Espresso: World news in a shot

GET /api/v1/app?id=com.economist.darwin, shortened.

{
    "ok": true,
    "app": {
        "id": "com.economist.darwin",
        "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.economist.darwin",
        "title": "Espresso: World news in a shot",
        "title_lang": "en",
        "summary": "Quick daily news reporting",
        "description": "Espresso from The Economist is the faster, smarter way to know the news. Power through the world’s top stories in the time it takes to have…",
        "recent_changes": "We've made general improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother experience",
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            "source": "play",
            "storefront": "US",
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        },
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        },
        "pricing": {
            "free": true,
            "price": 0,
            "currency": "USD",
            "offers_iap": true,
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            "contains_ads": true
        },
        "category": {
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            "name": "News & Magazines",
            "all": []
        },
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            "rating": "Everyone",
            "description": null
        },
        "developer": {
            "id": "5059535972638766074",
            "name": "The Economist Newspaper",
            "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=5059535972638766074",
            "website": "http://www.economist.com",
            "site_domain": "economist.com",
            "site_domain_available": false,
            "privacy_policy": "http://www.economistgroup.com/results_and_governance/governance/privacy/index.html",
            "contacts": "available on the Business plan"
        },
        "released": "2014-11-04T18:22:38Z",
        "updated": "2026-04-10T10:27:52Z",
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        "media": {
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            "header_image": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/ybgZn5vEsTLaRHI0oE6sjOJXC-DKBnnRLp4RK5ftOdQDIaAT3js6lX9xA4CBWxMxFpfiJ748Ytg-NFXblXqw",
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        }
    }
}

import requests

r = requests.get('https://apiplay.cc/api/v1/app', params={'id': 'com.economist.darwin'},
                 headers={'X-API-Key': API_KEY}, timeout=30)
data = r.json()

const res = await fetch('https://apiplay.cc/api/v1/app?id=com.economist.darwin', {
  headers: { 'X-API-Key': process.env.API_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();

curl -H "X-API-Key: $API_KEY" \
  "https://apiplay.cc/api/v1/app?id=com.economist.darwin"

$ch = curl_init('https://apiplay.cc/api/v1/app?id=com.economist.darwin');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['X-API-Key: ' . getenv('API_KEY')]]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

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