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
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