# App Store Reviews Scraper (Japan + all countries) (`finespun_acorn/apple-app-store-jp-reviews`) Actor

Fetches public App Store customer reviews via Apple's official RSS/JSON feed, per app ID and country storefront (default: jp). Pay per review.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/finespun\_acorn/apple-app-store-jp-reviews.md
- **Developed by:** [Finespun Acorn](https://apify.com/finespun_acorn) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.30 / 1,000 reviews

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/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

## Apple App Store JP Reviews

Fetches public App Store customer reviews via Apple's official RSS/JSON feed, per app ID and country storefront.

### What it does

1. For each `appIds`, paginates the source (up to `maxItems` total items or a page cap), guarded by an SSRF check (rejects localhost / private / link-local IPs before any request is made).
2. Parses each page's response into result items (see `.actor/dataset_schema.json` for fields) via `src/parse.js`.
3. Charges the `review` pay-per-event for every successfully parsed item (failed/error items are never charged).
4. Stops early and records `stopped_reason` in `OUTPUT` if the caller's charge limit is reached, instead of erroring out.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `appIds` | array of strings | site-specific prefill | Numeric Apple App Store IDs (the number in an App Store URL, e.g. 310633997 for WhatsApp). Each is fetched independently. (max 20 per run) |
| `maxItems` | integer | 50 | Upper bound on items returned across all `appIds` |
| `includeRawHtml` | boolean | false | Store the raw fetched payload per item |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | `{ "useApifyProxy": false }` | Off by default; enable per-Actor if the source blocks direct requests |

### Output

**Dataset** — one row per item (see `.actor/dataset_schema.json`). Failed items get `status: "error"` with an `error_code` and are not charged.

**Key-value store `OUTPUT`** — run summary: `{ items_charged, items_failed, stopped_reason, pages_fetched, http_status_counts, per_target }`. `per_target` breaks the same counters down per `appIds` entry, so a per-target feed cap (e.g. the source stopping pagination on its own) can be told apart from a parser bug.

### Pricing

Pay-per-event: `review` at $0.0003 / event. Minimum spend to run: $0.05.

### Limitations

- Only public, non-authenticated sources are fetched. No login, no CAPTCHA solving, no residential-proxy bypass by default.
- This is an unofficial, independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the source site's operator.

***

Generated from `apify_factory/templates/crawlee-js/` (`apify_factory/scripts/generate_actor.py`, input\_shape=id\_list\_paged). Site-specific parsing lives in `src/parse.js` only; `src/main.js` and `src/paginated_runner.js` are shared factory plumbing.

# Actor input Schema

## `appIds` (type: `array`):

Numeric Apple App Store IDs (the number in an App Store URL, e.g. 310633997 for WhatsApp). Each is fetched independently.

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

Upper bound on total items returned across all appIds.

## `includeRawHtml` (type: `boolean`):

Store the raw fetched payload alongside the parsed item (increases dataset size; off by default).

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

Apify Proxy configuration. Off by default for factory V0 Actors (cost control); flip on per-Actor if the source blocks direct requests.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter App Store storefront code (e.g. jp, us).

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Apple RSS feed sort order.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "appIds": [
    "310633997"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includeRawHtml": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "country": "jp",
  "sort": "mostRecent"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (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 = {
    "appIds": [
        "310633997"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("finespun_acorn/apple-app-store-jp-reviews").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 = { "appIds": ["310633997"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("finespun_acorn/apple-app-store-jp-reviews").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 '{
  "appIds": [
    "310633997"
  ]
}' |
apify call finespun_acorn/apple-app-store-jp-reviews --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,finespun_acorn/apple-app-store-jp-reviews"
        }
    }
}
```

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/R8gdfmpkPNbLRNpBt/builds/Kkuf0SHMsS1A2RawA/openapi.json