chrome_store_search is a Ruby gem that provides apps, extensions and themes search functions in chrome web store.
Installation
$ gem install chrome_store_searchOr with Bundler in your Gemfile.
gem 'chrome_store_search'Usage
It supports ruby 1.9.3+.
require 'chrome_store_search'
chrome_store_search = ChromeStoreSearch::Search.new(:category => "apps")
# it will return app arrary which app only have basic info.
chrome_store_search.search("bird")
# also can get app detail info if have app id
ChromeStoreSearch::App.new("dkiahcckehgdocgonfdickeagmoembpe")###Configuring
chrome_store_search = ChromeStoreSearch::Search.new(:count => 100, :category => "apps")
* `count`: searched apps count
* `category`: search category. Default:nil. (can be "apps","extensions","themes").###Search Result The below is app basic info from app search
app_list = chrome_store_search.search("bird")
app = app_list[0]
# chrome app id (like "aknpkdffaafgjchaibgeefbgmgeghloj")
app.id
# chrome app name (like "Angry Birds")
app.name
# chrome app detail url
app.url
# chrome app short description
app.short_description
# chrome app small logo url. (about 50*50)
app.small_logo_url
# chrome app big logo url. (about 128*128)
app.big_logo_url
# chrome app rating
app.rating
# chrome app total rating count
app.total_rating_count
# chrome app total users
app.total_users###App detail info The below is app detail info which get it by app id
app = ChromeStoreSearch::App.new("dkiahcckehgdocgonfdickeagmoembpe")
# it also can get basic info same as above
# id, name, url, short_description, small_logo_url,
# big_logo_url, rating, total_rating_count, total_users
# app long description
app.description
# app site
app.site
# app version
app.version
# app updated date
app.updated_at
# app support url
app.support_url
# app videos url(array)
app.videos
# app images url(array)
app.images
# app size(ex: 14.52KB)
app.size
# app languages(array)
app.languages