API reference

Google Play App Search API

Apps matching a term on Google Play: package name, title, developer, summary, score and price.

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Endpoint

GET/v1/google_play/app-searchlive · proven2 credits

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Parameters

Query parameters

Useful optional inputs

country — Select the documented market or country filter.
Read this endpoint’s country semantics; filtering and source request location can differ.
limit — Bound the returned rows to what your task needs.
A smaller limit does not necessarily reduce source calls or price; inspect the quote.
dry_run — Read a free estimate before fetching sources or scheduling paid work.
Zero credits; cache status and availability are snapshots rather than guarantees.

Name	Required	Description	Example
`query`	yes	Search term	`budgeting`
`country`	no	2-letter storefront country (default us)	`gb`
`language`	no	Language code (default en)	`en`
`limit`	no	Results, 1-50 (default 20)	`20`
`dry_run`	no	Read a zero-credit estimate without fetching sources, running AI, or reserving credits. Cache status is a snapshot, not a guarantee at execution. Accepted values: 1, 0, true, false. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable.	`1`

Examples

Make the request

curl

curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/google_play/app-search?query=budgeting" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"

TypeScript

typescript

const key = process.env.MONOCRAWL_API_KEY;
if (!key) throw new Error('Set MONOCRAWL_API_KEY on your server.');
const res = await fetch(
  "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/google_play/app-search?query=budgeting",
  { headers: { "x-api-key": key } },
);
const body = await res.json();

if (!body.success) {
  // one error shape for every endpoint — see /docs/errors
  throw new Error(`${body.error.type}: ${body.error.message}`);
}

console.log(body.data, "credits left:", body.credits_remaining);

Python

python

import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/google_play/app-search?query=budgeting",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["MONOCRAWL_API_KEY"]},
    timeout=60,
)
body = res.json()

if not body["success"]:
    # one error shape for every endpoint — see /docs/errors
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['type']}: {body['error']['message']}")

print(body["data"], "credits left:", body["credits_remaining"])

Response

Response fields and example

This example is illustrative, not a captured live response. Variable-cost operations may settle a charge different from the list price below. A successful response puts the platform payload in data and reports the exact credits used, remaining balance, request id and cache status beside it.

200 · application/json

{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "google_play",
  "endpoint": "/v1/google_play/app-search",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "package": "com.example.app",
        "title": "Example App",
        "score": 4.5
      }
    ],
    "cursor": null,
    "has_more": null
  },
  "credits_used": 2,
  "credits_remaining": 99,
  "request_id": "req_…",
  "cached": false
}

The example is illustrative and shows a documented subset of data. The fields below are optional across supported sources; nullable fields can also be absent. Preserve unknown values and accept additional fields.

Schema basis: reviewed response shaper. See schema coverage and validation limits.

Download the data JSON Schema. Validate response.data, not the whole envelope. A valid shape does not establish that every field or source record was returned.

Field inside data	Type	Meaning
`items`	`array`	Records in this response page.
`items[].package`	`string \| null`	Android package name.
`items[].title`	`string \| null`	Listing title.
`items[].developer`	`string \| null`	Developer name.
`items[].url`	`string \| null`	Original source URL when supplied.
`items[].summary`	`string \| null`	Short listing description.
`items[].description`	`string \| null`	Full description when returned.
`items[].score`	`number \| null`	Store rating on a five-star scale.
`items[].ratings`	`number \| null`	Ratings reported by the source; null or absent is unknown, not zero.
`items[].reviews`	`number \| null`	Reviews reported by the source; null or absent is unknown, not zero.
`items[].installs`	`string \| null`	Source install range text, not an exact count.
`items[].min_installs`	`number \| null`	Reported install lower bound.
`items[].price`	`number \| null`	Listing price amount.
`items[].currency`	`string \| null`	Currency code.
`items[].free`	`boolean \| null`	Whether the listing is free.
`items[].version`	`string \| null`	Listing version.
`items[].updated`	`string \| null`	Source publication time, normalized to an ISO date-time when available.
`count`	`number \| null`	Returned row count when supplied; not the full source total.
`cursor`	`string \| null`	Opaque next-page token. A missing token does not prove full history was retrieved.
`has_more`	`boolean \| null`	Source continuation indicator; null means unknown.
`_warnings`	`array`	Collection limitations or component warnings. Read before interpreting coverage.

Failures use the typed error envelope. A confirmed uncharged or refunded failure reports zero; a pending reconciliation can report an unknown charge. Read credits_used and error.details.billing_status, and keep request_id for recovery. Response contract · Error reference

Google Play App Search API

Query parameters

Make the request

Response fields and example

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