Setting the stage
deecoob, a German service company working with the global music industry. They provide a platform for data collection and created MESLIS©, a state-of-the-art data analytics and workflow solution for Collective Management Organizations. Their goal is to make artists successful and to monetize their creative work. This vision aligns with Apify's mission to democratize web scraping and automation.
Composing a strategy
Currently, deecoob needs to scrape various data types, such as music venues and events, from platforms like Songkick and Live Nation. The platform identifies unlicensed events, gathers data, and provides analysis tools. However, keeping MESLIS© current posed challenges due to the volume and variability of the data required.
deecoob's Managing Director, Matthias Friedrich explains why they chose Apify:
"We did some comparison among all the EU providers and in the end, decided on Apify. Apify provides Actors, which makes it much easier and faster to work together to implement a crawler or even use ready-to-use Actors from Apify Store.
-- Matthias Friedrich, decoob Managing Director
With Apify's team of scraping and web automation experts, deecoob has been able to scale MESLIS© operations and meet its customers' growing demands. Matthias adds, "Apify always has different ideas and experiences from other crawlings, making suggestions on how to make it the best and the most efficient."
Fine-tuning the partnership
For crawling data from internet platforms, changes to UI, blocking, and APIs are common issues. Also, it’s important for deecoob to get a complete data record from very specific sources for their growing number of clients. That’s where Apify Actors like Google Maps Scraper sing – you can Get Google Maps data, including reviews, images, contact info, opening hours, location, popular times, prices & more.
“The ready-to-use Actors are really great stuff. We really enjoy having at least the opportunity to use them as a starting point.”
-- Matthias Friedrich
For deecoob, the partnership is not only about one project but a permanent relationship – with a huge impact.
"Apify is one of those strong, successful, and very competent partners. There’s almost no change, so we’ve been working with the same people for years, which makes it very intense, open, and transparent."
-- Matthias Friedrich
Google Maps Scraper
Encore
Apify and deecoob’s work plays an integral part in global growth and fair compensation for artists in the music industry. By providing accurate, up-to-date data, deecoob helps monetize creativity. As deecoob and the music industry continue to evolve, Apify is committed to adapting its solutions to meet deecoob's changing needs.
Watch our interview with deecoob’s Matthias Friedrich, and see just how Apify and deecoob harmonize data and music for a fairer industry.
