# Google Play Screenshots & Icons — All Countries & Languages (`prominent_chamber/google-play-icons-screenshots`) Actor

Download Google Play app icons, screenshots & promo videos across ALL countries and languages — de-duplicated into distinct variants showing which regions use each. For ASO, UA & competitor research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/prominent\_chamber/google-play-icons-screenshots.md
- **Developed by:** [Muhammad Yasir Sarwar](https://apify.com/prominent_chamber) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## 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

## Google Play Icons & Screenshots — All Countries & Languages

Pull an app's **icon, header image, screenshots and promo video** from Google Play across **every country and language** in a single run — then automatically **de-duplicate** them so you see only the *distinct* creative variants and exactly which regions use each one.

Built for **ASO managers, UA teams, localization specialists and competitive researchers** who need to see how an app presents itself worldwide — without opening 100 Play Store tabs by hand.

### Why this one is different

Most Play scrapers return data for a **single locale**. This Actor sweeps **all regions × languages**, then collapses identical assets so you instantly see:

- How many **distinct icons** an app uses globally, and in which markets.
- Which regions get **localized screenshots** vs. the default set.
- The full media set (icon, feature graphic, screenshots, promo video) per variant.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `appIds` | Google Play package names, e.g. `com.whatsapp`. Add as many as you like. |
| `countries` | Two-letter country codes (`us, gb, in, de, br, jp`…). Leave empty for a broad ~48-market default. |
| `languages` | Two-letter language codes (`en, es, fr, ar, hi`…). Leave empty for English. |
| `resultType` | `distinct-variants` (de-duped, recommended), `per-locale` (raw), or `both`. |
| `maxConcurrency` | Parallel locale fetches, 1–20 (default 5). |
| `delayMs` | Politeness delay between requests (default 250 ms). |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "appIds": ["com.whatsapp", "com.spotify.music"],
  "countries": ["us", "in", "br", "de", "jp", "sa"],
  "languages": ["en", "hi", "pt", "de", "ja", "ar"],
  "resultType": "distinct-variants"
}
```

### Output

**Distinct-variants** rows (recommended):

```json
{
  "type": "icon-variant",
  "appId": "com.whatsapp",
  "variant": 1,
  "icon": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/....",
  "localeCount": 42,
  "locales": ["us/en", "in/hi", "br/pt", "..."]
}
```

```json
{
  "type": "screenshots-variant",
  "appId": "com.whatsapp",
  "variant": 2,
  "screenshots": ["https://...", "https://..."],
  "screenshotCount": 6,
  "localeCount": 5,
  "locales": ["jp/ja", "kr/ko", "..."]
}
```

**Per-locale** rows carry the full localized listing (`icon`, `headerImage`, `screenshots`, `video`, `title`, `developer`, `url`) for each country/language.

Every image URL is a direct Google CDN link you can download or hotlink.

### Notes

- Availability varies by region — locales where the app isn't listed are skipped (counted in the run summary).
- Uses the maintained `google-play-scraper` parser, which tracks Play Store layout changes.
- Be reasonable with `maxConcurrency` to avoid Google throttling.

# Actor input Schema

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

Google Play package names (application IDs), e.g. com.whatsapp. You can add many.

## `locales` (type: `array`):

Region+language pairs like us-en, ca-fr, in-hi, sa-ar, jp-ja. Leave EMPTY to sweep the built-in ~90-locale set (this is what surfaces every localized icon/screenshot variant). Use this instead of Countries/Languages unless you need a specific cross-product.

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Only used if Locales is empty. Two-letter country codes (us, gb, in, de, br, jp). Combined with Languages below as a cross-product.

## `languages` (type: `array`):

Only used with Countries above. Two-letter language codes (en, es, fr, ar, hi). Empty = English.

## `resultType` (type: `string`):

Distinct variants = de-duplicated icons/screenshots with the regions that use each (recommended). Per-locale = one raw row per country/language. Both = everything.

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

How many locales to fetch in parallel (1–20). Higher = faster but more likely to be throttled.

## `delayMs` (type: `integer`):

Pause after each request to stay polite to Google Play.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "appIds": [
    "com.whatsapp",
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "locales": [],
  "countries": [],
  "languages": [],
  "resultType": "distinct-variants",
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "delayMs": 250
}
```

# 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 = {
    "appIds": [
        "com.whatsapp"
    ],
    "locales": [],
    "countries": [],
    "languages": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("prominent_chamber/google-play-icons-screenshots").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 = {
    "appIds": ["com.whatsapp"],
    "locales": [],
    "countries": [],
    "languages": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("prominent_chamber/google-play-icons-screenshots").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 '{
  "appIds": [
    "com.whatsapp"
  ],
  "locales": [],
  "countries": [],
  "languages": []
}' |
apify call prominent_chamber/google-play-icons-screenshots --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,prominent_chamber/google-play-icons-screenshots"
        }
    }
}
```

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/elEG3PbX7bocumngX/builds/cFSjVDV2JQcGTv9JU/openapi.json