App Store App Search API
Scrape App Store App Search data with one API call. Returns a unified AppList of Apple App Store apps matching a keyword — title, icon, rating, price/is_free, and store URL on every item, on the same canonical `App` shape used across every app marketplace (`app.store` = "app_store"). Detail-only fields (description, screenshots, developer) are null on search items; fetch /v1/app_store/app-info for the full record. Sourced from DataForSEO's task-based App Data API (first calls ~7-15s, then cached).
Last updated August 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Returns Apple App Store apps matching a keyword: title, icon, rating, price or free flag, and store URL for each result.
Use it to find an app's numeric id by keyword; description, screenshots, and developer come from app-info.
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The App Search endpoint gives you structured App Store data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/app_store/app-search?query=photo+editor"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/app_store/app-search",
params={
'query': 'photo editor',
},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/app_store/app-search?query=photo+editor",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query | Yes | Search keyword (e.g. 'photo editor'). |
| country | No | Storefront country as an ISO code ('US'), a full name ('United States'), or a numeric location code ('2840'). Defaults to the US. |
| language | No | Language code (e.g. 'en'). Defaults to 'en'. |
| depth | No | Number of results to retrieve (default 100, rounded up to multiples of 100, max 300). |
What does the App Store App Search API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "app_store",
"endpoint": "/v1/app_store/app-search",
"data": {
"items": [
{
"app": {
"id": "878783582",
"store": "app_store",
"url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lightroom-ai-photo-editor/id878783582",
"title": "Lightroom: AI Photo Editor",
"icon": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/0c/19/06/0c19067c-c05c-470f-c004-972d1a9aa3c5/AppIcon-0-1x_U007ephone-0-1-0-0-85-220-0.png/512x512bb.jpg",
"description": null,
"developer": {
"id": null,
"name": null,
"url": null,
"email": null,
"address": null,
"website": null
},
"rating": {
"value": 4.8,
"max": 5,
"count": 336337
},
"price": {
"current": 0,
"original": null,
"currency": "USD",
"is_free": true,
"displayed": null
},
"reviews_count": 336337,
"category": null,
"categories": null,
"installs": null,
"version": null,
"minimum_os_version": null,
"size": null,
"released_at": null,
"updated_at": null,
"update_notes": null,
"image_urls": null,
"ext": {
"appdata": {
"type": "app_store_search_organic",
"rank_group": 1,
"rank_absolute": 1,
"position": "left",
"app_id": "878783582",
"title": "Lightroom: AI Photo Editor",
"url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lightroom-ai-photo-editor/id878783582",
"icon": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/0c/19/06/0c19067c-c05c-470f-c004-972d1a9aa3c5/AppIcon-0-1x_U007ephone-0-1-0-0-85-220-0.png/512x512bb.jpg",
"reviews_count": 336337,
"rating": {
"rating_type": "Max5",
"value": 4.8,
"votes_count": 336337,
"rating_max": 5
},
"is_free": true,
"price": {
"current": 0,
"regular": null,
"max_value": null,
"currency": "USD",
"is_price_range": false,
"displayed_price": null
},
"category_drift_probe": true
}
}
}
},
{
"app": {
"id": "546821797",
"store": "app_store",
"url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/photo-editor/id546821797",
"title": "Photo Editor-",
"icon": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/ae/3a/1c/ae3a1c3b-dae5-1663-5cf3-69e1009b9ad4/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-11-0-85-220.png/512x512bb.jpg",
"description": null,
"developer": {
"id": null,
"name": null,
"url": null,
"email": null,
"address": null,
"website": null
},
"rating": {
"value": 4.6,
"max": 5,
"count": 297993
},
"price": {
"current": 0,
"original": null,
"currency": "USD",
"is_free": true,
"displayed": null
},
"reviews_count": 297993,
"category": null,
"categories": null,
"installs": null,
"version": null,
"minimum_os_version": null,
"size": null,
"released_at": null,
"updated_at": null,
"update_notes": null,
"image_urls": null,
"ext": {
"appdata": {
"type": "app_store_search_organic",
"rank_group": 2,
"rank_absolute": 2,
"position": "left",
"app_id": "546821797",
"title": "Photo Editor-",
"url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/photo-editor/id546821797",
"icon": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/ae/3a/1c/ae3a1c3b-dae5-1663-5cf3-69e1009b9ad4/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-11-0-85-220.png/512x512bb.jpg",
"reviews_count": 297993,
"rating": {
"rating_type": "Max5",
"value": 4.6,
"votes_count": 297993,
"rating_max": 5
},
"is_free": true,
"price": {
"current": 0,
"regular": null,
"max_value": null,
"currency": "USD",
"is_price_range": false,
"displayed_price": null
},
"category_drift_probe": true
}
}
}
}
],
"total": 100,
"dropped": 0
},
"credits_used": 5,
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false,
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": null,
"has_more": false,
"page_size": 100
}
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
How does the App Store App Search API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
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