Google Play Search API
Search Google Play for Android apps by keyword, in any store country: package name, title, developer, rating, installs, price, and category for each result.
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{
"data": {
"featuredApps": [
{
"appId": "a1b2c3d4",
"currency": "USD",
"description": "A short example description of this item.",
"developer": "example",
"image": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
"installs": "example",
"price": 19.99,
"rating": 4.6,
"ratingCount": 5,
"title": "Example title",
"url": "https://example.com/page"
}
],
"items": [
{
"appId": "a1b2c3d4",
"category": "general",
"currency": "USD",
"description": "A short example description of this item.",
"developer": "example",
"image": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
"installs": "example",
"price": 19.99,
"rating": 4.6,
"screenshots": [
"example"
],
"title": "Example title",
"url": "https://example.com/page"
}
]
},
"found": true,
"reason": "not_found"
}Full parameter and response reference - every field, type, and example for this endpoint.
Reference
One request, one response shape.
Every field you send and every field you get back, each with a real example.
Last verified 2026-10-16 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
Request body
JSON, posted to this endpoint.
- querystring
budget tracker
Search keywords, as typed into the Google Play search box (e.g. budget tracker).
- countrystring
us
Two-letter Google Play store country code to search (e.g. gb); results, prices, and currency follow that country. Text is returned in English.
- limitinteger
10
Maximum number of apps to return in items (1-30, default 20). Google Play shows about 30 apps per search, so fewer may come back. The app Google Play features above the results comes back separately in featuredApps and does not count toward this limit.
Response
JSON, one example value per field.
The app Google Play features above the results, usually the exact app the query names (e.g. Minecraft for minecraft); empty when the search shows none.
- appIdstring
Android package name.
- currencystring
ISO 4217 currency code of the price.
- descriptionstring
Short app description.
- developerstring
Developer name.
- imagestring
App icon image URL.
- installsstring
Install bracket as the featured card shows it (e.g. 50M+).
- pricenumber
Price to install in the country's currency; 0 for a free app.
- ratingnumber
Average star rating, 0 to 5.
- ratingCountinteger
Number of star ratings (ratings, not written reviews).
- titlestring
App name.
- urlstring
Google Play page URL.
Matching apps in Google Play search order, including the Similar apps shelf Google Play shows under a search for one app. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- appIdstring
Android package name; pass it to playstore.app for the full listing. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- categorystring
Google Play category name. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- currencystring
ISO 4217 currency code of the price (e.g. USD).
- descriptionstring
App description.
- developerstring
Developer name. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- imagestring
App icon image URL. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- installsstring
Install count bracket as Google Play shows it (e.g. 1,000,000+). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- pricenumber
Price to install in the country's currency; 0 for a free app.
- ratingnumber
Average star rating, 0 to 5; absent for an app with too few ratings. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- screenshotsstring[]
Screenshot image URLs.
- titlestring
App name. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- urlstring
Google Play page URL. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- foundboolean
True when at least one app was returned.
- reason"not_found"
Present only when `found` is false, and says why there is no result. `not_found`: the source states the target does not exist, or returned nothing for it. A `found: false` answer is a successful call, not an error, and `costUsd` is what it actually cost.
FAQ
About the Google Play Search API
The AnyAPI Google Play Search API returns Google Play search data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/playstore.search. Search Google Play for Android apps by keyword, in any store country: package name, title, developer, rating, installs, price, and category for each result. AnyAPI returns one normalized schema whichever source serves it. It costs from $0.85 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Google Play search calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 2.5 seconds across 1 measured calls.