Microsoft Store API endpoint
Returns a page of a single department+category listing, cursor-paginated, with no search keyword required -- the way to list an entire category (search requires a non-empty query and returns nothing for an empty one). category is required; the accepted set depends on media_type (see /microsoftstore/search's markdown doc for the full per-department lists). media_type defaults to apps; all is not accepted here since it has no category filter.
/microsoftstore/categoryUnlike /microsoftstore/search, which requires a non-empty query (an empty query returns nothing), this is the way to list an entire category from scratch.
Query parameters:
category (required) — category to browse. The accepted set depends on media_type — see /microsoftstore/search's markdown doc for the full per-department lists.media_type (optional, default apps) — department to browse. One of apps, games, devices, passes, fonts, themes, tencent-android, tencent-mini. all is not accepted here (it has no category filter upstream) — a request with media_type=all returns 400.cursor (optional) — opaque pagination cursor from a previous response's next_cursor. Omit for the first page.country (optional, default US) — store country/region code (ISO-2).locale (optional, default en-US) — display locale (BCP-47).An invalid media_type or a category not valid for the given media_type is rejected with 400.
Returns media_type, category, count, items[] (same shape as /microsoftstore/search's items[]), next_cursor (present when more results exist), has_more, and source_url.
| Field | Filled in, of 20 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| product_id | 20 | |
| title | 20 | “CapCut” and 19 other values |
| description | 20 | median 1,518 characters |
| publisher | 20 | “BYTEDANCE PTE. LTD” and 13 other values |
| categories | 20 | median 1 entry |
| media_type | 20 | Apps in all 20 |
| kind | 20 | app in all 20 |
| average_rating | 20 | 3.2 to 4.9, median 4.5 |
| rating_count | 20 | “91K” and 16 other values |
| price | 20 | 0 |
| display_price | 20 | Free (19), Paid (1) |
| free | 20 | true in 20 of 20 |
| icon_url | 20 | images-eds-ssl.xboxlive.com and 1 other host |
| poster_art_url | 20 | images-eds-ssl.xboxlive.com and 1 other host |
| url | 20 | apps.microsoft.com |
| is_application | 20 | true in 20 of 20 |
| release_date_utc | 14 | 2013-05-17 to 2025-09-16 |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| category | string | Yes | Category to browse | Photo & video | |
| media_type | string | No | Department to browse Allowed values: apps, games, devices, passes, fonts, themes, tencent-android, tencent-mini. | ||
| cursor | string | No | Opaque pagination cursor from a previous response's next_cursor | ||
| country | string | No | Store country/region code (ISO-2) | ||
| locale | string | No | Display locale (BCP-47) | ||
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/microsoftstore/category?category=Photo+%26+video&media_type=apps&country=us" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"media_type": "apps",
"category": "Photo & video",
"count": 20,
"items": [
{
"product_id": "xp9kn75rrb9nhs",
"title": "CapCut",
"description": "Try out CapCut desktop version!...",
"categories": [
"Photo & video"
],
"media_type": "Apps",
"kind": "app",
"price": 0,
"display_price": "Free",
"free": true,
"url": "https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/xp9kn75rrb9nhs"
}
],
"has_more": true,
"next_cursor": "bz0yMCZiPSZzPTdtZlMrUSt2MjBpKz...",
"source_url": "https://apps.microsoft.com/api/Products/GetFilteredProducts?category=Photo+%26+video&mediaType=apps&gl=US&hl=en-US"
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/microsoftstore.categoryResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | microsoftstore.CategoryResponse | No | ||||
| data.category | string | No | Photo & video | |||
| data.count | integer | No | 20 | |||
| data.has_more | boolean | No | true | |||
| data.items | array | No | Product record, 27 fields: average_rating, award, categories, description, display_price, free, icon_url, is_application, is_game, is_pwa, is_subscription, is_theme and 10 more. Described under Microsoft Store Charts API. | |||
| data.media_type | string | No | apps | |||
| data.next_cursor | string | No | ||||
| data.source_url | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/microsoftstore/category?category=Photo+%26+video&media_type=apps&country=us" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"