Google Maps crawler - Increasing place limit after initial run
Hi everyone,
I recently ran a Google Maps scraper (https://apify.com/compass/crawler-google-places) to collect place data, and I've discovered that there are many more places available than what was initially collected in my first run.
Current Situation:
- Successfully completed an initial scrape
- Have collected data for X places
- Discovered there are significantly more places available
- Already have a dataset from the first run
Questions:
Is it possible to increase the place limit on my existing run configuration?
If I need to create a new run, what's the best way to:
- Import/merge my existing scraped data
- Avoid duplicating places already collected
- Continue from where the previous run stopped
Any guidance on the most efficient approach would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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4 Replies
Someone will reply to you shortly. In the meantime, this might help:
Hi @Cuivrax What you describe really depend on the Actor implementation.
Generally there is no way to extends already scraped data or to start a new Run that would be skipping data based on previous Runs.
equal-aquaOP•5mo ago
@Pepa J That's unfortunate because you have to run your actor again and pay again for data that's already been scraped. It should have a history feature to allow extending the scraping process. For now, I'll stick with my Python script.
correct-apricot•5mo ago
I have a googlemap crawler that I made with python script. And this script can solve the problem you are having.
Please DM me.