AppFollow API: Description, Methods & Examples

API from AppFollow helps you reply to reviews, follow keywords changes and ranking, and track apps' updates no matter what tools you use. The API has the ready-made methods to quickly access all data. Wherever you are, you have everything you need to grow your mobile app and get more customers.

Settings

Documentation: https://watch.appfollow.io/api

Apiary: https://appfollow.docs.apiary.io/#reference/0/api-methods

API Base URL: https://api.appfollow.io

Messages' format: JSON

Requests’ format: GET/POST

Instruction on how to access data using POSTMAN is below.

Access to AppFollow API

1. Go to your personal account settings and get:

cid — client’s ID
api_secret — client’s secret key

2. Choose an API method, create a request (optional: add additional parameters).

3. Add a signature to your request after "sign" parameter.

You already have all signatures you may need in your account. Use them or create your own (instructions below).

4. You’re done now!

How to create a signature

Signature consists of 3 parts:

Parameters (Name=Value): required and additional;

Note: sort parameters by Name (A-Z);

Example: apps_id=, cid=, date_from= etc.;

API method (URI path).

Example: /ratings;

api_secret.

Signature examples:

sign = md5(cid=124ext_id=903655975/ratingsYOUR_API_SECRET)

sign = md5(apps_id=1111cid=124/ratingsYOUR_API_SECRET)

Request example:

https://api.appfollow.io/ratings?cid=966&ext_id=618783545&sign=2dd47bc7a0328cf61ace906f433c3541

API request to-do list:

Create a signature
Encode it here: http://7thspace.com/webmaster_tools/online_md5_encoder.html
https://www.md5online.org/md5-encrypt.html
Insert encoded signature into the final request.

SDK

JavaScript: https://github.com/AppFollow/appfollow-api-js
Python: https://github.com/AppFollow/appfollow-api-python

Methods

Here we gathered all ready-to-use methods you may need:

In the Documentation we've included request examples, you just need to copy them.

You will also find the response examples:

Handling Errors

In case there are any errors, server answer would be in JSON format, status 200 (except mistakes 502 и 504).

Error example: https://api.appfollow.io/sdsd

Postman

To use Postman API Client:

1. Create a Postman request without the 'sign' parameter.

The cid parameter can be found in your account settings.

For example, for method #1. App collections list the request should look like this: https://api.appfollow.io/apps?cid=******

2. Go to the tab 'Authorization' and select the type 'Basic Auth'.

3. Enter the api_secret into the 'Username' field (the api_secret should be copied from the account settings).

4. Click ‘Send’ to process the request and receive a response from the server.

5. Configure all needed endpoints in the same way. The cid and api_secret parameters of request should be exactly like in your account settings. Otherwise, your request will be rejected by the server.

cURL

To use the cURL request, you need to specify the api_secret and the method.

The cURL request will look like this:
curl -u RgA3TYBGkeN3xiddnRc8: https://api.appfollow.io/test?cid=*****

Specify the api_secret after the -u. In the example, the api_secret is RgA3TYBGkeN3xiddnRc8
The method should be without the 'sign' parameter.

For example, for method #1. App collections list the request should look like this: https://api.appfollow.io/apps?cid=*****

Access to AppFollow API is available for Free and Premium plans.

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