Google Play Web-Service API

Tiny script to crawl information of a specific application in the Google play/store base on PHP.

PHP GooglePlay Methods

• parse: mostly used internally – but can be used to parse any URL or text for valid Play Store app links and return their packageNames
• parseSearch: search for apps by given terms
• parseSimilar: search for what Google Play considers apps similar to the one specified
• parseOthers: other apps by the same developer
• parseTopApps: list top-chart apps
• parseNewApps: list latest additions
• parseCategory: list apps from a specified category
• parseCategories: list available categories
• parseApplication: get details for a specific app
• parsePerms: retrieve permissions requested by a specific app
• parsePrivacy: obtain an app's privacy details (data collected/shared etc)
• setDebug: turn debug mode on or off
• getDebug: check whether debug mode is turned on or off
• dump_raw: dump the raw data (HTML of the page plus JSON of the data sources) for debug/evaluation

Using PHP GooglePlay

<?php
require "google-play.php";
$google = new GooglePlay();

$app=$google->parseApplication("com.bezapps.flowdiademo");
print_r($app);

$app=$google->parseSimilar("com.bezapps.flowdiademo");
print_r($app);

$apps=$google->parseSearch("telegram");
print_r($apps);

$apps=$google->parseCategory("TOOLS");
print_r($apps);
?>

Detailed instructions

Examples of how to use the code and what results to expect can be found in the wiki:

• the Search page shows how to
  • list available categories as well as obtain a list of apps from a given category
  • search for "similar apps"
  • search for apps by keywords
  • action as a crawler and find more applications?
• the AppDetails page shows how to
  • obtain details about a given app
  • interprete the result set (aka the "application structure")
  • obtain content in specific languages
• the Permissions page details
  • how to get the permissions an app requests
  • what the result set looks like and how to interprete it

TODO

• Unit test

Authors

• Izzy
• Max Base

Max Base

My nickname is Max, Programming language developer, Full-stack programmer. I love computer scientists, researchers, and compilers. (Max Base)

Asrez Team

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