Book Depository data scraper

Book Depository data scraper - extract data about books

Book Depository data scraper is an application for automatic data extraction from Book Depository. You can use it to scrape almost any data from Book Depository, and save it to an XLSX file. Shortly – It’s the same as if you copied the information with mouse, only automatically.

Book Depository is a British online bookstore with a large catalog and free shipping to more than 160 countries. It is one of the most popular sites in Britain. On this site you can browse a huge variety of literature for everyone

Why scrape data from Book Depository?

Most often our clients have their own sites dedicated to books. They need to take a ready-made database of tens of thousands of books and add it to their site. You can also analyze the popularity of books or genres. Accordingly, our application is used both in marketing and analysis.

So, at the bottom line. The main goal of Book Depository data scraping is to attract an audience to your project. Secondly, to gather a database for active sales, or to analyze the data for some scientific purpose. In any case, data scraping helps you make good money in a short period of time.

Is scraping Book Depository legal?

It is absolutely legal to scrape publicly available data such as product descriptions, prices, ratings, or reviews. So yes, scraping any publicly available data from Book Depository is legal. But wait, it’s not that simple.

In fact – from a legal standpoint, scraping restrictions may arise in the extraction of personal data. Be careful when extracting information such as username, phone number, address, e-mail, and the like.

Book Depository data scraper is an automatic program that emulates user behavior. in summary, It is just as legitimate as if you were manually copying information line by line.

What data can I pull from the Book Depository pages?

Obviously, we have a simple answer. You can scrape almost any kind of data from Book Depository. Literally, anything you want. Just click on the items on the page, and start the scraper. As an example, here’s a list of fields we extract from Book Depository:

  • Title
  • Description
  • Rating
  • Author
  • Images
  • Price
  • Price
  • Edition
  • language
  • Dimensions
  • Format
  • Comments

Also, please note. This is only a sample list of fields. You can add or remove any fields for scraping. And yes, it’s very easy to do. All you have to do – is click on items on the page.

How do I start with Data Excavator?

Basically, to use Book Depository scraper you need to download our main application – Data Excavator. This can be done in the download section (clickable).

Firstly, install the Data Excavator app. Note that the application runs in a Windows environment. You need the .NET Framework 4.7.2 (Can be downloaded here) and VC++ Redistributable 2019 (Can be downloaded here) packages installed for scraper to work correctly.

So, you have downloaded and installed the application. Now you need a demo key for a month of free work. You can get it inside the app, or go to the section to get the demo key (clickable). Fill in the Email field and your name. Then, we will send you the key to your email.

Finally, launch the application. Click the “New Project” in the main menu. Enter the link to any Book Depository page. Then, select the items you want to extract. Just move the mouse over the page and click on the items. Sounds easy, doesn’t it?

Start creating new project by clicking on New project button
Use wizard to create new project
Launch WEBSITE data scraper

So now you have an idea of how to use the Book Depository data scraper. As you can see, it is not very hard. Despite the fact that scraping seems complicated – it is not always so. And our application demonstrates it perfectly. It’s as easy as clicking on a page and pressing a few buttons. We hope you enjoy the experience.

What else?

In fact, you can scrape any amount of data from the Book Depository website. It will be fast, inexpensive, and most importantly, legal. Just use our app, and follow the instructions.

In case you have any difficulties. Just contact us! At the very least, we’ll have a great conversation. At the most, we will solve your problems. Moreover, we can get great emotions from working together! So, you can contact our support team through feedback (clickable).

And finally, a selection of quick links. Have fun scraping!

Book Depository data scraper

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