searchitunes

searchitunes

Light node.js module to quickly search the Apple iTunes Store and App Store for music, apps, etc.

Installation

Stable: npm install searchitunes

Source: npm install fvdm/nodejs-searchitunes

Usage

( params, callback )

parameter	type	required	description
params	object	yes	object with search parameters
callback	function	yes	function to process results

Params: API documentation

Callback

The callback function receives two parameters: err and data. On success err is null and data is the result object. On error err is an instance of Error and data is not set, see Errors below.

Example

var searchitunes = require ('searchitunes');

// Find free Github app for iPhone in Dutch App Store
searchitunes (
  {
    entity: 'software',
    country: 'NL',
    term: 'github',
    limit: 1,
    price: 0
  },
  function (err, data) {
    if (err) {

      // Error
      console.log ('Search failed: %s', err.message);

    } else {

      // All good
      console.log (data);

    }
  }
);

Output

{
  resultCount: 1,
  results: [
    {
      kind: 'software',
      features: [
        'iosUniversal'
      ],
      supportedDevices: [
        'iPad23G',
        'iPhone5',
        'iPadMini4G',
        'iPhone5s',
        'iPad2Wifi',
        'iPadFourthGen4G',
        'iPadThirdGen4G',
        'iPhone4S',
        'iPadFourthGen',
        'iPodTouchFifthGen',
        'iPadThirdGen',
        'iPhone4',
        'iPhone5c',
        'iPadMini'
      ],
      advisories: [],
      isGameCenterEnabled: false,
      screenshotUrls: [
        'http://a5.mzstatic.com/eu/r30/Purple/v4/89/22/af/8922afb3-2977-112d-9a6c-517195e90923/screen1136x1136.jpeg',
        'http://a5.mzstatic.com/eu/r30/Purple6/v4/72/e2/ef/72e2efff-81fe-2072-2e79-159ab412f39a/screen1136x1136.jpeg',
        'http://a4.mzstatic.com/eu/r30/Purple/v4/e2/9a/69/e29a69d2-7fbe-e4bb-0b96-656789a0fcd8/screen1136x1136.jpeg',
        'http://a2.mzstatic.com/eu/r30/Purple6/v4/a2/ec/f2/a2ecf2b9-8880-55ea-e51f-77a14a4b1e38/screen1136x1136.jpeg',
        'http://a1.mzstatic.com/eu/r30/Purple/v4/3b/70/e4/3b70e426-3d06-cca4-388c-23ca0754c878/screen1136x1136.jpeg'
      ],
      ipadScreenshotUrls: [
        'http://a1.mzstatic.com/eu/r30/Purple4/v4/34/49/b4/3449b49d-9159-aa13-bd7f-650d5d61fae7/screen480x480.jpeg',
        'http://a3.mzstatic.com/eu/r30/Purple6/v4/48/9f/76/489f7624-6748-a7f9-33f7-4989b1ea9be8/screen480x480.jpeg',
        'http://a3.mzstatic.com/eu/r30/Purple6/v4/b4/6d/50/b46d5066-4bf0-b74a-ee56-23a2901f49e2/screen480x480.jpeg',
        'http://a2.mzstatic.com/eu/r30/Purple/v4/4b/76/78/4b7678b7-93bf-dd9e-22bc-7992a7c30ebd/screen480x480.jpeg',
        'http://a3.mzstatic.com/eu/r30/Purple4/v4/95/79/61/95796168-cad7-322f-cb42-a189997084cb/screen480x480.jpeg'
      ],
      artworkUrl60: 'http://a1453.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple2/v4/7c/f3/10/7cf31092-9315-6d88-8a8f-f7654fc3c477/Icon.png',
      artworkUrl512: 'http://a1363.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple4/v4/47/96/97/479697ad-2032-3cb6-af4c-1ed00afe6848/mzl.sdsxxvxi.png',
      artistViewUrl: 'https://itunes.apple.com/nl/artist/dillon-buchanan/id551531425?uo=4',
      artistId: 551531425,
      artistName: 'Dillon Buchanan',
      price: 0,
      version: '2.3.3',
      description: '...',
      currency: 'EUR',
      genres: [
        'Productiviteit', 'Sociaal netwerken'
      ],
      genreIds: [
        '6007', '6005'
      ],
      releaseDate: '2013-10-01T01:00:56Z',
      sellerName: 'Dillon Buchanan',
      bundleId: 'com.dillonbuchanan.codehub',
      trackId: 707173885,
      trackName: 'CodeHub - GitHub for iOS',
      primaryGenreName: 'Productivity',
      primaryGenreId: 6007,
      releaseNotes: '...',
      minimumOsVersion: '7.0',
      wrapperType: 'software',
      formattedPrice: 'Gratis',
      trackCensoredName: 'CodeHub - GitHub for iOS',
      languageCodesISO2A: [
        'EN'
      ],
      fileSizeBytes: '20558576',
      contentAdvisoryRating: '4+',
      averageUserRatingForCurrentVersion: 5,
      userRatingCountForCurrentVersion: 3,
      artworkUrl100: 'http://a1363.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple4/v4/47/96/97/479697ad-2032-3cb6-af4c-1ed00afe6848/mzl.sdsxxvxi.png',
      trackViewUrl: 'https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/codehub-github-for-ios/id707173885?mt=8&uo=4',
      trackContentRating: '4+',
      averageUserRating: 4.5,
      userRatingCount: 13
    }
  ]
}

Errors

message	description
request failed	Request can not be made, see err.error
request closed	Request was closed too early
invalid response	API returned unreadable data, see err.body
invalid params	Client provided no or invalid parameters
no results	No results received

Unlicense

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Author

Franklin van de Meent | Website | Github