Feature Additions and Improvements: Goodreads Scraper

[GrimmXoXo]

Description

Hi there, I was working on a Book recommendation system project and wanted to get data for my models. I came across your repository and liked the work, so I decided to improve upon this and implement it in my project. If it helps, I would also like to contribute a bit towards Goodreads Scraper.

Changes Made

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• Added functionality to retrieve Book IDs from the lists present in Goodreads.
• Implemented a feature to output the scraped Book IDs into a database.
• Enhanced the functionality by adding an option to convert the extracted IDs into a text file, making the output relevant to the preceding scripts.
• Added argparse to simplify the usage of the file.
• Updated get_books.py to ensure compatibility with the current model of the Goodreads website.
• Added Instructions on how to use the script in README.
• Added argparser to requirements just in case there is an error on the user's side even if the lib is a standard Python lib.

Files Modified

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• get_books.py
• get_book_ids.py
• README.md
• requirements.txt

Checklist

Ensure that the following tasks have been completed:

• Updated the documentation to reflect the changes.
• Added appropriate comments and docstrings in the code.
• Ensured that the code passes all tests and errors are handled gracefully.
• Tested the new functionality locally.
• Verified that the README file includes usage instructions for the new features.

Preview

This is the output for a particular Category/Collection of goodreads

This is the Output for the json files which we get from get_books.py

{
    "book_id": "320",
    "cover_image_uri": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327881361i/320.jpg",
    "book_title": "One Hundred Years of Solitude",
    "top_5_other_editions": [],
    "format": ["417 pages, Mass Market Paperback"],
    "publication_info": ["First published January 1, 1967"],
    "authorlink": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13450.Gabriel_Garc_a_M_rquez",
    "author": "Gabriel García Márquez",
    "num_pages": ["417"],
    "genres": ["Fiction", "Magical Realism", "Literature", "Fantasy", "Novels", "Historical Fiction", "Spanish Literature"],
    "num_ratings": "976523",
    "num_reviews": "46268",
    "average_rating": "4.11",
    "rating_distribution": {
        "5": "480,125",
        "4": "260,614",
        "3": "140,529",
        "2": "57,483",
        "1": "37,772"
    }
}

[maria-antoniak]

Hi there! This looks wonderful; thank you for all your work! I haven't had time to test yet but will try to do this ASAP. If we integrate your changes, would you like to be credited in the README? If so, how would you like to be credited (username, name, something else)? These are significant changes that we haven't had time to make ourselves, and I want to make sure you get the credit you deserve.

[GrimmXoXo]

Hi there! This looks wonderful; thank you for all your work! I haven't had time to test yet but will try to do this ASAP. If we integrate your changes, would you like to be credited in the README? If so, how would you like to be credited (username, name, something else)? These are significant changes that we haven't had time to make ourselves, and I want to make sure you get the credit you deserve.

Hi! If this goes well this will be my first contribution ^_^ I would love my username(GrimmXoXo or GM) appearing on the contribution but please make sure that this works well.

[GrimmXoXo]

That would be all i think, added a new script to fetch reviews,added a log file for reviews(can also be added to book_id,book_details) to debug problems,added readme inside the folder to use the new script with working example.