Data Dictionary

Dictionary contains explanations and examples for all data fields available in the Chrome Store Reviews dataset.

All personal/company information mentioned within this context is entirely fictional and is solely intended for illustrative purposes.

Data points per category

1. Metadata

2. Review and author

3. Vendor's answer

The data points in the example snippets have been rearranged for better grouping. To see where a specific data point stands, check the full data sample here.

Metadata

Record metadata

Data point	Description	Data type
meta	Contains metadata about the record	Object
created_at_date	Date when the record was initially scraped	Array of numbers (integers)
created_at_timestamp	Unix timestamp for when the record was first scraped	Float
updated_at_date	Date when the record was last updated	Array of numbers (integers)
updated_at_timestamp	Unix timestamp for when the record was last updated	Float
version_id	Identifier for the dataset version	String
source	Source from which the record was obtained	String
object	Type of data object or entity described	String
is_deleted	Indicates if the record is available on the Chrome Store	Boolean

See a snippet of the dataset for reference:

Record metadata

		"_meta": {
			"created_at_date": [
				2024,
				1,
				22
			],
			"created_at_timestamp": 1705926396.259961,
			"updated_at_date": [
				2024,
				5,
				14
			],
			"updated_at_timestamp": 1715670609.077114,
			"version_id": "b8897d35",
			"source": "chromestore",
			"object": "review",
			"is_deleted": false
		},

Review metadata

Data point	Description	Data type
id	Review record identification key in our database	String
source_id	Record identification key on Chrome Store	String
url	Review URL	String
company_id	Company identification key	String
image_url	Reviewer's image URL	String

See a snippet of the dataset for reference:

Review metadata

"id": "chromestore_review_877b1af6-db08-9d95-5697-f6601d1cd3c8",
"source_id": "877b1af6-db08-9d95-5697-f6601d1cd3c8",
"url": "https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/chatgptbox/eobbhoofkanlmddnplfhnmkfbnlhpbbo/reviews",
"company_id": "chatgptbox/eobbhoofkanlmddnplfhnmkfbnlhpbbo",
"image_url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/ALV-UjXwkkVyLTIP2m_nXEApOlxnhamcEt32EErAS4L21Hm16S6X=s32",

Review and author

Data point	Description	Data type
name	Reviewer's name	String
review	Review content	String
date	Date and time when the review was posted in ISO 8601 format	String (date)
rating	Reviewer's numerical rating (from 1 to 5 stars)	Integer

See a snippet of the dataset for reference:

Review and author

"name": "John Doe",
"review": "Have been following this extension since it first forked on GitHub and the author really put time and effort into it and the results are great. Easily one of my most used extensions now.",
"date": "2023-03-19 20:36:44",
"rating": 5,

Vendor's answer

Data point	Description	Data type
answerer_id	Identifier of extension author	String
answerer_name	Extension author	String
answerer_image_url	Extension author's avatar URL	String
answer	Review response	String
answer_date	Date and time when the response was posted in ISO 8601 format	String (date)

See a snippet of the dataset for reference:

Vendor

"answerer_id": "5077cd38-7b0c-f9d0-52bf-112d44b70f79",
"answerer_name": "Robert Roe",
"answerer_image_url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/ALV-UjWWICg2TzkEbn0JY3hPi1FYz7ummS4nSU-Po5r2ShfcCw=s32",
"answer": "Thank you for your continuous support and contribution.\ud83d\ude0a",
"answer_date": "2023-03-20 00:41:02"