This is a Python port of the Android Market API Java Project
Begin by starting a new session and entering your google credentials.
session = MarketSession()
session.login("user@gmail.com", "password")Search for "bankdroid" on the market and print the first result
results = session.searchApp("bankdroid")
app = results[0]
pprint(app)which prints:
{'apptype': 1L,
'creator': u'Nullbyte',
'creatorid': u'Nullbyte',
'id': u'-4924482311466714951',
'packagename': u'com.liato.bankdroid',
'rating': u'4.526643598615917',
'ratingscount': 1445L,
'title': u'Bankdroid',
'version': u'1.6.3',
'versioncode': 102L,
'extendedinfo': {'category': u'Finance',
'contactemail': u'android@nullbyte.eu',
'contactwebsite': u'http://github.com/liato/android-bankdroid',
'downloadscount': 0L,
'downloadscounttext': u'10,000-50,000',
'installsize': 1323486L,
'packagename': u'com.liato.bankdroid',
'screenshotscount': 2L
...
}Print the last two comments for the app
results = session.getComments(app["id"])
pprint(results[:2])and you get:
[{'authorid': u'02028671193556683049',
'authorname': u'Vincent',
'creationtime': 1299254796868L,
'rating': 5L,
'text': u'Changed my (everyday) life!'},
{'authorid': u'15970848302407799024',
'authorname': u'primetomas',
'creationtime': 1299101108485L,
'rating': 5L,
'text': u'This is awesome. Keep up the good work!'}]Download and save the first screenshot to disk:
data = session.getImage(app["id"])
f = open("screenshot.png", "wb")
f.write(data)
f.close()Download and save the app icon to disk:
data = session.getImage(app["id"], imagetype=market_proto.GetImageRequest.ICON)
f = open("icon.png", "wb")
f.write(data)
f.close()Get all the categories and subcategories:
results = session.getCategories()
pprint(results)Prints:
[{'apptype': 1L,
'subcategories': [{'apptype': 1L,
'subtitle': u'Pandora Radio, Google Maps, Gmail',
'title': u'All applications'},
{'apptype': 1L,
'categoryid': u'BOOKS_AND_REFERENCE',
'subtitle': u'Google Sky Map, Dictionary.com, Bible',
'title': u'Books & Reference'},
...],
'title': u'APPLICATION'},
...
]Check out examples.py for working examples.
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