How to Scrape App Store and Google Play Reviews

#webdev #api #javascript #beginners

App reviews contain product insights worth thousands in user research.

Google Play Reviews

No official API, but data is accessible:

// Google Play has internal APIs for reviews
// Use Apify actors for reliable extraction
// Or parse the web version

Apple App Store

Apple provides an RSS feed for reviews:

https://itunes.apple.com/rss/customerreviews/id=APP_ID/sortby=mostrecent/json

async function getAppStoreReviews(appId, country = "us") {
  const url = `https://itunes.apple.com/${country}/rss/customerreviews/id=${appId}/sortby=mostrecent/json`;
  const res = await fetch(url);
  const data = await res.json();
  return data.feed.entry.map(e => ({
    title: e.title.label,
    content: e.content.label,
    rating: e["im:rating"].label,
    author: e.author.name.label,
    version: e["im:version"].label
  }));
}