How can I find the price of an app on the iTunes app store using PHP?

Question

I am going to be creating a website which will require up-to-date prices on certain iPhone apps, which I know is possible because the website AppShopper does just that except they do it with every website. I am not that skilled using PHP though I am a quick learner.

I think that I will need to create a spider/scraper that takes the values from the website though I have done lots of research and I haven't figured it out, though I this may not be what I need. I am not familiar with the creation of spiders, though I am willing to learn. This will not be the key-point of the site so it doesn't need to be the most robust system, I would just like to be able to have it updated the prices

I would appreciate any help or suggestions that anyone has to offer.

Answer 1

There is an official Search API provided by Apple. I haven't used it myself, but it's worth looking into. Read more here.