codes for website data scraping and accessing iTunes API on iOS mobile apps
- run apps_categories.py: scrape the categories & IDs of iOS apps (website link)
- websitelinks2_2.py: compile a complete list of apps for each category (the links on website link and its sub-pages)
- app_index2.py: extract the app names & IDs into DataFrame; compare with previous list for updates
- app_data2.py: access iTunes API; save the app data into csv files. the app features include:
- info about the developer (ID, website, app store page); ratings (user rating and counts, content rating); app specifics (price, version, release date, genre, size, supported device);
- app descriptions (descriptions, screen shots, ipad version screen shots)