Mac App Store Api

  1. Possible values: app, contactEmail, contactFirstName, contactLastName, contactPhone, demoAccountName, demoAccountPassword, demoAccountRequired, notes.
  2. When you download an app, it should work as promised. Which is why human App Reviewers ensure that the apps on the App Store adhere to our strict app review standards. Our App Store Review Guidelines require apps to be safe, provide a good user experience, comply with our privacy rules, secure devices from malware and threats, and use approved.
  3. AppleInsider has provided a copy of Apple's Mac Store app guidelines, and in those guidelines, while Apple clearly prohibits technologies like Java and and Power PC code requiring Rosetta, they say nothing about the Mac Carbon API or 32-bit apps written in Carbon. If anything, the Mac App Store guidelines very much avoid discussing this issue.
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  5. ⚠️ Due to breaking changes in the underlying API that mas uses to interact with the Mac App Store, the signin command has been temporarily disabled on macOS 10.13+ ⛔. For more information on this issue, see #164. If you experience issues signing in this way, you can ask to signin using a graphical dialog (provided by Mac App Store.
  6. Search on the App Store and Mac App Store allows customers to find apps, games, stories, categories, in-app purchases, and developers. Searches use app and in-app purchase metadata from your product page to deliver the most relevant results. We’re constantly evolving how search works to serve the best results to customers’ queries.

The App Store and Mac App Store showcase your amazing apps and help customers find new favorites. They’re also where our editors share stories about inspiring developers and their incredible work. Find out how customers can discover your apps, and learn how our editors select apps and developers to feature.

Categories

Currently there’s no API support for the Mac App Store. It may be on the horizon, but it’s certainly not available just yet. Instead of returning application information (developer, price, artwork, etc) in an App Store search using the designated search methods, we’re met with a void return.

Categories on the App Store and Mac App Store sort apps based on their main function or subject matter. Customers can browse categories, such as Entertainment, Shopping, or Social Networking, to find related apps. You can assign a primary and a secondary category to your app. The primary category is particularly important for discoverability, as it helps users find your app when browsing or filtering search results, and it determines in which tab your app appears on the App Store.

To learn more, see Choosing a Category.

Today Tab

The Today tab on the App Store is a daily destination with original stories from our editors around the world, featuring exclusive premieres, new releases, a fresh look at our all-time favorites, an App of the Day, a Game of the Day, and more. It offers tips and how-to guides to help customers use apps in innovative ways, and showcases interviews with inspiring developers. Stories share Apple’s unique perspective on apps and games and how they impact our lives, using artwork, videos, and developer quotes to bring your apps to life.

Games and Apps Tabs

The App Store is also the world’s best game store, with dedicated experiences for games and apps that inform and engage customers through recommendations on new releases and updates, videos, top charts, and handpicked collections and categories. Both tabs also feature app preview videos that autoplay with muted audio as customers scroll through the tabs, and selected in-app purchases — which customers can start buying directly on the App Store.

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Promoted In-App Purchases

Customers can browse in-app purchases directly on the App Store and start a purchase even before downloading your app, helping your app’s content gain exposure. You can promote up to 20 in-app purchases, including subscriptions, on your app’s product page. They can also appear in search results and may be featured by our editorial team.

For details, see Promoting Your In-App Purchases.

Discover

Discover is where customers find the best new releases and updates on the Mac App Store. Each week, our editors shine a light on incredible apps and games with in-depth stories, behind-the-scenes interviews, and curated collections to help customers do more of what they love with their Mac.

Create

Create is where customers find powerful apps that make creating on a Mac intuitive, efficient, and fun, with helpful tips and tours that even experts will find useful.

Work

Work is where we showcase new favorites that support focus and organization. With curated collections and how-tos from our editors, finding the right business, productivity, and utility apps is easy.

Play

Play is where we highlight great games and entertainment apps, with recommendations of new releases, all-time favorites, and handpicked collections.

Develop

Develop is where our editors curate the best developer tools and utilities to help bring your creativity and imagination to customers around the world.

Getting Featured

App Store editors write stories that showcase apps in interesting and informative ways. Our editors base their decisions on a variety of factors, all of which amount to a great product that customers will love. There is no paid placement or checklist of requirements for apps we write about or feature.

Stories.App Store editors talk about apps that have a unique story for example, a behind-the-scenes look at how a developer launched an app that disrupted an industry or how an app helped a customer solve a unique problem.

Apps and Games. When considering apps to feature, our editors look for high-quality apps across all categories, with a particular focus on new apps and apps with significant updates. Factors that our editors consider include:

  • UI design: the usability, appeal, and overall quality of the app
  • User experience: the efficiency and functionality of the app
  • Innovation: apps that solve a unique problem for customers
  • Localizations: high-quality and relevant
  • Accessibility: well-integrated features
  • App Store product page: compelling screenshots, app previews, and descriptions
  • Uniqueness

For games, editors also consider:

  • Gameplay and level of engagement
  • Graphics and performance
  • Audio
  • Narrative and story depth
  • Ability to replay
  • Gameplay controls

Tell us your story.

If your app has a unique story that our editorial team should know, tell us about it. For new apps or a significant update, let us know six to eight weeks in advance of your launch.

HomeNewsApple Inc.No API access for the Mac App Store

There are a lot of websites out there that have made a killing off of iTunes and iOS App Store API access. Any websites that provide services that center on App Store searches rely heavily on Apple’s API to serve up those results.

Apple Mac Apps Store

Currently there’s no API support for the Mac App Store. It may be on the horizon, but it’s certainly not available just yet. Instead of returning application information (developer, price, artwork, etc) in an App Store search using the designated search methods, we’re met with a void return.

As you can see from the JSON return below, we’re not getting much out of Apple when it comes to the Mac App Store. The values were returned when searching for Panic’s Coda using the App ID:

So, it looks like it might be a while before we can include valuable download information in our post footers when we talk about Mac App Store applications.

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We’ll keep our eyes open, and build in support once Apple gives it to us.

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Update 1 2:22PM EST: Apple has just flicked the switch, Mac App Store API is good to go!