Google Play Developer API
This skill contains the comprehensive knowledge for interacting with the Google Play Developer API.
Unlike the google-play-release-agent which focuses on human-in-the-loop release audits, readiness checklists, and Data Safety validation, this skill focuses strictly on API integration, payload construction, and automation via direct endpoints or tools like fastlane supply.
Core Domains
1. Publishing API
Automate the app distribution process.
- Concepts: Edits system (transactional changes bundled as a draft and committed).
- Capabilities: Upload APKs/AABs, manage tracks (production, closed, open, internal), update store listings (localized text, graphics).
- Integration: Often automated via
fastlane supply (which uses the Publishing API under the hood) or raw REST calls to androidpublisher.edits.
2. Subscriptions & In-App Purchases (IAP)
Manage monetization items programmatically.
- Subscriptions API: Uses the
monetization.subscriptions endpoints. Modern standard for configuring base plans, billing periods, pricing, and offers.
- In-App Products API: Uses the
inappproducts endpoint for managing one-time purchase products.
- Purchase Management: APIs to verify user purchase states, and modify, defer, or cancel recurring subscriptions.
3. Reviews API
Manage user feedback.
- Capabilities: List app reviews, fetch individual review details, and programmatically reply to or update replies to reviews.
- Note: This API is for backend management. In-app prompting is handled via the Play Core Library.
4. Reporting API
Extract and automate analysis of app performance data.
- Capabilities: Access Android Vitals programmatically (crash rates, ANR rates, wake locks).
- Use Cases: Build internal dashboards, aggregate with business data, and integrate stability metrics directly into CI/CD pipelines.
Implementation Details
When automating:
- fastlane supply: For standard publishing tasks (uploading builds, updating metadata), prefer
fastlane supply over writing custom API calls, as it provides a robust, well-maintained wrapper around the Publishing API.
- Raw
googleapis Endpoints: Use Google's Node.js googleapis SDK or raw REST calls for tasks not covered by Fastlane, such as specific Subscriptions lifecycle management or querying the Reporting API for Android Vitals.
Authentication always requires a Google Cloud Service Account linked to the Google Play Console with the necessary permissions.
1---2name: google-play-developer-api3description: Google Play Developer API knowledge base and automation expert. Use when interacting with or integrating the Google Play Developer API for publishing, in-app products, subscriptions, reviews, or reporting. Note that this skill provides the API knowledge (e.g. fastlane supply, googleapis endpoints) and differs from google-play-release-agent which is for release checklists and audits.4---56# Google Play Developer API78This skill contains the comprehensive knowledge for interacting with the Google Play Developer API. 9Unlike the `google-play-release-agent` which focuses on human-in-the-loop release audits, readiness checklists, and Data Safety validation, this skill focuses strictly on API integration, payload construction, and automation via direct endpoints or tools like `fastlane supply`.1011## Core Domains1213### 1. Publishing API14Automate the app distribution process.15- **Concepts:** Edits system (transactional changes bundled as a draft and committed).16- **Capabilities:** Upload APKs/AABs, manage tracks (production, closed, open, internal), update store listings (localized text, graphics).17- **Integration:** Often automated via `fastlane supply` (which uses the Publishing API under the hood) or raw REST calls to `androidpublisher.edits`.1819### 2. Subscriptions & In-App Purchases (IAP)20Manage monetization items programmatically.21- **Subscriptions API:** Uses the `monetization.subscriptions` endpoints. Modern standard for configuring base plans, billing periods, pricing, and offers.22- **In-App Products API:** Uses the `inappproducts` endpoint for managing one-time purchase products.23- **Purchase Management:** APIs to verify user purchase states, and modify, defer, or cancel recurring subscriptions.2425### 3. Reviews API26Manage user feedback.27- **Capabilities:** List app reviews, fetch individual review details, and programmatically reply to or update replies to reviews.28- **Note:** This API is for backend management. In-app prompting is handled via the Play Core Library.2930### 4. Reporting API31Extract and automate analysis of app performance data.32- **Capabilities:** Access Android Vitals programmatically (crash rates, ANR rates, wake locks).33- **Use Cases:** Build internal dashboards, aggregate with business data, and integrate stability metrics directly into CI/CD pipelines.3435## Implementation Details3637When automating:38- **fastlane supply:** For standard publishing tasks (uploading builds, updating metadata), prefer `fastlane supply` over writing custom API calls, as it provides a robust, well-maintained wrapper around the Publishing API.39- **Raw `googleapis` Endpoints:** Use Google's Node.js `googleapis` SDK or raw REST calls for tasks not covered by Fastlane, such as specific Subscriptions lifecycle management or querying the Reporting API for Android Vitals.4041Authentication always requires a Google Cloud Service Account linked to the Google Play Console with the necessary permissions.
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