# Untappd Scraper - Beer Ratings & Check-ins (`lulzasaur/untappd-scraper`) Actor

Scrape beer ratings and check-in data from Untappd. Search 10M+ beers with ratings, styles, breweries, check-in counts, and reviews. Perfect for craft beer research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/untappd-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** Other
- **Stats:** 11 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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

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# README

## Untappd Beer Scraper

Scrape beer ratings, reviews, and details from [Untappd](https://untappd.com), the social beer discovery platform. Extract ratings, ABV, IBU, styles, check-in counts, and more.

### Features

- **Top Rated** - Browse Untappd's top rated beers with optional style filter
- **Search** - Search for beers by name
- **Brewery** - Scrape all beers from a specific brewery page
- **Rich data** - ABV, IBU, style, ratings, check-in counts, descriptions, images

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `mode` | string | `top-rated` | Scrape mode: `top-rated`, `search`, or `brewery` |
| `query` | string | - | Search term (for search mode) or brewery URL (for brewery mode) |
| `style` | string | - | Beer style filter for top-rated mode (e.g. IPA, Stout, Lager) |
| `maxResults` | integer | `50` | Maximum number of beers to scrape |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | - | Optional proxy settings |

### Output

Each result includes:

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `beerName` | Beer name |
| `brewery` | Brewery name |
| `style` | Beer style (e.g. IPA - American, Stout - Imperial) |
| `abv` | Alcohol by volume percentage |
| `ibu` | International Bitterness Units |
| `rating` | Average rating (0-5 scale) |
| `ratingCount` | Number of ratings |
| `checkinCount` | Total check-ins (available on detail pages) |
| `description` | Beer description (available on detail pages) |
| `beerId` | Untappd beer ID |
| `imageUrl` | Beer label image URL |
| `url` | Untappd beer page URL |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO timestamp of when the data was scraped |

### Usage Examples

#### Top rated beers

```json
{
    "mode": "top-rated",
    "maxResults": 50
}
```

#### Search for a beer

```json
{
    "mode": "search",
    "query": "Pliny the Elder",
    "maxResults": 20
}
```

#### Top rated IPAs

```json
{
    "mode": "top-rated",
    "style": "IPA",
    "maxResults": 100
}
```

#### Scrape a brewery

```json
{
    "mode": "brewery",
    "query": "https://untappd.com/w/russian-river-brewing-company/3917",
    "maxResults": 50
}
```

### How It Works

1. **Top Rated mode**: Scrapes `untappd.com/beer/top_rated` which renders 50 beer items per page with CSS selectors `.beer-item`, `.beer-details`, rating data attributes, and ABV/IBU fields.

2. **Search mode**: Uses Untappd's search page (`/search?q=&type=beer`) to find beers matching the query.

3. **Brewery mode**: Scrapes a brewery's beer list page to get all beers from that brewery.

4. **Pagination**: Follows "Next" links to scrape multiple pages up to the maxResults limit.

### Notes

- Untappd uses Cloudflare but does not block scraping (200 responses)
- Beer IDs are available via `data-bid` attributes on listing pages
- Ratings are on a 0-5 scale (not 0-10)
- Top rated page shows 50 beers per page
- Check-in counts and descriptions are more reliably available on detail pages

# Actor input Schema

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

Choose how to scrape: top-rated (browse top beers), search (search by name), or brewery (scrape a specific brewery page).

## `query` (type: `string`):

For 'search' mode: beer name to search. For 'brewery' mode: full Untappd brewery URL (e.g. https://untappd.com/w/brewery-name/12345). Ignored for 'top-rated'.

## `style` (type: `string`):

Optional filter by beer style (e.g. IPA, Stout, Lager). Only applies to top-rated mode. Leave empty for all styles.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of beers to scrape.

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

Optional proxy configuration for requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "top-rated",
  "query": "Pliny the Elder",
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

# 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 = {
    "query": "Pliny the Elder"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/untappd-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 = { "query": "Pliny the Elder" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/untappd-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 '{
  "query": "Pliny the Elder"
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/untappd-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/untappd-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/KzmQlKxRJ17QR2lRJ/builds/1ZH7WR9D1p4wQDtgj/openapi.json