Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab

GET /api/v1/app?id=com.labs.merlinbirdid.app, shortened.

{
    "ok": true,
    "app": {
        "id": "com.labs.merlinbirdid.app",
        "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.labs.merlinbirdid.app",
        "title": "Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab",
        "title_lang": "en",
        "summary": "What’s that bird? Just answer 5 questions, snap a photo, or record its song!",
        "description": "What's that bird? Ask Merlin—the world’s leading app for birds. Just like magic, Merlin Bird ID will help you solve the mystery.Merlin …",
        "recent_changes": "What's new in 4.2:Identifying birds with a picture is easier than ever. No need to crop your picture - simply upload your photo, add th…",
        "status": {
            "removed": false,
            "removed_seen_at": null,
            "source": "play",
            "storefront": "US",
            "archived_at": null,
            "fetched_at": "2026-10-27T04:19:04Z"
        },
        "installs": {
            "label": "10,000,000+",
            "min": 10000000,
            "real": 12746886
        },
        "rating": {
            "score": 4.856,
            "ratings": 183272,
            "reviews": 31073,
            "histogram": [
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            ]
        },
        "pricing": {
            "free": true,
            "price": 0,
            "currency": "USD",
            "offers_iap": false,
            "iap_range": null,
            "contains_ads": false
        },
        "category": {
            "id": "BOOKS_AND_REFERENCE",
            "name": "Books & Reference",
            "all": []
        },
        "content_rating": {
            "rating": "Everyone",
            "description": null
        },
        "developer": {
            "id": "6708160154825460990",
            "name": "Cornell Lab of Ornithology",
            "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=6708160154825460990",
            "website": "http://merlin.allaboutbirds.org",
            "site_domain": "allaboutbirds.org",
            "site_domain_available": false,
            "privacy_policy": "https://privacy.cornell.edu/information-use-cornell",
            "contacts": "available on the Business plan"
        },
        "released": "2014-06-26T17:52:13Z",
        "updated": "2026-10-13T12:46:21Z",
        "version": "4.2.1",
        "android_min": "7.0",
        "media": {
            "icon": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/nICyHyDeK1h_GsceZeKX_W6Eavjje50-4ZCxmrPTAG4-c-r8-XFJt2J8V68uwTMFl4xozwJLq2WWAsuQN6K-eOg",
            "header_image": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/W73RnwAMK6HxeqMh5ZIsBDtryGuKd_OGO20sNBd1bYYMFlsbrN2vWon-w4lcFMuav_HHHjthbZ_eIv3EJbIN",
            "screenshots": [
                "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/E9FneVXvwF7nHTXvFcmXE-CDyT2a2ioT_atgeN5t8hzgpAiuK_8TVxg6OYdTvQ3WXrdZ0TCTFi1EC-UO9t_42Hk",
                "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/4Zb6oK92VaKzKOc-aP1xXBygfnrVbVsG7HPF8Bn6hKD-QUHdMkyIX1r9QieSXwfBJAO_TyCHCcQ7xd33xZOb4A"
            ],
            "video": null,
            "video_image": null
        }
    }
}

import requests

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

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

curl -H "X-API-Key: $APKAPI_KEY" \
  "https://apiplay.cc/api/v1/app?id=com.labs.merlinbirdid.app"

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

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