Goodreads Quote Scraper

A Python web scraper that extracts quotes from Goodreads and saves them to CSV format.

Features

• Scrapes quotes from Goodreads author pages
• Extracts quote text, author, and tags
• Exports to CSV format
• Uses Playwright for dynamic content loading

Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• uv (recommended) or pip

Installation

Using UV (recommended)

uv sync

Using pip

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

uv run main.py

Or with Python directly:

python main.py

Output

Creates quotes.csv with the following columns:

• quote: The quote text
• author: The quote author
• tags: Comma-separated tags

Project Structure

.
├── main.py           # Main scraper script
├── pyproject.toml   # Project configuration
├── README.md        # This file
└── .gitignore       # Git ignore patterns

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.