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Programming language: Protocol Buffer
License: MIT License
Tags: Third Party APIs    
Latest version: v0.1.5

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ExPlay

Google Play (Android Market) API in Elixir :computer:

(Ported from node-google-play)

Installation

Add explay to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [{:explay, "~> 0.1.5"}]
end

Install JS Dependency

Right now, there isn't an erlang/elixir implementation of Google's Protobuf library that can decode v2 data correctly, so we're relying on the npm module protobufjs. In your project's root, run:

npm init
npm install protobufjs --save

or if you prefer yarn:

yarn add protobufjs

Usage

There are a lot of modules, each handling their own relevant API calls, but you need to be concerned with only two:

  • ExPlay.Account
  • ExPlay.Request

Authentication

To interact with the Google Play API and get back data, you need a valid and authenticated Google account (with email, password and device id).

# Save this account object to later use in API requests

account = %ExPlay.Account{email: "[email protected]", password: "12345678", device_id: "XXXXXXXX"}
account = ExPlay.Account.authenticate!(account)

Get App Details

{:ok, app} = ExPlay.Request.package_details(account, "com.facebook.katana")

app.title
# => "Facebook"

app.descriptionHtml
# => "Keeping up with friends is faster than ever..."

app.details.appDetails.numDownloads
# => "1,000,000,000+ downloads"

app.details.appDetails.versionCode
# => 41212272

# And lots of other stuff. Use Map.keys(app) to get an idea of the response.

Get App Delivery Data

You can get an app's delivery data using ExPlay.Request.package_download_info/2. It will return a map with a downloadable APK url and authorization cookies which you can pass to any HTTP client to download the APK (Even wget or curl).

Note: The package here can be the app's bundle identifier string or a {bundle, version} tuple.

{:ok, info} = ExPlay.Request.package_download_info(account, "com.facebook.katana")

info.downloadUrl
# => "https://play.googlezip.net/market/download/Download?packageName=com.facebook.katana&versionCode=41212272&ssl..."

info.downloadAuthCookie
# => [%{"name" => "MarketDA", "value" => "09919279757374609811"}]

Download APK

Alternatively, you can let ExPlay download the app for you. Specify the package you want to download and a (writable) path where you'd like to save it.

Note: The package here can be the app's bundle identifier string or a {bundle, version} tuple.

ExPlay.Request.download!(account, "com.facebook.katana", "/tmp/facebook.apk")
# => :ok

Roadmap

  • [ ] Write missing Tests
  • [x] Write Documentation
  • [ ] Update documentation with more information and examples
  • [ ] Implement pure Erlang/Elixir Protobuf v2 solution for decoding data
  • [ ] Cover all API calls
    • [x] Authentication
    • [x] Package Details
    • [ ] Bulk Package Details
    • [ ] Search Apps
    • [ ] Related Apps
    • [ ] Categories
    • [ ] App Reviews
    • [x] Download App
    • [ ] Download App Data

Contributing

  • Fork, Enhance, Send PR
  • Lock issues with any bugs or feature requests
  • Implement something from Roadmap
  • Spread the word

License

This package is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.


*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the explay README section above are relevant to that project's source code only.