# iTunes & App Store Scraper Apps, Podcasts, Music, Movies (`seemuapps/itunes-app-store-search-scraper`) Actor Search Apple's iTunes catalog for iOS and Mac apps, podcasts, songs, albums, movies, TV shows, ebooks, and audiobooks. Get pricing, ratings, artwork, descriptions, and links. No login. - **URL**: https://apify.com/seemuapps/itunes-app-store-search-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Andrew](https://apify.com/seemuapps) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 catalog result returneds This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## iTunes & App Store Search Scraper — Apps, Podcasts, Music, Movies Search Apple's iTunes catalog for iOS and Mac apps, podcasts, songs, albums, movies, TV shows, ebooks, and audiobooks. Get pricing, ratings, artwork, descriptions, and links. No login. ### What you get - **Apps (iOS, iPad, Mac):** name, developer, bundle ID, price, rating, screenshots, description, version, file size, supported languages, App Store URL - **Podcasts:** show name, host, description, RSS feed URL, artwork, episode count, primary genre, country - **Songs / Albums / Artists:** name, artist, album, price, release date, preview URL, genre, artwork, iTunes URL - **Movies / TV Shows:** title, genre, release date, content rating, price, artwork, description - **Ebooks / Audiobooks:** title, author, publisher, price, description, artwork - The full raw Apple record is included in every row, so you never lose fields specific to one entity type - Direct export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets ### Use cases - App market research — discover competing apps in a niche, compare ratings and pricing - Podcast discovery and outreach — pull every show matching a topic, with feed URL for RSS pipelines - App Store Optimization (ASO) — see how Apple ranks results for your target keywords - Music catalog research — find every artist, album, or track matching a name - Lead generation — extract developer / podcaster names and store links for outreach ### How to use 1. Enter a **Search term** (e.g. `meditation`, `crypto`, `daily news`) 2. Choose an **Entity** — iOS Apps, iPad Apps, Mac Apps, Podcasts, Songs, Albums, Music Artists, Audiobooks, Ebooks, Movies, TV Shows, or All 3. Set **Country** — two-letter ISO code (default `us`) 4. Set **Max results** (default 50; max 200 — Apple's API limit) 5. Run the actor — one item per row in the **Dataset** tab ### Output format One result per dataset row — perfect for direct CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets export: ```json { "entity": "software", "wrapperType": "software", "kind": "software", "trackId": 1234567890, "collectionId": null, "artistId": 9876543, "name": "Calm", "artistName": "Calm.com, Inc.", "sellerName": "Calm.com, Inc.", "bundleId": "com.calm.app", "description": "Calm is the #1 app for sleep, meditation and relaxation…", "primaryGenre": "Health & Fitness", "genres": ["Health & Fitness", "Lifestyle"], "price": 0, "currency": "USD", "formattedPrice": "Free", "releaseDate": "2014-08-22T07:00:00Z", "country": "USA", "averageRating": 4.8, "ratingCount": 1500000, "contentAdvisoryRating": "4+", "fileSizeBytes": 250000000, "version": "6.20", "minimumOsVersion": "13.0", "languages": ["EN", "ES", "FR", "DE", "JA"], "screenshotUrls": ["https://…"], "trackUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/calm/id1234567890", "artworkUrl": "https://…/512x512bb.jpg", "raw": { "...": "full original Apple record" } } ```` ### Input options | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | Search term | string | Keyword(s) to search for (required) | | Entity | enum | iOS / iPad / Mac apps, Podcasts, Songs, Albums, Artists, Audiobooks, Ebooks, Movies, TV Shows, All | | Country | string | Two-letter ISO code — default `us` | | Max results | integer | 1–200 — default 50 | ### Notes - Apple's iTunes Search API is rate-limited but generous for normal use. If you need huge result sets, run the actor several times with different terms or countries. - The `raw` field contains the full original Apple record so you can extract entity-specific fields not normalized into the top-level columns. # Actor input Schema ## `term` (type: `string`): What to search for. Apple matches across name, description, and keywords for the chosen entity. ## `entity` (type: `string`): What kind of items to search for. iOS Apps and Podcasts are the most popular. ## `country` (type: `string`): Two-letter ISO country code for the App Store / iTunes Store to search (e.g. 'us', 'gb', 'de', 'jp'). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Number of results to return. Apple's iTunes Search API caps single requests at 200. ## Actor input object example ```json { "term": "meditation", "entity": "software", "country": "us", "maxItems": 50 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): One row per result: trackId, name, artistName, sellerName, primaryGenre, price, rating, releaseDate, viewUrl, artworkUrl, screenshots, description, plus the full raw record. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "term": "meditation" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("seemuapps/itunes-app-store-search-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "term": "meditation" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("seemuapps/itunes-app-store-search-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "term": "meditation" }' | apify call seemuapps/itunes-app-store-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=seemuapps/itunes-app-store-search-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "iTunes & App Store Scraper Apps, Podcasts, Music, Movies", "description": "Search Apple's iTunes catalog for iOS and Mac apps, podcasts, songs, albums, movies, TV shows, ebooks, and audiobooks. Get pricing, ratings, artwork, descriptions, and links. No login.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "qmWvMhi40ow8ai1sr" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/seemuapps~itunes-app-store-search-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-seemuapps-itunes-app-store-search-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/seemuapps~itunes-app-store-search-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-seemuapps-itunes-app-store-search-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/seemuapps~itunes-app-store-search-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-seemuapps-itunes-app-store-search-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "term" ], "properties": { "term": { "title": "Search term", "type": "string", "description": "What to search for. Apple matches across name, description, and keywords for the chosen entity." }, "entity": { "title": "Entity", "enum": [ "software", "iPadSoftware", "macSoftware", "podcast", "musicTrack", "album", "musicArtist", "audiobook", "ebook", "movie", "tvShow", "all" ], "type": "string", "description": "What kind of items to search for. iOS Apps and Podcasts are the most popular.", "default": "software" }, "country": { "title": "Country", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter ISO country code for the App Store / iTunes Store to search (e.g. 'us', 'gb', 'de', 'jp').", "default": "us" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 200, "type": "integer", "description": "Number of results to return. Apple's iTunes Search API caps single requests at 200.", "default": 50 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```