Case Study: Venue & Menu Data Scraping from Crafted Social
The Challenge
Our client, a hospitality and nightlife insights company, wanted to extract venue details, food & drink menus, pricing, and contact information from the Crafted Social website. The goal was to build a centralized hospitality database to analyze trends, pricing, and customer offerings across all Crafted Social venues.
Hurdles We Faced
- Dynamic Venue Listings: Each bar page loaded data asynchronously, including menus and gallery sections.
- Nested Menu Data: Drinks and food menus were organized in layered JSON scripts, requiring deep parsing.
- High-Quality Media Files: Images and PDFs were embedded in non-standard formats.
- Bot Detection & Throttling: The site applied rate limits and session-based restrictions.
Our Step-by-Step Approach
Requirement Analysis:
Determined essential fields — venue name, address, menu items, prices, timings, and downloadable content.
Custom Scraper Development:
Built a Python-based scraper capable of traversing all venue pages, parsing structured and unstructured data, and handling media extraction.
Proxy & Anti-Bot Measures:
Used rotating proxies, randomized user agents, and adaptive crawl speeds to prevent blocking.
Data Structuring & Cleaning:
Standardized menu and venue data into a clean, uniform schema, ready for integration into analytics dashboards or content platforms.
Automation & Scheduling:
Configured automated crawling routines to update new venues, menu changes, and seasonal pricing automatically.
Results & Impact
- Extracted comprehensive venue and menu data across all Crafted Social locations.
- Enabled real-time hospitality trend monitoring and pricing comparisons.
- Reduced manual work by 90% while ensuring data accuracy and scalability.
Our Services & Expertise
At Ascendance Solutions, we specialize in:
- Hospitality & Restaurant Data Scraping
- Dynamic Website & API-Based Data Extraction
- Proxy Management for Secure, Large-Scale Crawling
- Automated Data Integration into CMS & Analytics Tools
📧 Connect with us at connect@ascendancesolutions.com to automate data scraping from Crafted Social or similar hospitality platforms for menus, venues, and trend analysis.
