SmartNews: Local Breaking News

GET /api/v1/app?id=jp.gocro.smartnews.android, shortened.

{
    "ok": true,
    "app": {
        "id": "jp.gocro.smartnews.android",
        "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.gocro.smartnews.android",
        "title": "SmartNews: Local Breaking News",
        "title_lang": "en",
        "summary": "Political news, election results, entertainment, sports and local stories.",
        "description": "We combine the best of quality journalism with expert curation to help you stay informed—and feel good while doing it. With quality article…",
        "recent_changes": "- Performance improvements and bug fixes to enhance your reading experience.",
        "status": {
            "removed": false,
            "removed_seen_at": null,
            "source": "play",
            "storefront": "US",
            "archived_at": null,
            "fetched_at": "2026-10-27T07:19:56Z"
        },
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        },
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        },
        "pricing": {
            "free": true,
            "price": 0,
            "currency": "USD",
            "offers_iap": true,
            "iap_range": "$3.99 - $4.99 per item",
            "contains_ads": true
        },
        "category": {
            "id": "NEWS_AND_MAGAZINES",
            "name": "News & Magazines",
            "all": []
        },
        "content_rating": {
            "rating": "Teen",
            "description": null
        },
        "developer": {
            "id": "5466813675781642836",
            "name": "SmartNews, Inc.",
            "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=SmartNews,+Inc.",
            "website": "https://www.smartnews.com/",
            "site_domain": "smartnews.com",
            "site_domain_available": false,
            "privacy_policy": "https://www.smartnews.com/privacy",
            "contacts": "available on the Business plan"
        },
        "released": "2013-03-26T18:36:40Z",
        "updated": "2026-10-22T07:25:55Z",
        "version": null,
        "android_min": null,
        "media": {
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            "header_image": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/nwbGvyo_mVGlowmGpIX4RTarJt5dlC7QSbJRkTWf7Pz3xFPiFqbhLk3XCnfW1hJ6fTgK43bfeZBkp0uXo7Esaw",
            "screenshots": [
                "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/JVqXDIdkfFz9T8LNQ_kJCruEs8Qq8sSHaxDODpY29epWSx-ya80zXZNDfVGa6X50qey4L-IXGz4damK_dlaM",
                "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/SpjmqaIY8zLhNYvE74SclH_uMQE552Fu8hFyoTfT2pJ3sJV0Vi1GCRBAMhxawmdo3Y84FT9et-4OTyobmU2YLA"
            ],
            "video": null,
            "video_image": null
        }
    }
}

import requests

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

const res = await fetch('https://apiplay.cc/api/v1/app?id=jp.gocro.smartnews.android', {
  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=jp.gocro.smartnews.android"

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

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