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It looks like I have to manually enter each app's URL. I like how easy it was to try Kickfolio - just enter app names. http://kickfolio.com/ http://kickfolio.co
by ja27 14y ago
It looks like I have to manually enter each app's URL.
I like how easy it was to try Kickfolio - just enter app names. http://kickfolio.com/ http://kickfolio.com/
- satjot 14y agoDo you know someone there? Would love to chat.
- danielamitay 14y agoThey're just querying the app store search API: http://itunes.apple.com/search?entity=software&term=$APP_NAME http://itunes.apple.com/search?entity=software&term=$APP... This is the same search API that Apple uses for the App Store, and returns the same order and results as Kickfolio. The first result is usually correct, but you could always double check with the developer. Example: http://itunes.apple.com/search?entity=software&term=ShareCal http://itunes.apple.com/search?entity=software&term=Shar...
- chrisnolet 14y agoNice work! Daniel is pretty much spot on. We run the search term through a regex to see if the user has entered an iTunes URL first (as we accept either search terms or URLs), then we pass the search term to the search API listed above. There is a little magic in sorting the results and a little magic in combining results from the different international stores. We started with that though and it gets great results. There are a couple of (fairly old) Rails gems for it too.