🛍️ Shopify App Store Scraper

This actor allows you to scrape applications from the Shopify App Store by providing a search URL. It automatically handles pagination and extracts comprehensive app information including ratings, reviews, pricing plans, and app details.

Features

• URL-based Scraping: Extract apps by providing a complete Shopify App Store search URL
• Automatic Pagination: Automatically navigates through pages and loads more apps until reaching the end or max items limit
• Comprehensive App Data: Extract detailed information about each app including:
  • App name and handle
  • App icon and URL
  • Rating and review count
  • Pricing plan information
  • App description
  • Ad status and Shopify certification
• Rich Media: Includes app icons and direct links to app pages
• Quality Indicators: Track app quality through ratings, reviews, and certification badges

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchUrl	string	Yes	Complete Shopify App Store search URL to scrape
maxItems	integer	No	Maximum number of apps to fetch

Output

The output is a main list of app objects, each containing:

• searchUrl: The original search URL used
• handle: Unique identifier for the app
• name: Name of the app
• icon: URL of the app icon
• appUrl: Direct URL to the app page
• isAd: Whether the app is an advertisement
• isBuiltForShopify: Whether the app is certified as "Built for Shopify"
• rating: App rating out of 5 stars
• reviews: Total number of reviews
• plan: Pricing plan information (e.g., "Free plan available")
• description: Brief description of the app
• scrapedAt: Timestamp of when the app was scraped

Example output:

[
  {
    "searchUrl": "https://apps.shopify.com/search?q=ai",
    "handle": "piks-ai-product-photo-video",
    "name": "Piks: AI Product Image & Video",
    "icon": "https://cdn.shopify.com/app-store/listing_images/594e011a85ea7589c805ea43a4a05e82/icon/CKep6ZOn_Y0DEAE=.png",
    "appUrl": "https://apps.shopify.com/piks-ai-product-photo-video",
    "isAd": true,
    "isBuiltForShopify": true,
    "rating": 5,
    "reviews": 10,
    "plan": "Free plan available",
    "description": "Create AI image, bulk variant images, AI model & product video",
    "scrapedAt": "2025-11-20T00:56:42.573Z"
  },
  ...
]

Use Cases

• App discovery and research
• Market analysis and competitive intelligence
• App quality assessment
• Pricing plan comparison
• App store trend analysis

Notes

• Results are automatically paginated until reaching the end or max items limit
• All ratings and reviews are extracted from the app store listings
• App certification status is automatically detected
• The actor includes random delays between actions to avoid rate limiting

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