Mobile App Scraping
Mobile App Scraping
We reverse-engineer mobile APIs to access data that web interfaces don’t expose. Our mobile app scraping solution captures app-exclusive data from iOS App Store responses and Android APK network traffic. Mobile-first companies often have richer data in their apps—our extraction bridges that gap.
Technical Architecture
Mobile scraping requires traffic interception. We use mitmproxy with SSL certificate pinning bypass to capture API traffic from both iOS and Android apps. For static analysis, we decompile APKs/IPAs to discover endpoint patterns and authentication mechanisms. Once endpoints are mapped, we implement standalone API clients that replicate app behavior without requiring the app itself. This approach provides higher throughput and more stable extraction than proxying through running apps.
Data Quality & Validation
Mobile APIs return highly structured JSON with nested objects. Our schema validation handles complex nested types and validates array contents against expected patterns. For Data Normalization , we flatten nested structures into tabular formats suitable for analytics. Version-aware extraction handles API changes—when apps update, our schema registry detects breaking changes and alerts for model updates.
Anti-Bot Strategy
Mobile APIs use device-specific tokens, app signature verification, and behavioral analysis. We implement device fingerprinting that matches authentic mobile contexts—advertising IDs, device models, OS versions. For signature verification, we reverse-engineer signing algorithms or capture signed requests from live traffic. Session tokens get refreshed according to app behavior patterns, not arbitrarily.
Compliance & Ethical Standards
We extract only publicly accessible mobile API data—no bypassing authentication walls or accessing private user data. Our extraction respects API terms of service for public endpoints. For GDPR and DPDP Act 2023 compliance, we filter any personal data from mobile API responses and implement data retention limits. We never scrape paid app content without authorization.