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Address Data Extraction Issue and Resolution in Google Maps Scraping Script #6

Closed NomanJu closed 9 months ago

NomanJu commented 1 year ago

I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt appreciation for your instrumental role in enhancing the Google Maps scraping script. Your expertise and dedication have truly made a significant difference, and I am extremely grateful for your contributions.

Issues Faced:

Inconsistent data extraction for the name field. Sometimes the name column in the output file was populated, and other times it remained empty. Changes Made:

Moved the name_xpath to the end of the field extraction list to mitigate the inconsistent data extraction issue. Added a new temp field called abcd to collect the business name from a different location on the popup window, using the abcd_xpath.

These changes and modifications were made to ensure more reliable and consistent extraction of the business name data, addressing the issue of empty name columns in the output file.

UPDATE name_xpath is still not working.

G-Map.txt

Prodigetk commented 1 year ago

When it says "arrived at all available" it is not extracting the business name, but when it reaches the amount noted by total then it scrapes the name aswell

Surgical17 commented 11 months ago

Can confirm the name_xpath is still not working. Anyone found a workaround or solution?

amineboutarfi commented 9 months ago

@NomanJu @Surgical17 I believe the issue are fixed now! Please reopen if not