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Reputation: 25826

How to fetch application icon and application description from iTunes store?

How could I fetch application icon and application details from iTunes store if I have app id?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 899

Answers (1)

Matthew Frederick
Matthew Frederick

Reputation: 22305

I believe there is a way to retrieve at least some icons via one of the many App Store RSS feeds, perhaps more easily via a custom feed. I've not tried this method, but I know that at least some apps and websites use them that way.

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You can retrieve it all by requesting XML information from the App Store. Dan Grigsby wrote about it about a year ago:

App Store Data Mining Techniques Revealed – Part 1

App Store Data Mining Techniques Revealed – Part 2: Scripting App Store XML Downloads

Part 2 explains how to send a query for a specific app using the app ID. The article doesn't provide code for doing it in iOS, but it's very straightforward once you know what to ask for.

Upvotes: 2

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