appler
The goal of appler is to be able to pull information from the Apple iTunes and App Stores.
devtools::install_github("ashbaldry/appler")library(appler)search_appleA simple search tool that returns Apple items that are related to the search term.
search_results <- search_apple("GitHub", "gb")
dim(search_results)
## [1] 14 42
names(search_results)
## [1] "wrapperType" "kind" "artistId"
## [4] "collectionId" "trackId" "artistName"
## [7] "collectionName" "trackName" "collectionCensoredName"
## [10] "trackCensoredName" "artistViewUrl" "collectionViewUrl"
## [13] "trackViewUrl" "previewUrl" "artworkUrl30"
## [16] "artworkUrl60" "artworkUrl100" "collectionPrice"
## [19] "trackPrice" "releaseDate" "collectionExplicitness"
## [22] "trackExplicitness" "discCount" "discNumber"
## [25] "trackCount" "trackNumber" "trackTimeMillis"
## [28] "country" "currency" "primaryGenreName"
## [31] "isStreamable" "collectionArtistId" "collectionArtistName"
## [34] "feedUrl" "trackRentalPrice" "collectionHdPrice"
## [37] "trackHdPrice" "trackHdRentalPrice" "contentAdvisoryRating"
## [40] "artworkUrl600" "genreIds" "genres"lookup_appleUsing the ID of an Apple item (found in the URL) returns basic information about the selected item.
lookup_results <- lookup_apple(1477376905, "gb")
dim(lookup_results)
## [1] 1 44
names(lookup_results)
## [1] "ipadScreenshotUrls" "appletvScreenshotUrls"
## [3] "artworkUrl60" "artworkUrl512"
## [5] "artworkUrl100" "artistViewUrl"
## [7] "screenshotUrls" "supportedDevices"
## [9] "advisories" "isGameCenterEnabled"
## [11] "features" "kind"
## [13] "minimumOsVersion" "trackCensoredName"
## [15] "languageCodesISO2A" "fileSizeBytes"
## [17] "sellerUrl" "formattedPrice"
## [19] "contentAdvisoryRating" "averageUserRatingForCurrentVersion"
## [21] "userRatingCountForCurrentVersion" "averageUserRating"
## [23] "trackViewUrl" "trackContentRating"
## [25] "releaseDate" "trackId"
## [27] "trackName" "currentVersionReleaseDate"
## [29] "releaseNotes" "primaryGenreName"
## [31] "genreIds" "isVppDeviceBasedLicensingEnabled"
## [33] "primaryGenreId" "sellerName"
## [35] "currency" "description"
## [37] "artistId" "artistName"
## [39] "genres" "price"
## [41] "bundleId" "version"
## [43] "wrapperType" "userRatingCount"get_apple_rating_splitThe API only extracts the average review, so this scrapes the app page for the split of 1 :star: to 5 :star: ratings.
ratings <- get_apple_rating_split(1477376905, "gb")
ratings
## rating percent
## 1 5 0.83
## 2 4 0.11
## 3 3 0.04
## 4 2 0.01
## 5 1 0.01get_apple_reviewsPulls the most recent reviews for a selected app.
reviews <- get_apple_reviews(1477376905, "gb")
head(reviews)
## id review_time author app_version
## 2 6995723328 2021-02-15 03:10:28 Max Hitchings 1.4.2
## 3 6977862590 2021-02-10 14:35:30 Benthomas7777 1.4.2
## 4 6971291453 2021-02-08 23:05:47 amr rayed 1.4.2
## 5 6957031610 2021-02-05 12:38:08 superyellyfish 1.4.2
## 6 6900870415 2021-01-22 16:56:46 Kilthar 1.4
## 7 6835125060 2021-01-05 20:09:28 Omnibus-KEI 1.3.4
## title rating
## 2 GOOD 5
## 3 Great Productive App 5
## 4 Amr8457 5
## 5 App works great 5
## 6 Great app 5
## 7 Good app 5
## review
## 2 GOOD
## 3 Offers a nice way to do code reviews and deal with issues on the go
## 4 Please can you rate all message \nFrom this email and Facebook
## 5 Good app, an essential service.
## 6 Works as it says on the tin. Great in a pinch on a train or bus!
## 7 I think is good application:)get_apple_chart_postionChecks whether the app is within any category chart and returns the position and category
chart_pos <- get_apple_chart_postion(1477376905, "gb")
chart_pos
## $position
## [1] 1
##
## $category
## [1] "Developer Tools"NB All ratings and reviews are country specific.