/busy-hours

Hacky web scraper for retrieving Google Places popular times data

Primary LanguageJavaScript

busy-hours

Barbaric node.js scraper for Google Places popular times data.

Installation

$ npm i busy-hours --save

Usage

const busy_hours = require('busy-hours');

busy_hours(place_id, key).then(data => {
    do_something_with(data); 
 });

Response

{
    name: '...',
    formatted_address: '...',
    location: {
        lat: 52.225232,
        lng 21.0122137
    },
    week: [
    {
        day: 'Mon',
        hours: [ // or empty array
            { 
              hour: 6,
              percentage: 21,
            }, { 
              hour: 7,
              percentage: 37,
            } ...
        ]} ...
    ],
    now: { 
        hour: 12,
        percentage: 30,
      }
}

Achtung!

Using this code may violate clause 10.1(b) of Google ToS, so beware.

No access to APIs or Content except through the Service. You will not access the Maps API(s) or the Content except through the Service. For example, you must not access map tiles or imagery through interfaces or channels (including undocumented Google interfaces) other than the Maps API(s).