Tool Fetcher - A simple python script wrote to filter appstore results.

[carpoa 3.1k iPhone SE (2020) 16]

Fetcher

Made only Json & Requests

Fetcher is a light weight, python script that also outputs all data to a text file in a formatted manor. I will probably update this once or twice.

Cant post on git because they deleted my main github

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It can be used to

1. Sort versions from highest to lowest
2. Search for apps via terms ("Last day on Earth")
3. Custom entity input ("software,iPadSoftware")
4. Version sorting (BUGGY, I wouldnt really call this a feature bc of its state but its here anyway)
5. Search w/ country codes ("US")
6. Limit results
7. Search results via Genre ("Games")
8. Filters any junk data from results (art work, description etc)
9. Callback support (edit the code as it wasn't built with it in mind)

Might be buggy, not gonna always sort things well. Will try its best <3.

Plans:

1. Almost 0 Plans for this. Might add more sorting/filters to the script.

Installing requests:

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pip install requests

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Code:

import json
import os
import time
import requests

DEBUG = False
PRINT_RESPONSE = False # recommeneded as false because lots of data

def filter(data):
    if not isinstance(data, list):
        raise ValueError("Input data should be a list of dictionaries.")
    
    filtered_data = []
    for item in data:
        if isinstance(item, dict):
            # items to filter, copy paste
            filtered_item = {
                "currentVersionReleaseDate": item.get("currentVersionReleaseDate"),
                "primaryGenreName": item.get("primaryGenreName"),
                "bundleId": item.get("bundleId"), # "com.attackgalaxyshooter.galaxyspaceshooter2020"
                "sellerName": item.get("sellerName"),
                "version": item.get("version"),
                "trackName": item.get("trackName"), # "Galaxy War: Space Shooter"
                "kind": item.get("kind"), # software
                "releaseDate": item.get("releaseDate"),
                "collectionViewUrl": item.get("collectionViewUrl"),
                "genres": item.get("genres"),
            }
            if DEBUG: print(json.dumps(filtered_item, indent=4))
            filtered_data.append(filtered_item)
        else:
            print(f"Skipping item, not a dictionary: {item}")
    return filtered_data


def sorter(data, target, high=False):
    try:

        s = sorted(data, key=lambda x: x[target], reverse=high)

        if DEBUG:
            print(json.dumps(s, indent=4))

        return s
    except Exception as err:
        print(f"[!] Error while sorting: {err}")
        exit(1)

def sortGenre(data, target, includeAllMatching = False):
    sorted_genres = [] # store here
    
    for genre in data:
        
        if isinstance(genre, dict):
        
            genre_name = genre.get('primaryGenreName')
            genre_list = genre.get('genres')

            # look for all that match the target
            if includeAllMatching: 
                if genre_name == target or target in genre_list: 
                    sorted_genres.append(genre)
            else:
                # only get the matching primaryGenreName
                if genre_name == target:
                    sorted_genres.append(genre)

    return sorted_genres

def sortVer(data, high=False):
    return sorter(data, 'version', high)

def versortCheck(data):
    shouldVerSort = str(input("Sort version? (y/n): ")).upper()

    if shouldVerSort == "Y" or shouldVerSort == "YES":
            
        sortHigh = str(input("Sort version High? (y/n) (n = low -> high): ")).upper()
            
        if sortHigh == "Y" or sortHigh == "YES":
            return sortVer(data, True)
        elif sortHigh == "N" or sortHigh == "NO":
            return sortVer(data, False)
        else:
            return data
    else:
        return data

def gensortCheck(data, target):
    shouldGenSort = str(input(f"Sort Genre by {target}? (y/n): ")).upper()

    if shouldGenSort == "Y" or shouldGenSort == "YES":
        return sortGenre(data, target)
    else:
        return data # since they dont want to genre sort we will then return the data as it is

def save(data, output):
    
    with open(output, 'a+') as f:
        
        if f.writable:
            f.write(json.dumps(data, indent=4))
            f.close()
        
            if f.closed:
                print(f"[+] File was closed and wrote to {output}")
            else:
                ValueError(f"[!] Issue checking if the file is closed successfully. Please make sure you/the program has sufficent privs.")
        
        else:
            ValueError(f"[!] Cannot write to {output}")

def main():
    try:
        limit = int(input("Limit (Number): ")) or 20
        entity = str(input("Entity to search (software,iPadSoftware): ")) or "software,iPadSoftware" 
        country = str(input("Country Code (US): ")).lower() or "us" # country code (us = america)
        term = str(input("Term: ")) or "terminator"
        targetGenre = str(input("Genre (\"Games\"): ")) or "games"
        
        if limit == 0: print("[!] Enter a value higher than 0"); main()

        # can add this back just do '&callback={callback}' in the url
        # callback = "fetch_with_cb_cb" # easy function parsing from result <3 apple

        output = str(input("Output file (result.txt): ")) or "results.txt"

        url = f"https://itunes.apple.com/search?limit={limit}&entity={entity}&country={country}&term={term}"

        res = requests.get(url)

        if PRINT_RESPONSE:
            print(json.dumps(res.json(), indent=4))

        if res.status_code != 200:
            ValueError(f"[!] Response code: {res.status_code}\nURL: {url}\nCorrect issues and try again.")
        
        if json.dumps(res.json().get('resultCount', int)) == '0':
            ValueError(f"[!] No results. Please correct any issues.\nLimit: {limit}\nEntity: {entity}\nCountry Code (default us): {country}\nSearch term: {term}")
        
        raw = res.json().get('results', []) # gets the results
        
        filtered = filter(raw)

        versorted = versortCheck(filtered) # i did this so i can shorten the code thats in the block.

        # we parse the return from versorted and then use that data
        gensorted = gensortCheck(versorted, targetGenre)
        
        # after we save it
        save(gensorted, output)

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Uh oh you encountered an error!\n{e}")
        input("Press any key to continue")
        time.sleep(5)
        os.system('clear') # change to your distro/os clear equivilent. cls for win.
        main()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if DEBUG: input("[!] WARNING YOU ARE USING DEBUG [!]\nPRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE\n")
    main()

Made this for fun. I know you can use the Decrypt IPA store for searching but this could be better due to the filters it gives. All outputs are in a Json string that is indented too for an easier read.

Updated October 21, 2024 by carpoa
if DEBUG == True -> if DEBUG