Is it possible to download apk from google play programmatically to PC?

Question

I'd like to download a lot of apks from google play to PC and install apk on phone for test.

I have seen that http://apk-dl.com/ can download an apk to pc, so is it possible to do the same thing by using java or python or have some code examples?

Answer 1

Use Google Play Unofficial Python API (github)

Using this API you can download APKs using their package name:

python download.py com.google.android.gm

For finding relevant APKs you can use the search or even parse subcategories

python search.py earth
python list.py WEATHER apps_topselling_free