Building a Unified Korean Entertainment Database from 10 APIs and Web Scrapers

Short summary

Korean entertainment data is scattered across 10+ sources with no unified English API. Author built a scraper integrating TMDB, MyDramaList, NAVER, and KOBIS using Playwright and BeautifulSoup to capture Korean audience ratings and viewership data unavailable elsewhere. Technical solutions address JavaScript rendering, language barriers, and extracting verified Korean platform ratings.

• •Korean entertainment data is fragmented across multiple platforms with no unified English API
• •Author built a scraper combining 10+ data sources using Playwright, BeautifulSoup, and custom parsers
• •Includes technical solutions for JavaScript rendering, Korean language content, and verified audience ratings from NAVER and KOBIS

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