# Shopify AppStore Scraper (`appmarketdata/shopify-appstore-scraper`) Actor A powerful Apify Actor designed to extract comprehensive data from the Shopify App Store. This scraper can discover all available apps, collect detailed application information, and extract user reviews from any Shopify app, making it perfect for market research, and competitor analysis. - **URL**: https://apify.com/appmarketdata/shopify-appstore-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [AppMarketData](https://apify.com/appmarketdata) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Developer tools, SEO tools - **Stats:** 140 total users, 11 monthly users, 95.3% runs succeeded, 3 bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use 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 Scrape data from the [Shopify App Store](https://apps.shopify.com) including app details, reviews, developers, category rankings, and keyword rankings. Powered by [AppMarketData](https://appmarketdata.com). ### Want pre-built datasets instead? Running this actor on a schedule takes time and compute. **[AppMarketData](https://www.appmarketdata.com)** delivers ready-to-use weekly Shopify App Store snapshots — no scraping needed. - 17,000+ apps with full metadata, ratings, and category rankings - 600,000+ reviews, updated weekly - Browse via web UI, export as CSV, or connect via MCP for AI agents (Claude, Cursor, etc.) **[→ appmarketdata.com](https://www.appmarketdata.com)** ### Features - **App Information**: Get detailed metadata for specific apps (pricing, features, ratings, categories, etc.) - **App Review**: Extract reviews with pagination and sort options - **Developer Information**: Get details about app developers/partners - **Category Rank**: Scrape ranked app lists within a category, with page tracking - **Keyword Rank**: Scrape search result rankings for specific keywords, with keyword and page tracking ### Input #### Scrape Type Select the type of data to scrape using the `scrapeType` field: | Value | Description | | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------- | | `app` | Fetch detailed metadata for one or more apps | | `review` | Extract reviews for one or more apps | | `developer` | Fetch profile data for one or more developers | | `category` | Scrape ranked app lists within one or more categories | | `keyword` | Scrape app rankings for one or more search keywords | #### All Input Fields | Field | Type | Required for | Default | Description | | ------------------- | ------- | ------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | | `scrapeType` | string | Always | `app` | Scrape type (see table above) | | `appHandles` | array | `app` | — | App handles or full URLs, e.g. `["tiktok"]` or `["https://apps.shopify.com/tiktok"]` | | `reviewAppHandles` | array | `review` | — | App handles or full URLs to scrape reviews for | | `reviewSortBy` | string | — | `relevance` | Review sort order: `relevance` or `newest` | | `maxReviewPages` | integer | — | `5` | Max review pages per app. Falls back to `maxPages` if not set | | `developerHandles` | array | `developer` | — | Developer handles or full partner URLs, e.g. `["shopify"]` or `["https://apps.shopify.com/partners/shopify"]` | | `categoryHandles` | array | `category` | — | Category handles or full category URLs, e.g. `["marketing"]`, `["https://apps.shopify.com/categories/marketing"]`, or `["https://apps.shopify.com/categories/marketing/all"]` | | `maxCategoryPages` | integer | — | `1` | Max pages per category. Falls back to `maxPages` if not set | | `keywords` | array | `keyword` | — | Search keywords to rank, e.g. `["inventory management"]` | | `maxKeywordPages` | integer | — | `1` | Max result pages per keyword. Falls back to `maxPages` if not set | | `maxPages` | integer | — | `3` | Global fallback max pages for all paginated types when the type-specific limit is not set | ### Output Results are stored in the **dataset** under the key `results`. The shape varies by scrape type. #### App Information ```json { "title": "TikTok", "description": "Reach TikTok's 1 billion+ users...", "logo": "https://cdn.shopify.com/...", "rating": "4.8", "reviewCount": 1234, "developer": { "name": "TikTok Inc.", "url": "https://apps.shopify.com/partners/..." }, "pricing": "Free to install", "pricings": [{ "name": "Free", "price": "$0" }], "categories": ["Marketing", "Ads"], "worksWith": ["Checkout", "Online Store"] } ```` #### App Review ```json { "app_url": "https://apps.shopify.com/tiktok", "app_name": "TikTok", "reviewer": "Jane Smith", "rating": 5, "review_created_date": "2024-06-01", "review_content": "Excellent app, drives real traffic.", "review_id": "abc123" } ``` #### Developer Information ```json { "name": "Shopify", "url": "https://apps.shopify.com/partners/shopify", "apps": [ { "name": "Shopify Email", "url": "https://apps.shopify.com/shopify-email" } ] } ``` #### Category Rank Each result represents one app in the category listing. The `categoryHandle`, `page`, and `position` fields indicate where the app appeared. ```json { "name": "Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS", "url": "https://apps.shopify.com/klaviyo-email-marketing", "isSponsored": false, "isBuiltForShopify": true, "position": 1, "categoryHandle": "marketing", "page": 1 } ``` #### Keyword Rank Each result represents one app in the keyword search results. The `handle` field is the app's URL slug, and `page` indicates which result page it appeared on. ```json { "name": "Stocky", "url": "https://apps.shopify.com/stocky", "handle": "stocky", "isSponsored": false, "isBuiltForShopify": false, "position": 3, "page": 1 } ``` ### Usage Examples #### Scrape App Information ```json { "scrapeType": "app", "appHandles": ["tiktok", "klaviyo"] } ``` #### Scrape App Reviews ```json { "scrapeType": "review", "reviewAppHandles": ["tiktok"], "maxReviewPages": 3, "reviewSortBy": "newest" } ``` #### Scrape Developer Information ```json { "scrapeType": "developer", "developerHandles": ["shopify", "klaviyo"] } ``` #### Scrape Category Rankings ```json { "scrapeType": "category", "categoryHandles": ["marketing", "sales"], "maxCategoryPages": 5 } ``` #### Scrape Keyword Rankings ```json { "scrapeType": "keyword", "keywords": ["inventory management", "email marketing"], "maxKeywordPages": 3 } ``` #### Use Global Max Pages Fallback Set `maxPages` as a default for all paginated types. Type-specific limits (`maxReviewPages`, `maxCategoryPages`, `maxKeywordPages`) take precedence when provided. ```json { "scrapeType": "keyword", "keywords": ["loyalty program"], "maxPages": 5 } ``` ### Support For issues or questions, visit [appmarketdata.com](https://www.appmarketdata.com). # Actor input Schema ## `scrapeType` (type: `string`): Select what type of data to scrape from the Shopify App Store. ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Global fallback for max pages across all paginated types (App Review, Category Rank, Keyword Rank) when no type-specific limit is set. ## `appHandles` (type: `array`): App handles or full URLs (e.g. "tiktok" or "https://apps.shopify.com/tiktok"). The handle is the last path segment of the app URL. Required for Scrape Type: App Information. ## `reviewAppHandles` (type: `array`): App handles or full URLs to scrape reviews for (e.g. "tiktok" or "https://apps.shopify.com/tiktok"). Required for Scrape Type: App Review. ## `reviewSortBy` (type: `string`): Sort order for reviews. ## `maxReviewPages` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of review pages to scrape per app. Falls back to "Max Pages (Global Default)" if not set. ## `developerHandles` (type: `array`): Developer handles or full partner URLs (e.g. "shopify" or "https://apps.shopify.com/partners/shopify"). Required for Scrape Type: Developer Information. ## `categoryHandles` (type: `array`): Category handles or full category URLs (e.g. "marketing", "https://apps.shopify.com/categories/marketing", or "https://apps.shopify.com/categories/marketing/all"). Required for Scrape Type: Category Rank. ## `maxCategoryPages` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of pages to scrape per category. Falls back to "Max Pages (Global Default)" if not set. ## `keywords` (type: `array`): List of search keywords to scrape app rankings for (e.g. "inventory management", "email marketing"). Required for Scrape Type: Keyword Rank. ## `maxKeywordPages` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of result pages to scrape per keyword. Falls back to "Max Pages (Global Default)" if not set. ## Actor input object example ```json { "scrapeType": "app", "maxPages": 3, "appHandles": [ "tiktok" ], "reviewAppHandles": [ "tiktok" ], "reviewSortBy": "relevance", "maxReviewPages": 5, "maxCategoryPages": 1, "keywords": [ "inventory management" ], "maxKeywordPages": 1 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): URL of the dataset with the results ## `crawlStats` (type: `string`): Statistics about the crawl process # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "appHandles": [ "tiktok" ], "reviewAppHandles": [ "tiktok" ], "keywords": [ "inventory management" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("appmarketdata/shopify-appstore-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "appHandles": ["tiktok"], "reviewAppHandles": ["tiktok"], "keywords": ["inventory management"], } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("appmarketdata/shopify-appstore-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "appHandles": [ "tiktok" ], "reviewAppHandles": [ "tiktok" ], "keywords": [ "inventory management" ] }' | apify call appmarketdata/shopify-appstore-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=appmarketdata/shopify-appstore-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Shopify AppStore Scraper", "description": "A powerful Apify Actor designed to extract comprehensive data from the Shopify App Store. This scraper can discover all available apps, collect detailed application information, and extract user reviews from any Shopify app, making it perfect for market research, and competitor analysis.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "pp3pywD7i1FjLpoSh" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/appmarketdata~shopify-appstore-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-appmarketdata-shopify-appstore-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/appmarketdata~shopify-appstore-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-appmarketdata-shopify-appstore-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/appmarketdata~shopify-appstore-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-appmarketdata-shopify-appstore-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "scrapeType" ], "properties": { "scrapeType": { "title": "Scrape Type", "enum": [ "app", "review", "developer", "category", "keyword" ], "type": "string", "description": "Select what type of data to scrape from the Shopify App Store.", "default": "app" }, "maxPages": { "title": "Max Pages (Global Default)", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Global fallback for max pages across all paginated types (App Review, Category Rank, Keyword Rank) when no type-specific limit is set.", "default": 3 }, "appHandles": { "title": "App Handles", "type": "array", "description": "App handles or full URLs (e.g. \"tiktok\" or \"https://apps.shopify.com/tiktok\"). The handle is the last path segment of the app URL. Required for Scrape Type: App Information.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "reviewAppHandles": { "title": "App Handles (Review)", "type": "array", "description": "App handles or full URLs to scrape reviews for (e.g. \"tiktok\" or \"https://apps.shopify.com/tiktok\"). Required for Scrape Type: App Review.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "reviewSortBy": { "title": "Review Sort Order", "enum": [ "relevance", "newest" ], "type": "string", "description": "Sort order for reviews.", "default": "relevance" }, "maxReviewPages": { "title": "Max Review Pages", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of review pages to scrape per app. Falls back to \"Max Pages (Global Default)\" if not set.", "default": 5 }, "developerHandles": { "title": "Developer Handles", "type": "array", "description": "Developer handles or full partner URLs (e.g. \"shopify\" or \"https://apps.shopify.com/partners/shopify\"). Required for Scrape Type: Developer Information.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "categoryHandles": { "title": "Category Handles", "type": "array", "description": "Category handles or full category URLs (e.g. \"marketing\", \"https://apps.shopify.com/categories/marketing\", or \"https://apps.shopify.com/categories/marketing/all\"). Required for Scrape Type: Category Rank.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxCategoryPages": { "title": "Max Category Pages", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of pages to scrape per category. Falls back to \"Max Pages (Global Default)\" if not set.", "default": 1 }, "keywords": { "title": "Keywords", "type": "array", "description": "List of search keywords to scrape app rankings for (e.g. \"inventory management\", \"email marketing\"). Required for Scrape Type: Keyword Rank.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxKeywordPages": { "title": "Max Keyword Pages", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of result pages to scrape per keyword. Falls back to \"Max Pages (Global Default)\" if not set.", "default": 1 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```