Get localized app title from .ipa file downloaded in desktop iTunes

Question

I am trying to find the localized app title from an ipa file, downloaded in iTunes on a Mac. The path to the ipas are likely:

/Users/yourname/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Mobile Applications/*.ipa

I've successfully managed to get localized icon titles (short, displayed below icon), but not the (longer) official titles for an app.

Maybe the plain answer is, the localized titles aren't in the ipa? I don't recall coding the full app titles into the app itself really, only the icon titles. App titles are only available "online", at iTunes servers.

Answer 1

Apple has an API exactly for these kinds of metadata: https://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/resources/documentation/itunes-store-web-service-search-api.html

Your query URL will look like this:

https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=<your app's iTunes ID>&country=<country code>