GOV.UK ID Check

GET /api/v1/app?id=uk.gov.documentchecking, shortened.

{
    "ok": true,
    "app": {
        "id": "uk.gov.documentchecking",
        "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.gov.documentchecking",
        "title": "GOV.UK ID Check",
        "title_lang": "en",
        "summary": "Securely confirm your identity for select government services",
        "description": "Use GOV.UK ID Check to prove your identity when you:• access some HMRC services with Government Gateway• need to change how you get securit…",
        "recent_changes": "We’ve made technical updates to the document sharing part of the journey.",
        "status": {
            "removed": false,
            "removed_seen_at": null,
            "source": "play",
            "storefront": "US",
            "archived_at": null,
            "fetched_at": "2026-10-26T07:47:12Z"
        },
        "installs": {
            "label": "5,000,000+",
            "min": 5000000,
            "real": 5802437
        },
        "rating": {
            "score": 4.695,
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            "reviews": 71,
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        },
        "pricing": {
            "free": true,
            "price": 0,
            "currency": "USD",
            "offers_iap": false,
            "iap_range": null,
            "contains_ads": false
        },
        "category": {
            "id": "TOOLS",
            "name": "Tools",
            "all": []
        },
        "content_rating": {
            "rating": "Everyone",
            "description": null
        },
        "developer": {
            "id": "5594538151794545523",
            "name": "Government Digital Service",
            "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Government+Digital+Service",
            "website": null,
            "site_domain": null,
            "site_domain_available": null,
            "privacy_policy": "https://signin.account.gov.uk/privacy-notice",
            "contacts": "available on the Business plan"
        },
        "released": "2022-10-28T15:48:19Z",
        "updated": "2026-09-29T15:24:35Z",
        "version": "1.32.0",
        "android_min": "10",
        "media": {
            "icon": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/WR_OxY-mxo6df8xayTdudDC_6kop8AkIG5S2KLOLWpcw01Kwj4u4QB92eg_JLbwQNTQmQHejkOWmeOdkOuRE3jo",
            "header_image": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/XHnnr0y8W05M-cbJ30SZYgwiOt6zTZ7ZOKEhr1_RYce421IcTBdqSK5iod7MPKQLoBVlhTgkO3YF_vrdvEV3",
            "screenshots": [
                "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/rewxCGCNXZrUkMuHutg4nC7Mq1ujF1SZstkm5fU9f9rYPDrEb_Yihz--Nii36V6E3_TvjxxEm318tCmK1ewgfw",
                "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/hFDYL2IuhIfzBDS9gFPLX84a3mLOrju1ZaHbTOtIicZYMSSdFyIqGdJhzg6HhZssuIL-etvKZvWauNvF6wSi"
            ],
            "video": null,
            "video_image": null
        }
    }
}

import requests

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

const res = await fetch('https://apiplay.cc/api/v1/app?id=uk.gov.documentchecking', {
  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=uk.gov.documentchecking"

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

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