# Google Play Category Listings Scraper (`googleapi/google-play-category-listings-scraper`) Actor

Collect app listings and metadata from public Google Play category pages.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/googleapi/google-play-category-listings-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Google API](https://apify.com/googleapi) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## 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 apps shown in public Google Play category listings. You can provide one or more category IDs, app IDs, or public Play URLs.

### Input

- **category / categoryId / categories**: Google Play category IDs, such as TRAVEL_AND_LOCAL.
- **appIds**: Optional direct Android package IDs.
- **startUrls**: Public category, developer, search, or app pages.
- **maxItems**: Maximum app records to return.
- **maxPages**: Maximum listing pages per source.
- **maxApps / includeAppDetails**: Limit and enable additional public app detail pages.
- **deduplicate**: Remove repeated package IDs.
- **locale / language / country**: Store language and region.
- **proxyConfiguration**: Optional Apify Proxy settings.

### Dataset

Each record represents an app and includes `appId` and `title`. It can also include its category and listing rank, developer and contact details, description and summary, rating and review counts, install band, update and version information, price, content rating, release notes, artwork, privacy and support links, data safety, and similar apps.

App detail fields are available when enabled and exposed by the public listing. Run output includes a dataset link and run summary.

### 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

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

Follow bounded public app detail pages for full descriptions and metadata. Disabled by default.

## `category` (type: `string`):

A Google Play category ID such as TRAVEL_AND_LOCAL.

## `categoryId` (type: `string`):

Compatibility alias for category.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

One or more Google Play category IDs.

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

Compatibility alias for one Android package ID.

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

Optional direct public app sources.

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

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

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

Compatibility alias for public source URLs.

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

Compatibility alias for public source URLs.

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

Compatibility alias for one public source URL.

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

Optional language-country locale such as en-US.

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

Two-letter Play language code.

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

Two-letter Play country code.

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

Compatibility alias for country.

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

Maximum detail pages followed per source.

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

Maximum category listing pages followed per source, including the starting listing page. Detail pages are separately bounded by Maximum detail pages.

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

Maximum normalized app records.

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

Compatibility alias for maxItems.

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

Deduplicate repeated package IDs.

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

Maximum seconds per public request.

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

Compatibility alias in milliseconds.

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

Compatibility alias for requestTimeoutSecs.

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

Finite retries for transient failures.

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

Bounded concurrent source workflows.

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

Delay before later public requests.

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

Bound response and fixture size.

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

Optional ordinary browser user agent.

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

Optional active Apify Proxy configuration.

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

Google Play category rankings begin at the visible first page; only page 1 is supported because the public category page does not expose a stable numeric starting offset.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "includeAppDetails": false,
  "locale": "en-US",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "maxApps": 20,
  "maxPages": 1,
  "maxItems": 25,
  "deduplicate": true,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30,
  "maxRequestRetries": 1,
  "maxConcurrency": 1,
  "requestDelayMs": 0,
  "maxResponseBytes": 2500000,
  "page": 1
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (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-category-listings-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-category-listings-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-category-listings-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,googleapi/google-play-category-listings-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/88IkLPPb1ZaDPuRY8/builds/EZdC1tZr0ixtdhe5V/openapi.json