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PHP iTunes Search API: Fetch data about podcast and apps from iTunes

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Author

Yasir Siddiqui

This class can fetch data about podcast and apps from iTunes.

It can send HTTP requests to iTunes Web server to retrieve several types of RSS feeds with the results for searching podcasts, apps and other types of media hosted by iTunes.

Currently in can search for iPhone apps, app reviews, audio books, ebooks, movies, music, podcasts and TV shows.

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March 2017
Number 5

Prize: One subscription to the PDF edition of the PHP Architect magazine		 iTunes is a popular store for purchasing media and apps for Apple devices.

This package can send queries to iTunes APIs to retrieve and parse RSS feeds with the details of several types of media and apps sold by iTunes.

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Example

<?php
require_once 'Class.itunes.php';

$itunesobj = new iTunes_Connect();

//$data = $itunesobj->searchiTunes("jack johnson",NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,5);
//echo "<pre>";
//print_r($data);
//echo "</pre>";


// Two characters country code
// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2

/*
$data = $itunesobj->getAppDetails("400274934","US"); //// slanka 505461492
echo "<pre>";
print_r($data);
echo "</pre>";
*/

// Two characters country code
// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2
/*
$data = $itunesobj->getAppReviews("505461492"); //// slanka 505461492
echo "<pre>";
print_r($data);
echo "</pre>";
*/

/* $data = $itunesobj->getMacApps("us",TOP_MAC_APPS_FREE,MAC_BUSINESS,2);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($data);
echo "</pre>"; */


/* $data = $itunesobj->getMovies("us",TOP_MOVIES,MOVIES_COMEDY,5);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($data);
echo "</pre>"; */

/* $data = $itunesobj->getMusic("us",MUSIC_TOP_SONGS,MUSIC_TYPE_DANCE,3);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($data);
echo "</pre>"; */

/* $data = $itunesobj->getMusicVideos("us",TOP_MUSIC_VIDEOS,MUSIC_VIDEOS_LATIN,2);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($data);
echo "</pre>"; */

/* $data = $itunesobj->getPodCasts("us",TOP_PODCASTS,PODCASTS_ARTS,3);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($data);
echo "</pre>"; */

 $data = $itunesobj->getTvShows("us",TOP_TV_SEASONS,TV_SHOWS_COMEDY,3);
 echo "<pre>";
print_r($data);
echo "</pre>";






Details

Fetch-Apple-iTunes-Data

This class can fetch veriety of data information from Apple iTunes store. It gets data by consuming iTunes rss feeds. With this class you can search for the following information

? Search itunes store against any keyword and any media type

? Get complete details for any iPhone/iPad App

? Get customers reviews for any iPhone/iPad App

? Get information about audio books in any category

? Get information about ebooks in any category having different rankings e.g. Top Paid books ect

? Get list of iPhone/iPad Apps in any category having different ranking e.g. Top Free Apps, Top Paid Apps

? Get list of MAC Apps in any category having different ranking e.g. Top Free Apps, Top Paid Apps

? Get the list of Movies in any category having different rankings like Top Movies

? Get the list of audio songs in any category having different rankings like Top Songs

? Get the list of video songs in any category having different rankings like Top video Songs

? Get the list of podcasts in any category having different rankings

? Get the list of Tv Shows in any category having different rankings like Top Seasons


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