LIESA Rio Carnaval Samba School Results Scraper
LIESA Rio Carnaval Samba School Results Scraper
Scrapes official school profiles and carnival results from LIESA (Liga Independente das Escolas de Samba), the governing body for Rio de Janeiro's Grupo Especial samba schools. Returns structured data directly from liesa.com.br.
LIESA publishes everything as static HTML. No API exists. This actor fixes that.
What it gets
The actor covers all 12 Grupo Especial schools per run. One record per school — the current season's data plus permanent school details.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
school_slug |
URL slug (e.g. "portela", "viradouro") |
school_name |
Full official name |
founded_date |
Foundation date from the LIESA ficha técnica |
founded_year |
Year as integer |
colors |
Official school colors |
presidente_honra |
Honorary president(s) |
presidente |
Current president |
quadra_address |
Rehearsal space address |
barracao_address |
Float workshop address |
school_website |
Official school website |
school_email |
Official contact email |
carnavalesco |
Carnival artistic director |
direcao_carnaval |
Carnival direction team |
interprete |
Lead vocalist for the current season |
samba_enredo_title |
Theme of the current samba-enredo |
samba_enredo_composers |
Composer names, comma-separated |
carnival_year |
Season year (e.g. 2027) |
liesa_ranking_position |
Final placement (available post-carnival) |
liesa_ranking_points |
Final points (available post-carnival) |
final_score |
Same as liesa_ranking_points |
judge_justifications_pdf_url |
Link to jurors' justification document |
school_logo_url |
School logo on LIESA's CDN |
school_homepage_url |
School's external website (normalized to HTTPS) |
source_url |
LIESA profile page scraped |
Ranking fields (liesa_ranking_position, liesa_ranking_points, final_score) are populated after the carnival results are published. Pre-carnival runs return null for these — that's expected.
Input
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
maxItems |
integer | 12 | Maximum schools to scrape. There are 12 Grupo Especial schools. |
Run it with the default and you get all 12.
Usage
Target: Brazilian Carnival data professionals — music licensing researchers tracking samba-enredo composers, carnival tourism platforms, sponsor analytics, and media desks covering Rio Carnival. The canonical source. No competing structured dataset exists.
About LIESA
LIESA organizes the Grupo Especial category — the top-tier of Rio's samba competition, whose 2026 parade season generated R$5.9B in economic activity. Results are authoritative. The school profiles are updated each season with the current carnavalesco and lead singer.
Data from liesa.com.br. Run by OrbTop.