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.dataforapps.com/api-dashboard
<?php
// You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforapps.com/v3/examples/php/php_RestClient.zip
require('RestClient.php');
$api_url = 'https://api.dataforapps.com/';
try {
// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforapps.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 DataForApps; 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 |