Chrome Web Store Scraper

Search the Chrome Web Store and extract clean, structured data about browser extensions — users count, rating, number of reviews, description and monetization signals. No browser, no login, no proxies required: the Actor reads the store's server-rendered pages directly, so it is fast and cheap.

What you get

For every extension found:

Field	Example
id	diomonnnbeebbomfokdmpackgfbpkccn
name	TypeSpark — Text Expander & Snippets
users	52000
rating	4.3
ratingCount	187
monetized	true — mentions of Pro plans, subscriptions or prices
featured	true — has the store's Featured badge
description	first 500 chars of the store description
query	the search query that found it
url	direct link to the store listing

Use cases

• Market research — size up a niche before building an extension: how many competitors, how many users, how are they monetized.
• Competitor monitoring — track users/rating of specific extensions over time (run on a schedule, diff the datasets).
• Lead generation — find publishers of extensions in your niche.
• ASO / listing optimization — compare descriptions and positioning of top-ranked extensions for your keywords.

Input

{
    "searchQueries": ["text expander", "screenshot tool"],
    "extensionIds": ["https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/x/diomonnnbeebbomfokdmpackgfbpkccn"],
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 20,
    "fetchDetails": true
}

• searchQueries — list of search terms; each returns up to maxResultsPerQuery extensions.
• extensionIds — scrape specific extensions by ID or store URL (works without any queries).
• fetchDetails — set false to collect only IDs/slugs from search results (one request per query, fastest possible mode).

Output example

{
    "id": "kmicnifafiljgmkflempmejanmkoncfn",
    "slug": "brightmark-web-highlighter",
    "name": "BrightMark — Web Highlighter",
    "query": "highlighter",
    "users": 12000,
    "rating": 4.6,
    "ratingCount": 89,
    "monetized": false,
    "featured": false,
    "description": "Highlight text on any website...",
    "url": "https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/brightmark-web-highlighter/kmicnifafiljgmkflempmejanmkoncfn"
}

FAQ

Does it need cookies or a Google account? No. Only public store pages are read.

How fresh is the data? Live — every run reads the store at request time.

Can I monitor extensions on a schedule? Yes. Create a Task with your extensionIds, attach a Schedule (e.g. daily) and consume the dataset via API or integrations.

Is scraping the Chrome Web Store legal? The Actor reads only publicly available pages, the same content any visitor sees in a browser. You are responsible for how you use the data.