Is it possible to get number of downloads of an application from Google Play?

Question

I am trying to get the number of downloads of an application that I have uploaded to Google Play.

I am searching for an API (or something similar) that retrieves to me the number of downloads with the authentification of the user. I do not want third party applications (like AppAnnie).

It would be great if it could be on PHP and I found that there is a library which I think it is the most closest API I could find to get data from Google applications.

Google APIs Client Library for PHP

but I cannot find any mention to Google Play applications.

Is there some way to get the downloads of an specific application having the authentification keys?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

This is about meta data api. You can look at below.

https://developers.google.com/android-publisher/api-ref/reviews

Answer 2

Use the google-play-scraper library to get an app information as below:

Example:

$app = $scraper->getApp('com.mojang.minecraftpe');

Result:

array (
  'id' => 'com.mojang.minecraftpe',
  'url' => 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe',
  'image' => 'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/30koN0eGl-LHqvUZrCj9HT4qVPQdvN508p2wuhaWUnqKeCp6nrs9QW8v6IVGvGNauA=w300',
  'title' => 'Minecraft: Pocket Edition',
  'author' => 'Mojang',
  'author_link' => 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Mojang',
  'categories' => array (
    'Arcade',
    'Creativity',
  ),
  'price' => '$6.99',
  'screenshots' => array (
    'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VkLE0e0EDuRID6jdTE97cC8BomcDReJtZOem9Jlb14jw9O7ytAGvE-2pLqvoSJ7w3IdK=h310',
    'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/28b1vxJQe916wOaSVB4CmcnDujk8M2SNaCwqtQ4cUS0wYKYn9kCYeqxX0uyI2X-nQv0=h310',
    // [...]
  ),
  'description' => 'Our latest free update includes the Nether and all its inhabitants[...]',
  'description_html' => 'Our latest free update includes the Nether and all its inhabitants[...]',
  'rating' => 4.4726405143737793,
  'votes' => 1136962,
  'last_updated' => 'October 22, 2015',
  'size' => 'Varies with device',
  'downloads' => '10,000,000 - 50,000,000',
  'version' => 'Varies with device',
  'supported_os' => 'Varies with device',
  'content_rating' => 'Everyone 10+',
  'whatsnew' => 'Build, explore and survive on the go with Minecraft: Pocket Edition[...]',
  'video_link' => 'https://www.youtube.com/embed/D2Z9oKTzzrM?ps=play&vq=large&rel=0&autohide=1&showinfo=0&autoplay=1',
  'video_image' => 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D2Z9oKTzzrM/hqdefault.jpg',
)

EDIT: Easily get downloads count as below:

echo $app['downloads']; // Outputs: '10,000,000 - 50,000,000'

Or if you want the left value:

$matches = null;
$returnValue = preg_match('/.*(?= -)/', '10,000,000 - 50,000,000', $matches);
echo $matches[0]; // Outputs: '10,000,000'

Or if you want the right value:

$matches = null;
$returnValue = preg_match('/(?<=- ).*/', '10,000,000 - 50,000,000', $matches);
echo $matches[0]; // Outputs: '50,000,000'

Then easily convert it to integer using:

$count = null;
$returnValue = (int)preg_replace('/,/', '', $matches[0], -1, $count);
echo $returnValue; // Outputs: 10000000 or 50000000