The Google Play API allows developers to interact with various aspects of the Google Play Store, including app releases, reviews, and sales data. Leveraging this API on Pipedream enables you to automate tasks such as monitoring app performance, updating app listings, and processing user feedback. By connecting Google Play with Pipedream, you can create powerful workflows that save time, provide real-time data insights, and enhance app engagement and user satisfaction.
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
props: {
google_play: {
type: "app",
app: "google_play",
}
},
async run({steps, $}) {
return await axios($, {
url: `https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/userinfo`,
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${this.google_play.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
},
})
},
})
Automate App Review Monitoring: Automatically track and analyze user reviews on your Google Play Store listings. Set up a workflow on Pipedream that triggers alerts or emails to your customer support team when a review contains specific keywords (like "bug" or "error"), helping you respond quickly to user concerns.
Sales Reporting Automation: Integrate Google Play with data visualization tools like Google Sheets or Tableau on Pipedream. Automatically export sales and revenue data daily or weekly, allowing for real-time financial analysis and trend spotting without manual data entry, enhancing your decision-making process.
Dynamic App Content Updates: Use the Google Play API to update app listings or content based on user feedback or performance metrics. Create a Pipedream workflow that listens for specific triggers like a dip in user engagement, then automatically updates app descriptions, graphics, or promotions to boost visibility and user interaction.
Google Play uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Google Play account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Google Play and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Google Play API.
Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:
email
profile
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/androidpublisher
GET
https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
?
client_id={{oauth.client_id}}
&
redirect_uri={{oauth.redirect_uri}}
&
state={{oauth.state}}
&
response_type=code
&
scope={{oauth.space_separated_scopes}}
&
access_type=offline
&
prompt=consent
POST
https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
accept: application/json
client_id={{oauth.client_id}}
&
client_secret={{oauth.client_secret}}
&
redirect_uri={{oauth.redirect_uri}}
&
grant_type=authorization_code
&
code={{oauth.code}}
POST
https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
accept: application/json
client_id={{oauth.client_id}}
&
client_secret={{oauth.client_secret}}
&
grant_type=refresh_token
&
refresh_token={{oauth.refresh_token}}