app_category {mpathsenser} | R Documentation |
Find the category of an app on the Google Play Store
Description
This function scrapes the Google Play Store by using name
as the search term. From there
it selects the first result in the list and its corresponding category and package name.
Usage
app_category(name, num = 1, rate_limit = 5, exact = TRUE)
Arguments
name |
The name of the app to search for. |
num |
Which result should be selected in the list of search results. Defaults to one. |
rate_limit |
The time interval to keep between queries, in seconds. If the rate limit is too low, the Google Play Store may reject further requests or even ban your entirely. |
exact |
In m-Path Sense, the app names of the AppUsage sensor are the last part of the app's
package names. When |
Value
A list containing the following fields:
package | the package name that was selected from the Google Play search |
genre | the corresponding genre of this package |
Warning
Do not abuse this function or you will be banned by the Google Play Store. The minimum delay between requests seems to be around 5 seconds, but this is untested. Also make sure not to do batch lookups, as many subsequent requests will get you blocked as well.
Examples
app_category("whatsapp")
# Example of a generic app name where we can't find a specific app
app_category("weather") # Weather forecast channel
# Get OnePlus weather
app_category("net.oneplus.weather")