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
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
- Pixel 6 (2021)
- Android 12 (2021)
- 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.