Google Play Search Scraper

Google Play Search Scraper — Extracto API reference

Search Google Play by keyword, country and language. Compare app ratings, install ranges, publishers and prices, then export the results.

Collection scope

Google Play search provides a limited set of public matches and may return fewer apps than requested. The maximum applies across the whole task. Install counts are published ranges, not exact downloads. Search order can differ from a signed-in device. Review text and top charts are not included.

Using Extracto

Extracto provides a web interface and HTTP API for submitting scraping tasks, tracking their status and retrieving structured results. Some parsers use third-party scraping providers for execution. Your Extracto account, API key and credit balance are managed at extracto.cloud.

Create an account at https://extracto.cloud/register, confirm your email and create an API key at https://extracto.cloud/api-keys. You can also configure and run this parser in the web interface at https://extracto.cloud/marketplace/google-play-search-scraper.

Pricing and credits

Current Extracto price: $0.187296 / 1,000 results. Extracto charges your credit balance for parser usage. 1,000 credits correspond to $1 USD. The displayed rate includes Extracto pricing; additional enabled options are shown in the estimate. Review the cost estimate in the web interface or POST your request body to https://extracto.cloud/api/v1/parsers/google-play-search-scraper/estimate before launching a task. An estimate does not start scraping. Credit packages are listed at https://extracto.cloud/pricing; billing details are at https://extracto.cloud/docs#billing.

Input

Send JSON with the parser settings inside an input object. The example is a starting point: replace the sources and limits with your own permitted targets. Launching it starts a real task and can spend credits.

{
    "input": {
        "queries": [
            "fitness tracker"
        ],
        "country": "us",
        "language": "en",
        "maxResults": 20,
        "price": "all"
    }
}

• queries (array, required)
• country (string, optional)
• language (string, optional)
• maxResults (integer, optional)
• price (string, optional)

Requests and authentication

Use your Extracto key in the X-API-KEY header. Send Content-Type: application/json and Accept: application/json. Keep the key private on your server.

POST https://extracto.cloud/api/v1/parsers/google-play-search-scraper — wait for a synchronous result. Successful output is in data, with the result count in count and usage in meta.credits. POST https://extracto.cloud/api/v1/parsers/google-play-search-scraper/queue — submit a queued task. Save run.id from the HTTP 202 response. GET https://extracto.cloud/api/v1/parser-runs/{run_id} — check a saved task using the same account's API key. Poll about once every five seconds while its status is queued or running. Stop at ok, partial, cancelled or error. Saved results are in run.result; failures are described in run.error.

Integration examples, response formats, errors and limits: https://extracto.cloud/docs.

Output

Returned fields depend on the parser, input and source availability. A successful task can return no matching records. Availability and completion time can change when the source website changes. The following sample is illustrative documentation data, not a customer run or a guarantee of results:

[
    {
        "title": "Google Fit: Activity Tracking",
        "rank": 1,
        "rating": 3.451306,
        "installs": "100,000,000+",
        "developer": "Google LLC",
        "category": "Health & Fitness",
        "priceText": "Free",
        "appId": "com.google.android.apps.fitness",
        "appUrl": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.fitness&hl=en&gl=us"
    }
]

• title (string): App title returned in the selected store language.
• rank (integer): Position returned within the saved keyword search.
• rating (number): Average public star rating, when available.
• installs (string): Published installation range, not an exact download count.
• developer (string): Publisher name shown on the listing.
• category (string): Public app category.
• priceText (string): Displayed app price for the selected storefront.
• appId (string): Android package identifier.
• appUrl (string): Public Google Play listing link.

Example uses

• Discover Android apps by market and keyword.
• Compare public ratings, installation ranges and publishers.
• Export a list of competing apps for further research.

Responsible use and support

Use this parser only for data you are permitted to access and process. Follow applicable laws, source website terms and Extracto's acceptable-use policy: https://extracto.cloud/acceptable-use. For help, email [email protected] and include the parser name and run ID. Never send your API key. Terms: https://extracto.cloud/terms Privacy: https://extracto.cloud/privacy Refund policy: https://extracto.cloud/refund-policy