gmaps-populartimes-scraper

Scrap the popular times of a Google Maps place

This repo is inspired on https://github.com/philshem/gmaps_popular_times_scraper which did not work for me. (apparently because that repo wrap an html secction that does not apper on Google Maps html anymore)

Requirements

• Selenium
• BeautifulSoup

Them can be installed with pip install -r requirements.txt

You also need chromedriver to get this to work. It can be found here. Also, this thread can be helpful to get the chromedriver path.

Usage

on Python

from populartimes import *

poptimes = PopularTimes(path = 'path/to/chromedriver') # Path to the Selenium Chromedriver
poptimes.get_populartimes(url = 'https://www.google.com/maps/place/....') # this must be a Place URL

The info get saved on poptimes.days_hours attribute

>>> print(poptimes.days_hours)
>>> {0: {}, 1: {6: 0, 7: 0, 8: 10, 9: 18, 10: 26, 11: 34, 12: 38, 13: 36, 14: 32, 15: 33, 16: 49, 17: 76, 18: 89, 19: 0, 20: 0, 21: 0, 22: 0, 23: 0}, 2: {6: 0, 7: 0, 8: 9, 9: 17, 10: 26, 11: 34, 12: 38, 13: 39, 14: 36, 15: 38, 16: 53, 17: 79, 18: 88, 19: 0, 20: 0, 21: 0, 22: 0, 23: 0}, 3: {6: 0, 7: 0, 8: 7, 9: 15, 10: 26, 11: 36, 12: 42, 13: 41, 14: 38, 15: 40, 16: 55, 17: 78, 18: 85, 19: 0, 20: 0, 21: 0, 22: 0, 23: 0}, 4: {6: 0, 7: 0, 8: 15, 9: 22, 10: 28, 11: 34, 12: 40, 13: 43, 14: 45, 15: 49, 16: 62, 17: 85, 18: 90, 19: 0, 20: 0, 21: 0, 22: 0, 23: 0}, 5: {6: 0, 7: 0, 8: 11, 9: 16, 10: 22, 11: 28, 12: 34, 13: 38, 14: 41, 15: 46, 16: 61, 17: 90, 18: 0, 19: 0, 20: 0, 21: 0, 22: 0, 23: 0}, 6: {}}
Here the keys on the first level mean a day of the week (from 0 to 6, with 0 being Sunday and so on). Then, a second-lelvel key means an hour, and its value the precentage of concurrence of the place. 

Also, it can be saved as a JSON file

poptimes.to_json(output)

from Comand Line

You can run ./poptime.py -h to get:

usage: poptimes.py [-h] -u URL [-o [OUTPUT]] [--chromedriver [CHROMEDRIVER]]
                   [--wait [WAIT]]

Scrap popular times for places from Google Maps.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help                      show this help message and exit
  -u URL, --url URL               the Google Maps Place URL you want to get hourly
                                  concurrence from
  -o [OUTPUT], --output [OUTPUT]  path of the JSON output file
  --chromedriver [CHROMEDRIVER]   chromedriver path
  --wait [WAIT]                   seconds to wait for Google Maps URL to load

Tested

I have tested this only on Linux. I hope it work on other systems, but i really do not know if will.

To-do

There are somethings that i think culd be added:

• cli usage
• The posibility to get the info for a plenty of URL's (may be in a csv, as the referenced repo)

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Scrapea la concurrencia de un Lugar desde Google Maps

Este repo está inspirado en https://github.com/philshem/gmaps_popular_times_scraper el cual no me funcionó. (aparentemente porque en ese repo rescatan una sección del html que ya no aparece en el html de Google Maps)

Requerimientos

• Selenium
• BeautifulSoup

Estos se pueden instalar con pip install -r requirements.txt

También es necesario chromedriver para que esto funcione. Puede ser encontrado aqui. También, este hilo puede ser util para saber la ruta de chromedriver.

Uso

en Python

from populartimes import *

poptimes = PopularTimes(path = 'path/to/chromedriver') # Path to the Selenium Chromedriver
poptimes.get_populartimes(url = 'https://www.google.com/maps/place/....') # this must be a Place URL

The info get saved on poptimes.days_hours attribute

>>> print(poptimes.days_hours)
>>> {0: {}, 1: {6: 0, 7: 0, 8: 10, 9: 18, 10: 26, 11: 34, 12: 38, 13: 36, 14: 32, 15: 33, 16: 49, 17: 76, 18: 89, 19: 0, 20: 0, 21: 0, 22: 0, 23: 0}, 2: {6: 0, 7: 0, 8: 9, 9: 17, 10: 26, 11: 34, 12: 38, 13: 39, 14: 36, 15: 38, 16: 53, 17: 79, 18: 88, 19: 0, 20: 0, 21: 0, 22: 0, 23: 0}, 3: {6: 0, 7: 0, 8: 7, 9: 15, 10: 26, 11: 36, 12: 42, 13: 41, 14: 38, 15: 40, 16: 55, 17: 78, 18: 85, 19: 0, 20: 0, 21: 0, 22: 0, 23: 0}, 4: {6: 0, 7: 0, 8: 15, 9: 22, 10: 28, 11: 34, 12: 40, 13: 43, 14: 45, 15: 49, 16: 62, 17: 85, 18: 90, 19: 0, 20: 0, 21: 0, 22: 0, 23: 0}, 5: {6: 0, 7: 0, 8: 11, 9: 16, 10: 22, 11: 28, 12: 34, 13: 38, 14: 41, 15: 46, 16: 61, 17: 90, 18: 0, 19: 0, 20: 0, 21: 0, 22: 0, 23: 0}, 6: {}}
Aqui las keys del primer nivel corresponden a los dias de la semana (desde 0 a 6, con 0 siendo domingo, y así sucesivamente). Luego, las key del segundo nivel conrresponden a las horas del día, y sus valores el porcentaje de concurrencia del lugar. 

También, se puede guardar como un archivo JSON.

poptimes.to_json('output')

desde la linea de comandos

Puede correr ./poptime.py -h para obtener:

usage: poptimes.py [-h] -u URL [-o [OUTPUT]] [--chromedriver [CHROMEDRIVER]]
                   [--wait [WAIT]]

Scrap popular times for places from Google Maps.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help                      show this help message and exit
  -u URL, --url URL               the Google Maps Place URL you want to get hourly concurrence from
  -o [OUTPUT], --output [OUTPUT]  path of the JSON output file
  --chromedriver [CHROMEDRIVER]   chromedriver path
  --wait [WAIT]                   seconds to wait for Google Maps URL to load

Por hacer

Algunas cosas que creo que se podrian añadir:

• uso desde la linea de comandos
• la posibilidad de obtener la info de muchas URL's (probablemente desde un csv, como en el repositorio mencionado antes)