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I noticed that iTunes preview allows you to crawl and scrape pages via the http:// protocol. However, many of the links are trying to be opened in iTunes rather than the browser. For example, when you go to the iBooks page, it immediately tries opening a url with an itms:// protocol.
Are there any other methods of crawling the App Store or is this the only way?
Can the itms:// protocol links themselves be crawled somehow?
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App store scraping is an efficient way to collect information from app stores into one spreadsheet or database. Instead of getting employees to collect app names, descriptions, prices, ratings, and reviews one by one, app store scrapers automatically pull information from app stores into your spreadsheet or database.
Apps that are removed continue to function for users who have already downloaded the app on their device.
I would have a decent look at the iTunes Search API and the iTunes Enterprise Partner API
You might get most/all of the information you need in a nice JSON file format.
If you can't get the information you need with the API, I would be interested what it is :)
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