# Google Play App Permissions Scraper (`googleapi/google-play-app-permissions-scraper`) Actor

Extract public Android app metadata and permission disclosures shown on Google Play listings.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/googleapi/google-play-app-permissions-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Google API](https://apify.com/googleapi) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $3.99 / 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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

Collect public Google Play app listings and permission disclosures. Provide app package IDs or public Play URLs, or start from a listing, search, developer, or category page.

### Input

- **appIds**: Android package IDs such as com.google.android.youtube; up to 50.
- **startUrls**: Public Google Play app, search, developer, or category pages.
- **maxItems**: Maximum permission records across the run.
- **maxApps / maxPages**: Bound app detail pages and listing pages.
- **includePermissions**: Include public permission labels and whether a disclosure is available.
- **deduplicate**: Remove repeated apps; enabled by default.
- **language / country / locale**: Store language and country settings.
- **proxyConfiguration**: Optional Apify Proxy settings.

### Dataset

Each record represents an app and includes app identity, developer and support details, category, description, rating and install information, release information, price, content rating, ads and in-app purchase labels, artwork, and data-safety information when available.

Permission fields include permissions, permissionCount, permissionGroups, permissionGroupCount, and permissionsAvailable. These describe what the public listing discloses; an unavailable disclosure does not mean the app requests no permissions.

Run output provides a dataset link and run summary.

### Responsible use

This Actor reads public Google Play listing information. Follow Google Play's terms, applicable law, and your data-protection obligations. This independent Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.

# Actor input Schema

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

Android package IDs such as com.google.android.youtube. At most 50 sources are accepted.

## `appId` (type: `string`):

Compatibility alias for one Android package ID.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Public HTTPS app detail, search, developer, or category URLs.

## `sourceUrls` (type: `array`):

Compatibility alias for public Google Play URLs.

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Compatibility alias for public Google Play URLs.

## `url` (type: `string`):

Compatibility alias for one public Google Play URL.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter public Play language code.

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

Two-letter public Play storefront country code.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Compatibility alias for country.

## `locale` (type: `string`):

Optional locale such as en-US.

## `maxApps` (type: `integer`):

Global request-page budget across listing and app detail pages.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum observed next pages followed per listing source.

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

Global maximum of normal app permission records.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for maxItems.

## `includePermissions` (type: `boolean`):

Include public permission labels and disclosure availability.

## `deduplicate` (type: `boolean`):

Deduplicate by package ID or public app URL.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Respectful delay before later public requests.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Bounded number of source workflows processed at once.

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

Finite retries for timeouts and transient 5xx responses.

## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Timeout for each public request.

## `requestTimeoutSeconds` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for requestTimeoutSecs.

## `requestTimeoutMs` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for requestTimeoutSecs.

## `timeoutMs` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for requestTimeoutMs.

## `maxResponseBytes` (type: `integer`):

Fail closed when a public response exceeds this bound.

## `userAgent` (type: `string`):

Optional ordinary HTTP user-agent string.

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

Optional active Apify Proxy or proxyUrls configuration for permitted public requests.

## `page` (type: `integer`):

One-based listing page to begin collecting apps from, reached using the public page's observed next links. Set maxPages at least as high as page.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "maxApps": 20,
  "maxPages": 1,
  "maxItems": 25,
  "includePermissions": true,
  "deduplicate": true,
  "requestDelayMs": 0,
  "maxConcurrency": 1,
  "maxRequestRetries": 1,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30,
  "maxResponseBytes": 2500000,
  "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; GooglePlayPermissionsScraper/2.0)",
  "page": 1
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `runHealth` (type: `string`):

No description

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

Normalized public Google Play app metadata and permission disclosures.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Bounded operational counts and source outcomes.

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("googleapi/google-play-app-permissions-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("googleapi/google-play-app-permissions-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 '{}' |
apify call googleapi/google-play-app-permissions-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,googleapi/google-play-app-permissions-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/4X9wD4G2J3OZCU9XW/builds/qVbfSzYHN3lYl82bQ/openapi.json