Ecommerce Reviews

E-commerce — Product Reviews

Product URL → paginated customer reviews (reviewer, rating, date, title, body, verified, helpful votes)

Language

All process output to user (progress updates, process notifications) follows the user's language.

Objective

Extract customer reviews from any publicly accessible e-commerce product or reviews page using a multi-strategy approach (JSON-LD Review → Amazon DOM → WooCommerce DOM → generic microdata → generic CSS patterns).

Prerequisites

• Target browser is open and connected
• No login required for public review pages

Pre-execution Checks

1. Tool Readiness

If browser-act has been confirmed available in the current session → skip this step.

Invoke browser-act via Skill tool to load usage. If installation or configuration issues arise, follow its guidance to resolve then retry.

Capability Components

This Skill's operational boundary = what the user can manually do in their browser. It only reads data already displayed to the user on the page. JS code is encapsulated in Python files under the scripts/ directory, invoked via eval "$(python scripts/xxx.py {params})". Use the bash tool for execution.

DOM: Extract reviews from current page

Navigate to the product/reviews page first, then extract:

eval "$(python scripts/extract-reviews.py --max-reviews 20)"

Parameters:

• --max-reviews: max reviews to return per page, default 20

Output example:

{
  "count": 20,
  "reviews": [
    {
      "reviewer": "John D.",
      "rating": 5.0,
      "date": "Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2026",
      "title": "Great product, exactly as described",
      "body": "I've been using this for two weeks and it works perfectly...",
      "verified": true,
      "helpful_votes": 42
    }
  ]
}

Composite: Product URL → reviews with sort and pagination

Step 1 — Navigate to reviews page:

Platform	Reviews URL pattern
Amazon	https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/{ASIN}?sortBy=recent (most recent) or sortBy=helpful
Amazon (from product page)	Scroll to reviews section or click "See all reviews" link, wait stable
WooCommerce	Product page URL with #reviews anchor; reviews are inline on the page
Shopify	Reviews are typically inline on the product page
Generic	Navigate to product URL; reviews section is usually below product info

Step 2 — Extract reviews:

eval "$(python scripts/extract-reviews.py --max-reviews 20)"

Step 3 — Paginate (Amazon): Amazon review pages support URL pagination:

• Most recent sort: https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/{ASIN}?sortBy=recent&pageNumber={page}
• Helpful sort: https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/{ASIN}?sortBy=helpful&pageNumber={page}

For each page: navigate {reviews_url_with_page} → wait stable → re-run extract-reviews.py

Termination: when count returns 0, or no new reviews appear compared to prior page.

Pagination

URL Pagination (Amazon): Increment pageNumber parameter in the reviews URL. Start from 1.

DOM Pagination (WooCommerce/generic): Look for a "Next" pagination link on the reviews section. Use eval "$(python ../ecommerce-listing/scripts/extract-listing-next-page.py)" to detect it, then navigate.

Termination: has_next is false, or count is 0.

Success Criteria

result.count >= 1 AND reviews[0].body != null

Known Limitations

• Amazon: navigate from https://www.amazon.com first on fresh sessions to avoid bot detection
• JSON-LD reviews are often limited to a small subset (3–5 reviews) even when hundreds exist; use the Amazon-specific URL for full review extraction
• WooCommerce and Shopify review data depends on which review plugin is installed; body extraction may be null if a non-standard plugin is used
• Review dates may be locale-formatted strings rather than ISO dates depending on the site's configuration

Execution Efficiency

• Batch orchestration: Loop through review pages serially; add 1–2 second intervals between navigations
• Test before batch execution: Test with page 1 before running multi-page extraction
• Error resumption: Record page number; on failure, resume from last successful page

Experience Notes

Path: {working-directory}/browser-act-skill-forge-memories/ecommerce-scraper-ecommerce-reviews.memory.md

Before execution: If the file exists, read it first — it records unexpected situations encountered during past executions; adjust strategy order accordingly.

After execution: If an unexpected situation is encountered (strategy became ineffective, page redesigned, anti-scraping upgraded, better path discovered), append a line: {YYYY-MM-DD}: {what happened} → {conclusion}