Is there an API for getting app prices in the Google Play/App store?

Question

I'm looking for an API that can get me prices for apps. I also want information on in-app purchases given the ID (package name in Android) of the app.

An example query would be:

Query:

ID: identifier of the application
COUNTRY: country to look for (some applications have price depending on country)

Response:

PRICE: price of the app in the country (0 if it's free)
IN_APP: true if the app has in-app purchases, false otherwise
PRODUCTS: dict object having name of the in-app product as key and the price as value

I did some research on the web. I found the 42matters API. However, it's only approximating the price of in-app products (I verified with one of my apps) giving a somehow large range, e.g.

[in_app_min:0.99, in_app_max:144.99]

Answer 1

Here are two unofficial Google Play APIs. You'd have to build your own dataset, or expand the API to get the fields you want.

https://github.com/egirault/googleplay-api

$ alias pp="column -s ';' -t"

$ python search.py earth | pp

Title                           Package name                            Creator                  Super Dev  Price    Offer Type  Version Code  Size     Rating  Num Downloads
Google Earth                    com.google.earth                        Google Inc.              1          Gratuit  1           53            8.6MB    4.46    10 000 000+
Terre HD Free Edition           ru.gonorovsky.kv.livewall.earthhd       Stanislav Gonorovsky     0          Gratuit  1           33            4.7MB    4.47    1 000 000+
Earth Live Wallpaper            com.seb.SLWP                            unixseb                  0          Gratuit  1           60            687.4KB  4.06    5 000 000+

https://github.com/facundoolano/google-play-scraper/

Example:

var gplay = require('google-play-scraper');

gplay.app({appId: 'com.dxco.pandavszombies'})
  .then(console.log, console.log);

Results:

{
  appId: 'com.dxco.pandavszombies',
  title: 'Panda vs Zombie: Elvis rage',
  summary: 'Help Rocky the Panda warrior to fight zombie games and save the Panda kind.',
  url: 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dxco.pandavszombies&hl=en',
  icon: 'https://lh6.ggpht.com/5mI27oolnooL__S3ns9qAf_6TsFNExMtUAwTKz6prWCxEmVkmZZZwe3lI-ZLbMawEJh3=w300',
  minInstalls: 10000,
  maxInstalls: 50000,
  score: 4.9,
  reviews: 2312,
  histogram: { '1': 12, '2': 7, '3': 16, '4': 40, '5': 231 },
  description: 'Everyone in town has gone zombie.',
  developerId: "DxCo+Games",
  descriptionHTML: 'Everyone in town has gone <b>zombie</b>.',
  developer: 'DxCo Games',
  developerEmail: '[email protected]',
  developerWebsite: 'http://www.dxco-games.com/',
  developerAddress: '10685-B Hazelhurst Dr. # 18457\nHouston, TX 77043\nUSA',
  updated: 'May 26, 2015',
  genre: 'Action',
  genreId: 'GAME_ACTION',
  familyGenre: undefined,
  familyGenreId: undefined,
  version: '1.4',
  size: '34M',
  androidVersionText: '2.3 and up',
  androidVersion: '2.3',
  contentRating: 'Mature 17+',
  price: '0',
  free: true,
  screenshots: ['https://lh3.ggpht.com/le0bhlp7RTGDytoXelnY65Cx4pjUgVjnLypDGGWGfF6SbDMTkU6fPncaAH8Ew9RQAeY=h310']
  video: 'https://www.youtube.com/embed/PFGj-W8Pe5s',
  comments: ['Great! Its a great time waster'],
  recentChanges: [ '- Added a hint system' ],
  preregister: false
}