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Google Play Search

GET https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps

Search the public Google Play store and return the result cards with product id, title, store link, rating, price, thumbnail and, for apps, developer, category and install count.

Google Play Search 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
q = chess
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "search_parameters": {
        "engine": "google_play_search",
        "q": "chess",
        "store": "apps",
        "hl": "en",
        "gl": "US",
        "price": null
    },
    "organic_results": [
        {
            "product_id": "com.chess",
            "title": "Chess - Play and Learn Online",
            "link": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chess",
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

1 required parameter needed before sending a request.

4 optional filters available.

q string Required

Search terms, for example chess. The upstream page renders the results it finds for the query.

Example value chess
store string Optional

Store vertical: apps (default), games, movies or books. The apps store covers all application results, games included.

Example value apps
hl string Optional

Interface language code (e.g. en, de).

Example value en
gl string Optional

Country code for the storefront (2 letters, e.g. us, de). German with de changes prices to EUR.

Example value us
price integer Optional

Price facet: 1 for free results, 2 for paid results. Not available on the games vertical.

Example value 10

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
PHP
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
JavaScript
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
JavaScript
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
Python
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
Python
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
Java
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
Go
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Terminal
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps"
C#
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
TypeScript
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
RUST
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

search_parameters organic_results

Common organic_results fields

product_id title link rating
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "search_parameters": {
        "engine": "google_play_search",
        "q": "chess",
        "store": "apps",
        "hl": "en",
        "gl": "US",
        "price": null
    },
    "organic_results": [
        {
            "product_id": "com.chess",
            "title": "Chess - Play and Learn Online",
            "link": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chess",
            "rating": 4.686131,
            "price": {
                "amount": 0,
                "currency": "USD"
            },
            "thumbnail": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/JO7Z75U1oypXpNTAklroO5emKWePni0sK9zn1E_nRgqmbAHoMxz1oQHDfSTpcycdht92dTBejkpEDXttGeCWN74",
            "developer": "Chess.com",
            "category": "Board",
            "installs": "100,000,000+"
        },
        {
            "product_id": "com.gamovation.chessclubpilot",
            "title": "Chess Club Pilot",
            "link": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gamovation.chessclubpilot",
            "rating": 4.66836,
            "thumbnail": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/ZBdqAfdZMNnMbw0XGoYgbPlkT70BwwxVl1LdsO_EWI7ouvly-5Jsh0QraHeSKvyVPunOuz6Gf1luiihQU7MA",
            "developer": "Gamovation",
            "category": "Board",
            "installs": "100,000+"
        }
    ]
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

422

Validation Error

The q, store, hl, gl or price parameter failed validation.

503

Google Play Upstream Unavailable

The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.

{
    "error": "Google Play search is temporarily unavailable.",
    "error_code": "google_play_upstream_unavailable",
    "retryable": true
}

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