Huawei AppGallery Scraper

Extract app listings and full app metadata from the Huawei AppGallery at scale — descriptions, ratings, download labels, screenshots, permissions, version, size, developer and category — across the Europe, Singapore, Russia and China catalogs. No API key required.

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Why this scraper?

🎯 The complete app record

Not just the search-card basics. With detail enrichment on, every app comes back with its full description, release date, screenshots, requested permissions, content rating and privacy policy URL.

🌍 Four regional catalogs

Europe, Singapore, Russia and China each expose a different app catalog. Pick the region and locale you need; metadata comes back localised.

🔎 Search or direct lookup

Search the catalog by keyword, or fetch specific apps directly by their AppGallery App ID. Mix both in a single run.

⭐ Ratings and market signals

Star rating, rating count, download-count label and free/paid status on every record — the signals you need for market and competitor research.

🧾 Clean, structured output

One flat record per app, every field always present and null when the store does not publish it. Ready for a spreadsheet, a database or an ML pipeline.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	array	[]	Keywords to search the catalog for. AppGallery matches closely, so use real app names where possible.
appIds	array	[]	Specific AppGallery App IDs to fetch directly (e.g. C100495631). Use with or instead of searchQueries.
region	string	"europe"	Catalog to query: europe, singapore, russia or china.
locale	string	"en_US"	Locale for names, categories and descriptions (e.g. en_US, de_DE, fr_FR).
maxItemsPerQuery	integer	100	Max apps per keyword. Set to 0 for unlimited. Ignored for App ID lookups.
fetchDetails	boolean	true	Enrich each app with detail-page fields. Disable for a faster, lighter run.

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Output schema

Every field below is present on every record. Fields the store does not publish for a given app are returned as null rather than omitted.

Always present (search and lookup)

Field	Type	Description
appId	string	AppGallery app identifier (e.g. C100495631).
packageName	string|null	Android/HarmonyOS package name (e.g. com.whatsapp).
name	string	App display name.
developer	string|null	Developer or publisher name.
category	string|null	App category / tag.
briefDescription	string|null	Short tagline or summary shown on the search card.
rating	number|null	Average star rating (0–5).
downloadCountLabel	string|null	Human-readable install count (e.g. 500M+).
price	string|null	Price string, null for free apps.
isFree	boolean	Whether the app is free.
size	string|null	Human-readable package size (e.g. 42.3 MB).
sizeBytes	number|null	Package size in bytes.
versionName	string|null	Version label (e.g. 2.24.5).
versionCode	string|null	Internal version code.
iconUrl	string|null	App icon image URL.
storeUrl	string|null	Public AppGallery detail page URL.
region	string	Region catalog the record came from.
locale	string	Locale used for the request.
searchKeyword	string|null	Keyword that surfaced this app (null for direct lookups).
sha256	string|null	APK file hash where published.
contentHash	string	Stable 16-char fingerprint of the record.
source	string	Always huawei-appgallery.
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of capture.

With fetchDetails: true

Field	Type	Description
fullDescription	string|null	Full app description (raw).
descriptionText	string|null	Full description as plain text.
editorReview	string|null	AppGallery editor's review where published.
releaseDate	string|null	Release or last-update date as published.
ratingCount	number|null	Number of ratings.
scoredBy	string|null	Rating count as published on the detail page.
commentCount	number|null	Number of user comments.
downloadCount	number|null	Numeric download count (paired with downloadCountLabel).
contentRating	string|null	Content/age rating label (e.g. Rated 18+).
minAge	string|null	Minimum age where published.
privacyPolicyUrl	string|null	Developer privacy policy URL.
website	string|null	Developer website where published.
permissions	array|null	Requested permissions, each { group, title, description }.
permissionCount	number|null	Total number of sensitive permissions requested.
screenshots	array|null	Screenshot image URLs.
md5	string|null	APK MD5 hash where published.
detailEnriched	boolean	Whether detail enrichment succeeded for this record.

Example record

{
  "appId": "C100495631",
  "packageName": "com.whatsapp",
  "name": "WhatsApp Messenger",
  "developer": "WhatsApp LLC",
  "category": "Communication",
  "briefDescription": "Simple. Reliable. Private.",
  "rating": 4.4,
  "downloadCountLabel": "500M+",
  "price": null,
  "isFree": true,
  "size": "42.3 MB",
  "sizeBytes": 44346982,
  "versionName": "2.24.5.78",
  "versionCode": "242578",
  "iconUrl": "https://appimg.dbankcdn.com/.../icon.png",
  "storeUrl": "https://appgallery.huawei.com/app/C100495631",
  "region": "europe",
  "locale": "en_US",
  "searchKeyword": "whatsapp",
  "sha256": "9f2c...e1a7",
  "fullDescription": "WhatsApp from Meta is a free messaging and video calling app...",
  "descriptionText": "WhatsApp from Meta is a free messaging and video calling app...",
  "releaseDate": "2026-06-30",
  "newFeatures": "Bug fixes and performance improvements.",
  "ratingCount": 46,
  "scoredBy": "46",
  "commentCount": 15,
  "downloadCount": 2067,
  "contentRating": "Rated 18+",
  "minAge": "18",
  "privacyPolicyUrl": "https://telegram.org/privacy",
  "website": "https://telegram.org/privacy",
  "editorReview": "Pure instant messaging — simple, fast, secure.",
  "permissions": [
    { "group": "Contacts", "title": "Read your contacts", "description": "Allows the app to read, save, and share data related to your phone and email contacts." },
    { "group": "Camera", "title": "Camera", "description": "Allows the app to take photos and videos." }
  ],
  "permissionCount": 24,
  "screenshots": ["https://appimg-dre.dbankcdn.com/.../screenshut1.jpg", "https://appimg-dre.dbankcdn.com/.../screenshut2.jpg"],
  "md5": "B24183E850A441FB61B6BBBDD40CE6AD",
  "contentHash": "a1b2c3d4e5f60718",
  "source": "huawei-appgallery",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-18T09:15:00.000Z"
}

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Examples

Search for messaging apps in the Europe catalog:

{
  "searchQueries": ["whatsapp", "telegram", "signal"],
  "region": "europe",
  "locale": "en_US",
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 50,
  "fetchDetails": true
}

Fast search without detail enrichment:

{
  "searchQueries": ["photo editor"],
  "region": "europe",
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 200,
  "fetchDetails": false
}

Look up specific apps by App ID:

{
  "appIds": ["C100495631", "C101184875"],
  "region": "europe",
  "locale": "en_US",
  "fetchDetails": true
}

Localised catalog in German:

{
  "searchQueries": ["vpn"],
  "region": "europe",
  "locale": "de_DE",
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 100,
  "fetchDetails": true
}

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💰 Pricing

Pay-per-result — you only pay for successfully retrieved apps. Failed retries are never charged.

The price depends on how much data you collect per app:

Result type	Price per 1,000	When
Full detail	$4.99	fetchDetails: true — full description, screenshots, permissions, ratings and more
List	$1.49	fetchDetails: false — search-listing fields only

Apps	Detail	List
100	~$0.50	~$0.15
1,000	~$4.99	~$1.49
10,000	~$49.90	~$14.90

Flat-rate alternatives typically charge $29–$49/month regardless of usage.

Subscription tiers lower the detail rate further, down to $4.02 per 1,000 at the highest tier. Use the Max apps per keyword cap to control your spend exactly.

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Performance

Run size	Typical time
50 apps (details on)	1–2 minutes
200 apps (details on)	4–7 minutes
200 apps (details off)	under 2 minutes

Detail enrichment fetches one extra request per app. Turn it off for the fastest catalog sweeps.

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Known limitations

• Keyword matching is literal. AppGallery search does not correct typos or expand synonyms — "wasap" will not find WhatsApp. Use the app's real name.
• Some fields depend on the developer. Screenshots, permissions, developer email and content rating are only returned when the developer published them.
• Catalogs differ by region. An app present in Europe may be absent in Singapore or China, and vice versa.
• Comment/rating counts are surfaced where the store exposes them and may be null for some apps.

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Technical details

• Source: Huawei AppGallery — Europe, Singapore, Russia and China catalogs
• Coverage: keyword search and direct App ID lookup, localisable per region
• Retry: automatic retry on network errors with exponential backoff

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