# Trustradius Insights Scraper (`epctex/trustradius-scraper`) Actor

Dive into the Trustradius database with our specialized tool. Extract detailed product, vendor, and review data. Access authentic client feedback, in-depth vendor profiles, and portfolio insights. Navigate with custom search terms, ensuring precise and invaluable insights for your analytical needs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/epctex/trustradius-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [epctex](https://apify.com/epctex) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 111 total users, 3 monthly users, 97.2% runs succeeded, 10 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Actor - Trustradius Scraper

### Trustradius scraper

Since Trustradius doesn't provide a good and free API, this actor should help you to retrieve data from it.

The Trustradius data scraper supports the following features:

- Search any vendor - You can search for any vendor and its detailed information according to your needs.

- Scrape products - Scrape any products with their reviews in a very detailed and structured from Trustradius.

- Scrape reviews - Fetch any reviews that have been published on Trustradius.

- Scrape users - Scrape any users and retrieve their information.

- Scrape and search - Within the integrated search functionality, you can search for anything right away from Trustradius.

### Bugs, fixes, updates, and changelog

This scraper is under active development. If you have any feature requests you can create an issue from [here](https://github.com/epctex-support/trustradius-scraper/issues).

### Input Parameters

The input of this scraper should be JSON containing the list of pages on Trustradius that should be visited. Possible fields are:

- `search`: (Optional) (String) Keyword that you want to search on Trustradius.

- `mode`: (Optional) (String) Mode that is required when you provide a search keyword. Can be `all`, `product`, or `vendor`.

- `includeReviews`: (Optional) (Boolean) Adding reviews into the product objects is optional and by default, it is `false`. If you want to scrape the reviews of the companies, then you can set this option as `true`.

- `startUrls`: (Optional) (Array) List of Trustradius URLs. You should only provide user, product, vendor, or search URLs.

- `endPage`: (Optional) (Number) Final number of page that you want to scrape. The default is `Infinite`. This applies to all `search` requests and `startUrls` individually.

- `maxItems`: (Optional) (Number) You can limit scraped items. This should be useful when you search through the big lists or search results.

- `proxy`: (Required) (Proxy Object) Proxy configuration.

- `extendOutputFunction`: (Optional) (String) Function that takes a JQuery handle ($) as an argument and returns an object with data.

- `customMapFunction`: (Optional) (String) Function that takes each object's handle as an argument and returns the object with executing the function.

This solution requires the use of **Proxy servers**, either your own proxy servers or you can use [Apify Proxy](https://www.apify.com/docs/proxy).

#### Tip

When you want to have a scrape over a specific item URL, just copy and paste the link as one of the **startUrl**.

If you would like to scrape only the first page of a list then put the link for the page and have the `endPage` as 1.

With the last approach that is explained above you can also fetch any interval of pages. If you provide the 5th page of a list and define the `endPage` parameter as 6 then you'll have the 5th and 6th pages only.

#### Compute Unit Consumption

The actor is optimized to run blazing fast and scrape many items as possible. Therefore, it forefronts all item detail requests. If the actor doesn't block very often it'll scrape 100 items in 1 minute with ~0.04-0.06 compute units.

#### Trustradius Scraper Input example

```json
{
  "startUrls":[
    "https://www.trustradius.com/users/5c24577c4452bb002b85451a",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/search?t=product&q=food",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/search?t=vendor&t=product&q=food",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/products?q=food",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/vendors?q=food"
  ],
  "includeReviews":true,
  "proxy":{
    "useApifyProxy": true
  },
  "search":"pro",
  "mode":"all",
  "maxItems": 5000,
  "endPage": 2
}


```

### During the Run

During the run, the actor will output messages letting you know what is going on. Each message always contains a short label specifying which page from the provided list is currently specified.
When items are loaded from the page, you should see a message about this event with a loaded item count and total item count for each page.

If you provide incorrect input to the actor, it will immediately stop with a failure state and output an explanation of what is wrong.

### Trustradius Export

During the run, the actor stores results into a dataset. Each item is a separate item in the dataset.

You can manage the results in any language (Python, PHP, Node JS/NPM). See the FAQ or <a href="https://www.apify.com/docs/api" target="blank">our API reference</a> to learn more about getting results from this Trustradius actor.

### Scraped Trustradius Output

The structure of each item in Trustradius looks like this:

#### User Detail

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.trustradius.com/users/5c24577c4452bb002b85451a",
  "name": "",
  "image": "https://media.trustradius.com/profile-photos/5c24577c4452bb002b85451a/841ZA7UO3CHD.jpeg",
  "score": 5,
  "Title": "Dietitian Consultant🌮 | Marketing Expert | Business Development✨ Freelancer/Contractor/Consultant",
  "Job Type": "Consultant",
  "Department": "Marketing",
  "Company": "Self Employed",
  "Industry": "Marketing & Advertising",
  "Size": "1-10 employees",
  "skills": [
    {
      "product": "Canva",
      "experience": "7 years",
      "expertise": ""
    },
    {
      "product": "Pipedrive",
      "experience": "7 years",
      "expertise": ""
    },
    {
      "product": "HubSpot Academy",
      "experience": "7 years",
      "expertise": ""
    },
    {
      "product": "Hootsuite",
      "experience": "7 years",
      "expertise": ""
    }
  ],
  "badges": [
    "Pundit- Org Chart",
    "Pundit- Presentation",
    "Pundit- Graphics"
  ]
}
```

#### Product Detail

```json
{
    "id": "5061d969e1ff5d020000006c",
    "slug": "dropbox",
    "scrapedType": "product",
    "url": "https://www.trustradius.com/products/dropbox",
    "name": "Dropbox",
    "image": "https://dudodiprj2sv7.cloudfront.net/product-logos/SG/31/5CMU1A9BSNHP.png",
    "rating": 7.58,
    "alternatives": [
        {
            "id": "5eb08e7e649978003e5ef1e7",
            "name": "Nextcloud",
            "url": "https://www.trustradius.com/products/undefined"
        },
        {
            "id": "560d603d3428681500ac3b37",
            "name": "Amazon Drive",
            "url": "https://www.trustradius.com/products/undefined"
        },
        {
            "id": "55913c5d282ced2c00583018",
            "name": "Veeam Backup & Replication",
            "url": "https://www.trustradius.com/products/undefined"
        },
        {
            "id": "5b43b68e616fa800126219fb",
            "name": "WeTransfer",
            "url": "https://www.trustradius.com/products/undefined"
        },
        {
            "id": "583f6190aff37e000f13dba2",
            "name": "Microsoft 365",
            "url": "https://www.trustradius.com/products/undefined"
        },
        {
            "id": "5c818a237b6b57001a0f0256",
            "name": "Microsoft Teams",
            "url": "https://www.trustradius.com/products/undefined"
        },
        {
            "id": "55c11e38a0f02c2c00b21537",
            "name": "MEGA",
            "url": "https://www.trustradius.com/products/undefined"
        },
        {
            "id": "560d5e9c70c1521a00f8ff1e",
            "name": "IDrive",
            "url": "https://www.trustradius.com/products/undefined"
        },
        {
            "id": "55e5f49b4810c2250009f133",
            "name": "Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)",
            "url": "https://www.trustradius.com/products/undefined"
        },
        {
            "id": "55eef1e346ad210f00e0f40d",
            "name": "MediaFire",
            "url": "https://www.trustradius.com/products/undefined"
        }
    ],
    "details": "Dropbox is a service for file syncing and sharing, or for cloud storage.",
    "categories": [
        "File Sharing",
        "File Sync",
        "Cloud Storage"
    ],
    "homepage": "",
    "operatingSystems": [],
    "deploymentTypes": [
        "saas"
    ],
    "mobileOperatingSystems": [],
    "countries": [],
    "languages": [],
    "features": [],
    "awards": [
        "Top Rated 2022",
        "Top Rated 2019",
        "Top Rated 2020",
        "Top Rated 2021",
        "Best Of Relationship 2022",
        "Best Of Value 2022",
        "Best Of Feature Set 2022"
    ],
    "editionPricing": [
        {
            "deploymentTypes": [
                "saas"
            ],
            "_id": "5ff4c431bc6ed0002a6169b4",
            "name": "Plus",
            "price": "$11.99",
            "durationTerms": "per month"
        },
        {
            "deploymentTypes": [
                "saas"
            ],
            "_id": "5ff4c43a74ed7b001edfbd4a",
            "name": "Family",
            "price": "$19.99",
            "durationTerms": "per month"
        },
        {
            "deploymentTypes": [
                "saas"
            ],
            "_id": "5ff4c42614c49c00410f991c",
            "name": "Basic",
            "price": "Free"
        }
    ],
    "entryLevelFee": {
        "fee": "",
        "otherTerms": "",
        "durationTerms": null,
        "otherDurationTerms": "",
        "otherUnitTerms": "",
        "unitTerms": null
    },
    "startingPrice": {
        "durationTerms": "per month",
        "price": null,
        "otherDurationTerms": "",
        "otherUnitTerms": "",
        "unitTerms": null
    },
    "ratingsNumber": 1974,
    "reviews": [
        {
            "userName": "User Name",
            "date": "2022-03-29T23:45:59.315Z",
            "editedDate": "2022-03-29T13:44:09.330Z",
            "submittedDate": "2022-03-29T14:06:11.733Z",
            "lastUpdatedDate": "2022-03-29T23:45:59.315Z",
            "title": "Filestage 2022-03-29 08:14:22",
            "userOccupation": "Professional",
            "userCompany": "Company Name",
            "rating": 10,
            "questions": [
                {
                    "title": "Use Cases and Deployment Scope",
                    "answer": "We use Dropbox to organize, proof, and get approvals for any type of collateral we are producing. It allows us to create pieces from concept to final press-ready mechanicals. Everyone knows at all times where the project is in the process and knows when it is time for them to move forward with their contribution. Everything is documented, so there is never confusion about how we got to the final piece."
                },
                {
                    "title": "Pros",
                    "answer": "Compares past and present versions.\nMakes commenting easy.\nEasy navigation."
                },
                {
                    "title": "Cons",
                    "answer": "Alerts can be improved.\nWould love to have this be an application on my desktop so I don't have to go through my browser every time."
                },
                {
                    "title": "Likelihood to Recommend",
                    "answer": "I think Dropbox is perfect for projects where there is a team involved and several eyes need to be on the project.  I don't think it is necessary for small projects where the approval process only goes through one other person. It also keeps everyone on schedule without being annoying."
                },
                {
                    "title": "Return on Investment",
                    "answer": "In general, it has saved the company time (which is money) by keeping us organized and having everyone on the same page continuously."
                },
                {
                    "title": "Alternatives Considered",
                    "answer": "We use Slack  - but not really for organizing, proofing, or approving projects. We use it more as a communication tool for the employees that are spread across the country. We will occasionally post smaller jobs there - but most of our projects go through Dropbox."
                },
                {
                    "title": "Other Software Used",
                    "answer": "Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC"
                }
            ]
        },
    ]
}
```

#### Vendor Detail

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.trustradius.com/vendors/pro-unlimited",
  "name": "PRO Unlimited",
  "image": "https://media.trustradius.com/vendor-logos/vb/dy/OT96TNPGWP7L-180x180.JPEG",
  "description": "",
  "socialLinks": [
    "http://prounlimited.com",
    "https://twitter.com/prounlimited"
  ],
  "products": [
    {
      "name": "PRO Unlimited Wand VMS",
      "url": "https://www.trustradius.com/products/pro-unlimited-wand-vms/reviews",
      "rating": 3.5
    }
  ]
}
```

### Contact

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# Actor input Schema

## `search` (type: `string`):

The keyword that you can search on Trustradius

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Select your country

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

URLs to start with.

## `includeReviews` (type: `boolean`):

Including reviews on the product object. This will increase the resource consumption proportional to number of requests.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of items that you want as output. Default is all

## `endPage` (type: `integer`):

The page number that you want to end with. By default there is no end page. This is applies to all search request and startUrls individually.

## `extendOutputFunction` (type: `string`):

Function that takes a JQuery handle ($) as argument and returns data that will be merged with the default output

## `customMapFunction` (type: `string`):

Function that takes each of the objects as argument and returns data that will be mapped by the function itself.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Select proxies to be used by your crawler.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "search": "food",
  "mode": "all",
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.trustradius.com/vendors/trustradius",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/products/canva",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/users/61ff850b1928ba0031703629",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/users/5c24577c4452bb002b85451a",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/search?t=product&q=food",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/search?t=vendor&t=product&q=food",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/products?q=food",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/vendors?q=food"
  ],
  "includeReviews": false,
  "maxItems": 20,
  "endPage": 2,
  "extendOutputFunction": "($) => { return {} }",
  "customMapFunction": "(object) => { return {...object} }",
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "search": "food",
    "startUrls": [
        "https://www.trustradius.com/vendors/trustradius",
        "https://www.trustradius.com/products/canva",
        "https://www.trustradius.com/users/61ff850b1928ba0031703629",
        "https://www.trustradius.com/users/5c24577c4452bb002b85451a",
        "https://www.trustradius.com/search?t=product&q=food",
        "https://www.trustradius.com/search?t=vendor&t=product&q=food",
        "https://www.trustradius.com/products?q=food",
        "https://www.trustradius.com/vendors?q=food"
    ],
    "maxItems": 20,
    "endPage": 2,
    "extendOutputFunction": ($) => { return {} },
    "customMapFunction": (object) => { return {...object} },
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("epctex/trustradius-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "search": "food",
    "startUrls": [
        "https://www.trustradius.com/vendors/trustradius",
        "https://www.trustradius.com/products/canva",
        "https://www.trustradius.com/users/61ff850b1928ba0031703629",
        "https://www.trustradius.com/users/5c24577c4452bb002b85451a",
        "https://www.trustradius.com/search?t=product&q=food",
        "https://www.trustradius.com/search?t=vendor&t=product&q=food",
        "https://www.trustradius.com/products?q=food",
        "https://www.trustradius.com/vendors?q=food",
    ],
    "maxItems": 20,
    "endPage": 2,
    "extendOutputFunction": "($) => { return {} }",
    "customMapFunction": "(object) => { return {...object} }",
    "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("epctex/trustradius-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "search": "food",
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.trustradius.com/vendors/trustradius",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/products/canva",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/users/61ff850b1928ba0031703629",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/users/5c24577c4452bb002b85451a",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/search?t=product&q=food",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/search?t=vendor&t=product&q=food",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/products?q=food",
    "https://www.trustradius.com/vendors?q=food"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "endPage": 2,
  "extendOutputFunction": "($) => { return {} }",
  "customMapFunction": "(object) => { return {...object} }",
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call epctex/trustradius-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,epctex/trustradius-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/tuprgrJdY9kFXck7V/builds/zuld3xucUCPWK6SME/openapi.json