Which Play Store sections does the API cover?

All three storefronts on one endpoint — apps, games and books — covering search results, category browsing, editorial sections and chart listings.

Do I have to pass a search query?

No. Omitting query is a deliberate mode: you get the storefront’s curated home page, with its editorial sections and charts, instead of a result list.

How are results organised?

organic_results is always an array of sections, never a flat list of products. A search returns one section whose title is null; browsing a category returns several titled sections. Each section carries its listings in items.

How do I get more results?

Three tokens come back in the response — next_page_token for the next page, section_page_token to page within one section, and see_more_token to expand a section’s “See more” link. Send only one per request.

Am I charged for an invalid request?

No. Parameter combinations are validated before any scraping happens, so a rejected request returns a 400 with a clear message and costs no credits.

How many credits does a request cost?

Each successful request costs 5 API credits, including category browsing and pagination calls.

Google Play Store API

Scrapingdog's Google Play Store API turns apps, games and books into clean JSON — ratings, downloads, pricing, screenshots and chart listings.

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GET / google_play

{
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google_play",
    "store": "apps",
    "query": "whatsapp",
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en"
  },
  "app_highlight": {
    "title": "WhatsApp Messenger",
    "rating": 4.2,
    "reviews": 196000000
  },
  "organic_results": [
    {
      "title": null,
      "items": [
        {
          "title": "WhatsApp Business",
          "link": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp.w4b",
          "product_id": "com.whatsapp.w4b",
          "rating": 4.6,
          "author": "WhatsApp LLC",
          "category": "Communication",
          "downloads": "1,000,000,000+",
          "price": "Free",
          "extracted_price": 0,
          "in_app_purchases": "$0.29 - $4,789.99 per item",
          "content_rating": { "text": "Everyone" },
          "thumbnail": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/...",
          "offers": [{ "text": "Install", "link": "https://play.google.com/store/..." }]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "pagination": { "next_page_token": "..." }
}

How It Works Behind the API

</> Get

import requests

url = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_play"

params = {
    "api_key": "APIKEY",
    "store": "apps",
    "query": "whatsapp"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)
print(response.json())

curl "https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_play?api_key=APIKEY&store=apps&query=whatsapp"

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  api_key: "APIKEY",
  store: "apps",
  query: "whatsapp"
});

const response = await fetch(`https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_play?${params}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

<?php
$url = 'https://api.scrapingdog.com/google_play?' . http_build_query([
    'api_key' => 'APIKEY',
    'store'   => 'apps',
    'query'   => 'whatsapp',
]);
echo file_get_contents($url);

Google Play Store API Response (Structured JSON Data)

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Listing
titlelinkproduct_idauthorcategory
Ratings & Reach
ratingreviewsdownloadscontent_rating
Pricing
priceextracted_pricein_app_purchasesoffers
Media & Paging
thumbnailimagesvideonext_page_token

Google Play Store API Features That Make Scraping Easy

Three Storefronts, One Endpoint
Apps, games and books all answer on the same call — switch with a single store parameter.
No Proxies or Parsing
Proxies, retries and HTML parsing are handled on our side. You send a query and get structured results.
Search or Browse
Pass a query to search, a category to browse, or neither to get the storefront’s curated home page.
Full Listing Detail
Ratings, install counts, pricing, in-app purchase ranges, content ratings, screenshots and trailers come back with each listing.
Validation Before Scraping
Invalid parameter combinations are rejected up front with a clear message, so a bad request never costs you credits.
Charts and Editorial Sections
Chart switches and the curated shelves Google features come back alongside the results.

What you can build with a Google Play Store API

App Store Optimisation
Track where an app ranks for its keywords and which listings outrank it.
Competitor Monitoring
Follow a rival app’s rating, install count and pricing over time.
Market Research
Measure category size, pricing norms and publisher share across a storefront.
Chart Tracking
Record Top free, Top grossing and Top paid positions day over day.
Catalogue Enrichment
Attach ratings, screenshots and descriptions to an internal app or book catalogue.
Book Price Monitoring
Watch Play Books pricing across markets with a single storefront switch.

Built for teams of every size and background

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Mobile Marketers
Market Researchers
Product Managers
Data Engineers
App Publishers
Competitive Intelligence Teams
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Analysts
Developers

Get Started with Our Google Play Store API in Minutes

1
Create free account
Sign up and get free credits to start testing the Google Play Store API.
2
Get Your API Key
Grab your API key from the dashboard to authenticate every call to /google_play.
3
Send Your First Request
Call /google_play with a store and a query, or a category to browse instead.
4
Receive Structured Data
Get organic_results sections, each carrying its listings with ratings, pricing and media.

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Frequently Asked Questions

All three storefronts on one endpoint — apps, games and books — covering search results, category browsing, editorial sections and chart listings.
No. Omitting query is a deliberate mode: you get the storefront’s curated home page, with its editorial sections and charts, instead of a result list.
organic_results is always an array of sections, never a flat list of products. A search returns one section whose title is null; browsing a category returns several titled sections. Each section carries its listings in items.

Three tokens come back in the response — next_page_token for the next page, section_page_token to page within one section, and see_more_token to expand a section’s “See more” link. Send only one per request.
No. Parameter combinations are validated before any scraping happens, so a rejected request returns a 400 with a clear message and costs no credits.
Each successful request costs 5 API credits, including category browsing and pagination calls.

Try Scrapingdog for Free!

Get 100 free credits to spin the API. No credit card required!

Start Your Free Trial Read Documentation

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Get 100 free credits to spin the API. No credit card required!

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Google Play Store API

How It Works Behind the API

Google Play Store API Response (Structured JSON Data)

Listing

Ratings & Reach

Pricing

Media & Paging

Google Play Store API Features That Make Scraping Easy

Three Storefronts, One Endpoint

No Proxies or Parsing

Search or Browse

Full Listing Detail

Validation Before Scraping

Charts and Editorial Sections

What you can build with a Google Play Store API

App Store Optimisation

Competitor Monitoring

Market Research

Chart Tracking

Catalogue Enrichment

Book Price Monitoring

Built for teams of every size and background

Get Started with Our Google Play Store API in Minutes

Create free account

Get Your API Key

Send Your First Request

Receive Structured Data

Transparent & Simple Pricing

Trusted by Developers worldwide

Cara Damiano

Filip Ligaarden

Hector Casanova Loera

John Tyler

Frequently Asked Questions

Try Scrapingdog for Free!

Try Scrapingdog for Free!