Google Play Scraper

A PHP scraper to get app data from Google Play.

Installation

Add raulr/google-play-scraper as a require dependency in your composer.json file:

$ composer require raulr/google-play-scraper

Usage

First create a Scraper instance.

use Raulr\GooglePlayScraper\Scraper;

$scraper = new Scraper();

There are several methods to configure the default behavior:

• setDelay($delay): Sets the delay in milliseconds between requests to Google Play site.
• setDefaultLang($lang): Sets the default language for all requests. $lang must be an ISO_639-1 two letter language code. If not set, the default language is en.
• setDefaultCountry($country): Sets the default country for all requests. $country must be an ISO_3166-1 two letter country code. If not set, the default country is us.

getApp

Gets app information given its ID.

Parameters

• $id: Google Play app identifier.
• $lang: (optional, defaults to null): Overrides the default language.
• $country: (optional, defaults to null): Overrides the default country.

Example

$app = $scraper->getApp('com.mojang.minecraftpe');

Returns:

array (
  'id' => 'com.mojang.minecraftpe',
  'url' => 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe',
  'image' => 'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/30koN0eGl-LHqvUZrCj9HT4qVPQdvN508p2wuhaWUnqKeCp6nrs9QW8v6IVGvGNauA=w300',
  'title' => 'Minecraft: Pocket Edition',
  'author' => 'Mojang',
  'author_link' => 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Mojang',
  'categories' => array (
    'Arcade',
    'Creativity',
  ),
  'price' => '$6.99',
  'screenshots' => array (
    'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VkLE0e0EDuRID6jdTE97cC8BomcDReJtZOem9Jlb14jw9O7ytAGvE-2pLqvoSJ7w3IdK=h310',
    'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/28b1vxJQe916wOaSVB4CmcnDujk8M2SNaCwqtQ4cUS0wYKYn9kCYeqxX0uyI2X-nQv0=h310',
    // [...]
  ),
  'description' => 'Our latest free update includes the Nether and all its inhabitants[...]',
  'description_html' => 'Our latest free update includes the Nether and all its inhabitants[...]',
  'rating' => 4.4726405143737793,
  'votes' => 1136962,
  'last_updated' => 'October 22, 2015',
  'size' => 'Varies with device',
  'downloads' => '10,000,000 - 50,000,000',
  'version' => 'Varies with device',
  'supported_os' => 'Varies with device',
  'content_rating' => 'Everyone 10+',
  'whatsnew' => 'Build, explore and survive on the go with Minecraft: Pocket Edition[...]',
  'video_link' => 'https://www.youtube.com/embed/D2Z9oKTzzrM?ps=play&vq=large&rel=0&autohide=1&showinfo=0&autoplay=1',
  'video_image' => 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D2Z9oKTzzrM/hqdefault.jpg',
)

The following fields may contain a null value: price, size, downloads, version, whatsnew, video_link and video_image. The price being null means the app is free.

getApps

Gets information for multiple apps given their IDs.

Parameters

• $ids: Array of Google Play app identifiers.
• $lang: (optional, defaults to null): Overrides the default language.
• $country: (optional, defaults to null): Overrides the default country.

Example

$app = $scraper->getApps(array(
    'com.mojang.minecraftpe',
    'com.google.android.youtube',
));

getCategories

Returns an array with the existing categories in Google Play.

Example

use Raulr\GooglePlayScraper\Scraper;

$scraper = new Scraper();
$categories = $scraper->getCategories();

Returns:

array (
  'BOOKS_AND_REFERENCE',
  'BUSINESS',
  'COMICS',
  'COMMUNICATION',
  'EDUCATION',
  'ENTERTAINMENT',
  'FINANCE',
  'HEALTH_AND_FITNESS',
  'LIBRARIES_AND_DEMO',
  'LIFESTYLE',
  'APP_WALLPAPER',
  'MEDIA_AND_VIDEO',
  'MEDICAL',
  'MUSIC_AND_AUDIO',
  'NEWS_AND_MAGAZINES',
  'PERSONALIZATION',
  'PHOTOGRAPHY',
  'PRODUCTIVITY',
  'SHOPPING',
  'SOCIAL',
  'SPORTS',
  'TOOLS',
  'TRANSPORTATION',
  'TRAVEL_AND_LOCAL',
  'WEATHER',
  'APP_WIDGETS',
  'GAME_ACTION',
  'GAME_ADVENTURE',
  'GAME_ARCADE',
  'GAME_BOARD',
  'GAME_CARD',
  'GAME_CASINO',
  'GAME_CASUAL',
  'GAME_EDUCATIONAL',
  'GAME_MUSIC',
  'GAME_PUZZLE',
  'GAME_RACING',
  'GAME_ROLE_PLAYING',
  'GAME_SIMULATION',
  'GAME_SPORTS',
  'GAME_STRATEGY',
  'GAME_TRIVIA',
  'GAME_WORD',
  'FAMILY',
  'FAMILY_ACTION',
  'FAMILY_BRAINGAMES',
  'FAMILY_CREATE',
  'FAMILY_EDUCATION',
  'FAMILY_MUSICVIDEO',
  'FAMILY_PRETEND',
)

getCollections

Returns an array with the existing collections in Google Play.

Example

$collections = $scraper->getCollections();

Returns:

array (
  'topselling_free',
  'topselling_paid',
  'topselling_new_free',
  'topselling_new_paid',
  'topgrossing',
  'movers_shakers',
)

getList

Retrieves a list of Google Play apps given a collection and optionally filtered by category.

Parameters

• $collection: Google Play collection to retrieve. See getCollections for possible values.
• $category: (optional, defaults to null) Filter request by this category. See getCategories for possible values.
• $lang: (optional, defaults to null): Overrides the default language.
• $country: (optional, defaults to null): Overrides the default country.

Example

$apps = $scraper->getList('topselling_free', 'SOCIAL');

Returns:

array (
  array (
    'id' => 'com.facebook.katana',
    'url' => 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana',
    'title' => 'Facebook',
    'image' => 'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZZPdzvlpK9r_Df9C3M7j1rNRi7hhHRvPhlklJ3lfi5jk86Jd1s0Y5wcQ1QgbVaAP5Q=w340',
    'author' => 'Facebook',
    'rating' => 3.9888803958892822,
    'price' => null,
  ),
  array (
    'id' => 'com.snapchat.android',
    'url' => 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snapchat.android',
    'title' => 'Snapchat',
    'image' => 'https://lh4.ggpht.com/vdK_CsMSsJoYvJpYgaj91fiJ1T8rnSHHbXL0Em378kQaaf_BGyvUek2aU9z2qbxJCAFV=w340',
    'author' => 'Snapchat Inc',
    'rating' => 3.8660063743591309,
    'price' => null,
  ),
  // [...]
)

getDetailList

Same as getList but returning full detail app data. An additional request is made for every app from the list in order to get its details.

getListChunk

Retrieves a chunk of a Google Play app list.

Parameters

• $collection: Google Play collection to retrieve. See getCollections for possible values.
• $category: (optional, defaults to null) Filter request by this category. See getCategories for possible values.
• $start: (optional, defaults to 0): Starting index. Must be a value between 0 and 500.
• $num: (optional, defaults to 60): Amount of apps to retrieve. Must be a value between 0 and 120.
• $lang: (optional, defaults to null): Overrides the default language.
• $country: (optional, defaults to null): Overrides the default country.

Example

$apps = $scraper->getListChunk('topselling_free', 'SOCIAL', 20, 80);

getDetailListChunk

Same as getListChunk but returning full detail app data. An additional request is made for every app from the list in order to get its details.