List of Apple App Categories for App Data API
This endpoint will provide you with a full list of app categories available on App Store.
You can also download the full list of supported categories in the CSV format (last updated 2023-05-02).
This endpoint will provide you with a full list of app categories available on App Store.
You can also download the full list of supported categories in the CSV format (last updated 2023-05-02).
Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
<?php // You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/php/php_RestClient.zip require('RestClient.php'); $api_url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/'; try { // Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard $client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password'); } catch (RestClientException $e) { echo "n"; print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n"; print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n"; print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n"; print $e->getTraceAsString(); echo "n"; exit(); } try { // using this method you can get a list of categories // GET /v3/app_data/apple/categories // in addition to 'apple' you can also set other search engine // the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation $result = $client->get('/v3/app_data/apple/categories'); print_r($result); // do something with result } catch (RestClientException $e) { echo "n"; print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n"; print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n"; print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n"; print $e->getTraceAsString(); echo "n"; } $client = null; ?>
The above command returns JSON structured like this:
{ "version": "0.1.20220422", "status_code": 20000, "status_message": "Ok.", "time": "0.0782 sec.", "cost": 0, "tasks_count": 1, "tasks_error": 0, "tasks": [ { "id": "04261548-1535-0435-0000-373b90b7135d", "status_code": 20000, "status_message": "Ok.", "time": "0.0000 sec.", "cost": 0, "result_count": 1, "path": [ "v3", "app_data", "apple", "categories" ], "data": { "api": "app_data", "function": "categories", "se": "apple" }, "result": [ { "categories": [ "books", "business", "catalogs", "education", "entertainment", "finance", "food_and_drink", "games", "games_action", "games_adventure", "games_arcade", "games_board", "games_card", "games_casino", "games_dice", "games_educational", "games_family", "games_music", "games_puzzle", "games_racing", "games_role_playing", "games_simulation", "games_sports", "games_strategy", "games_trivia", "games_word", "health_and_fitness", "lifestyle", "magazines_and_newspapers", "magazines_arts", "magazines_automotive", "magazines_weddings", "magazines_business", "magazines_children", "magazines_computer", "magazines_food", "magazines_crafts", "magazines_electronics", "magazines_entertainment", "magazines_fashion", "magazines_health", "magazines_history", "magazines_home", "magazines_literary", "magazines_men", "magazines_movies_and_music", "magazines_politics", "magazines_outdoors", "magazines_family", "magazines_pets", "magazines_professional", "magazines_regional", "magazines_science", "magazines_sports", "magazines_teens", "magazines_travel", "magazines_women", "medical", "music", "navigation", "news", "photo_and_video", "productivity", "reference", "shopping", "social_networking", "sports", "travel", "utilities", "weather" ] } ] } ] }
By calling this API you will receive the list of categories supported by App Data API.
As a response of the API server, you will receive JSON-encoded data containing a tasks
array with the information about available categories.
Field name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
version |
string | the current version of the API |
status_code |
integer | general status code you can find the full list of the response codes here |
status_message |
string | general informational message you can find the full list of general informational messages here |
time |
string | execution time, seconds |
cost |
float | total tasks cost, USD |
tasks_count |
integer | the number of tasks in the tasks array |
tasks_error |
integer | the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error |
tasks |
array | array of tasks |
id |
string | task identifier unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format |
status_code |
integer | status code of the task generated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000 you can find the full list of response codes here |
status_message |
string | informational message of the task you can find the full list of general informational messages here |
time |
string | execution time, seconds |
cost |
float | cost of the task, USD |
result_count |
integer | number of elements in the result array |
path |
array | URL path |
data |
object | contains the parameters passed in the URL of the GET request |
result |
array | array of results |
categories |
array | contains full list of supported app categories |