Endpoint Playground

Try the App Store Chart Categories API

Test Crawlora's App Store Chart Categories API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /appstore/categories
Platform: AppStore
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Required params: None

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/appstore/categories" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

No request parameters

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "id": 6014,
        "name": "Games"
      },
      {
        "id": 7012,
        "name": "Games/Puzzle",
        "parent_id": 6014
      }
    ],
    "collections": [
      {
        "id": "topfreeapplications",
        "platform": "phone",
        "chart_type": "top_free",
        "active": true
      },
      {
        "id": "topmacapps",
        "platform": "mac",
        "chart_type": "top",
        "active": false
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Endpoint

GETapiKey1 credit/requestappstore.categoriesResponseDocAppStore

GET /appstore/categories

Retrieve App Store chart categories and collections

Returns every category ID and chart collection accepted by `/appstore/list`, including Games and Magazines & Newspapers subgenres with their parent ID. Collections carry their device platform (`phone`, `pad`, `mac`), chart type (`top_free`, `top_paid`, `top_grossing`, `top`, `new`), and whether the feed currently returns entries.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "id": 6014,
        "name": "Games"
      },
      {
        "id": 7012,
        "name": "Games/Puzzle",
        "parent_id": 6014
      }
    ],
    "collections": [
      {
        "id": "topfreeapplications",
        "platform": "phone",
        "chart_type": "top_free",
        "active": true
      },
      {
        "id": "topmacapps",
        "platform": "mac",
        "chart_type": "top",
        "active": false
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /appstore/categories
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 1 credit/request
Platform: AppStore
Parameters: 1 documented fields

Request parameters

x-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.categoriesdata.categories[].iddata.categories[].namedata.categories[].parent_iddata.collectionsdata.collections[].activedata.collections[].chart_typedata.collections[].iddata.collections[].platformmsg

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "id": 6014,
        "name": "Games"
      },
      {
        "id": 7012,
        "name": "Games/Puzzle",
        "parent_id": 6014
      }
    ],
    "collections": [
      {
        "id": "topfreeapplications",
        "platform": "phone",
        "chart_type": "top_free",
        "active": true
      },
      {
        "id": "topmacapps",
        "platform": "mac",
        "chart_type": "top",
        "active": false
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/appstore/categories" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Endpoint Playground

Try the App Store Chart Categories API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /appstore/categories
Platform: AppStore
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Required params: None

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/appstore/categories" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

No request parameters

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "id": 6014,
        "name": "Games"
      },
      {
        "id": 7012,
        "name": "Games/Puzzle",
        "parent_id": 6014
      }
    ],
    "collections": [
      {
        "id": "topfreeapplications",
        "platform": "phone",
        "chart_type": "top_free",
        "active": true
      },
      {
        "id": "topmacapps",
        "platform": "mac",
        "chart_type": "top",
        "active": false
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Endpoint

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Method

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Endpoint

GETapiKey1 credit/requestappstore.categoriesResponseDocAppStore

GET /appstore/categories

Retrieve App Store chart categories and collections

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

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API key

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "id": 6014,
        "name": "Games"
      },
      {
        "id": 7012,
        "name": "Games/Puzzle",
        "parent_id": 6014
      }
    ],
    "collections": [
      {
        "id": "topfreeapplications",
        "platform": "phone",
        "chart_type": "top_free",
        "active": true
      },
      {
        "id": "topmacapps",
        "platform": "mac",
        "chart_type": "top",
        "active": false
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /appstore/categories
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 1 credit/request
Platform: AppStore
Parameters: 1 documented fields

Request parameters

x-api-key:header

Response schema fields

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "id": 6014,
        "name": "Games"
      },
      {
        "id": 7012,
        "name": "Games/Puzzle",
        "parent_id": 6014
      }
    ],
    "collections": [
      {
        "id": "topfreeapplications",
        "platform": "phone",
        "chart_type": "top_free",
        "active": true
      },
      {
        "id": "topmacapps",
        "platform": "mac",
        "chart_type": "top",
        "active": false
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/appstore/categories" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"