# Google Play Scraper (`codingfrontend/google-play-scraper`) Actor

A robust, high-performance utility designed for developer automation, data integration, and AI training. Features built-in captcha bypass, headful/headless browser execution, and proxy support to scrape Google data seamlessly, reliably, and at scale.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/codingfrontend/google-play-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Coding Frontned](https://apify.com/codingfrontend) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Google Play Scraper

Extract verified public Android app metadata from Google Play search results or direct app URLs. The Actor uses package IDs from the server-rendered search page and schema.org `SoftwareApplication` evidence from each detail page, so it does not depend on browser scrolling or brittle visual selectors.

### Input

- `mode`: `search` or `productUrl`.
- `query`: search phrase, up to 120 characters.
- `productUrls`: 1–20 Google Play app URLs in direct mode.
- `maxItems`: 1–25 apps.
- `includeReviews`: include public review snippets.
- `maxReviewsPerApp`: 1–10 snippets per app.
- `gl`, `hl`: lowercase country and language codes.
- `proxyConfiguration`: optional Apify/custom proxy; direct requests are the default.

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "fitness tracker",
  "maxItems": 5,
  "includeReviews": true,
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 3,
  "gl": "us",
  "hl": "en"
}
```

### Output

Every app record includes its package ID, canonical localized detail URL, app name, developer, mode, country/language, source page, and timestamp. Source availability can add icon, description, category, operating system, content rating, rating/review count, price/currency, downloads label, ads/IAP flags, and update date.

When reviews are enabled, each snippet contains a deterministic hashed ID, rating, text, and available date/helpfulness count. Reviewer display names are deliberately excluded. Missing optional values are omitted rather than padded with placeholders.

The run is atomic: a failed search/detail request, challenge, malformed app page, or zero-result condition fails before the dataset is written. Live Google Play data and ordering can change between runs.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Choose 'search' to search for apps or 'productUrl' to scrape specific app URLs

## `query` (type: `string`):

The search term to find apps on Google Play Store (used in search mode)

## `productUrls` (type: `array`):

List of Google Play app URLs to scrape (used in productUrl mode)

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of app results to retrieve

## `includeReviews` (type: `boolean`):

Whether to scrape user reviews for each app

## `maxReviewsPerApp` (type: `integer`):

Maximum public review snippets per app when reviews are enabled.

## `gl` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code for localized results (e.g. 'us', 'in', 'gb', 'de')

## `hl` (type: `string`):

Language code for the results (e.g. 'en', 'hi', 'de', 'fr')

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy configuration. Direct requests are used by default.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "fitness tracker",
  "productUrls": [],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "includeReviews": false,
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 5,
  "gl": "us",
  "hl": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `output` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "mode": "search",
    "query": "fitness tracker",
    "maxItems": 10,
    "gl": "us",
    "hl": "en",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("codingfrontend/google-play-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "mode": "search",
    "query": "fitness tracker",
    "maxItems": 10,
    "gl": "us",
    "hl": "en",
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("codingfrontend/google-play-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "fitness tracker",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "gl": "us",
  "hl": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call codingfrontend/google-play-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,codingfrontend/google-play-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/B1yrauquPVX2AYRLC/builds/fZienO7FvhiIX5jQd/openapi.json