wesavetheworld / storescraper

Static PHP class for scraping the Google Play store and the Apple App store for a given application.

Description

StoreScraper is a PHP scraper for the Google Play store and Apple App store that provides the following information about an application:

• Last update date
• File size of the application package
• Application version

Requirements

• php5
• php5-curl

Usage

Android Application

<?php

include("storeScraper.class.php");
$snapchat = storeScraper::scrapePlayStore("com.snapchat.android");

if(!$snapchat) {
    echo "Failed to get Google Play Store data for the application.";
} else {
    echo "Last updated: " . date("d/m/Y", $snapchat['last_update']) . "<br/>";
    echo "Latest version: " . $snapchat['version'] . "<br/>";
    echo "File size: " . $snapchat['file_size'] . " MB";
}

?>

The application name can be found in the Google Play store URL for the application, for example:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snapchat.android
                                             |______App_Name______|

Note: Some Android applications provide different application packages depending on the device platform. This causes the latest version to display as "Varies with device" and the resulting file size is NULL.

iOS Application

<?php

include("storeScraper.class.php");
$snapchat = storeScraper::scrapeAppStore("Snapchat", 447188370);

if(!$snapchat) {
    echo "Failed to get Apple App Store data for the application.";
} else {
    echo "Last updated: " . date("d/m/Y", $snapchat['last_update']) . "<br/>";
    echo "Latest version: " . $snapchat['version'] . "<br/>";
    echo "File size: " . $snapchat['file_size'] . " MB";
}

?>

The application name and id can be found in the Apple App store URL for the application, for example:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/Snapchat/id447188370
                               |App_Name| |_App_ID__|

Disclaimer

This repository is in no way affiliated with Google™ or Apple Inc™.