To download directly from the Google Play Store, first you'll have to obtain an OAuth token by visiting the Google embedded setup page and:
- Opening the browser debugging console on
Network
tab - Logging in
- If the "Google Terms of Services" pop up, click
I agree
(it can hang up on this step but it's not important) - Select the last request from
accounts.google.com
in theNetwork
tab - Select the
Cookies
tab of this request - One of the response cookie is
oauth_token
- Copy the
value
field (it must start withoauth2_4/
)
It can only be used once, in order to obtain the AAS token which can be used subsequently. To obtain this token:
apkeep -e 'someone@gmail.com' --oauth-token 'oauth2_4/...'
An AAS token should be printed. You can use this to download an app:
apkeep -a com.instagram.android -d google-play -e 'someone@gmail.com' -t some_aas_token .
This will use a default device configuration of px_7a
, a timezone of UTC
, and a locale of en_US
. To specify a different device profile, use the -o
option:
apkeep -a com.instagram.android -d google-play -o device=ad_g3_pro -e 'someone@gmail.com' -t some_aas_token .
Available devices are specified here.
Likewise, a separate timezone or locale can also be specified:
apkeep -a com.instagram.android -d google-play -o device=ad_g3_pro,locale=es_MX -e 'someone@gmail.com' -t some_aas_token .
This option attempts to download a split APK if available, and falls back to the full APK:
apkeep -a hk.easyvan.app.client -d google-play -o split_apk=true -e 'someone@gmail.com' -t some_aas_token .
A full list of options:
device
: specify a device profile as described abovelocale
: specify a localesplit_apk
: when set to1
ortrue
, attempts to download a split APKinclude_additional_files
: when set to1
ortrue
, attempts to download any additionalobb
expansion files for the app
If you prefer not to provide your credentials on the command line, you can specify them in a config file named apkeep.ini
. This config file may have to be created, and must be located in the user config directory under the subpath apkeep
. Usually on Linux systems this will be ~/.config/apkeep/apkeep.ini
. In this file specify your email and/or AAS token:
[google]
email = someone@gmail.com
aas_token = some_aas_token
Optionally, the path to this ini
file can be specified:
apkeep -a com.instagram.android -d google-play -i ~/path/to/some.ini .