avisayen / gstar

#gstar

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##Overview

I needed a quick and easy way to get the star ratings for any app that was available on the Google Play Store.

I have written this simple module in Python that enables any developer to do just that.

###Description

This is a simple python module that will help retrieve star ratings from the Google Play Store.

###TODO

• Ability to retrieve the star ratings for multiple apps at once
• Retrieve averaged star rating as well
• Expand to retrieve other info (# of installs, current version, etc.)

###Install

1. Clone this repository

   git clone https://github.com/justinjasmann/gstar.git
   

2. Extract the distributable .tar

   cd dist/
   tar -xvf gstar-Google-Play-Scraper-0.1dev
   

3. Run the installer

   cd gstar-Google-Play-Scraper-0.1dev
   python setup.py install
   

   Note: Depending on your environment, you may need to execute using sudo.

####Usage

Sample

from gstar import GStar

gstar = GStar()
star_ratings = gstar.star_rating("com.android.chrome")

print "Package: " + star_ratings.package
print "Five stars: " + star_ratings.five
print "Four stars: " + star_ratings.four
print "Three stars: " + star_ratings.three
print "Two stars: " + star_ratings.two
print "One star: " + star_ratings.one

...

# Output
Package: com.android.chrome
Five stars: 995,805
Four stars: 262,189
Three stars: 118,266
Two stars: 53,407
One star: 120,073

###Feedback

Any and all feedback is, of course, welcome.

If you've got suggestions/comments, feel free to send me an email. Otherwise, I look forward to your pull requests :D

Thanks for your time!

###Contact

Justin Jasmann | @JustinJasmann | [email protected]