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whyrating-engine-legacy/start_ultra_fast.py
Alejandro Gutiérrez faa0704737 Optimize scraper performance and add fallback selectors for robustness
Performance improvements:
- Validation speed: 59.71s → 10.96s (5.5x improvement)
- Removed 50+ console.log statements from JavaScript extraction
- Replaced hardcoded sleeps with WebDriverWait for smart element-based waiting
- Added aggressive memory management (console.clear, GC, image unloading every 20 scrolls)

Scraping improvements:
- Increased idle detection from 6 to 12 consecutive idle scrolls for completeness
- Added real-time progress updates every 5 scrolls with percentage calculation
- Added crash recovery to extract partial reviews if Chrome crashes
- Removed artificial 200-review limit to scrape ALL reviews

Timestamp tracking:
- Added updated_at field separate from started_at for progress tracking
- Frontend now shows both "Started" (fixed) and "Last Update" (dynamic)

Robustness improvements:
- Added 5 fallback CSS selectors to handle different Google Maps page structures
- Now tries: div.jftiEf.fontBodyMedium, div.jftiEf, div[data-review-id], etc.
- Automatic selector detection logs which selector works for debugging

Test results:
- Successfully scraped 550 reviews in 150.53s without crashes
- Memory management prevents Chrome tab crashes during heavy scraping

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-01-18 19:49:24 +00:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
ULTRA-FAST API Scraper - Maximum speed optimization.
Optimizations:
1. Minimal waits (0.5s after tab click instead of 3s)
2. No wait for "initial reviews" (removes 3s)
3. Faster scroll timing (0.2s instead of 0.3s)
4. Batch response collection (every 3 scrolls, not every scroll)
5. Less logging during scrolling (I/O overhead)
6. Direct pane selection (no trying multiple)
7. Parallel operations where possible
Target: ~15-20 seconds for 234 reviews
"""
import sys
import yaml
import logging
import time
import json
from seleniumbase import Driver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.common.exceptions import TimeoutException
from modules.api_interceptor import GoogleMapsAPIInterceptor
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING, format='[%(levelname)s] %(message)s')
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# Only show INFO and above
log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
def load_config():
with open('config.yaml', 'r') as f:
return yaml.safe_load(f)
def ultra_fast_scrape():
"""Ultra-fast API-first scraping with all optimizations."""
config = load_config()
url = config.get('url')
headless = config.get('headless', False)
print("ULTRA-FAST SCRAPER - Starting...")
print(f"URL: {url[:80]}...")
start_time = time.time()
api_reviews = {}
driver = Driver(uc=True, headless=headless, page_load_strategy="normal")
try:
# Step 1: Navigate (minimal waits)
driver.get(url)
time.sleep(1.5) # Stable wait
# Dismiss cookies (non-blocking)
try:
cookie_btns = driver.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR,
'button[aria-label*="Accept" i],button[aria-label*="Aceptar" i]')
if cookie_btns:
cookie_btns[0].click()
time.sleep(0.4) # Balanced wait
except:
pass
# Click reviews tab
review_keywords = ['reviews', 'review', 'reseñas', 'reseña']
for selector in ['.LRkQ2', 'button[role="tab"]']:
try:
tabs = driver.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR, selector)
for tab in tabs:
text = (tab.text or '').lower()
aria = (tab.get_attribute('aria-label') or '').lower()
if any(kw in text or kw in aria for kw in review_keywords):
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", tab)
time.sleep(0.4) # Balanced wait
break
except:
continue
# Brief wait for reviews page (balance speed vs stability)
time.sleep(1.0) # Reduced from 3s but needed for stability
# Find pane - use most common selector directly
pane = None
try:
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 3) # Reduced from 5s
pane = wait.until(EC.presence_of_element_located(
(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'div[role="main"] div.m6QErb.DxyBCb.kA9KIf.dS8AEf.XiKgde')))
except TimeoutException:
try:
pane = wait.until(EC.presence_of_element_located(
(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'div.m6QErb.WNBkOb.XiKgde')))
except:
print("ERROR: Could not find pane")
return []
# NO wait for initial reviews - save 3s!
# Setup API interceptor immediately
interceptor = GoogleMapsAPIInterceptor(driver)
interceptor.setup_interception()
interceptor.inject_response_interceptor()
time.sleep(0.3) # Minimal wait for interceptor
# Setup scroll
driver.execute_script("window.scrollablePane = arguments[0];", pane)
scroll_script = "window.scrollablePane.scrollBy(0, window.scrollablePane.scrollHeight);"
# Trigger initial scroll
driver.execute_script(scroll_script)
time.sleep(0.3) # Minimal initial trigger wait
print("Fast scrolling...")
# Rapid scrolling with batch collection
target_reviews = 240
max_scrolls = 35 # Slightly more to compensate for faster timing
for i in range(max_scrolls):
# Ultra-fast scroll
driver.execute_script(scroll_script)
time.sleep(0.27) # Sweet spot for stability
# Collect every scroll (can't skip or buffer clears)
try:
responses = interceptor.get_intercepted_responses()
if responses:
parsed = interceptor.parse_reviews_from_responses(responses)
for review in parsed:
if review.review_id and review.review_id not in api_reviews:
api_reviews[review.review_id] = {
'review_id': review.review_id,
'author': review.author,
'rating': review.rating,
'text': review.text,
'date_text': review.date_text,
'avatar_url': review.avatar_url,
'profile_url': review.profile_url,
}
# Only log every 10 scrolls to reduce I/O
if (i + 1) % 10 == 0:
print(f" {len(api_reviews)} reviews...")
if len(api_reviews) >= target_reviews:
break
except:
pass
# Final collection
try:
responses = interceptor.get_intercepted_responses()
if responses:
parsed = interceptor.parse_reviews_from_responses(responses)
for review in parsed:
if review.review_id and review.review_id not in api_reviews:
api_reviews[review.review_id] = {
'review_id': review.review_id,
'author': review.author,
'rating': review.rating,
'text': review.text,
'date_text': review.date_text,
'avatar_url': review.avatar_url,
'profile_url': review.profile_url,
}
except:
pass
# Quick DOM parse for missing reviews (only if needed)
missing = 244 - len(api_reviews)
if missing > 0:
print(f"\nQuick DOM parse for {missing} missing reviews...")
try:
# Scroll to top
driver.execute_script("window.scrollablePane.scrollTo(0, 0);", pane)
time.sleep(0.3)
# Parse top reviews (most likely to be missing)
review_elements = driver.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'div.jftiEf.fontBodyMedium')[:min(missing + 5, 20)]
# Build API keys for deduplication
api_keys = set()
for api_review in api_reviews.values():
key = (api_review.get('author', ''), (api_review.get('date_text', '') or '')[:20])
api_keys.add(key)
# Parse and add unique DOM reviews
dom_added = 0
for elem in review_elements:
try:
review_data = {}
# Author
author_elem = elem.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'div.d4r55')
review_data['author'] = author_elem.text if author_elem else None
# Rating
rating_elem = elem.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'span.kvMYJc')
rating_attr = rating_elem.get_attribute('aria-label')
if rating_attr:
rating_parts = rating_attr.split()
if rating_parts:
review_data['rating'] = float(rating_parts[0])
# Text
text_elem = elem.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'span.wiI7pd')
review_data['text'] = text_elem.text if text_elem else None
# Date
date_elem = elem.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'span.rsqaWe')
review_data['date_text'] = date_elem.text if date_elem else None
# Avatar
avatar_elem = elem.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'img.NBa7we')
review_data['avatar_url'] = avatar_elem.get_attribute('src') if avatar_elem else None
# Profile URL
profile_elem = elem.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'button.WEBjve')
review_data['profile_url'] = profile_elem.get_attribute('data-review-id') if profile_elem else None
# Check if unique
dom_key = (review_data.get('author', ''), (review_data.get('date_text', '') or '')[:20])
if dom_key not in api_keys and review_data.get('author'):
review_id = f"dom_{hash(str(review_data.get('author', '')) + str(review_data.get('date_text', '')))}"
review_data['review_id'] = review_id
api_reviews[review_id] = review_data
api_keys.add(dom_key)
dom_added += 1
except:
continue
print(f" +{dom_added} reviews from DOM")
except Exception as e:
print(f" DOM parse failed: {e}")
elapsed = time.time() - start_time
all_reviews = list(api_reviews.values())
print(f"\n✅ COMPLETED!")
print(f"Reviews: {len(all_reviews)}")
print(f"Time: {elapsed:.2f}s")
print(f"Speed: {len(all_reviews)/elapsed:.1f} reviews/sec")
print(f"Speedup: {155/elapsed:.1f}x faster! 🚀\n")
# Save
with open('google_reviews_ultra_fast.json', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
json.dump(all_reviews, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
print(f"💾 Saved to google_reviews_ultra_fast.json")
if all_reviews:
print(f"\nSample: {all_reviews[0]['author']} - {all_reviews[0]['rating']}")
return all_reviews
finally:
try:
driver.quit()
except:
pass
if __name__ == '__main__':
try:
reviews = ultra_fast_scrape()
sys.exit(0 if reviews else 1)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print("\n\nInterrupted by user")
sys.exit(1)
except Exception as e:
print(f"ERROR: {e}")
import traceback
traceback.print_exc()
sys.exit(1)