Download APK from Google Play or send API requests

This module works with Windows, macOS or Linux. Download Go 1 and extract archive. Then download Google Play Zip and extract archive. Then navigate to:

internal/play

and enter:

go build

1. https://go.dev/dl

sign in with your Google Account. then get authorization code (oauth_token) cookie from browser storage. should be valid for 10 minutes. then exchange authorization code for refresh token (aas_et):

play -o oauth2_4/0Adeu5B...

create a file containing X-DFE-Device-ID (GSF ID) for future requests:

play -d

get app details:

> play -i com.google.android.youtube
creator:  Google LLC
offer: 0 LBP
version:  19.16.38
downloads:  Apr 24, 2024
file: APK APK APK APK
android version: 8.0 and up
downloads: 16.22 billion
name: YouTube
size: 113.80 megabyte
version code: 1545729472
changelog:  For new features, look for in-product education & notifications sharing the feature and how to use it!

acquire app. only needs to be done once per Google account:

play -i com.google.android.youtube -a

download APK. you need to specify any valid version code. the latest code is provided by the previous details command. if APK is split, all pieces will be downloaded:

play -i com.google.android.youtube -v 1540222400

1. Pixel 6 (2021)
2. Android 12 (2021)
3. Google Play 29 (2022)

non goals:

email/password login. up to Android 4.4 (2013), the login is protected with TLS fingerprinting, which is difficult but possible to bypass. since Android 5 (2014), Google uses bot-guard via JavaScript to protect the login. I do not know how to reverse that, and I did not find any implementations online.

• https://github.com/3052/google