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https://github.com/rikas/app_store_info
Apple App Store parser — Get information about iOS apps
https://github.com/rikas/app_store_info
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Apple App Store parser — Get information about iOS apps
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/rikas/app_store_info
- Owner: rikas
- License: mit
- Created: 2015-11-09T17:45:55.000Z (about 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2022-06-22T10:32:39.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-11-18T17:18:55.113Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: android, apple, appstore-api, appstore-library, ruby, ruby-gem
- Language: Ruby
- Size: 84 KB
- Stars: 19
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 6
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.txt
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# AppStoreInfo
Get details about any app in the Apple App Store. This gem uses iTunes lookup method to get information about apps. (i.e. https://itunes.apple.com/us/lookup?id=343200656).
Compatible with ruby >= 1.9.3
## Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
```ruby
gem 'app_store_info'
```
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install app_store_info
## Usage
You first have to read the app details, using the store URL or directly with the ID:
```ruby
app = AppStoreInfo.read_url('https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/angry-birds/id343200656?mt=8')
app = AppStoreInfo.read(343200656)
app = AppStoreInfo.read(343200656, 'gb') # You can give a particular region or it will use 'us'
```
Then you have some attributes that can be read easily:
```ruby
app.id # => 343200656
app.name # => "Angry Birds"
app.url # => "http://www.angrybirds.com/"
app.average_user_rating # => 4.5
app.user_rating_count # => 222131
app.genre_ids # => ["6014", "7003", "6016", "7001"]
app.price # => 0.79
app.currency # => "GBP"
app.supported_devices # => ["iPhone-3GS", "iPhone4", "iPodTouchFourthGen", ...]
app.company # => "Rovio Entertainment Ltd"
app.description # => "Use the unique powers of the Angry Birds to destroy ...
app.minimum_os_version # => "6.0"
app.features # => ["gameCenter"]
```
You can also check if the app is Universal:
```ruby
app.universal? # => false
```
Last, you can check the details about the latest version of the app:
```ruby
current_version = app.current_version
current_version.average_user_rating # => 4.0
current_version.user_rating_count # => 191
current_version.number # => "5.2.0"
current_version.release_notes # => "We popped some pesky bugs!"
```
If you need to get the genre names there's an helper method for that:
```ruby
app.genre_names # => ["Games", "Action", "Arcade", "Entertainment"]
```
Keep in mind that the information can be localized if you request for a particular region
information. Ratings, currency, price etc. can change.
## Development
After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run `rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).
## Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/rikas/app_store_info.
## License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).