Download a signed APK from Google Play with Python's Android Publisher.
This can be helpful when you upload an app bundle that is signed by Google
Download your apps service-account.json to the same directory as the Python script.
Download the dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txtRun the script to download the APK for a specified packagename
python3 apk_downloader.py "be.vmma.vtm.zenderapp"| import os | |
| import sys | |
| from google.oauth2 import service_account | |
| from googleapiclient.discovery import build | |
| # Script that downloads the latest signed production APK for a published app. | |
| # | |
| # Example | |
| # python3 apk_downloader.py be.vmma.vtm.zenderapp | |
| TRACK_NAME = 'production' | |
| PACKAGE_NAME = sys.argv[1] | |
| # Set up the service account credentials | |
| # Ask your most trusted Android developer. Tip it is stored in Bitrise under code signing and files. | |
| credentials = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_file('service-account.json') | |
| # Set up the Android Publisher API client | |
| service = build('androidpublisher', 'v3', credentials=credentials) | |
| # Get a new EDIT ID | |
| edit_service = service.edits() | |
| edit_id = edit_service.insert(packageName=PACKAGE_NAME).execute()["id"] | |
| print(f"New edit id {edit_id}") | |
| # Get a track by PACKAGE_NAME + EDIT ID + TRACK NAME | |
| track_service = edit_service.tracks() | |
| track = track_service.get(packageName=PACKAGE_NAME, editId=edit_id, track=TRACK_NAME).execute() | |
| track_name = track["track"] | |
| print(f"Found track '{track_name}'") | |
| # Get VERSION_CODE in TRACK | |
| latest_release = track["releases"][0] | |
| version_code = latest_release["versionCodes"][0] | |
| track_version_name = latest_release["name"] | |
| print(f"{track_version_name}_{version_code} is active in '{track_name}'") | |
| # Get the DOWNLOAD_ID for the PACKAGE + VERSION_CODE | |
| generated_apk_service = service.generatedapks() | |
| download_id = generated_apk_service.list( | |
| packageName=PACKAGE_NAME, | |
| versionCode=version_code | |
| ).execute()["generatedApks"][0]["generatedUniversalApk"]["downloadId"] | |
| print(f"Found downloadID: {download_id}") | |
| # Download APK from PACKAGE_NAME + VERSION_CODE + DOWNLOAD_ID | |
| output_file_name = f"{PACKAGE_NAME}-v{track_version_name}_{version_code}.apk" | |
| output_file_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), output_file_name) | |
| apk_file_stream = generated_apk_service.download_media( | |
| packageName=PACKAGE_NAME, | |
| versionCode=version_code, | |
| downloadId=download_id | |
| ).execute() | |
| with open(output_file_path, 'wb') as f: | |
| f.write(apk_file_stream) | |
| print(f"APK saved to {output_file_path}") |
| google-api-python-client>=2.85.0 |