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Update index.js - app search and app reviews functions

Open JAVAB3ANS opened this issue 2 years ago • 2 comments

Revised app search function:

  • The original Google Play Scraper was limited to scraping only the first page of search results (30 apps), restricting data gathering capabilities.
  • To overcome this limitation, the scraper was modified to scrape multiple pages of search results, enabling data collection on a larger number of apps.
  • Recursion was implemented to find related apps to those already gathered, optimizing the search process and expanding the dataset.
  • The modified scraper maps apps by ID and removes duplicates, streamlining the data collection process.
  • These enhancements allow for the collection of a greater amount of data, resulting in more valuable insights

Revised app reviews function:

  • Implemented pagination to overcome limitations in the Google Play Scraper's reviews function.
  • Pagination enables retrieving a larger sample size of reviews regardless of output size, addressing the previous limitations.
  • The solution improves the accuracy and usefulness of the data obtained from the Google Play Scraper.
  • It provides a more comprehensive picture of the mobile app market by accessing a greater number of reviews.

JAVAB3ANS avatar May 24 '23 20:05 JAVAB3ANS

Hello @facundoolano , I wanted to follow up on this.

JAVAB3ANS avatar Nov 14 '23 18:11 JAVAB3ANS

Hey @facundoolano ,

It's me @JAVAB3ANS - I wanted to follow up on this and hear your thoughts.

I've revised the app search and app reviews functions to overcome Google Play Store's previous limitations in scraping results: search results and reviews respectively.

JAVAB3ANS avatar Apr 26 '24 03:04 JAVAB3ANS