# Google Play ASO Keyword Scraper (`googleapi/google-play-aso-keyword-scraper`) Actor

Find public Google Play app listings for search terms and calculate transparent keyword-placement signals from visible title, description, and developer metadata.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/googleapi/google-play-aso-keyword-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?

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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

Analyze public Google Play app listings for search terms and app keywords. Provide search keywords, app IDs, or public Play pages.

### Input

- **keywords / keyword**: One or more Google Play app-search terms.
- **appIds**: Optional app package IDs for direct analysis.
- **startUrls**: Public search, category, developer, or app pages.
- **mode**: Use search for listing sources or details for direct app sources.
- **maxItems**: Maximum app records in the dataset.
- **maxApps / maxPages**: Limit app detail pages and listing pages.
- **includeKeywordDetails**: Include token matches, phrase matches, coverage, and keyword score.
- **includeAppDetails**: Fetch full public descriptions and listing metadata; off by default.
- **deduplicate**: Merge repeated app and keyword observations.
- **locale / language / country**: Store language and region.
- **proxyConfiguration**: Optional Apify Proxy settings.

### Dataset

Each record represents an app and its keyword analysis. Available fields include app identity, category, description and summary, rating and install information, update and version data, price, content rating, screenshots, and keyword.

When keyword details are enabled, records can include the score, matched tokens and phrases, coverage, and listing signals. Search rank is included when the source exposes it. Results are based on the public listing and are not a guarantee of app-store ranking or search volume.

Run output provides a dataset link, output summary, and run health information.

### Responsible use

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

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

One or more public Google Play app-search terms.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

One search term; query and searchQuery are accepted aliases.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Compatibility alias for keyword.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Compatibility alias for keyword.

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

Optional package IDs for direct public listing analysis.

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

Compatibility alias for one Android package ID.

## `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.

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

Public HTTPS Google Play search, category, developer, or detail pages.

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

Two-letter language with optional country, for example en-US.

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

Two-letter Google Play language code.

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

Two-letter Google Play country code.

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

Compatibility alias for country.

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

Maximum detail pages followed from each source.

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

Maximum observed search/category/developer pages per source.

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

Maximum normalized app records in the dataset.

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

Compatibility alias for maxItems.

## `maxDetailRequests` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for maxApps.

## `includeKeywordDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Include token matches, phrase matches, coverage, and the derived keyword score.

## `includeAppDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Follow at most maxApps public Google Play detail pages for full descriptions and listing metadata. Disabled by default; enable for complete ASO analysis.

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

Merge repeated app and keyword observations into one record.

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

Maximum wait for one public page request.

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

Finite retries for transient public-source failures.

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

Bounded number of source workflows processed at once.

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

Respectful delay before later public requests.

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

Compatibility alias for requestTimeoutSecs.

## `timeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for requestTimeoutSecs.

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

Fail closed when a response or fixture exceeds this bound.

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

Optional ordinary HTTP user-agent string.

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Use search for listing sources or details for direct app sources.

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

Optional Apify Proxy configuration for permitted public requests.

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

Starting page. Google Play exposes no stable public offset, so only page 1 is supported; observed next links are followed up to maxPages.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "locale": "en-US",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "maxApps": 10,
  "maxPages": 2,
  "maxItems": 25,
  "includeKeywordDetails": true,
  "includeAppDetails": false,
  "deduplicate": true,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30,
  "maxRequestRetries": 1,
  "maxConcurrency": 1,
  "requestDelayMs": 0,
  "maxResponseBytes": 2500000,
  "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; GooglePlayAsoKeyword/2.0)",
  "mode": "search",
  "page": 1
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

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

No description

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

No description

## `runSummary` (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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("googleapi/google-play-aso-keyword-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-aso-keyword-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-aso-keyword-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,googleapi/google-play-aso-keyword-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/cm86T7gXAMzPCuJc5/builds/fiVcX6g07HdlP3sX5/openapi.json