Google Play Store Scraper

Extract Google Play Store listings by URL, keyword, category, and subcategory. The actor collects apps, books, and movies with normalized fields and removes empty values from output.

Features

• Flexible input mode — Run by direct Play URL or by keyword.
• Category + subcategory support — Use apps, games, books, movies plus subcategory values such as productivity, tools, education, action, strategy.
• Reliable multi-page collection — Continues through related pages and avoids duplicate-only loops.
• Detail enrichment — Collects richer fields like descriptions, ratings, authors, and duration where available.
• Clean output — Null/empty fields are removed before saving to dataset.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
url	String	No	"https://play.google.com/store/search?q=cleaner&c=apps"	Optional Play URL (search/category/cluster).
keyword	String	No	"education"	Search keyword if url is not provided.
category	String	No	"apps"	Top category: apps, games, books, movies.
subcategory	String	No	"productivity"	Optional subcategory (for example tools, education, action).
results_wanted	Integer	No	20	Maximum number of items to save.
max_pages	Integer	No	10	Maximum number of pages/clusters to fetch.
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	{ "useApifyProxy": false }	Proxy settings.

Output Data

Field	Type	Description
item_id	String	Unique item id (app package, book id, or movie id).
content_type	String	Normalized type: app, book, or movie.
title	String	App title.
developer	String	Developer/publisher name (apps).
author	Array/String	Author data (books, when available).
category	String	Category or genre label.
subcategory	String	Input subcategory used for the run.
store_type	String	Input top category (apps/games/books/movies).
rating	Number	Average rating value.
rating_count	Number	Number of ratings (if available from detail page).
installs	String	Install range text.
duration_minutes	Number	Runtime in minutes (movies, when available).
content_url	String	Canonical Google Play detail URL.
description	String	Enriched app description text.
icon_url	String	App icon URL.
screenshots	Array	Screenshot URLs.
content_rating	String	Content rating label.
in_app_purchases	String	In-app purchase text.
price	String	Price value when available.
currency	String	Price currency when available.
source_url	String	Source page URL used for extraction.
page	Number	Page/cluster sequence number in the run.
rank	Number	Rank in this run output.
scraped_at	String	ISO timestamp.

Usage Examples

Keyword + Category

{
  "keyword": "education",
  "category": "apps",
  "results_wanted": 50,
  "max_pages": 10
}

Subcategory Listing (Apps)

{
  "category": "apps",
  "subcategory": "productivity",
  "results_wanted": 60,
  "max_pages": 10
}

Subcategory Listing (Games)

{
  "category": "games",
  "subcategory": "action",
  "results_wanted": 60,
  "max_pages": 10
}

Direct URL Run

{
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/search?q=cleaner&c=apps",
  "results_wanted": 40,
  "max_pages": 8
}

Sample Output

{
  "item_id": "com.piriform.ccleaner",
  "content_type": "app",
  "content_url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.piriform.ccleaner",
  "title": "CCleaner – Phone Cleaner",
  "developer": "Piriform",
  "category": "Tools",
  "store_type": "apps",
  "subcategory": "productivity",
  "rating": 4.5,
  "installs": "100,000,000+",
  "description": "Clean up your phone storage with CCleaner for Android.",
  "source_url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/category/PRODUCTIVITY?hl=en&gl=us",
  "page": 1,
  "rank": 1,
  "scraped_at": "2026-05-22T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Tips

• Start with results_wanted: 20 to validate your query quickly.
• Use category + subcategory mode for broader discovery beyond search pages.
• For large runs, use proxy configuration for better stability.

Legal Notice

Use this actor in compliance with Google Play terms and applicable laws.