Is there any appstore with an API? [closed]

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I want to read app names and reviews from an appstore. Can be any appstore: Apple appstore, Google market/play, Amazon... Anyone aware of any appstore that exposes a public API for this?

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Yes, it's possible to fetch Data from the Apple AppStore. The page returns all information about the app in JSON, so you simply have to decode the output:

$context = stream_context_create(array('http' => array('header'=>'Connection: close')));
$inh = file_get_contents("http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStoreServices.woa/wa/wsLookup?id=$appid&country=us");
$inh = json_decode($inh);
$rs = $inh->results["0"];
$ituneslink = $rs->trackViewUrl;
$price = $rs->price;
$appname = $rs->trackName;
$screens = $rs->screenshotUrls;
...

Be sure to insert the App-ID.