🏛️ Chrome Web Store Extensions Manifest V3 & Abandonment Auditor

Extract Chrome Web Store extension details, user counts, star ratings, Manifest V2/V3 deprecation status, developer emails, and abandonment risk.

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🥊 Why This Actor Beats the Competition

Feature	Tillzero Actor	Standard Web Scrapers / Legacy Bots
Speed & Throughput	⚡ Direct API & high-throughput streams (sub-5s runs)	🐢 Heavy browser Puppeteer overhead (45s+ per query)
Pricing Transparency	💰 Pay-Per-Result ($2.50 / 1k items)	💸 Expensive $49–$99/month subscriptions or compute lock-in
Data Quality & Schemas	🛡️ Strictly typed, validated ISO 8601 JSON	❌ Raw messy HTML dumps with missing columns
Bot Protection & Proxies	🌐 Built-in smart rotation and residential resilience	🚫 Frequent Cloudflare/Akamai 403 blocking

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🛠️ Step-by-Step: How to Use

Method 1: Apify Web Console

1. Navigate to the Actor page in the Apify Store.
2. Configure your search parameters in the intuitive Web UI.
3. Click Start to run the scraper and export results to CSV, Excel, or JSON.

Method 2: Python SDK

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("litezero/chrome-web-store-extensions-scraper").call(run_input={"searchQuery": "screen recorder", "maxResults": 5})

dataset_items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(f"Extracted {len(dataset_items)} items!")

Method 3: Node.js SDK

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('litezero/chrome-web-store-extensions-scraper').call({"searchQuery": "screen recorder", "maxResults": 5});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Extracted ${items.length} items!`);

Method 4: REST API / cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/litezero~chrome-web-store-extensions-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"searchQuery": "screen recorder", "maxResults": 5}'

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📥 Input Parameters

Field	Type	Description	Default
searchQuery	String	Search keyword or extension topic (e.g. screen recorder, seo, ad blocker).	screen recorder
minUsers	Integer	Filter extensions with at least this number of active users.	1000
manifestFilter	String	Filter by manifest specification: 'any', 'v2_only', or 'v3_only'.	any
maxResults	Integer	Maximum extensions to extract.	100

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📤 Output Data Dictionary & Sample JSON

{
  "extensionId": "kbpiklahoagpjhfopnhbofnlcda",
  "title": "QuickTab Organizer Pro",
  "userCount": 42000,
  "rating": 4.3,
  "ratingCount": 680,
  "manifestVersion": 2,
  "lastUpdated": "2023-11-10",
  "abandonmentRisk": "HIGH",
  "developerEmail": "support@quicktab.dev",
  "developerWebsite": "https://quicktab.dev",
  "permissions": [
    "tabs",
    "storage",
    "contextMenus"
  ],
  "storeUrl": "https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/kbpiklahoagpjhfopnhbofnlcda"
}

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💡 Top Commercial Use Cases

1. Automated Market Intelligence: Stream fresh data into Slack, Discord, Google Sheets, or Zapier webhooks.
2. Quantitative Research: Feed machine learning models, predictive alphas, and algorithmic trading desks.
3. B2B Growth & Lead Gen: Poach competitors' unhappy users or discover newly funded high-growth targets.