Google Play Developer

The Google Play Developer API allows developers to perform publishing and app-management tasks for Android applications. It includes the Publishing API for uploading and distributing apps, and the Subscriptions and In-App Purchases API for managing in-app products, subscriptions, and purchase verification.

Google Play Developer publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Androidpublisher API. Tagged areas include Android, Apps, Google Play, In-App Purchases, and Mobile.

The Google Play Developer catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Google Play Developer’s developer surface includes authentication, getting-started guide, pricing, and 7 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

48.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 APIs

AndroidAppsGoogle PlayIn-App PurchasesMobilePublishingSubscriptions

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 48.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 15.9 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Play Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Google Play Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 1

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

name: Google Play Developer
description: The Google Play Developer API allows developers to perform publishing and app-management tasks for Android applications.
  It includes the Publishing API for uploading and distributing apps, and the Subscriptions and In-App Purchases API for managing
  in-app products, subscriptions, and purchase verification.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/google-play.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-play/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.18'
tags:
- Android
- Apps
- Google Play
- In-App Purchases
- Mobile
- Publishing
- Subscriptions
apis:
- aid: google-play:google-play-androidpublisher-api
  name: Google Play Developer Androidpublisher API
  description: The Androidpublisher API from Google Play Developer — 4 operation(s) for androidpublisher.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/android-publisher
  baseURL: https://androidpublisher.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Androidpublisher
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-play-androidpublisher-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/json-schema.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/json-ld.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-play-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-play-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-play-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/google-play-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/google-play-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/google
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/google-play
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.google.com/android-publisher/getting_started
- type: Pricing
  url: https://play.google.com/console/about/pricing/
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/json-ld.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Google Play Developer

Kin Score

APIs 1

Google Play Developer Androidpublisher API

Open Collections 1

Google Play Developer API

Pricing Plans 1

Google Play Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Google Play Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Google Play Finops

Spectral Rules 1

Google Play Developer API Rules

Security Posture 3

Google Play Authentication

Google Play Domain Security

Google Play Vulnerability Disclosure