How to get info from the Apple iTunes «App Store» and «Mac App Store»

Question

I'm searching a solution to get all the information/retrieve all data from the iTunes «App Store» and «Mac App Store» from Apple to a given App-ID … Is there a way to read out all the infos like App-Description, Price, Icon, Developer, Ratings etc. from the Stores?

Solution 1

Try using the iTunes Search API which will give you a nice JSON object representing the app. The lookup section is the one you are looking for:
https://affiliate.itunes.apple.com/resources/documentation/itunes-store-web-service-search-api

Example query for the Stack Overflow App: https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=1155618808

Solution 2

You can get all details from apple itunes using this url: https://itunes.apple.com/search?term=xxx&country=us&entity=software

Where you can get json object as result. So you can get all details of every app in apple itunes by decode the json object.

I think this url will help you.

Comments

[Anthony Liekens]

The most interesting item, the name of the App seems mysteriously missing from this json result. Any tips on how to get that?

[ChaosCoder]

trackName is the name of the app and should be included in the json result (and it is in my example).

[SG1]

This is the correct answer for those looking to get all data about their own apps from the store without resorting to scraping.

[Amy]

Do anyone know how to get the version history given the app id? Just like Appshopper did.

[ajamardo]

Still some data is missing, like if an app has in app purchases or not, right?

[Alberto M]

this doesn't always work, anybody knows why?

[Alberto M]

apparently you have to specify the country if it's not available in the US AppStore. Example: itunes.apple.com/it/lookup?id=xxx

[Viktorianec]

Is it possible to get url of the preview video?