App Store search

Request#

Authenticate with your API key in the x-api-key header (see Authentication).

Body#

JSON object. Unknown fields are rejected with 422.

• qstringrequiredmin length 1, max length 200

  Search term.

• countrystringdefault uspattern ^[A-Za-z]{2}$

  App Store storefront, two letters (us, gb, jp). Price, currency and ratings are per storefront.

  251 allowed values

  ad, ae, af, ag, ai, al, am, ao, aq, ar, as, at, au, aw, ax, az, ba, bb, bd, be, bf, bg, bh, bi, bj, bl, bm, bn, bo, bq, br, bs, bt, bv, bw, by, bz, ca, cc, cd, cf, cg, ch, ci, ck, cl, cm, cn, co, cr, cu, cv, cw, cx, cy, cz, de, dj, dk, dm, do, dz, ec, ee, eg, eh, er, es, et, fi, fj, fk, fm, fo, fr, ga, gb, gd, ge, gf, gg, gh, gi, gl, gm, gn, gp, gq, gr, gs, gt, gu, gw, gy, hk, hm, hn, hr, ht, hu, id, ie, il, im, in, io, iq, ir, is, it, je, jm, jo, jp, ke, kg, kh, ki, km, kn, kp, kr, kw, ky, kz, la, lb, lc, li, lk, lr, ls, lt, lu, lv, ly, ma, mc, md, me, mf, mg, mh, mk, ml, mm, mn, mo, mp, mq, mr, ms, mt, mu, mv, mw, mx, my, mz, na, nc, ne, nf, ng, ni, nl, no, np, nr, nu, nz, om, pa, pe, pf, pg, ph, pk, pl, pm, pn, pr, ps, pt, pw, py, qa, re, ro, rs, ru, rw, sa, sb, sc, sd, se, sg, sh, si, sj, sk, sl, sm, sn, so, sr, ss, st, sv, sx, sy, sz, tc, td, tf, tg, th, tj, tk, tl, tm, tn, to, tr, tt, tv, tw, tz, ua, ug, uk, um, us, uy, uz, va, vc, ve, vg, vi, vn, vu, wf, ws, xk, ye, yt, za, zm, zw

• limitintegerdefault 50min 1, max 200

  Apps to return, 1..200 (Apple's own cap; it may answer a few fewer). One page, no offset.

curl -X POST "https://api.scrapercompany.com/v1/app_store/search" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SCRAPERCOMPANY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "q": "budget tracker"
  }'

Response#

200 — App Store search results from the iTunes Search API. Metered responses carry x-credits-charged and x-credits-remaining headers (see credit headers).

{
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "app_store_search",
    "q": "budget tracker",
    "country": "us",
    "limit": 25
  },
  "apps": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "app_id": "1525179720",
      "bundle_id": "com.lightByte.Budget",
      "title": "Budget app - spending tracker",
      "developer": {
        "name": "InnerGrow",
        "id": "1828382777"
      },
      "rating": 4.72008,
      "ratings_count": 16101,
      "price": {
        "value": 0,
        "currency": "USD",
        "text": "Free",
        "free": true
      },
      "primary_genre": "Finance",
      "version": "1.16.3",
      "updated": "2026-10-06T22:46:35Z",
      "icon": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/b2/62/0a/b2620a6b-6204-9d11-67ff-2bc74310d2c3/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-1-0-85-220.png/512x512bb.jpg",
      "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/budget-app-spending-tracker/id1525179720?uo=4"
    }
  ],
  "total": 1,
  "meta": {
    "source": "app_store",
    "wire_bytes": 55736,
    "elapsed_s": 0.112
  }
}

Errors#

Errors return a JSON body with a detail field. Failed requests are not charged. See Errors for the full list and retry advice.

Try it#

The quickest way: open this endpoint in Try it. It runs on your account with the example request filled in, shows the cost before you run, and shows the answer as a readable table next to the JSON and the code. Signed out? You sign in first and come straight back.

1. Export your key: export SCRAPERCOMPANY_API_KEY=sk_... (no key yet? request access).
2. Copy the cURL example above and run it in a terminal.
3. Or open the interactive playground on api.scrapercompany.com, paste your key and pick this endpoint.