graymind75 / apk-parser

an API for parsing apk files and extract manifest information from it

APK Parser

It's an API for parsing apk files and extract manifest information & icon from it. You can read more about this project at this article: Writing an API with Rust to parse and extract info from Apk

1. install Rust

First, you need to install Rust. For linux users download and run rust bash file

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Then just add this line to your shell. For bash:

echo 'source $HOME/.cargo/env' >> ~/.bashrc

Note: Check Rust documentation for more information

2. Run

git clone https://github.com/graymind75/apk-parser.git && cd apk-parser
cargo run

3. Request

Send a multipart request with a file and apk field name.

4. Result

You can see an example for F-Droid:

{
    "package_name": "org.fdroid.fdroid",
    "version_code": "1014050",
    "version_name": "1.14",
    "min_sdk_version": "22",
    "target_sdk_version": "25",
    "compile_sdk_version": "30",
    "compile_sdk_version_code_name": "11",
    "permissions": [
        "android.permission.INTERNET",
        "android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE",
        "android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE",
        "android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE",
        "android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE",
        "android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE",
        "android.permission.BLUETOOTH",
        "android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN",
        "android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED",
        "android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE",
        "android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE",
        "android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS",
        "android.permission.NFC",
        "android.permission.USB_PERMISSION",
        "android.permission.WAKE_LOCK",
        "android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE"
    ],
    "icon": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAMAAAADACAYAAABS3GwHAAAqMUlEQVR4AeyaBVgbWRuF6 ..."
}

Note: The icon is base64 encoded.