Help me HN: I'm stuck with my graduate internship, need app store data

Post by junecpy » Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 4:04 AM UTC

Avalaxy wrote: post #8

junecpy wrote: post #7

I recently did a research mini-project for a startup in Shanghai and I found this site useful: http://xyo.net . They have apps data by iOS/Android by category by country. Agree with t0 that screen scrape will do in most case. Download free version from screen-scraper.com and go through their tutorial. I have no tech background by manage to scrape information I need. Good luck.

Wow, especially your xyo.net suggestion is really awesome. Seems they don't offer a complete data set, but a lot of good data indeed. I wonder why I didn't find this site with google.

Post by 1123581321 » Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 3:39 PM UTC

Avalaxy wrote: post #12

1123581321 wrote: post #10

Apple provides this information in a daily data dump.

You mean their RSS feeds? They only provide the newest/top apps.

Post by 1123581321 » Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 6:45 PM UTC

Avalaxy wrote: post #14

1123581321 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, they have a data dump of app information for every app. I believe it's an enormous XML file. My friend runs an app information/aggregation site and uses it.

Where do I find it? Can't find it on Google.