# Drive.com.au Car Reviews Scraper (`parseforge/drive-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes Drive.com.au car reviews with filters for category, keyword, author, tag, and year. Returns each review as a flat row with title, author, date, tags, and full text.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/drive-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, Other
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $11.99 / 1,000 result items

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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

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# README

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### Drive.com.au Car Reviews Scraper

**Scrape Drive.com.au car reviews by category, keyword, author, tag, or year, up to a million per run.** Each review comes with its title, author, publication date, category, tags, and full review text. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

Drive.com.au publishes expert car reviews for every segment, from electric and hybrid to family SUVs and sports cars. This Actor reads the public review listings directly, filters them by category, keyword, author, tag, or publication year, and returns each match in one fixed schema. No official API access is required.

| Who uses it | What they scrape Drive.com.au for |
|---|---|
| Automotive market researchers | Track which models and categories Drive.com.au reviewers are covering this quarter. |
| Car dealerships and brokers | Monitor expert reviews of the makes and models they sell to inform sales messaging. |
| Content marketers and SEO agencies | Build a dataset of Drive.com.au review titles, authors, and tags for content gap analysis. |
| Data journalists | Analyze review volume and category trends over time for automotive industry stories. |

### What it does

This Actor collects Drive.com.au car reviews by category, keyword, author, tag, or publication year, and returns each one as a flat row.

- 🔍 **Keyword search:** filter reviews by car or model name, like "Toyota" or "Tesla".
- 🏷️ **Category and tag filters:** narrow to electric-hybrid, family, sports, or any Drive.com.au tag slug.
- 👤 **Author filter:** collect reviews by a specific Drive.com.au author using their slug.
- 📅 **Publication year filter:** restrict results to reviews published in a given year.
- ⚡ **Concurrency control:** adjust parallel requests from 1 to 20 to balance speed and rate limits.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

### What you can do with Drive.com.au data

**📊 Track electric vehicle review coverage.**

An automotive analyst runs the Actor with reviewType set to electric-hybrid and year 2024 to compile all EV reviews Drive.com.au published this year for a market report.

**🔎 Monitor reviews for a specific brand.**

A dealership marketing manager sets search to "Toyota" and collects every recent Toyota review to extract quotes and ratings for local advertising.

**👤 Follow a favorite reviewer.**

A car enthusiast uses authorName "andy-enright" to scrape all reviews by that journalist and build a personal reading list.

**🏷️ Build a tag-based content dataset.**

An SEO specialist filters by tag "hybrid" to gather all hybrid-related reviews and analyze title patterns for keyword research.

### Why choose this scraper

|  | What you get |
|---|---|
| **No official API needed** | Reads Drive.com.au public review listings directly, no registration or keys. |
| **Flexible filtering** | Combine category, keyword, author, tag, and year to target exactly the reviews you need. |
| **Scalable collection** | Collect up to 1,000,000 reviews per run with configurable concurrency. |
| **Structured output** | Every review returns as a flat row with title, author, date, category, tags, and full text. |

### How it compares

No other Store actor targets Drive.com.au the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.

| | Drive.com.au Car Reviews Scraper | Build it in-house | By hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup | Run it now, zero config | Days of engineering | None, but hours per pull |
| When Drive.com.au changes | Maintained for you | You fix it | You re-learn the page |
| Proxies, retries, anti-bot | Built in | Your problem | Browser only |
| Output | Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export | Whatever you build | Copy-paste |
| Cost | Pay per result | Engineering time | Analyst hours |

### Configure the run

Drive the Actor from category, keyword, author, tag, and publication year, alone or together, and filters run as each review is read so only matches reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

```json
{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "reviewType": "electric-hybrid"
}
```

A larger pull:

```json
{
  "maxItems": 200,
  "reviewType": "electric-hybrid"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay-per-result: **$0.01599 per result** collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

| Results collected | Approximate cost |
|---|---|
| 100 results | $1.60 |
| 1,000 results | $15.99 |
| 10,000 results | $159.90 |

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

### Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. [Upgrade your Apify plan](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp) to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

### Run it

1. [Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp).
2. Open the [Drive.com.au Car Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/drive-reviews-scraper?fpr=vmoqkp).
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click **Start**.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the **Dataset** tab.

Run it programmatically through the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2) (`run-sync-get-dataset-items`) or the [ApifyClient](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js) for JavaScript and Python.

### Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to Drive.com.au through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=parseforge/drive-reviews-scraper"
```

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

### Troubleshooting

**Why am I getting no results?**

Check that your filters are not too restrictive. Try clearing the search, author, tag, and year fields, or set reviewType to empty to collect all reviews.

**Why are some reviews missing?**

Drive.com.au may paginate or update listings. Increase maxItems and ensure your filters match the site's current categories and tags.

**I'm getting rate limited. What should I do?**

Lower the maxConcurrency setting to 1 or 2 and retry. This reduces parallel requests and avoids triggering Drive.com.au's rate limits.

**The author filter isn't working.**

Make sure you are using the author slug, not the display name. The slug is the last part of the author's profile URL, like "andy-enright".

### FAQ

| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What data does this Actor return for each review? | Each review returns as a flat row with fields like title, author, publication date, category, tags, and the full review text. The exact field list is shown in the sample output. |
| Can I filter reviews by car model? | Yes, use the search input to filter by keyword in the review title, such as "Tesla" or "SUV". |
| How do I find an author slug? | Go to a Drive.com.au author profile page and copy the last part of the URL. For example, "andy-enright" in drive.com.au/author/andy-enright. |
| What is a tag slug? | Tag slugs are short identifiers used in Drive.com.au URLs, like "lexus" or "hybrid". You can find them by browsing tag pages on the site. |
| Can I collect all reviews without any filters? | Yes, leave all filter inputs empty and set maxItems to your desired number. The Actor will collect the most recent reviews up to that limit. |
| Is there a rate limit? | The Actor uses configurable concurrency (default 5, max 20). If you encounter rate limiting, lower the maxConcurrency value. |
| What export formats are supported? | You can export the results to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML from the Apify platform. |
| Does this Actor require login or an API key? | No, it reads public Drive.com.au review listings directly without authentication. |

### Related actors

Browse the full [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge?fpr=vmoqkp) for more scrapers.

🆘 **Need help?** Email parseforge@protonmail.com with your run ID, your input, and what you expected.

⚠️ **Disclaimer.** This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Drive.com.au. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.

# Actor input Schema

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

How many car reviews to collect per run.

## `reviewType` (type: `string`):

Filter reviews by vehicle category. Leave empty to collect all reviews.

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

Filter reviews by keyword in the title (e.g. "Toyota", "Tesla", "SUV").

## `authorName` (type: `string`):

Filter reviews by author slug (e.g. "andy-enright"). Find slugs in Drive.com.au author profile URLs.

## `tag` (type: `string`):

Filter reviews by tag slug (e.g. "lexus", "hybrid", "toyota").

## `year` (type: `integer`):

Filter reviews published in a specific year (e.g. 2024).

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of parallel requests. Lower this if you encounter rate limiting.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "reviewType": "electric-hybrid",
  "maxConcurrency": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset with all scraped items

# 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 = {
    "maxItems": 10,
    "reviewType": "electric-hybrid"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/drive-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 = {
    "maxItems": 10,
    "reviewType": "electric-hybrid",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/drive-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 '{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "reviewType": "electric-hybrid"
}' |
apify call parseforge/drive-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,parseforge/drive-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/XvjsVf6ExT55xYUpz/builds/dhutwQnaj2qbSB7JV/openapi.json