R Observatory: Metrics for appler version 0.2.1

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2024-08-15. Its history is shown below.

Reason: repeated policy violation On Internet access

Details below reflect version 0.2.1, its last release before removal.

appler

0.2.1

'Apple App Store' and 'iTunes' Data Extraction

0packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Ashley Baldry7 releasesCRAN page ↗

Using 'Apple App Store' https://www.apple.com/app-store/ web scraping and 'iTunes' API https://performance-partners.apple.com/search-api to extract content information, app ratings and reviews.

Install

R (source archive)Ubuntu (r2u)openSUSE (OBS)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/appler/appler_0.2.1.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "appler_0.2.1.tar.gz"
download.file(url, pkgFile)
install.packages(pkgFile, type = "source", repos = NULL)

This package is no longer on CRAN, so install.packages() cannot fetch it by name. This downloads the last archived source (0.2.1) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-appler

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-appler

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

CRAN check results are not tracked yet.

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.47

not tracked

Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

3

Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMEYes · 441 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

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Also on101 r2u19 autocran

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

8 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 2.10

Imports (3)

httr jsonlite rvest

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (5)

testthat curl covr knitr rmarkdown

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

–indirect (not tracked)

Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

Datasets

People & History

People (1)

Maintainer (1)

Ashley Baldry

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Ashley Baldry

Author, Maintainer

Package Timeline

7 releases. Pick two to compare their code metrics. R releases are shown for context.

R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2024-08-15
repeated policy violation On Internet access
R
R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
0.2.1
2023-06-13 · diff ↗
R
R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
0.2.0
2023-02-02 · diff ↗
0.1.4
2022-10-06 · diff ↗
R
R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
0.1.3
2022-03-28 · diff ↗
0.1.2
2021-10-21 · diff ↗
0.1.1
2021-05-24 · diff ↗
R
R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
0.1.0
2021-03-05
R
R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24

Package metadata

Total releases: 7
License: GPL-2 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 2.10
Bundled data: 4.1 KB / 2 files
Download size: not tracked yet
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("appler")

Format

Baldry, A. (n.d.). appler: 'Apple App Store' and 'iTunes' Data Extraction (Version 0.2.1) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 14, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=appler

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for appler version 0.2.1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-13. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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