List of Google App Categories for App Data API
This endpoint will provide you with a full list of app categories available on Google Play.
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 Google Play.
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/google/categories
	// in addition to 'google' you can also set other search engine
	// the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
	$result = $client->get('/v3/app_data/google/categories');
	print_r($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": "0.1.20220420",
    "status_code": 20000,
    "status_message": "Ok.",
    "time": "0.0557 sec.",
    "cost": 0,
    "tasks_count": 1,
    "tasks_error": 0,
    "tasks": [
        {
            "id": "04211836-2806-0435-0000-b2d10da73d5c",
            "status_code": 20000,
            "status_message": "Ok.",
            "time": "0.0000 sec.",
            "cost": 0,
            "result_count": 1,
            "path": [
                "v3",
                "app_data",
                "google",
                "categories"
            ],
            "data": {
                "api": "app_data",
                "function": "categories",
                "se": "google"
            },
            "result": [
                {
                    "categories": [
                        "art_and_design",
                        "auto_and_vehicles",
                        "beauty",
                        "books_and_reference",
                        "business",
                        "comics",
                        "communication",
                        "dating",
                        "education",
                        "entertainment",
                        "events",
                        "finance",
                        "food_and_drink",
                        "health_and_fitness",
                        "house_and_home",
                        "libraries_and_demo",
                        "lifestyle",
                        "maps_and_navigation",
                        "medical",
                        "music_and_audio",
                        "news_and_magazines",
                        "parenting",
                        "personalization",
                        "photography",
                        "productivity",
                        "shopping",
                        "social",
                        "sports",
                        "tools",
                        "travel_and_local",
                        "video_players",
                        "android_wear",
                        "watch_face",
                        "weather",
                        "game",
                        "game_action",
                        "game_adventure",
                        "game_arcade",
                        "game_board",
                        "game_card",
                        "game_casino",
                        "game_casual",
                        "game_educational",
                        "game_music",
                        "game_puzzle",
                        "game_racing",
                        "game_role_playing",
                        "game_simulation",
                        "game_sports",
                        "game_strategy",
                        "game_trivia",
                        "game_word",
                        "family"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
	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 tasksarray | 
| tasks_error | integer | the number of tasks in the tasksarray 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 resultarray | 
| 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 |