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Chrome Extension Reviews Scraper

An Apify actor that scrapes reviews from Chrome Web Store extensions. Extract comprehensive review data including ratings, reviewer information, review text, dates, and metadata.

Features

• ⚡ Lightning Fast: Get the 1000's of reviews in seconds
• 🔄 No Proxy Required: We handle proxy rotation automatically - no setup needed!
• 🔍 Flexible Input: Accepts Chrome extension ID or full Chrome Web Store URL
• ⭐ Rich Data: Extracts ratings, reviewer names, review text, dates, languages, and helpful vote counts
• 🎯 Advanced Filtering: Filter by star ratings, keywords, date ranges, and more
• 📄 Pagination Support: Automatically handles pagination to get all available reviews
• 🚀 High Performance: Optimized for speed and reliability with retry logic

Input Parameters

Output Data

Each review contains the following fields:

Usage Examples

Basic Usage

{
"extensionIdOrUrl":"https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm",
"maxReviews":1000,
"reviewsPerPage":100,
"pagesToScrape":10
}

Advanced Filtering

{
"extensionIdOrUrl":"cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm",
"ratings":[4,5],
"keywords":["great","amazing","helpful"],
"recentDays":30,
"maxReviews":100,
"sortBy":"recent"
}

Extension ID Only

{
"extensionIdOrUrl":"cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm",
"pagesToScrape":5,
"sortBy":"top"
}

How to Get Extension ID

You can provide either:

1. Full Chrome Web Store URL:

   https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm

2. Extension ID only:

   cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm

The extension ID is the 32-character string at the end of the Chrome Web Store URL.

Rate Limiting & Best Practices

• The scraper includes built-in delays between requests to respect Chrome Web Store's servers
• Proxy is handled by us!

Common Use Cases

• Market Research: Analyze user sentiment and feedback for extensions
• Competitive Analysis: Compare reviews across similar extensions
• Product Development: Identify common issues and feature requests
• Content Moderation: Monitor reviews for specific keywords or patterns
• Trend Analysis: Track review patterns over time

Error Handling

The actor includes comprehensive error handling:

• Invalid extension IDs or URLs are detected and reported
• Network timeouts are handled with automatic retries
• Parsing errors are logged with detailed information
• Empty responses and rate limiting are gracefully handled

Performance Notes

• Processing speed depends on the number of reviews and applied filters
• Memory usage scales with the number of reviews being processed

Support

For issues, feature requests, or questions:

1. Check the actor run logs for detailed error messages
2. Verify the extension ID or URL is correct
3. Try with smaller batch sizes if encountering timeouts
4. Contact support through the Apify platform