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. C101184875). 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. C101184875).
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": ["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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Call this actor over HTTP

Besides normal runs, this actor exposes a REST API that answers each request in seconds with JSON. There is no run to start and no dataset to fetch afterwards, which suits apps, automations and AI agents that need one answer at a time. The full interactive reference is on the Endpoints tab.

Endpoint	Returns	Billed as
GET /search?query=…	Apps matching a search (up to 50)	Per app
GET /app?id=…	One app	One detailed app

Authenticate with your Apify API token in the Authorization header:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  "https://unfenced-group--huawei-appgallery-scraper.apify.actor/app?id=C101184875"

Every response has the shape { "count": N, "items": [...] }, with the same fields as the dataset records above, billed at the same prices as a normal run. Errors, unknown apps and empty searches return no data and are never billed. POST with a JSON body works the same as GET.

💰 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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