How fast is the Apple App Store API?

Parseium's Apple App Store scraper API delivers responses in milliseconds to seconds, depending on your configuration.

Response times

Parse endpoint (you provide HTML)

• Typical: 100-500ms
• Use case: When you already have the HTML and just need extraction

Scrape endpoint (we fetch for you)

• Simple pages: 2-4 seconds
• JavaScript-heavy pages: 3-6 seconds
• With wait conditions: 4-10 seconds (configurable)

App Store pages require JavaScript rendering and can have lazy-loaded content, so expect 3-6 second response times for most scrape requests.

Performance features

Always-warm browsers

Unlike cold-start services, our browsers are pre-warmed and ready to go:

• No 10-30 second browser startup delays
• Consistent, predictable response times
• Sub-second parsing once HTML is loaded

Managed proxies included

• Automatic proxy rotation to avoid rate limits
• High-quality residential proxies available
• No need to maintain your own proxy infrastructure

Optimization tips

To get the fastest possible responses:

1. Use parse endpoint: If you can fetch HTML yourself, parsing is near-instant
2. Minimize wait times: Only wait as long as necessary for content to load
3. Use domcontentloaded: Faster than networkidle for most pages
4. Cache when possible: Store extracted data and refresh only when needed
5. Batch requests: Extract multiple apps from search/category pages instead of individual requests

Timeout limits

• Scrape endpoint: 120 second timeout
• Parse endpoint: 60 second timeout

Most App Store requests complete well within these limits.