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.
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Endpoint
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.
string
Required
Search terms, for example chess. The upstream page renders the results it finds for the query.
chess
string
Optional
Store vertical: apps (default), games, movies or books. The apps store covers all application results, games included.
apps
string
Optional
Interface language code (e.g. en, de).
en
string
Optional
Country code for the storefront (2 letters, e.g. us, de). German with de changes prices to EUR.
us
integer
Optional
Price facet: 1 for free results, 2 for paid results. Not available on the games vertical.
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Request Examples
<?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
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();
}
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));
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);
}
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
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()
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}")
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());
}
}
}
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))
}
#!/bin/bash
curl -X GET \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
"https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/search?q=chess&store=apps"
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}");
}
}
}
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();
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
{
"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.
Validation Error
The q, store, hl, gl or price parameter failed validation.
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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