# Hostelworld Reviews Scraper 🏨 (`easyapi/hostelworld-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Extract detailed hostel reviews and ratings from Hostelworld.com. Get comprehensive insights into traveler experiences, including ratings for safety, location, staff, and more. Perfect for market research and competitor analysis in the hostel industry. 🏨✨

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/hostelworld-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel, Integrations, Other
- **Stats:** 71 total users, 22 monthly users, 97.8% runs succeeded, 3 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $4.99 / 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?

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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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Hostelworld Reviews Scraper 🏨

Scrape detailed reviews from Hostelworld.com hostel listings. Get valuable insights into traveler experiences, ratings, and feedback.

### Features ✨

- Extract comprehensive review data from any Hostelworld hostel listing
- Collect detailed ratings across multiple categories (safety, location, staff, etc.)
- Get reviewer information including nationality and travel group type
- Support for multiple hostel URLs in a single run
- Customizable maximum number of reviews to collect
- Built-in proxy support for reliable data collection

### Input Parameters 📝

- `hostelUrls`: List of Hostelworld hostel review page URLs
- `maxItems`: Maximum number of reviews to collect (optional)
- `proxyConfiguration`: Proxy settings (optional)

### Output Data 📊

For each review, you'll get:

- Review ID and date
- Detailed ratings (overall, safety, location, staff, atmosphere, cleanliness, facilities)
- Reviewer information (nationality, gender, age group, trip type)
- Review content and language information
- Group travel information
- Owner's response (if available)

### Use Cases 💡

- Market research for hostel industry
- Competitor analysis
- Customer satisfaction monitoring
- Travel trend analysis
- Location-based accommodation insights

### Sample Output

#### Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

```json
{
    "hostelUrls": [
        "https://www.hostelworld.com/pwa/wds/hosteldetails.php/CITAN-Hostel/Tokyo/274237?from=2025-03-24&to=2025-03-27&guests=2&display=reviews"
    ],
    "maxItems": 50
}
```

#### Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the **Storage** tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

```json
[
    {
        "hostelUrl": "https://www.hostelworld.com/pwa/wds/hosteldetails.php/CITAN-Hostel/Tokyo/274237?from=2025-03-24&to=2025-03-27&guests=2&display=reviews",
        "id": "15755800",
        "date": "2025-02-24",
        "notes": "Great hostel …",
        "isMachineTranslated": true,
        "languageCode": "en",
        "ownerComment": null,
        "groupInformation": {
            "groupTypeCode": "FEMALE",
            "age": "31-40",
            "tripTypeCodes": [
                "WEEKENDAWAY"
            ]
        },
        "rating": {
            "value": 100,
            "safety": 100,
            "location": 100,
            "staff": 100,
            "atmosphere": 100,
            "cleanliness": 100,
            "facilities": 100,
            "overall": 100
        },
        "user": {
            "id": 36907433,
            "gender": null,
            "nationality": {
                "code": "US",
                "name": "USA"
            },
            "image": null,
            "nickname": "sarapower893130",
            "numberOfReviews": "19"
        },
        "liked": null,
        "disliked": null,
        "recommended": null
    },
    ...
]
```

### Related Actors

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- 🏨 [Hotels.com Image Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/hotels-com-image-scraper) - Scrape high-quality hotel images and their descriptions.
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# Actor input Schema

## `hostelUrls` (type: `array`):

List of Hostelworld hostel review page URLs to scrape

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

Maximum number of reviews to collect per hostel

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings for the scraper

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "hostelUrls": [
    "https://www.hostelworld.com/pwa/wds/hosteldetails.php/CITAN-Hostel/Tokyo/274237?from=2025-03-24&to=2025-03-27&guests=2&display=reviews"
  ],
  "maxItems": 30,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "hostelUrls": [
        "https://www.hostelworld.com/pwa/wds/hosteldetails.php/CITAN-Hostel/Tokyo/274237?from=2025-03-24&to=2025-03-27&guests=2&display=reviews"
    ],
    "maxItems": 30
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("easyapi/hostelworld-reviews-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 = {
    "hostelUrls": ["https://www.hostelworld.com/pwa/wds/hosteldetails.php/CITAN-Hostel/Tokyo/274237?from=2025-03-24&to=2025-03-27&guests=2&display=reviews"],
    "maxItems": 30,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("easyapi/hostelworld-reviews-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 '{
  "hostelUrls": [
    "https://www.hostelworld.com/pwa/wds/hosteldetails.php/CITAN-Hostel/Tokyo/274237?from=2025-03-24&to=2025-03-27&guests=2&display=reviews"
  ],
  "maxItems": 30
}' |
apify call easyapi/hostelworld-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,easyapi/hostelworld-reviews-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/pTNNtqej85vbHttY5/builds/RZ5tgGLditSXwmyuR/openapi.json