scrape_books: Scrape book details from Goodreads

In Goodreader: Scrape and Analyze 'Goodreads' Book Data

Scrape book details from Goodreads

Description

This function scrapes details of books using their IDs from Goodreads.

Usage

scrape_books(book_ids_path, use_parallel = FALSE, num_cores = 4)

Arguments

book_ids_path	Path to a text file containing book IDs.
use_parallel	Logical indicating whether to scrape in parallel (default is FALSE).
num_cores	Number of CPU cores to use for parallel scraping (default is 4).

Value

A data frame containing scraped book details.

Examples

# Create a temporary file with sample book IDs
temp_file <- tempfile(fileext = ".txt")
writeLines(c("1420", "2767052", "10210"), temp_file)

# Run the function (with a small delay to avoid overwhelming the server)
result <- scrape_books(temp_file, use_parallel = FALSE)
print(head(result))
# Clean up: remove the temporary file
file.remove(temp_file)

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