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Request: offer API for Android via SDK #95

Closed AndroidDeveloperLB closed 5 years ago

AndroidDeveloperLB commented 5 years ago

As the title says.

archon810 commented 5 years ago

We do not have plans to offer a public API, sorry.

For private API needs, feel free to reach out to discuss the needs of your company or project.

AndroidDeveloperLB commented 5 years ago

That's too bad. May I ask why not? What about what's available as website URLs ? Do you plan to keep those ? For example, searching of an app or a package name. Or reaching the exact app via package name.

archon810 commented 5 years ago

There are already dozens of apkmirror.com clones and leeches that take our apks and information and don't give anything back in return. I have no interest in making it even easier for them to leech.

We serve our users who view ads in return for our hosting.

AndroidDeveloperLB commented 5 years ago

I see. Isn't it better to provide an official SDK then? At least you could limit it somehow there (reduce server work, if that's what you mean by leeching), and have more control... One of the terms of using it could be to have credit to the website, and to always be able to reach the website from the app that uses it. As for me, I just wanted to add an option for the user to reach the website from my app, and I prefer not to assume that URLs are always used the same way.

archon810 commented 5 years ago

Sorry, we are not going to make it easier for scrapers to get the data.

AndroidDeveloperLB commented 5 years ago

I see. Can I assume URL structure? Meaning, for example:

searching for app "google calendar" : https://www.apkmirror.com/?post_type=app_release&searchtype=apk&s=google+calendar

Searching for package name of app "com.google.android.calendar" : https://www.apkmirror.com/?post_type=app_release&searchtype=app&s=com.google.android.calendar

?

archon810 commented 5 years ago

Url structure can change and isn't guaranteed. Also, you may run into Cloudflare bot-blocking at some point.

AndroidDeveloperLB commented 5 years ago

I mean that it's for users. Not for server. I don't even have a server (and I don't want to have one either).