# fetcher.sh Google Play Apps Search API

> fetcher.sh Google Play Apps Search API is a paid API for AI agents from fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches and searches Google Play Store app listings, returning app metadata and details for a given query or app identifier

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fetcher.sh/api/googleplay/apps
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-google-play-apps-search-api-0283c583
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_UnayuF78As7oESezzhSeS

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability fetcher-sh-google-play-apps-search-api-0283c583
```

Example prompt: Search Google Play Store for the top meditation apps and give me their names, ratings, and number of downloads.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic access to Google Play Store app data without setting up a Google developer account or OAuth flow. Ideal for AI agents doing market research, competitor analysis, or app discovery tasks that require fresh Play Store metadata. Preferable over building your own scraper due to its simplicity and per-call USDC pricing with no subscription commitment.

## Known failure modes

- App not found — returns empty result or 404-style error if the app ID doesn't exist on Google Play
- Rate limiting or scraping blocks from Google — may return an error or empty response if Google temporarily blocks the scraper
- Invalid query parameters — malformed input may result in a 400 error
- Geographic restrictions — some apps may not appear in results depending on region/locale settings
- Stale data — scraped data may lag real-time Google Play by minutes to hours

## How this service works

fetcher.sh is an x402 web-data and scraping API: 111 endpoints for Twitter/X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Google, App Store, and Yelp — paid per call in USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana, or with prepaid credits. Built for AI agents: no accounts, no OAuth, no subscriptions.

## Output

Returns a list of Google Play Store app listings matching the query, each containing fields such as app name, package ID, developer, star rating, review count, install count, price, category, and app icon URL. For specific app lookups, returns detailed metadata about that single app.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "required": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-google-play-apps-search-api-0283c583/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from fetcher.sh](https://www.zero.xyz/host/fetcher.sh/llms.txt)