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.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/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 |
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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 |