App Matching API for Android Apps


Find an Android apps' equivalents across different app stores. For example, given Facebook Android version's package name on Google Play, this API will return Facebook iOS version's information on iTunes.

Definition

Endpoint:

GET https://data.42matters.com/api/v2.0/android/apps/matching.json

Hits per request:

3

Rate limit:

10 QPS

Required plan:

Medium or above.

Parameters

Name Required Description Available Values Default
access_token required Your access token for using this API. You can get it for FREE by signing up .
p required The package name identifying an Android application. Any publicly available Android app package name
callback optional If supplied, the response will use the JSONP format with a callback of the given name.

Responses

Status Code Indication Content-Type Body
200 Everything is OK application/json
Name Type Description
stores Object
Field Type Description
itunes List List of apps on iTunes. Each object contains trackId, bundleId, artworkUrl100, trackViewUrl, trackCensoredName, and artistName
play List List of apps on Google Play. Each object contains package_name, title, developer, icon and market_url
404 The package name is not found application/json Error object
402 Your request exceeds what's allowed by your current subscription plan application/json Error object
403 Your access token is not valid application/json Error object
429 Your request rate is over the limit application/json Error object

Example Request


This request can also be imported into Postman. Check out our Postman integration guide.

Example Response

{
  "stores": {
    "play": [
      {
        "title": "Pok\u00e9mon GO",
        "icon": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/0vpq7Mu6ZEloYsC6kJFJRRHidRQzZf9loRcOcBh03GT2DNQiX_Z-uS9tyYuaHZIDKCI=s180",
        "package_name": "com.nianticlabs.pokemongo",
        "market_source": "GOOGLE",
        "market_status": "PUBLISHED",
        "market_url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nianticlabs.pokemongo&referrer=utm_source%3D42matters.com%26utm_medium%3Dapi",
        "developer": "Niantic, Inc."
      }
    ],
    "itunes": [
      {
        "artistName": "Niantic, Inc.",
        "artworkUrl100": "https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple116/v4/ef/de/c3/efdec33e-4bf3-4baa-6888-1da1041faa8f/AppIcon-1x_U007emarketing-0-7-0-85-220.png/100x100bb.jpg",
        "bundleId": "com.nianticlabs.pokemongo",
        "trackCensoredName": "Pok\u00e9mon GO",
        "trackId": 1094591345,
        "trackViewUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pok%C3%A9mon-go/id1094591345?uo=4&at=10l9yE",
        "market_source": "ITUNES",
        "market_status": "PUBLISHED"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Last Modified: 2017-06-24


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