Google Play Scraper Enhanced

An enhanced Google Play Store scraper library with improved compatibility, performance, and reliability.

Features

• ✅ Enhanced Compatibility: Works with modern Node.js environments
• ✅ Improved Performance: Optimized data parsing and HTTP requests
• ✅ Better Error Handling: Comprehensive error handling and retry logic
• ✅ TypeScript Support: Full TypeScript definitions included
• ✅ Comprehensive Testing: Extensive integration tests
• ✅ Multi-language Support: Support for multiple languages and regions
• ✅ Rate Limiting: Built-in throttling and rate limiting
• ✅ Cookie Management: Advanced cookie handling for better reliability

Installation

npm install google-play-scraper-enhanced

Usage

Basic Usage

import app from 'google-play-scraper-enhanced';

const appData = await app({
  appId: 'com.google.android.apps.translate',
  lang: 'en',
  country: 'us'
});

console.log(appData);

With Options

import app from 'google-play-scraper-enhanced';

const appData = await app({
  appId: 'com.supercell.clashofclans',
  lang: 'en',
  country: 'us',
  throttle: 1000, // 1 second delay
  requestOptions: {
    headers: {
      'User-Agent': 'Custom User Agent'
    }
  }
});

Multiple Languages

import app from 'google-play-scraper-enhanced';

// English
const enData = await app({
  appId: 'com.google.android.apps.translate',
  lang: 'en',
  country: 'us'
});

// Spanish
const esData = await app({
  appId: 'com.google.android.apps.translate',
  lang: 'es',
  country: 'es'
});

// French
const frData = await app({
  appId: 'com.google.android.apps.translate',
  lang: 'fr',
  country: 'fr'
});

API Reference

app(options)

Fetches detailed information about a Google Play Store app.

Parameters

• appId (string, required): The app ID (e.g., 'com.google.android.apps.translate')
• lang (string, optional): Language code (default: 'en')
• country (string, optional): Country code (default: 'us')
• throttle (number, optional): Throttle delay in milliseconds
• requestOptions (object, optional): Additional request options

Returns

Returns a Promise that resolves to an object containing:

{
  appId: 'com.google.android.apps.translate',
  title: 'Google Translate',
  developer: 'Google LLC',
  free: true,
  priceText: 'Free',
  url: 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.translate',
  // ... and many more fields
}

Supported Languages

• English (en)
• Spanish (es)
• French (fr)
• German (de)
• Japanese (ja)
• And many more...

Testing

# Run all tests
npm test

# Run integration tests
npm run test:integration

# Run with coverage
npm run test:coverage

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the library
npm run build

# Watch mode for development
npm run dev

# Lint code
npm run lint

# Type check
npm run type-check

License

MIT

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Changelog

v1.0.0

• Initial release
• Enhanced compatibility with modern Node.js
• Improved performance and reliability
• Comprehensive testing suite
• TypeScript support