapping and automation platform Apify using the Apify SDK.

TripAdvisor Scrapper Usage

If you want to scrape a lot of hotels, restaurants for a given place and write the data to dataset this usage is just for you. Or you can buy Apify proxy and be sure you will have the access to TripAdvisor.com all time.

  1. Visit LINK TO Scrapper UI
  2. Fill input
  3. Click Run

We made a simple UI to make the interaction smooth. but if you prefer doing things yourself here is an input schema.

Actor accepts the following JSON input:

 {
   "locationFullName": "Prague",
   "includeRestaurants": true,
   "includeHotels": true,
   "includeReviews": true,
   "lastReviewDate": "2019-01-12"
 }
Name Type Description
locationFullName String Name of location as you would entered to TripAdvisor search - It is assumed that the location is the first of the search results
includeRestaurants Boolean If true result includes restaurants
includeHotels Boolean If true result includes hotels
includeReviews Boolean If true result includes reviews for every place found
lastReviewDate String Date of last review that is included in results in format YYYY-MM-DD

API Usage

If you want to get information about a single hotel a restaurant and you don't want it in single synchronous API call this usage is just for you.

Beware that it might be impossible to maintain an idle HTTP connection for a long period of time, due to client timeout or network conditions. Make sure your HTTP client is configured to have a long enough connection timeout. If the connection breaks, you will not receive any information about the run and its status. However for a normal place with rasonable amount of reviews (~1000) it should not take more than 20 seconds. You can paginate the reviews using lastReviewDate property.

Here is a link to the part of Apify docs that covers running actor synchronously.

1. Input

To get information about single hotel the request body should be in this shape:

{
  "hotelId": "672866",
  "includeReviews": true,
  "lastReviewDate": "2010-01-12"
}

To get information about single restaurant the request body should be in this shape:

{
  "restaurantId": "672866",
  "includeReviews": true,
  "lastReviewDate": "2010-01-12"
}
Name Type Description
restarantId | hotelId String Id of place - see getting id section
includeReviews Boolean If true result includes reviews for every place found
lastReviewDate String Date of last review that is included in results in format YYYY-MM-DD

2. Output

The Actor produces output as in data you can get section.

Getting Id of Restaurant or Hotel

  1. Visit the Place Page such as https://www.tripadvisor.cz/Hotel_Review-g186338-d1657415-Reviews-Park_Plaza_Westminster_Bridge_London-London_England.html.
  2. The id is the number after -d in the url. For this url it would be 1657415.

TripAdvisor scraping tutorial

If you need help and want to see the scraping of TripAdvisor step by step, be sure to check our blogpost How to Scrape TripAdvisor.

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