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whyrating-engine-legacy/test_english_dates.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
"""
Test if English locale exposes better date formats
"""
import json
from seleniumbase import Driver
import time
# Try both Spanish and English URLs
urls = {
'spanish': "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Soho+Club/data=!4m7!3m6!1s0x46dd947294b213bf:0x864c7a232527adb4!8m2!3d54.67869!4d25.2667181!16s%2Fg%2F1thhj5ml!19sChIJvxOylHKU3UYRtK0nJSN6TIY?authuser=0&hl=es&rclk=1",
'english': "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Soho+Club/data=!4m7!3m6!1s0x46dd947294b213bf:0x864c7a232527adb4!8m2!3d54.67869!4d25.2667181!16s%2Fg%2G1thhj5ml!19sChIJvxOylHKU3UYRtK0nJSN6TIY?authuser=0&hl=en&rclk=1"
}
results = {}
for lang, url in urls.items():
print(f"\n{'='*80}")
print(f"Testing: {lang.upper()}")
print('='*80)
# Configure browser for English
chrome_options = []
if lang == 'english':
chrome_options = [
'--lang=en-US',
'--accept-lang=en-US,en;q=0.9'
]
driver = Driver(uc=True, headless=False, chromium_arg=','.join(chrome_options) if chrome_options else None)
try:
driver.get(url)
time.sleep(5)
# Click on reviews tab if needed
try:
reviews_button = driver.find_element("css selector", "button[aria-label*='eviews'], button[aria-label*='eseñas']")
reviews_button.click()
time.sleep(3)
except:
pass
# Scroll to load reviews
try:
scrollable_pane = driver.find_element("css selector", "div[role='main']")
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].scrollBy(0, 500);", scrollable_pane)
time.sleep(2)
except:
pass
# Extract first 3 review dates
extract_script = """
const reviews = [];
const elements = document.querySelectorAll('div.jftiEf.fontBodyMedium');
for (let i = 0; i < Math.min(3, elements.length); i++) {
const elem = elements[i];
const review = {};
// Author
const authorElem = elem.querySelector('div.d4r55');
review.author = authorElem ? authorElem.textContent.trim() : null;
// Date element
const dateElem = elem.querySelector('span.rsqaWe');
if (dateElem) {
review.date_text = dateElem.textContent.trim();
// Check ALL attributes
const attrs = {};
for (let attr of dateElem.attributes) {
attrs[attr.name] = attr.value;
}
review.date_attrs = attrs;
// Check for datetime, aria-label, title, data-*
review.datetime = dateElem.getAttribute('datetime');
review.aria_label = dateElem.getAttribute('aria-label');
review.title = dateElem.getAttribute('title');
review.data_timestamp = dateElem.getAttribute('data-timestamp');
review.data_time = dateElem.getAttribute('data-time');
// Check parent elements
let parent = dateElem.parentElement;
if (parent) {
review.parent_tag = parent.tagName;
review.parent_class = parent.className;
const parentAttrs = {};
for (let attr of parent.attributes) {
if (attr.name.includes('time') || attr.name.includes('date') || attr.name.includes('data-')) {
parentAttrs[attr.name] = attr.value;
}
}
review.parent_attrs = parentAttrs;
}
}
reviews.push(review);
}
return reviews;
"""
reviews = driver.execute_script(extract_script)
results[lang] = reviews
print(f"\nExtracted {len(reviews)} reviews")
for i, rev in enumerate(reviews, 1):
print(f"\nReview {i}:")
print(f" Author: {rev.get('author')}")
print(f" Date Text: {rev.get('date_text')}")
print(f" Datetime attr: {rev.get('datetime')}")
print(f" Aria-label: {rev.get('aria_label')}")
print(f" Title: {rev.get('title')}")
print(f" Data-timestamp: {rev.get('data_timestamp')}")
print(f" Parent attrs: {rev.get('parent_attrs')}")
finally:
driver.quit()
# Save comparison
with open('/tmp/date_format_comparison.json', 'w') as f:
json.dump(results, f, indent=2)
print(f"\n{'='*80}")
print("COMPARISON SAVED TO: /tmp/date_format_comparison.json")
print('='*80)
# Quick comparison
if 'spanish' in results and 'english' in results:
print("\nSPANISH vs ENGLISH:")
for i in range(min(len(results['spanish']), len(results['english']))):
sp = results['spanish'][i].get('date_text', 'N/A')
en = results['english'][i].get('date_text', 'N/A')
print(f" Review {i+1}: '{sp}' vs '{en}'")