# Chrome Web Store — Extension Metadata Snapshot (`v0iddo/chrome-webstore-extensions`) Actor

Snapshot Chrome Web Store extension metadata via the public listing page. One row per extension ID with title, developer, rating, user count, version, screenshots, last updated. JSON-LD + targeted HTML probes.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/v0iddo/chrome-webstore-extensions.md
- **Developed by:** [vøiddo](https://apify.com/v0iddo) (community)
- **Categories:** Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.50 / 1,000 chrome web store extension snapshots

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Chrome Web Store — Extension Metadata Snapshot

Snapshot Chrome Web Store extension metadata — rating, user count, version, developer, and screenshots — by extension ID. One row per extension. Public HTML, no authentication required.

### How to use

Provide a list of Chrome extension IDs (the 32-character hash from the Web Store URL) as `extensionIds`.

**Input schema:**

```json
{
  "extensionIds": [
    "bfbmjmiodbnnpllbbbfblcplfjjepjdn",
    "cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb"
  ]
}
```

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `extensionIds` | `string[]` | `["bfbmjmiodbnnpllbbbfblcplfjjepjdn"]` | Extension IDs from the Web Store URL path |

Extension IDs can be found in the Chrome Web Store URL:
`https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/<extension-name>/<extensionId>`

### Example output row

```json
{
  "extensionId": "bfbmjmiodbnnpllbbbfblcplfjjepjdn",
  "snapshotAt": "2026-06-04T05:00:00+00:00",
  "name": "AdBlock — best ad blocker",
  "description": "Block ads, pop-ups and annoying banners...",
  "ratingValue": 4.6,
  "ratingCount": 489231,
  "developerName": "AdBlock",
  "imageUrl": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/...",
  "userCount": "65,000,000+",
  "version": "6.8.0",
  "updatedAt": "June 3, 2026",
  "storeUrl": "https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bfbmjmiodbnnpllbbbfblcplfjjepjdn"
}
```

### Pricing

| Event | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| `extension_snapshot` | One extension metadata row | $0.0005 |

A run over 100 extension IDs costs $0.05. Only successfully scraped rows are charged.

### Buyer

- **Market intelligence** — track competitor extensions: monitor rating drift, user growth, version cadence.
- **Chrome extension directories** — bulk-populate a database of extension metadata for catalogues or comparison sites.
- **Developer research** — find the most popular extensions in a niche before building your own.
- **Review aggregation** — combine with rating/review scrapers to benchmark extension quality at scale.
- **App store analytics** — monitor your own extension's public metrics over time for reporting.

### Source

Data is scraped from the public Chrome Web Store listing pages at:

```
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/{extensionId}
```

Metadata is extracted from the `application/ld+json` structured data block (JSON-LD, SoftwareApplication schema) embedded by Google for SEO purposes, supplemented by targeted regex probes for `userCount`, `version`, and `updatedAt` fields not present in the structured data. No authentication is required. Extensions that have been removed from the store return HTTP 404 and are skipped gracefully.

# Actor input Schema

## `extensionIds` (type: `array`):

Extension IDs (32-char hash) from the Web Store URL

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "extensionIds": [
    "bfbmjmiodbnnpllbbbfblcplfjjepjdn"
  ]
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "extensionIds": [
        "bfbmjmiodbnnpllbbbfblcplfjjepjdn"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("v0iddo/chrome-webstore-extensions").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "extensionIds": ["bfbmjmiodbnnpllbbbfblcplfjjepjdn"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("v0iddo/chrome-webstore-extensions").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "extensionIds": [
    "bfbmjmiodbnnpllbbbfblcplfjjepjdn"
  ]
}' |
apify call v0iddo/chrome-webstore-extensions --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=v0iddo/chrome-webstore-extensions",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/LEOFQ126U8z1kaVMa/builds/O2C1dNJ2ype8hBFbu/openapi.json