Is it possible to get app id from iOS application programmatically?

Question

Is there any way for getting appstore id from running iOS application? (For asking user to rate it and providing link to appstore.)

Solution 1

Yes, it is. You can't get appstore app id (called Apple ID in iTunes Connect) offline, but you can request it using iTunes Search Api. Download the context of the following link:

http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?bundleId=YOUR_APP_BUNDLE_ID

You will get a JSON response, containing "trackId":YOUR_APP_ID key-value. Try it in your browser!

My answer is based on the another answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/11626157/3050403

Solution 2

Use

NSString* appID = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary] objectForKey:@"CFBundleIdentifier"];

Updating the answer with comment by @zaheer

Bundle.main.infoDictionary?["CFBundleIdentifier"] as? String

Solution 3

You can use the Apple iTunes Link Maker to search for your App (or any app for that matter) and get your App Store URL. From there you could get your App URL which will remain the same for your App and put it in your Application. When you use itms:// instead of http://, it will directly open in the App Store app directly

For example, if I wanted to use the Twitter App URL, the link maker tells me the URL is:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id333903271?mt=8&uo=4

Now do the itms trick:

itms://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id333903271?mt=8&uo=4

And it will directly open in the App Store than redirect via Safari then to the App Store,

Solution 4

You can use this below function. Note: This API is not documented in Apple.

//MARK: To get app iTunes id and app name 

func getAppDetailsFromServer() {

    var bundleIdentifier: String {
        return Bundle.main.infoDictionary?["CFBundleIdentifier"] as! String
    }
    let baseURL: String = "http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?bundleId=\(bundleIdentifier)"
    let encodedURL = baseURL.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: CharacterSet.urlQueryAllowed)

    // Creating URL Object
    let url = URL(string:encodedURL!)

    // Creating a Mutable Request
    var request = URLRequest.init(url: url!)

    //Setting HTTP values
    request.httpMethod = "GET"
    request.timeoutInterval = 120

    let configuration = URLSessionConfiguration.default

    let session = URLSession(configuration: configuration)

    let downloadTask = session.dataTask(with: request, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in

        //API Call over,getting Main queue
        DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: { () -> Void in

            if error == nil
            {

                if data != nil {

                    do {

                        let resultDictionary:NSDictionary! = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data!, options: .mutableContainers) as! NSDictionary

                        if resultDictionary != nil && resultDictionary.count > 0 {
                            if (resultDictionary.object(forKey: "results") as! NSArray).count != 0 {
                                let AppName = "\(((resultDictionary.object(forKey: "results") as! NSArray).object(at: 0) as! NSDictionary).object(forKey: "trackCensoredName")!)"
                                let AppId = "\(((resultDictionary.object(forKey: "results") as! NSArray).object(at: 0) as! NSDictionary).object(forKey: "trackId")!)"
                                print("AppName : \(AppName) \nAppId: \(AppId)")
                            }
                        } else {
                            print("Unable to proceed your request,Please try again")
                        }
                    } catch {
                        print("Unable to proceed your request,Please try again")

                    }
                } else {
                    print("Unable to proceed your request,Please try again")
                }
            } else {
                print("Unable to proceed your request,Please try again")
            }
        })

    })
    downloadTask.resume()
}

Solution 5

Here's a slightly improved version of Vimalkumar N.M.'s great answer for fetching the App Store tracking ID from Apple themselves, updated for Swift 5, with two improvements:

1. It simplifies the error handling a bit—either your callback gets the final App Store URL or nil.
2. It provides the official App Store base URL (rather than the trackID, from which you would need to build the URL yourself)

The final URL you're handed (in the non-error case, of course) will look something like: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/[app-name]/id123456789?uo=4

(See the bottom of this answer for turning that URL into the review URL.)

func fetchAppStoreUrl(completionHandler: @escaping (URL?) -> Void) {
    guard let bundleId = Bundle.main.infoDictionary?[kCFBundleIdentifierKey as String] as? String,
          let urlEncodedBundleId = bundleId.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: CharacterSet.urlQueryAllowed),
          let lookupUrl = URL(string: "http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?bundleId=\(urlEncodedBundleId)") else {
        completionHandler(nil)
        return
    }
    
    let session = URLSession(configuration: .default)
    let downloadTask = session.dataTask(with: URLRequest(url: lookupUrl), completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
        DispatchQueue.main.async() {
            if error == nil,
               let data = data,
               let json = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data) as? [String: Any],
               let results = json["results"] as? [[String: Any]],
               !results.isEmpty,
               let trackViewUrl = results.first?["trackViewUrl"] as? String {
                completionHandler(URL(string: trackViewUrl))
            } else {
                completionHandler(nil)
            }
        }
    })
    downloadTask.resume()
}

Now, to go from the "base" App Store URL to the URL you'd use to manually initiate a review, you'll need to append the query string action=write-review. Here's an extension you can add to URL to support this in a clean way (you certainly wouldn't want to just add "&action=write-review" to the string version of the URL, since it may or may not already include a query parameter!):

extension URL {
    func appending(queryParameter: String, value: String? = nil) -> URL? {
        if var components = URLComponents(url: self, resolvingAgainstBaseURL: false) {
            components.queryItems = (components.queryItems ?? []) + [URLQueryItem(name: queryParameter, value: value)]
            return components.url
        }
        return nil
    }
}

Then you can add to use it like this:

fetchAppStoreUrl() { appStoreUrl in
    if let reviewUrl = appStoreUrl?.appending(queryParameter: "action", value: "write-review") {
        UIApplication.shared.open(reviewUrl, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
    }
}

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Comments

[breakp01nt]

With link maker you can make link to some specific application. What I'm asking about is programmatically getting id from current application (to avoid creating link for each application manually).

[Suhail Patel]

I don't think it's possible to do that programmatically. You only need to set the URL once per application because the ID stays the same whenever you submit updates. All the solutions i've come in contact with need you to manually specify the App ID so I don't think it's possible.

[hotpaw2]

You can also programmatically HTTP the link maker from within your app and parse the HTML results.

[Zaheer]

Swift: NSBundle.mainBundle().infoDictionary?["CFBundleIdentifier"] as? NSString

[Moataz Hossam]

guys how can you rate through the bundle id ?! he is asking about the appstore app id !

[lothorp]

I upvoted because this is what I came here to find out. It is unfortunate that the OP's question wasn't very specific, and (probably) meant the other thing. (Which AFAIK is not referred to anywhere as an App ID.)

[Daniel Galasko]

could also use kCFBundleIdentifierKey since its a constant:)