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upwork.com 🟢 2026-05-06

🔹 Custom Apify Playwright scraper for student housing competitor inventory
👤 Client: 🇺🇸 United States Member since 2021-12-14
💰 Price: ****
🚩 Problem: Automate data collection and analysis for student housing competitors to identify price changes, new listings, and removed listings.
📦 Existing: [Stack]

Specifications:

[Target] Student housing websites: Orion Housing (https://www.orionhousing.com/availability) and StuHo (https://stuho.com/search)
[Method] Custom Apify Playwright scraper
[UI/UX] Google Sheet output for daily data updates
[Stack] Apify, Playwright, Google Sheets API
[Security] Secure API keys and credentials management
[Format] JSON formatted data in Google Sheets

Workflow:

1. Define scraping rules for unit types: Studio, 1BR, 2BR, 3BR, 4BR, 5BR+.
2. Implement Playwright scraper to navigate and extract relevant data from both websites.
3. Normalize extracted data into consistent format (e.g., converting unit type abbreviations).
4. Detect price changes by comparing current prices with historical data.
5. Identify new and removed inventory based on previous day's data.
6. Automate daily execution of scraper using Apify tasks.
7. Integrate Google Sheets API to update data in real-time.
8. Set up daily email notifications for the team with a summary of key findings.