Update: you can now scrape directly from Simplescraper into Airtable using our native integration. Follow the guide here to get started.
Remember travel? That was fun. Until we're able to voyage to far away places again we can be busy planning destinations to visit - and we can use Airtable to help us. In this guide we're going to import our Airbnb wishlists into Airtable so that we can better organize our next trip.
Scraping our Airbnb wishlists into Airtable allows us to:
When we're done the finished results will look something like this:
To get our Airbnb data into Airtable, here's what we're going to do:
Sounds easy, and it is, so lets get started.
Click here to load the Airbnb wishlist scrape recipe in Simplescraper. Copy the recipe to your account and do the following:
Simplescraper will scrape your Airbnb wishlist and display the results after about 20 seconds. Now click on the API tab and copy the URL that is in the API field.
That's the Simplescraper part all done, now on to Airtable.
Video showing how to install Data Fetcher
We're going to use Data Fetcher - an Airtable app that allows us to import API requests - to pull in the Airbnb data that we've just scraped. If you haven't already installed Data Fetcher here's what you need to do:
Video showing how to configure data fetcher and import data
Now that we have Data Fetcher installed, download this JSON request configuration (right-click and save) and upload it into Data Fetcher using the upload button on the main screen of the app. Once you've uploaded the file do the following:
If all went well you should see your Airbnb wishlist appear in your table. And you're done!
Now that you know how to scrape Airbnb data into Airtable, why stop there? Follow the same steps as above — and simply change the Simplescraper API url — to scrape data from any website into Airtable in seconds, fuss free.
To learn more, explore the Simplescraper docs and Data Fetcher docs or click on chat in the bottom right corner if you'd like help getting started.
Happy scraping!
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